Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



But the beast was captured, along with the false prophet [See 16:13], who performed [supernatural] signs in his presence. [He had performed these signs] to deceive those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his statue. [See 13:15-16]. The beast and the false prophet were both thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur. Verse ConceptsArmageddonevil, victory overLake Of FireBrimstoneHell, Punishment OfHell, As An ExperienceMineralsMiracles, Nature OfFalse Prophets, Examples OfSatan, Agents OfSatan, As DeceiverSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InFalse Miracles, Nature OfAntichrist, Described AsLying WondersDisfigurement Of SinDamnationCosmic CreaturesFire Of HellSulphurSigns Of EvilMarks On PeopleIdol WorshipThose Who DeceivedThe False ProphetHellMark Of The BeastSigns Of The TimesThe World RulerExclusion From God's PresenceMiracles Counterfeited





And this is how the horses and their riders looked in the vision: They had on their chests fire[-red], [smoke-]blue and sulphur[-yellow] armor plate, and the horses' heads were like lions' heads. And fire, smoke and sulphur proceeded out of their mouths. One third of mankind was killed by these three plagues --- the fire, the smoke and the sulphur, which proceeded out of the horses' mouths.

he will also [have to] drink the wine of God's anger, as an undiluted mixture in the cup of His anger. And he will be tortured with burning sulphur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. Verse ConceptsCup, God's WrathBrimstoneHell, Description OfMetaphorical WineFire Of HellSulphurNot MixingAngels Doing God's WorkGod Making DrunkGod TroublingThe Coming Day Of God's WrathVoice Of The Archangel








that person should know that whoever brings a sinner back from the error of his way will save that soul from [spiritual] death and will cover over a large number of sins [i.e., the many sins of that person will become forgiven]. Verse ConceptsCoveringConversion, examples ofevangelism, motivation forApostate BelieversSin, Deliverance From GodSoul WinnersSaving PeopleBackslidersErrorforgiving othersForgiving YourselfDeath Of Loved OneLove And ForgivenessThe SoulForgiveness KjvRemoving People From Your LifeLosing SomeoneMaking Mistakessoulwandering










"The person who has an ear should listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches. The person who has victory [in the Christian life] will not be harmed at all by the second death [i.e., the lake of fire. See 21:8]. Verse ConceptsThe DeadPunishment, By GodSafetyOvercomersThe Second DeathOvercoming Through ChristTaught By The SpiritSpiritual DeathBenefits Of HeavenHurt

But the beast was captured, along with the false prophet [See 16:13], who performed [supernatural] signs in his presence. [He had performed these signs] to deceive those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his statue. [See 13:15-16]. The beast and the false prophet were both thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur. Verse ConceptsArmageddonevil, victory overLake Of FireBrimstoneHell, Punishment OfHell, As An ExperienceMineralsMiracles, Nature OfFalse Prophets, Examples OfSatan, Agents OfSatan, As DeceiverSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InFalse Miracles, Nature OfAntichrist, Described AsLying WondersDisfigurement Of SinDamnationCosmic CreaturesFire Of HellSulphurSigns Of EvilMarks On PeopleIdol WorshipThose Who DeceivedThe False ProphetHellMark Of The BeastSigns Of The TimesThe World RulerExclusion From God's PresenceMiracles Counterfeited



So, Jesus said to him, "None of you people will believe [in me] unless you see [miraculous] signs and wonders, [will you?]." Verse ConceptsAssurance, basis ofSeeking SignsUnbelief, As Response To GodCuriositySkepticismNot Believing In JesusSeeking A SignMiraclesSigns Of The End TimesBelieving In Yourself

But the Jews who did not obey [the Gospel message] incited the spirits of the [unconverted] Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. Verse ConceptsPoisonInciting To EvilUnbelieversUnbelief, As Response To GodUnbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyUnbelief, Examples OfCharacter AssassinationNot Believing The GospelChristians Being Called Brothers

that slave's master will return on a day that he least expects, and at an hour unknown [to him]. And [that master] will whip him to shreds and will turn him over to suffer the same fate as unfaithful servants receive. Verse ConceptsUnbelieversUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfPeople Cut In PiecesNot Believing The GospelLack Of ExpectationThe Time Unknown

And you do not keep His message living in your [hearts], for you do not believe [in] the One whom God sent [i.e., in Jesus]. Verse ConceptsUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfUnbelieversUnbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyUnbelief, Examples OfNot Believing In JesusReceiving God's WordGod Sending Others




There is no [reason for] fear if one [really] loves, but a complete love removes fear [from us] because fear produces punishment [i.e., mental anxiety], and the person who is [always] afraid does not have a complete love. Verse ConceptsAnxietyBattlesLoveFearAssurance, By Faith In ChristBeing In LoveBeing AfraidLove, Nature OfAgape LoveFreed From FearPunishmentPunishmentsCasting Out FearGod's Love For UsTrue LoveGods LoveBeing LovedBeing ScaredOvercoming ObstaclesfearlesscatslovingOvercoming Fear With Faith





is absent from many manuscripts}}. Verse ConceptsMaggotsworms


and throw the sinful ones into the fiery furnace where there will be crying and excruciating pain." Verse ConceptsFurnacesThrowing PeopleFire Of HellMourning Due To CatastropheMourning In Regret

And the fallen star opened the shaft leading to the deep pit and smoke drifted up from the shaft like smoke from a huge furnace. And the sun and the sky were darkened by the smoke from the shaft. Verse ConceptsAbyssFurnacesAirThe Act Of OpeningOpening PitsKeysDarkness During Daytime




When they had traveled across the whole island they came to Paphos [a town on the island of Cyprus]; [there] they met a certain magician named Bar-Jesus, who was a Jewish false prophet. Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithDivination, Practiced ByTravelFalse Teachers, Examples OfFalse Apostles, Prophets And TeachersSorcery



And people were paying attention to him because he had been amazing them with his magic for a long time. Verse Conceptsmagic


And the light of a lamp will never shine in you again. And the voices of the groom and bride will never be heard in you again. For your [retail] merchants were the great men of the earth, and all the nations were deceived by your sorceries. Verse ConceptsBabylonBridegroomBridesGuidance, Need For God'sSorcery And MagicCessationStopping RejoicingLight Of LampsMarriage No MoreThose Who DeceivedSorcery


Then a third angel followed them. He said in a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his statue, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he will also [have to] drink the wine of God's anger, as an undiluted mixture in the cup of His anger. And he will be tortured with burning sulphur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their suffering will ascend forever and ever and there will not be any rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his statue and who receive the mark of his name."


So, Jesus said to him, "None of you people will believe [in me] unless you see [miraculous] signs and wonders, [will you?]." Verse ConceptsAssurance, basis ofSeeking SignsUnbelief, As Response To GodCuriositySkepticismNot Believing In JesusSeeking A SignMiraclesSigns Of The End TimesBelieving In Yourself

But the Jews who did not obey [the Gospel message] incited the spirits of the [unconverted] Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. Verse ConceptsPoisonInciting To EvilUnbelieversUnbelief, As Response To GodUnbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyUnbelief, Examples OfCharacter AssassinationNot Believing The GospelChristians Being Called Brothers

that slave's master will return on a day that he least expects, and at an hour unknown [to him]. And [that master] will whip him to shreds and will turn him over to suffer the same fate as unfaithful servants receive. Verse ConceptsUnbelieversUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfPeople Cut In PiecesNot Believing The GospelLack Of ExpectationThe Time Unknown

And you do not keep His message living in your [hearts], for you do not believe [in] the One whom God sent [i.e., in Jesus]. Verse ConceptsUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfUnbelieversUnbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyUnbelief, Examples OfNot Believing In JesusReceiving God's WordGod Sending Others





But the beast was captured, along with the false prophet [See 16:13], who performed [supernatural] signs in his presence. [He had performed these signs] to deceive those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his statue. [See 13:15-16]. The beast and the false prophet were both thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur. Verse ConceptsArmageddonevil, victory overLake Of FireBrimstoneHell, Punishment OfHell, As An ExperienceMineralsMiracles, Nature OfFalse Prophets, Examples OfSatan, Agents OfSatan, As DeceiverSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InFalse Miracles, Nature OfAntichrist, Described AsLying WondersDisfigurement Of SinDamnationCosmic CreaturesFire Of HellSulphurSigns Of EvilMarks On PeopleIdol WorshipThose Who DeceivedThe False ProphetHellMark Of The BeastSigns Of The TimesThe World RulerExclusion From God's PresenceMiracles Counterfeited


Then death and the unseen place of departed spirits were thrown into the lake of fire [i.e., after their spirits were reunited with some kind of a body]. This lake of fire is the second death. And if any person's [name] was not found recorded in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.







But we know that the law of Moses is good if a person uses it properly. We [also] know this: Law [or, "the law of Moses"] is not intended for a righteous person, but for lawbreakers and rebels, for ungodly people and sinners, for unholy and irreverent people, for people who kill their parents, for murderers, for sexually immoral people, for homosexuals, for kidnappers, for liars, and for people who give false testimony. And [law is for] everything else that is against the sound teaching



I am the Alpha and the Omega [See note at 1:8], the first and the last, the beginning and the end." Those who wash their robes are blessed because [then] they will have the right to [eat from] the tree of life, and will [be able to] enter the city through the gates. On the outside [of the city] are the dogs [Note: This probably refers to people who practiced sexual perversions. See Deut. 23:17] and the sorcerers, and the sexually immoral people, and the murderers, and the idolaters and every person who loves and practices falsehood.




When they had traveled across the whole island they came to Paphos [a town on the island of Cyprus]; [there] they met a certain magician named Bar-Jesus, who was a Jewish false prophet. Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithDivination, Practiced ByTravelFalse Teachers, Examples OfFalse Apostles, Prophets And TeachersSorcery



And people were paying attention to him because he had been amazing them with his magic for a long time. Verse Conceptsmagic


And the light of a lamp will never shine in you again. And the voices of the groom and bride will never be heard in you again. For your [retail] merchants were the great men of the earth, and all the nations were deceived by your sorceries. Verse ConceptsBabylonBridegroomBridesGuidance, Need For God'sSorcery And MagicCessationStopping RejoicingLight Of LampsMarriage No MoreThose Who DeceivedSorcery


I am the Alpha and the Omega [See note at 1:8], the first and the last, the beginning and the end." Those who wash their robes are blessed because [then] they will have the right to [eat from] the tree of life, and will [be able to] enter the city through the gates. On the outside [of the city] are the dogs [Note: This probably refers to people who practiced sexual perversions. See Deut. 23:17] and the sorcerers, and the sexually immoral people, and the murderers, and the idolaters and every person who loves and practices falsehood.


"The person who has an ear should listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches. The person who has victory [in the Christian life] will not be harmed at all by the second death [i.e., the lake of fire. See 21:8]. Verse ConceptsThe DeadPunishment, By GodSafetyOvercomersThe Second DeathOvercoming Through ChristTaught By The SpiritSpiritual DeathBenefits Of HeavenHurt






For you [should] know this for certain: No sexually immoral or [morally] impure person, or greedy person, who is [the same as] an idol worshiper, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Do not let anyone deceive you with empty words, for because of such things, the wrath of God will fall upon people who are disobedient [to Him]. So, do not participate with such individuals,

But we know that the law of Moses is good if a person uses it properly. We [also] know this: Law [or, "the law of Moses"] is not intended for a righteous person, but for lawbreakers and rebels, for ungodly people and sinners, for unholy and irreverent people, for people who kill their parents, for murderers, for sexually immoral people, for homosexuals, for kidnappers, for liars, and for people who give false testimony. And [law is for] everything else that is against the sound teaching

I am the Alpha and the Omega [See note at 1:8], the first and the last, the beginning and the end." Those who wash their robes are blessed because [then] they will have the right to [eat from] the tree of life, and will [be able to] enter the city through the gates. On the outside [of the city] are the dogs [Note: This probably refers to people who practiced sexual perversions. See Deut. 23:17] and the sorcerers, and the sexually immoral people, and the murderers, and the idolaters and every person who loves and practices falsehood.





Therefore, it should not be surprising for Satan's ministers to disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Their [final] end will be what they deserve for such actions. Verse ConceptsServants Of The LorddisguisesServants Of PeoplePeople EndedRepaid For DeedsMinisterssurprises


For the time has [now] come for the house of God [the church, See I Tim. 3:15] to begin receiving judgment [i.e., by undergoing persecution], and if it starts with us [Christians], what will be the [ultimate] end of people who do not obey the Gospel of God? Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeFamily, Showing God's RelationshipFaith, Testing OfPeople EndedJudgmentsFamiliesChurch Of Goda new beginningFamily FirstGoing To ChurchJudgement DayJudgementServing The Churchrevivalfateprocesspeter


What benefit did you receive at that time from doing the things you are now ashamed of? For the end of such behavior is [spiritual] death. Verse ConceptsLifestylesPunishment, Nature OfFruitful LabourSin Producing DeathShame Of Bad ConductSin Produces Death

But if the land produces [only] thorns and thistles, it is worthless and in danger of being cursed [by God], and will end up being burned. Verse ConceptsCreation Spoilt By SinBarren, LandThornsBurning PlantsPeople EndedGod CursingRejectionFarmingcultureapostasy


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