Thematic Bible: The Reward of saints


Thematic Bible



Then I saw thrones with beings seated on them, who were empowered to act as judges. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus and the message of God, who refused to worship the animal and its statue, and would not have its mark put on their foreheads or on their hands. They were restored to life and reigned with the Christ a thousand years. Verse ConceptsForeheads666Faithfulness, To Godevil, victory overdefianceBeheadingThe BeastJudgesJudgment SeatPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSelf SacrificeThe Immortal SoulMartyrdom, Methods OfSufferings RewardedRemoving HeadsCosmic CreaturesBelievers JudgingMarks On PeopleAuthority Of DisciplesAvoiding IdolatrySubsequent Witness To ChristWorshipping The DevilMark Of The BeastHow First Resurrection Is Spread OutSigns Of The Timesend times prophecyMartyrdom














I confer on you the right to eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and to sit on thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel! Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveJudgment SeatSittingJesus Christ, JudgeBelievers JudgingTwelve TribesEating And DrinkingPeople Of The KingdomJudging

Do you not know that the Christians are to be the judges of the world? And if the world is to come before you for judgment, are you unfit to decide the most trivial cases? Verse ConceptsCourtsHoliness, Purpose OfMillenniumSaintsBelievers JudgingFamily ProblemsJudgement DayJudgementJudging Others Actions





for you know that it is from him that you are to receive that inheritance which is to be your reward. Think of Christ as the master you are working for. Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofServing JesusHeaven, Inheritance OfService To GodRiches, SpiritualServants, Working Conditions OfServing ChristReward For WorksServing God








So I never lose heart. Though my outer nature is wasting away, my inner is being renewed every day. For this slight, momentary trouble is piling up for me an eternal blessedness beyond all comparison, because I keep my eyes not on what is seen but what is unseen. For what is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal.

and thought such contempt as the Christ endured was truer wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking forward to the coming reward. Verse ConceptsReproachHeavenly RewardsRiches, SpiritualTreasureSufferings RewardedSpiritual TreasuresSeeking Things AboveChoosing God's WayTreasure In HeavenReward For WorksWorthAbuseValueaccounting


just as you have done in giving him power over all mankind, so that he may give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And eternal life means knowing you as the only true God, and knowing Jesus your messenger as Christ.

who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the coming age eternal life." Verse ConceptsAge To Comeeternal life, nature ofGrowth In GraceThe Future AgeEntering LifeThe FutureThe WorldAgeeternity






But, as the Scripture says, there are things "Which no eye ever saw and no ear ever heard, And never occurred to the human mind, Which God has provided for those who love him." Verse ConceptsEyes, Figurative UseEarsGenerosity, God'sHoly Spirit, Activities OfAbundance, SpiritualInventionsCounselingSecret ThingsDeep ThingsNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsA Place PreparedUnhearingBenefits Of HeavenPreparationHeavenFuture Plansimaginationserenity




His master said to him, 'Well done, my excellent, faithful slave! you have been faithful about a small amount; I will put a large one into your hands. Come, share your master's enjoyment!' Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsFaithfulness, To GodFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsHappinessWhat Heaven Will Be LikeHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityServants, GoodWork, And RedemptionRejoicingEntering The KingdomGood PeopleFew ThingsAuthority Of DisciplesFaithfulnessTalentsimprovement







But if it is by his mercy, it is not for anything they have done. Otherwise, his mercy would not be mercy at all. Verse ConceptsJustification Under The GospelSalvation Not By WorksSaving GraceSalvation, Boasting ImpossibleJustified By GraceWorks Of The LawGrace Verse LawGod's GraceDebt

Now paying a workman is not considered a favor, but an obligation, but a man who has no work to offer, but has faith in him who can make the ungodly upright, has his faith credited to him as uprightness.






Take what belongs to you and go. I wish to give the last man hired as much as I give you. Have I no right to do what I please with what is mine? Or do you begrudge my generosity?'




for you know that it is from him that you are to receive that inheritance which is to be your reward. Think of Christ as the master you are working for. Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofServing JesusHeaven, Inheritance OfService To GodRiches, SpiritualServants, Working Conditions OfServing ChristReward For WorksServing God

and if children, heirs also; heirs of God, and fellow-heirs with Christ, if we really share his sufferings in order to share his glory too. For I consider what we suffer now not to be compared with the glory that is to burst upon us.




For you showed sympathy with those who were in prison, and you put up with it cheerfully when your property was taken from you, for you knew that you had in yourselves a greater possession that was lasting. Verse ConceptsCompassion, In ChristiansJoy, Of The ChurchPoverty, Causes OfPoverty, SpiritualPrisonersProperty, HousesSelf SacrificeSuffering, HardshipSympathyEternal StateRejoicing In TribulationConfiscationSufferings RewardedRejoicing In TrialRobbing PeoplePropertyAcceptancepossessions


But, as it is, their aspirations are for a better, a heavenly country! That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city to receive them. Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimCityNames For HeavenHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityNot AshamedThirstZion, As A SymbolWhat Heaven Will Be LikeSaints, As PilgrimsCity Of GodA Place PreparedTaken To HeavenHe Is Our GodCitizensMoving To A New Place

And this is why he is the negotiator of a new agreement, in order that as someone has died to deliver them from the offenses committed under the old agreement, those who have been offered it may receive the unending inheritance they have been promised. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Through Jesus ChristCovenant, the newAtonement, in NTHeirsReceiving An InheritanceInheritance, SpiritualMediationMoses, Significance OfNewnessRansomRedemption, In NtRevelation, In OtTypesChrist, The MediatorGod's Call, ResultsAdvocatesEternal PossessionThe Effect Of Christ's DeathRedemptionPromisesThe Blood Of JesuscovenantNew


Now paying a workman is not considered a favor, but an obligation, but a man who has no work to offer, but has faith in him who can make the ungodly upright, has his faith credited to him as uprightness.