Ecclesiastes 11 pushes past paralysis with humble courage. It calls us to diversify wisely, sow steadily, enjoy the light, and remember the God who will weigh every deed.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Ecclesiastes 11 pushes past paralysis with humble courage. It calls us to diversify wisely, sow steadily, enjoy the light, and remember the God who will weigh every deed.
Psalm 98 calls for a new song because God’s holy arm has worked salvation and made it known to the nations. It ends with creation’s joy that the righteous Judge is coming to rule the world with equity.
Psalm 96 calls the church to sing a new song and to declare God’s salvation among the nations. It anchors public witness in the Creator’s reign and ends with creation’s joy that the righteous Judge is coming.
Psalm 28 moves from silence and danger to strength and song, teaching us to cry for mercy, trust the Rock, and praise before outcomes are visible. It ends with a corporate plea for God to save, bless, shepherd, and carry his people forever.
Job 24 asks why God does not post public court dates and then catalogs rural and urban injustices. The chapter answers with God’s watchful oversight, the brief rise of the wicked, and a hope that waits for the day he has set.
Zophar’s speech in Job 20 warns that evil collapses quickly and that God exposes hidden guilt. The wider canon agrees with the warning but corrects his compressed timetable, directing us to patience, refuge, and a public day when the Lord sets all things right.
Bildad’s second speech catalogs how evil unravels but misreads Job by forcing a quick verdict. This study sets his warnings inside Scripture’s longer horizon of patient justice, real refuge, and unfailing light.
David’s census in 1 Chronicles 21 exposes pride, unleashes a plague, and leads to a costly altar where God answers by fire. From halted judgment to chosen temple ground, the chapter shows how the Lord turns discipline into direction and centers His people in worship.
Babylon closes its grip, Jehoiachin surrenders, and Judah’s first deportation begins. 2 Kings 24 shows covenant justice at work while God preserves a people for future mercy.
Josiah repairs the temple, the Book of the Law is found, and a humbled king seeks the Lord. Through Huldah, God announces certain judgment yet grants Josiah peace, modeling reform rooted in recovered Scripture and responsive hearts.
Manasseh rebuilds what Hezekiah tore down, placing an idol in the temple and filling Jerusalem with blood until prophets announce measured judgment. Amon prolongs the slide, yet God preserves a remnant and keeps the line moving toward hope.
Baal’s temple falls and Ahab’s house ends “according to the word of the Lord,” but Jehu leaves the calves standing. The chapter warns that zeal without whole-hearted worship shrinks peace and shortens gains.
Jehu’s anointing sets in motion justice promised years earlier. At Naboth’s field and Jezreel’s window, God’s word proves exact and His peace tied to truth.
2 Kings 6 moves from a borrowed axhead to fiery hosts and a city under siege. God’s word protects, opens eyes, and calls desperate people to trust.
A coalition marches dry into Moab until God fills the valley with water without wind or rain. Victory follows, but “great wrath” at a pagan sacrifice halts the campaign, reminding us that God provides, governs outcomes, and calls his people to seek him first.