This message comes from an angel, in the last days, and is part of the “everlasting gospel” which he preaches to all the inhabitants of earth (verse 6).

This is a message then which you are meant to hear, and should receive, no matter who you are or where you come from. It is directed toward “every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people.” Why? Because God made heaven and earth.

You are walking on God’s ground, breathing God’s air, enjoying God’s sun, and looking up into God’s sky. And the same God who made heaven and earth is coming soon in judgment. Every eye will see him and every knee must bow to him.

So, as the angel proclaims, fear God and give him the glory he is due. The implied subject is “You!” This is not a message for other people, or for a group of people — it is a direct and authoritative and gracious command for you to fear God and give him glory.

Perhaps you already are a believer in Jesus Christ, and have confessed and repented of your sins. Is this message not to you also? Shouldn’t we all embrace the everlasting gospel, at every point in our lives? Is it not always a timely reminder to be told “fear God, and give him glory,” since we so easily become distracted from this one great priority for our life?

What a joy it should be to a believer to hear these words: “worship Him!” It is but the encouragement to our heart’s desire, the command that we delight to obey.

If I could give these roses to Jesus Christ I would. He has done so much for me all of my life. No one could ever love me like He does.

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USING SCRIPTURE TO INTERPRET SCRIPTURE

Finding our way around these themes can be a daunting task, especially given the variety of subjects covered in the Bible. A word search can be helpful, but it can give an incomplete picture due to the complexity of language and the context in which words are used.

The great news is that you can use tools like the Thompson Chain Reference Study Bible (NIV). It links various themes together as they are mentioned and developed throughout Scripture.

The very heart of this product is the thematic chains that number in the thousands and people at all stages of learning about the Bible have used it in the 100 years since its initial release. The Thompson Chain resource is also a great study Bible, offering cross-references, book outlines, book introductions, maps, and harmonies to aid us in our study.

THOMPSON CHAIN IN THE APP

We’ve put quite a bit of attention into converting the rich topical content so it can be used in the app. Our goal was to make navigating the famous topical chains easy and intuitive and to allow quick access to the additional materials as well.

We’re going to walk through a quick example of how the Olive Tree Bible App can make navigating the Thompson Chain Reference Study Bible enjoyable and easy. The example uses and refers to the iPad version of our software.

We’ve designed this resource to work seamlessly with the built-in resource guide.

USING THE STUDY CENTER

If you want to follow along with the example, bring 1 Samuel chapter 17 up in your Bible. With everything set up, the screen will look similar to this, depending on what resources you have:

To see the chains, tap the name of the Thompson Chain under the commentaries section of the resource guide. Your split-window view will change to a listing of verses directly related to your location:

Choose the verse you want by tapping on it in the split window. In this example we’ll choose 17:4:

You can now choose the theme you want to explore in the list under that verse, for instance, choosing 1409, Descendants of Rapha results in the following:

Now it’s as easy as tapping on each verse reference to get a popup where you can read the appropriate Bible text.

When you are done with this chain, you can tap the back arrow at the upper left corner of the split screen to return to the verse menu.

SEARCH PEOPLE AND TOPICS

There are also some other gems available but a little less obvious. For this example, tap the David entry under the People section. After you’ve tapped on it, the screen will look like this:

The Resource Guide automatically shows you that there is an article on David available in the Thompson Chain resource. Tap on the article to read it.

There is also a map on the Journeys of David under the Maps section that you can open.

Tap the map to make it full screen, and pinch and zoom to make the image larger:

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