The ten plagues expose false gods and reveal the Lord who judges and saves. In Passover, blood marks a people for life, shaping Israel’s identity and foreshadowing greater redemption.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
The ten plagues expose false gods and reveal the Lord who judges and saves. In Passover, blood marks a people for life, shaping Israel’s identity and foreshadowing greater redemption.
Purim, from the book of Esther, celebrates God’s hidden deliverance when His people faced destruction. It turns sorrow to joy and teaches trust in unseen providence.
Scripture uses “law,” “torah,” and “Pentateuch” with care. This guide maps their overlap and differences and shows how Christ and the Spirit bring the words of God to life.
Ezekiel 34 indicts self-serving shepherds and reveals the Lord as the true Shepherd who searches, rescues, and rules through His servant David. Under His covenant of peace, showers fall, yokes break, and the flock learns again that He is with them.
Ezekiel 33 ties love to warning and mercy to justice. The watchman sounds the horn, God pleads for life, and hearers must turn today rather than admire sermons tomorrow.
Pharaoh roars like a monster and meets God’s net. Ezekiel 32 darkens the lights, quiets the waters, and marches Egypt to the pit so nations learn the Lord’s name.
Ezekiel 31 tells Pharaoh to “consider Assyria,” a cedar that rose by God’s waters and fell for its pride. The parable trains rulers and households to keep low, give shade, and trust the Gardener who governs height and rain.
Ezekiel 30 announces a near “day of the Lord” over Egypt. Alliances collapse, idols fail, and God strengthens Babylon while breaking Pharaoh so nations learn His name.
Ezekiel 27 turns Tyre into a splendid ship and then a wreck, teaching nations to grieve pride and to turn wealth into worship under God’s rule.
Tyre’s gloat over Jerusalem meets God’s waves of judgment. Ezekiel 26 turns a proud harbor into a bare rock to teach nations who truly rules the sea.
Babylon’s idols fall while a weeping remnant asks the way to Zion. Jeremiah 50 unites justice and mercy as God topples pride and leads his flock home under a strong Redeemer.
Jeremiah 49 surveys Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar/Hazor, and Elam. Through sharp justice and surprising promises, the chapter shows how God breaks false security and yet restores in due season.
Jeremiah 48 traces Moab’s fall from complacent pride to shattered jars and silent presses. Through tears and taunt, the chapter ends with a glimmer of future mercy that keeps hope alive beyond judgment.
God humbles Egypt and comforts Israel: the day is his, idols fail, and discipline is measured for Jacob’s peace.
Only five verses long, Jeremiah 45 captures God’s counsel to a tired scribe: while he overturns nations, do not chase greatness; receive your life as a prize. Baruch’s promise reframes ambition and steadies faithful service in a collapsing age.