Obadiah compresses justice and hope into twenty-one verses. Edom falls, Zion rises, and the King’s rule comes into view for the nations.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Obadiah compresses justice and hope into twenty-one verses. Edom falls, Zion rises, and the King’s rule comes into view for the nations.
Amos indicts worship without justice and prosperity without mercy, warning that the day of the Lord brings darkness for a people who trample the poor. Yet the prophet also promises David’s booth raised and a harvest of restoration, as God gathers nations to His name and replants His people under the coming King.
Joel turns a locust-plagued crisis into a summons to repent and a promise of restoration. He announces the Spirit for all who call on the Lord and paints a horizon where the Lord judges the nations and dwells in Zion forever.
Hosea weds a covenant lawsuit to a wedding vow. The prophet exposes Israel’s unfaithfulness under the Law and promises healing love that renews the people and points to David’s greater Son.
Daniel pairs court faithfulness with apocalyptic vision. From Babylon to Persia, God humbles empires, reveals the Seventy Weeks, and grants the Son of Man an everlasting kingdom that steadies His people in exile and points to the world to come.
Ezekiel moves from presence lost to presence restored. From dated visions and sign-acts to New Heart and Spirit and a river from the temple, the prophet prosecutes covenant breach, promises Spirit-wrought renewal, and points to a Messianic order where “The Lord Is There.”
Lamentations gives the covenant community a grammar for catastrophe. In acrostic poems shaped by truth and tears, Judah confesses sin, accepts the Lord’s righteousness, and discovers mercies new every morning. The book trains faith to lament honestly, repent deeply, and hope stubbornly for Zion’s comfort under the coming King.
Jeremiah prosecutes Judah’s covenant breach while shepherding a remnant through judgment toward hope. From temple gates to exile letters, the prophet announces a righteous Branch and a New Covenant that moves obedience from tablets to hearts, anchoring endurance now and pointing to the King’s coming reign.
Isaiah confronts covenant breach and announces comfort through a Spirit-anointed Servant and a righteous King. From Assyria to new creation, the prophet binds worship to justice and anchors present endurance in a sure kingdom horizon.
The Song of Songs—also called Song of Solomon—celebrates covenant love with Eden-echoing joy and patient restraint. Set under the Law yet resonant in Grace, it trains households in holiness and hints at the coming Kingdom’s unshadowed feast.
Ecclesiastes names life “under the sun” as vapor when treated as ultimate, yet commends joyful reverence before God. Its realism prepares hearts for Christ and keeps our hope set on the coming King who judges justly and restores creation.
Proverbs is Scripture’s school of wisdom, rooted in the fear of the LORD and crafted for daily life. It trains speech, work, family, justice, and leadership while pointing forward to the wise Son who will rule in righteousness.
Psalms is Scripture’s prayer book, forming worshipers for every season with songs of lament, confession, thanksgiving, and praise. It anchors hope in the Davidic promise and lifts hearts toward the coming reign of the righteous King.
Job shows a righteous sufferer tested under God’s sovereign hand and refined by the vision of His wisdom. Honest lament meets a living Redeemer, and the fear of the LORD remains wisdom’s path.
Esther tells how God quietly overturned a genocidal plot and turned mourning into joy through courageous obedience and providence. The feast of Purim keeps that reversal alive as hope leans toward the promised King.