Thematic Bible: Reasons for
Thematic Bible
Attendance » Reasons for » The example of the apostles
And, they, returned unto Jerusalem, with great joy; and were continually in the temple, blessing God.
Presently, however, the feast being at its height, Jesus went up unto the temple and was teaching.
And, daily giving attendance with one intent in the temple and, at home, breaking bread, they were partaking of food with exultation and singleness of heart;
Now, Peter and John, were going up into the temple, for the hour of prayer - the ninth;
Attendance » Reasons for » The divine command
but, unto the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, - as his habitation, shall ye ask your way, and come in thither;
Three times in the year, shall each one of thy males see the face of Yahweh thy God, in the place which he shall choose, at the festival of unleavened cakes and at the festival of weeks and at the festival of booths, - and none shall see the face of Yahweh empty-handed:
Attendance » Reasons for » A refuge in times of trouble
And it came to pass, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, - and covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of Yahweh;
And, when Hezekiah had received the letter at the hand of the messengers, and had read it, then went he up to the house of Yahweh, and Hezekiah spread it out, before Yahweh.
Attendance » Reasons for » Blessing pronounced upon
How happy are they who abide in thy house, - Still are they praising thee. Selah.
Whither have come up the tribes, The tribes of Yah, A testimony to Israel, To give thanks unto the Name of Yahweh:
Attendance » Reasons for » Christ, our example
And he came into Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and entered, according to his custom, on the sabbath day, into the synagogue, - and stood up to read.
Two men, went up into the temple to pray, one, a Pharisee, and, the other, a tax-collector.
Attendance » Reasons for » A comfort in old age
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher; - the same, advanced in many days; having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, and, she, had been a widow for as long as eighty-four years, - who left not the temple, with fastings and supplications, rendering divine service night and day; -
Attendance » Reasons for » A place of instruction
Yea many nations, shall go, and say - come ye, and let us ascend unto the mountain of Yahweh, and unto the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us of his ways, and we may walk in his paths, - for, out of Zion, shall go forth a law, and, the word of Yahweh, out of Jerusalem;