Dictionary of Bible Themes A state of being separate or apart from something or someone, often accompanied by an awareness of the separation. Human beings are alienated from God on account of sin. Alienation is also encountered in other areas of life, including relations between believers, and between believers and secular society. Galatians 5:4Alienation from God because of sin Sin causes separation from God Colossians 1:21See also Those seeking to justify themselves cut themselves off from Jesus Christ's saving work Isaiah 59:1-2Ezekiel 39:23-24 Genesis 3:8-10 See also Seen in discomfort in God's presence Isaiah 6:5Luke 5:8 Deuteronomy 1:42 See also Seen in defeat in battle Numbers 14:41-45Joshua 7:11-12 Judges 2:11-15 Isaiah 59:1-2 See also Seen in unanswered prayer Deuteronomy 1:45Psalms 66:18 Proverbs 1:28-30 Isaiah 1:15 Isaiah 1:11-14 Amos 5:21-23 Seen in unaccepted worship Malachi 1:10Genesis 3:23-24 Exodus 33:3 Seen in lost closeness with God Isaiah 64:7Ezekiel 8:6 Hosea 5:6 Jonah 1:3 Psalms 22:1 A sense of alienation from God Isaiah 49:14Feelings of alienation See also Psalms 39:12; 42:3-4,9-10; 44:23-24Isaiah 40:27 Lamentations 2:1 Matthew 27:46 pp Mk 15:34 Isaiah 49:15-16Jesus Christ's alienation from God as he bore the consequences of human sin was felt and actual. See also The reassurance of God's concern Isaiah 43:1-5; 44:21; 54:7Jeremiah 31:20 Proverbs 16:28 Alienation from others See also Alienation caused by a third party Proverbs 17:9Galatians 4:17 Genesis 3:7 False teachers in Galatia tried to drive a wedge between Paul and the church. Examples of alienation Genesis 4:3-8Man and woman Genesis 27:41Cain and Abel 1 Samuel 18:8-9Jacob and Esau Job 19:13-19Saul and David Psalms 69:8Job and his family and friends Jeremiah 12:6the psalmist and his family Acts 15:39Jeremiah and his family Ephesians 2:12Paul and Barnabas Jew and Gentile Colossians 1:22Overcoming alienation See also Being reconciled to God Romans 5:112 Corinthians 5:18-20 1 Peter 2:25 Colossians 3:13 See also Reconciliation with others Leviticus 19:18Matthew 5:23-24 Genesis 33:4 Examples of reconciliation Genesis 50:19-21Jacob and Esau Ephesians 2:14-16Joseph and his brothers Jew and Gentile John 15:18-19God's people are aliens in the world See also John 17:16Philippians 3:20 Hebrews 11:13-16 1 Peter 2:11 Psalms 146:9 Responsibility to the alien See also God's concern for the outsider Deuteronomy 10:18Jeremiah 30:17 Matthew 9:10-11 The example of Jesus Christ pp Mk 2:15-16 See also pp Lk 5:29-30 Matthew 8:2-3Jesus Christ welcomed those who had been alienated by the rest of society. pp Mk 1:40-42 Matthew 11:19pp Lk 5:12-13 Jesus Christ touched the "untouchable" man with leprosy Leviticus 19:34pp Lk 7:34 See also Equal treatment for the alien Exodus 12:48-49Leviticus 24:22 Deuteronomy 24:17 Ensuring justice for the alien See also Exodus 22:21The weaker members of Israelite society are of special concern. Jeremiah 22:3Zechariah 7:9-10 Leviticus 23:22 Special provision for the alien See also Leviticus 19:10God makes special provision for the poor so that they will have a share in the blessings of the land. Deuteronomy 24:20; 14:28-29See also The third year's tithe is shared with those without inheritance in the land. 5004 human race & sin5446 poverty 5492 restitution 5902 maturity 6236 sexual sin 6716 reconciliation 7344 curtain 7530 foreigners 7545 outsiders 8269 holiness, separation from worldly 8341 separation 9024 death, spiritual |
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