Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 0 » 4025 world, the » 4029 world, human beings in The world is intended to be the dwelling-place of humanity, as the height of God's creation. Human beings are organised within the world into groupings and nations and have a God-given authority to rule. The responsibility of human beings to rule Over the earth Genesis 2:15-16 See also Genesis 1:25-26,29; Psalm 8:4-6 Over the animal kingdom Genesis 1:28 “subdue” and “rule” do not give liberty to exploit and abuse but responsibility for caring for and bringing the best out of God's world. See also Genesis 9:1-5; Deuteronomy 22:6-7; Proverbs 27:23-27; Matthew 6:25-26; Acts 10:11-13 The response of human beings to God's commission to rule Failure through abuse Hosea 4:2-3 See also Genesis 3:12; Genesis 6:11-12; Deuteronomy 28:15-21 Refusal to fill the earth Genesis 11:5-7 See also Genesis 4:17 Obedience and blessing Deuteronomy 28:4-5 See also Genesis 49:25 The ordering of nations within the world By language Genesis 11:8-9 See also Genesis 10:5; Nehemiah 13:24; Esther 1:22; Acts 2:6-8; Revelation 14:6 By race Revelation 7:9 See also Revelation 5:9; Revelation 13:7 By territory Acts 17:26 See also Genesis 13:11-12; Numbers 13:27-29 By their rise and fall Jeremiah 18:7-10 See also 2 Chronicles 15:6; Isaiah 19:2; Jeremiah 1:10; Daniel 7:17-18; Matthew 24:7 pp Mark 13:8 pp Luke 21:10-11 By government Romans 13:1 See also Daniel 2:21; Daniel 4:17; 1 Peter 2:13-14 The world as the object of the gospel proclamation God sent Jesus Christ to this world John 3:16 See also Isaiah 45:22; John 1:10,29; 1 John 2:2; John 4:9 Believers are commanded to evangelise this world Matthew 28:18-19 See also Mark 16:15; Luke 24:46-47; Acts 1:8 See also
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