Thematic Bible: Universal


Thematic Bible







Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.’ Verse ConceptsGod's Call, EveryoneWedding FeastsFinding PeopleUsing RoadsWedding GuestsHighwaysMarriage Kjvmarraigeroyaltyevangelizing



I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
And the bow of war will be cut off.
And He will speak peace to the nations;
And His dominion will be from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.
Verse ConceptsAbolitionConversion, God's demands forBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthGovernmentWeaponsPeace, Promised ToGod's DominionChrist's DominionDestroying ChariotsExpanse Of The SeaGod Of PeaceNo WarAs Far As The Euphrates

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
And the bow of war will be cut off.
And He will speak peace to the nations;
And His dominion will be from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.
Verse ConceptsAbolitionConversion, God's demands forBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthGovernmentWeaponsPeace, Promised ToGod's DominionChrist's DominionDestroying ChariotsExpanse Of The SeaGod Of PeaceNo WarAs Far As The Euphrates

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
And the bow of war will be cut off.
And He will speak peace to the nations;
And His dominion will be from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.
Verse ConceptsAbolitionConversion, God's demands forBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthGovernmentWeaponsPeace, Promised ToGod's DominionChrist's DominionDestroying ChariotsExpanse Of The SeaGod Of PeaceNo WarAs Far As The Euphrates

One of them named Agabus stood up and began to indicate by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine all over the world. And this took place in the reign of Claudius. Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfCaesarRoman EmperorsPredicting The Future


“Do you thus repay the Lord,
O foolish and unwise people?
Is not He your Father who has bought you?
He has made you and established you.
Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfGiving, Of OneselfFolly, Examples OfClaimsIngratitudeMetaphorsPeople Of God, In OtCharacter Of WickedIngratitude To GodFoolish PeopleCreation Of All Mankind





Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtBlessings For Jew And GentileGentilesJews


I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
And the bow of war will be cut off.
And He will speak peace to the nations;
And His dominion will be from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.
Verse ConceptsAbolitionConversion, God's demands forBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthGovernmentWeaponsPeace, Promised ToGod's DominionChrist's DominionDestroying ChariotsExpanse Of The SeaGod Of PeaceNo WarAs Far As The Euphrates


Envoys will come out of Egypt;
Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.
Verse ConceptsenvoyEthiopiaStretching OutGod's DominionAfricaAmassing Bronzeanniversary

Destroy them in wrath, destroy them that they may be no more;
That men may know that God rules in Jacob
To the ends of the earth. Selah.
Verse ConceptsGod's DominionGod Angry With The NationsPsalm InterjectionsKnowing About God's Kingdomwrath


And let all kings bow down before him,
All nations serve him.
Verse ConceptsChristmasGod's DominionBowing Before MessiahDealing With The Nations

Let them give glory to the Lord
And declare His praise in the coastlands.
Verse ConceptsGlorifying GodPraisePraise, Reasons ForPraise And Worship

Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise You.
Verse ConceptsPraise The Lord!


The Lord is good to all,
And His mercies are over all His works.
Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGod Doing GoodMercyTaking Care Of The Earth


And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGuilt, Human Aspects OfDestinySmallnessStandingJudgmentWhat Heaven Will Be LikeThe Judgement InvolvesThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsThe Final JudgementGreat And SmallRepaid For DeedsJudgment According To WorksAccountabilityJudgement DayJudging Others Actionsdeeds





I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
And the bow of war will be cut off.
And He will speak peace to the nations;
And His dominion will be from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.
Verse ConceptsAbolitionConversion, God's demands forBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthGovernmentWeaponsPeace, Promised ToGod's DominionChrist's DominionDestroying ChariotsExpanse Of The SeaGod Of PeaceNo WarAs Far As The Euphrates


Envoys will come out of Egypt;
Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.
Verse ConceptsenvoyEthiopiaStretching OutGod's DominionAfricaAmassing Bronzeanniversary

Destroy them in wrath, destroy them that they may be no more;
That men may know that God rules in Jacob
To the ends of the earth. Selah.
Verse ConceptsGod's DominionGod Angry With The NationsPsalm InterjectionsKnowing About God's Kingdomwrath


And let all kings bow down before him,
All nations serve him.
Verse ConceptsChristmasGod's DominionBowing Before MessiahDealing With The Nations


in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, Verse ConceptsGoadsThoughtWritingThoughts Of The WickedWriting On PeopleJustified By WorksKnowing Right And WrongTaking The Law To HeartThings As WitnessesHeart, HumanEthicsMoralityconscienceaccusations









So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men. Verse ConceptsAtonementJesus Christ, Obedience OfJustification Under The GospelSalvation, Possible To All MenLife In ChristCondemnation Of The WickedAll PeopleLife Is In ChristPatience In Relationships


For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,












For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningFinding ThingsGod Answers Prayer

Let them give glory to the Lord
And declare His praise in the coastlands.
Verse ConceptsGlorifying GodPraisePraise, Reasons ForPraise And Worship

Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise You.
Verse ConceptsPraise The Lord!

For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

"Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other. "I have sworn by Myself, The word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness And will not turn back, That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.

For it is written,
As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall give praise to God.”
Verse ConceptsFeetKneelingPraiseTonguePraise To God Is Fittingconfessing

Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy One,
To the despised One,
To the One abhorred by the nation,
To the Servant of rulers,
Kings will see and arise,
Princes will also bow down,
Because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”
Verse ConceptsRedemption, In OtProphecies Concerning ChristBowing Before MessiahMessianic Prophecies

Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and make them know that I have loved you. Verse ConceptsFeetSatan, As DeceiverSatanticKnowing About God's KingdomSatanJews


“And it shall be from new moon to new moon
And from sabbath to sabbath,
All mankind will come to bow down before Me,” says the Lord.
Verse ConceptsBowingMonthMoonThe New CreationBowing Before Goda new beginningWorshiping GodWorshiping TogetherA New DayThe Moonhumanitycelebrating

Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths. Verse ConceptsFeastingMission, Of IsraelParticipation, In ChristUnity, God's Goal OfZion, As A SymbolCelebrationsSurvivors Of The NationsEvery YearCelebrationjerusalemcelebrating

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, And all the families of the nations will worship before You. For the kingdom is the LORD'S And He rules over the nations.


“Do you thus repay the Lord,
O foolish and unwise people?
Is not He your Father who has bought you?
He has made you and established you.
Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfGiving, Of OneselfFolly, Examples OfClaimsIngratitudeMetaphorsPeople Of God, In OtCharacter Of WickedIngratitude To GodFoolish PeopleCreation Of All Mankind





Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtBlessings For Jew And GentileGentilesJews



No man has authority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver those who practice it. Verse ConceptsUniversality Of DeathEuthanasiaCoping With DeathHow Death Is InevitableEvil And FreedomPrinciples Of WarSalvation By Other ThingsDeathstruggleWarGod Being In Controlpractice

For we will surely die and are like water spilled on the ground which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away life, but plans ways so that the banished one will not be cast out from him. Verse ConceptsImperfection, Influence OfLast ThingsUniversality Of DeathMediatorMortalityHow Death Is InevitableReinstating Peopleextraterrestrials

“For I know that You will bring me to death
And to the house of meeting for all living.
Verse ConceptsLast ThingsUniversality Of DeathMortalitySuicideMeeting PeopleHow Death Is InevitableDeath Is UniversalDeath



For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity. Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateUniversality Of DeathVanityAdvantagesUseless EndeavourCondition Of The BodyAnimals Having A Soulnatural Lifenatural DeathEverything Happening For A ReasonPetsThe Environmentbreathinghumanityfatebreath






Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.’ Verse ConceptsGod's Call, EveryoneWedding FeastsFinding PeopleUsing RoadsWedding GuestsHighwaysMarriage Kjvmarraigeroyaltyevangelizing




And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGuilt, Human Aspects OfDestinySmallnessStandingJudgmentWhat Heaven Will Be LikeThe Judgement InvolvesThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsThe Final JudgementGreat And SmallRepaid For DeedsJudgment According To WorksAccountabilityJudgement DayJudging Others Actionsdeeds





And He will judge between the nations,
And will render decisions for many peoples;
And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
And never again will they learn war.
Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningPloughingSecuritySpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsNationsPeace, Effects OfDisarmamentMessianic PropheciesGod Makes PeaceMillennial Kingdom, Universal Peace And Blessing

“In that day I will also make a covenant for them
With the beasts of the field,
The birds of the sky
And the creeping things of the ground.
And I will abolish the bow, the sword and war from the land,
And will make them lie down in safety.
Verse ConceptsAbolitionCovenant, the newCovenant, God's with NoahBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthRest, EternalWeaponsWild Beasts SubduedGod Makes PeaceNo WarMillennial Kingdom, Universal Peace And BlessingBirdsSleeping Peacefully

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
And the bow of war will be cut off.
And He will speak peace to the nations;
And His dominion will be from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.
Verse ConceptsAbolitionConversion, God's demands forBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthGovernmentWeaponsPeace, Promised ToGod's DominionChrist's DominionDestroying ChariotsExpanse Of The SeaGod Of PeaceNo WarAs Far As The Euphrates

There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace,
On the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
Verse ConceptsIncreaseCovenant, God's with DavidGod, Zeal OfLeaders, PoliticalNewsThroneJusticeChrist's DominionMessianic PropheciesTime Of Peace


Each of them will sit under his vine
And under his fig tree,
With no one to make them afraid,
For the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.
Verse ConceptsAffluenceInvitationsRest, PhysicalSittingVinesTreesSitting In SecurityFreed From FearGod As A Warrior

The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain,” says the Lord. Verse ConceptsLambsLionsMessianic AgeMillenniumRenewal, Of Natural OrderRest, EternalSnakesStomachsStrawAbstaining From MeatsDeliverance From LionsPower Over SnakesWolvesNoting What Animals EatAnimals Going To HeavenSleeping Peacefully

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
And the bow of war will be cut off.
And He will speak peace to the nations;
And His dominion will be from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.
Verse ConceptsAbolitionConversion, God's demands forBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthGovernmentWeaponsPeace, Promised ToGod's DominionChrist's DominionDestroying ChariotsExpanse Of The SeaGod Of PeaceNo WarAs Far As The Euphrates


Envoys will come out of Egypt;
Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.
Verse ConceptsenvoyEthiopiaStretching OutGod's DominionAfricaAmassing Bronzeanniversary

Destroy them in wrath, destroy them that they may be no more;
That men may know that God rules in Jacob
To the ends of the earth. Selah.
Verse ConceptsGod's DominionGod Angry With The NationsPsalm InterjectionsKnowing About God's Kingdomwrath


And let all kings bow down before him,
All nations serve him.
Verse ConceptsChristmasGod's DominionBowing Before MessiahDealing With The Nations






in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, Verse ConceptsGoadsThoughtWritingThoughts Of The WickedWriting On PeopleJustified By WorksKnowing Right And WrongTaking The Law To HeartThings As WitnessesHeart, HumanEthicsMoralityconscienceaccusations








For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningFinding ThingsGod Answers Prayer


I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.” Verse ConceptsSpiritual FoodFlesh, Description Ofeternal life, nature ofThe EucharistChrist Going DownEating Christ's BodyLife In ChristChrist And HeavenChrist's LifeJesus As FoodLife Is In ChristBreadCompetition




Says the Lord, who makes these things known from long ago.
Verse ConceptsGod Speaking Of OldGod's Things Revealed

“For He looks to the ends of the earth
And sees everything under the heavens.
Verse ConceptsVeilsGod, All knowingGod Seeing All The Earth

Let them give glory to the Lord
And declare His praise in the coastlands.
Verse ConceptsGlorifying GodPraisePraise, Reasons ForPraise And Worship

Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise You.
Verse ConceptsPraise The Lord!

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