Like Ref verses 9:22 Things being made known to us—especially about the Lord God
How many times have you looked at a verse of scripture that you didn't understand and had little way to discern its meaning-- even your concordances and Bible helps didn't resolve your questions. As impossible as it sounds, a great tool for interpretation is provided right before you in the Bible. Knowing that like referenced Bible verses have a common theme running through them often gives you many verses to examine to help you with the one on which you are struggling. Following is an example where by understanding the theme for 9:22 verses you can better understand how in each occurrence of them God is showing that he has, will and is coming to reveal himself to us.
In the 25 Bible's verses that have a chapter and verse reference of 9:22 we find an theme that runs through all these verses tells us that God reveals himself to us. The theme appears mostly about Jesus being revealed to us but also seems to encompass fathers and even evil leaders being revealed as well. The theme also fits with the individual numbers of number 9 and 22. Nine is a number related to the future and watching for Jesus return. While we are in this 9th step of God's redemption plan, we are to be faithfully serving and telling others about Jesus. We see this strongly in the example at Acts 9:22 as it speaks of Saul in relationship to proving Jesus is the Christ. The number 22 is about Jesus the Suffering Servant that comes for his people - We see this clearly in the example at Luke 9:22 where Jesus speaks of the things he must do as our Messiah. These things demonstrate who he is. Helping to support this theme is realizing that 29 and 92 are both related to number 99 which represents end times numbers. 99 and 999 are specifically about the return of the Lord to reveal himself just prior to the judgments happening which are related to numbers 100 and 1000.
9:22 verses showing theme of "being made known"
In proving Jesus is the Christ...
Learning what Jesus must do...
God sharing knowledge with Daniel...
Speaks of God demonstrating himself through wrath...
God making his mighty power known to Israel, pharaoh and Egypt,
The Piller of Cloud with Israel making known God's Presence with them...
Parents afraid to make known the healing by Jesus...
Jesus making known by a miracle that faith in him heals
Making known what an evil spirit is doing...
The Lord making the future known...
The nakedness of his father known and then made known to brothers...
As you examine like referenced verses and their related themes, avoid too narrowly defining themes in your mind. Doing so will disguise the most correct theme. Remember, we are seeking to understand how God reveals himself through his word rather than try and make him fit an image of how he might construct themes. The more examples of like referenced verses you study the more you will be convinced these common themes exist. If you are not seeing clear themes, step back and examine the highest level theme you might find in the overall contents of each set of like referenced verses. Even though you might not be sure how to specifically define the themes, you should be able to observe how different the overall themes in each set are. Some verse sets you might begin to examine are: 3:16 verses—salvation from Jesus; 10:30 verses – God keeps score vengaence is mine; 20:2 verses-Authority of Kings/Jesus.
It's worth the effort to understand like referenced verses because knowing about the themes helps you discern the best interpretations of many verses in the Bible you are not quire sure about.
How many times have you looked at a verse of scripture that you didn't understand and had little way to discern its meaning-- even your concordances and Bible helps didn't resolve your questions. As impossible as it sounds, a great tool for interpretation is provided right before you in the Bible. Knowing that like referenced Bible verses have a common theme running through them often gives you many verses to examine to help you with the one on which you are struggling. Following is an example where by understanding the theme for 9:22 verses you can better understand how in each occurrence of them God is showing that he has, will and is coming to reveal himself to us.
In the 25 Bible's verses that have a chapter and verse reference of 9:22 we find an theme that runs through all these verses tells us that God reveals himself to us. The theme appears mostly about Jesus being revealed to us but also seems to encompass fathers and even evil leaders being revealed as well. The theme also fits with the individual numbers of number 9 and 22. Nine is a number related to the future and watching for Jesus return. While we are in this 9th step of God's redemption plan, we are to be faithfully serving and telling others about Jesus. We see this strongly in the example at Acts 9:22 as it speaks of Saul in relationship to proving Jesus is the Christ. The number 22 is about Jesus the Suffering Servant that comes for his people - We see this clearly in the example at Luke 9:22 where Jesus speaks of the things he must do as our Messiah. These things demonstrate who he is. Helping to support this theme is realizing that 29 and 92 are both related to number 99 which represents end times numbers. 99 and 999 are specifically about the return of the Lord to reveal himself just prior to the judgments happening which are related to numbers 100 and 1000.
9:22 verses showing theme of "being made known"
In proving Jesus is the Christ...
Act 9:22 But Saul kept...confounding the Jews...by proving that this Jesus is the Christ.
Learning what Jesus must do...
Luke 9:22 saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the third day."
God sharing knowledge with Daniel...
Dan 9:22 He gave me instruction and talked with me and said, "O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you insight with understanding.
Speaks of God demonstrating himself through wrath...
Rom 9:22 What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction?
God making his mighty power known to Israel, pharaoh and Egypt,
Exo 9:22 Now the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt, on man and on beast and on every plant of the field, throughout the land of Egypt."
The Piller of Cloud with Israel making known God's Presence with them...
Num 9:22 Whether it was two days or a month or a year that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, staying above it,...
Parents afraid to make known the healing by Jesus...
John 9:22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.
Jesus making known by a miracle that faith in him heals
Matt 9:22 But Jesus turning and seeing her said, "Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well." At once the woman was made well.
Making known what an evil spirit is doing...
Mrk 9:22 "It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!"
The Lord making the future known...
Jer 9:22 Speak, "Thus says the LORD, 'The corpses of men will fall like dung on the open field..."
The nakedness of his father known and then made known to brothers...
Gen 9:22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
As you examine like referenced verses and their related themes, avoid too narrowly defining themes in your mind. Doing so will disguise the most correct theme. Remember, we are seeking to understand how God reveals himself through his word rather than try and make him fit an image of how he might construct themes. The more examples of like referenced verses you study the more you will be convinced these common themes exist. If you are not seeing clear themes, step back and examine the highest level theme you might find in the overall contents of each set of like referenced verses. Even though you might not be sure how to specifically define the themes, you should be able to observe how different the overall themes in each set are. Some verse sets you might begin to examine are: 3:16 verses—salvation from Jesus; 10:30 verses – God keeps score vengaence is mine; 20:2 verses-Authority of Kings/Jesus.
It's worth the effort to understand like referenced verses because knowing about the themes helps you discern the best interpretations of many verses in the Bible you are not quire sure about.
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