{This is a re-post...I am currently reading through the Bible chronologically and love to look for themes in God's Word. This information comes from our pastor's wife that she gave me the first time I read through the Bible in 90 days.}
I was recently talking to my pastor's wife and told her that I would be
trying to read the Bible in 90 Days. She has done something similar
several times and calls it a "Rapid Read" through the Bible. She was
gracious enough to give me some pointers and ideas as to what she did
when she read through it quickly. One of the things that she mentioned
was all the themes that start to pop out when you read through the Bible
at a more rapid pace. I thought I would share with you the themes that
she has come across...
1. Look for the noun/verb combinations of God + verb.......God
sees...God hears....God knows....God blessed...God preserves.....These
will soooooo bless you!
2. The "I AM" themes
3. The "only God can deliver from this impossible situation" theme.
4. The "salvation offered to a Gentile" theme.
5. The "intercessory prayer" theme....where one single person intercedes
for a group and moves the heart of God to do an amazing intervention.
6. The "out of Egypt--- into the promised land----forget God---end up in Babylonian-bondage-----repent again" theme.
7. The theme of "praise in the midst of your absolute worst trials"
8. The "forgive your enemies theme"
9. The don't you dare 'lord it over others' or 'mistreat others' theme.
10. The "covenant" theme.
11. The "names of God" theme.
12. The "God will test you to see what is in your heart" theme.
13.The "live by faith in the darkest hour" theme.
14. The Israel theme....totally amazing....you will see this first in
Gen 32:28....the word Israel occurs 2,336 times throughout the Word.
15. Watch for the theophany themes....a theophany is when the 2nd member
of the Trinity...the Son...made a bodily appearance to someone prior to
His incarnation as the person Jesus.....hint: Often called "The angel
of the Lord," the people He appeared to fell down in worship of
Him....if it had been merely an angel...the angel would not accept
worship but say....."do not worship me!!!"
16..The "FEAR NOT!" or "DO NOT BE AFRAID!" theme
17. The "God is LOVE/ God is a Holy Father" theme....as opposed to the
tyrannical, unpredictable, self serving foreign/false gods.
18.The "grace and patience" of God theme.....
19. The "salvation by belief/faith theme......beginning in the O.T....not the New Testament.
20. The patterns and orders of prayers that move God.....praise,
confession, thanksgiving in advance of His mighty work, pleading in
intercessions or pleas to act/protect/provide.
21. Watch for what the world thinks are merely figures of speech....you will find they are scriptures.
22. Watch for how God talks to people.....He usually begins with a
question...."Where are you?" Gen 3:9 or "Do you have a right to be
angry?" Jonah 4:9....and the best are... the 70 questions God asks Job
in the last chapters of that book.
23. Watch for the "creation/Creator" themes
24. Watch for "began well....but fell into sin before the end" themes.
25.Watch for the patterns that lead straight to the bondage-land.....fear....grumbling...unbelief....ingratitude...
26...(I promise this is the last one!)....The "bond-servant" theme. This
is sooo beautiful. A bond-servant was a person who voluntarily entered
into servitude to another. The servant's will was totally consumed in
the will of the master. Every man of God in the Bible in some way made
the statement that they were willing and eager "bond-slaves"/"servants"
of the Lord. In this we see the godly men as very humble servants...not
demigods/ demagogues....lording it over any others, like the Gentile
nations did. It is, therefore, not at all ghastly to ask the women to
also become "bond-slaves to the Lord Jesus Christ."
1 comment:
There are a lot of themes! I will be looking out for these as I progress through my "quick read". I am currently on Ezekial. Although my quick read is not 90 days...LOL! Thanks for sharing this great information.
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