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.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
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.
Obadiah exposes Edom’s pride and kin-violence, warns that deeds return upon one’s head, and ends with hope on Zion. The closing promise—“the kingdom will be the Lord’s”—anchors repentance and steady hope.
Under Assyrian threat, Hezekiah spreads the letter before the Lord and prays for God’s honor. Isaiah announces deliverance grounded in God’s name and Davidic promise, and the Lord defends Zion while giving a sign that the remnant will flourish.
Isaiah 10 indicts crooked laws, reveals Assyria as a rod in God’s hand, and then humbles that rod for boasting. At the center stands a promise: a remnant will return and truly rely on the Holy One, as the Mighty One lifts Zion’s yoke and fells the forest of pride.
Psalm 142 teaches believers to turn caves into chapels. David cries aloud, calls God his refuge and portion, and asks for freedom so that praise will rise and the righteous will gather around mercy’s fresh work.
Psalm 140 teaches believers to resist evil by prayer rather than retaliation. David names venomous speech and hidden snares, asks God to block wicked plans, and rests in the Lord who secures justice for the poor and gathers the upright into His presence.
Psalm 129 turns shared wounds into worship and shared rescues into praise. It asks God to cut cords, to wither hostile schemes, and to keep blessing where it belongs.
David’s pilgrim psalm teaches a nation to bless the Lord who breaks snares and stops floods. It leaves us with a creed to carry: our help is in his name.
Psalm 116 moves from cords of death to a lifted cup. It teaches us to cry “Lord, save me,” to give thanks in the assembly, and to walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
Psalm 40 moves from waiting to rescue to witness, centering on obedience from the heart rather than mere offerings. It teaches believers to sing, obey, and hope when pressure returns.
David turns a narrow escape into a school of praise. Learn how “taste and see” shapes truthful speech, patient peacemaking, and resilient hope for the brokenhearted.
David celebrates rescue from the brink of the pit and invites the faithful to sing God’s holy name. Psalm 30 turns mourning into dancing so that a life and a congregation are dedicated to praise forever.
Psalm 18 turns a lifetime of danger and rescue into worship, tracing God’s thunderous descent to save and His unfailing love to David’s line. The result is strength for today and a vow to praise the Lord among the nations.
David flees Absalom and prays Psalm 3, moving from alarm to confidence in God’s shielding care. The psalm teaches believers to rest, speak truth, and seek deliverance that belongs to the Lord.
Hezekiah faces Assyria with prudent planning and bold faith, then learns humility when prosperity follows. 2 Chronicles 32 shows God’s deliverance and God’s testing.