This article addresses the major themes that run throughout the Holy Bible. There are too many themes in the Bible to list, so this author will only address three major themes found in the Holy Word of God. The first theme is Jesus; the beginning and the end, the Alpha and the Omega. Colossians 1:17 of the New Living Translation says it best: He existed before all else and holds all creation together. Christ is also the head of the church, which is His body. He is the principle, supreme over all those who rise from the dead. So He is first in everything. Because God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through Him he reconciled all to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and earth through the blood of Christ on the cross. The second theme seen in the Bible is love. The Bible says in 1 John 4:8 that God is Love; But he who does not love does not know God, because God is love. We see it in the greatest commandment. The final theme, which is clearly seen in almost every book of the Bible, is the theme of salvation and/or redemption. God the Father is not seen saving those who call upon His name from certain death not only in the Old Testament, but also in the New Testament. In theology redemption and salvation are one. “Theology is liberation from the power and punishment of sin; redemption” (Dictionarry.com, 2013). Jesus The first theme is Jesus. We see the prophecies of the first and second coming of Jesus in the Old Testament and then we see in the New Testament the life and teachings of the Son of God. “Then he said, 'When I was with you before, I said that everything that is written about me in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and in the Psalms must be fulfilled'” (Luke…… half of the paper. .....first through reading the Word of God we begin to understand how look through the lens of God for our lives and the lives of others. This shows us that we need a relationship and not a religion. The Bible teaches us and shows us we do not need to purify ourselves to come to Jesus, but to come to Jesus and the Cross to cleanse himself. His arms are always wide open. C.S. Lewis once said, “The Christian does not think that God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because he loves us” (Patheos.com, 2013). ) “'This is basically what C.S. Lewis was saying. God only made us good through the atoning work of Calvary. We have become righteous because of His love which was displayed most vividly on the cross, as John wrote: 'In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for ours. sins'” (1 John 4:10) (Patheos.com, 2013).
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