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.
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.
Ruth unfolds loyal love and lawful redemption in Bethlehem’s fields. Through ordinary faithfulness God preserves the line to David and hints at the coming King who shelters all who take refuge under His wings.
Genesis begins the Bible’s story with creation, fall, flood, and the patriarchs, revealing God’s covenants and unbroken purposes. It traces the promise to Abraham and points ahead to the King whose reign secures blessing for the nations.
Jonah 4 ends not with a tidy moral but with God’s question about compassion. Through a plant, a worm, and a wind, the Lord exposes narrow pity and invites His servant to share His concern for a great city and every life within it.
From the belly of the fish, Jonah prays Scripture, looks toward God’s temple, renounces idols, and confesses, “Salvation comes from the Lord.” His gratitude before landfall trains us to trust God’s mercy in every deep.
Amos 4 traces a sequence of wake-up calls—famine, drought, disease, and defeat—each meant to bring Israel back. The chapter exposes worship without justice and ends with a bracing summons: prepare to meet your God.
Jeremiah 26 turns worship into a courtroom where God invites reform so he may relent. The city spares Jeremiah, slays Uriah, and learns that sacred space cannot shield a people who refuse the Lord’s word.
Bel and Nebo must be hauled into captivity, but the Lord carries his people from birth to gray hairs. Isaiah 46 calls us to remember, trust the God who declares the end from the beginning, and expect near salvation that sets Zion singing.
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.
Ecclesiastes 9 faces death’s certainty and life’s unpredictability without despair. It calls us to receive daily joy as God’s gift, work with zeal, and trust the quiet power of wisdom.
Proverbs 19 anchors everyday choices to God’s character: integrity over advantage, truth over lies, mercy over neglect, and God’s purpose over our plans. Learn how the fear of the Lord leads to life, rest, and contentment.
Proverbs 16 aligns everyday planning with God’s sovereign ordering of outcomes and calls us to humility, integrity, and gracious speech. Walk this path with open-handed plans, honest scales, and words that heal under the Lord who establishes our steps.
Psalm 148 gathers angels, stars, oceans, rulers, and children into one choir. It roots universal praise in creation by God’s word and in covenant mercy that lifts his people.
Psalm 147 celebrates the Lord’s power and mercy: he gathers exiles, binds wounds, sends seasons by his word, and delights in humble trust. The song teaches communities to praise while rebuilding and to place confidence in his steadfast love.