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.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
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.
Jeremiah exposes the Queen of Heaven rites as self-harming idolatry and calls Judah back to obedient worship. The sermon at the temple gate ties household devotion to public justice and promises restoration beyond judgment for those who listen.
Jeremiah 7 confronts Judah’s trust in a building while rejecting God’s ways. The gate-sermon ties life in the land to justice and loyal obedience, warns with Shiloh’s precedent, and promises restoration beyond judgment for those who hear.
Psalm 78 retells Israel’s story to train trust and obedience across generations. It exposes recurring unbelief while magnifying God’s patience, provision, and the rise of Zion and David.
Israel lost the ark because it tried to use a holy sign without returning to the Holy One. This study of 1 Samuel 4 traces how God defends his glory, disciplines his people, and prepares the way for renewal.
In a night when God’s word was rare, the Lord called Samuel and renewed revelation at Shiloh. This study traces how listening, truth-telling, and God’s faithful word reshaped Israel.
Hannah’s tears become trust, and her trust becomes dedication in 1 Samuel 1. This chapter study traces how God remembers, answers, and advances his plan through one woman’s surrendered prayer.
Judges 21 closes the book with grief and improvisation. Rash vows and flawed remedies preserve Benjamin but wound many, pushing readers to repent of overreach and to long for righteous rule that guards both justice and the vulnerable.
Judges 18 follows Dan’s search for a home that ends in Laish with a stolen priest and a portable idol. The chapter exposes counterfeit guidance and invites a return to worship ordered by God’s word.
An imposing altar by the Jordan nearly sparks civil war until patient inquiry reveals it as a witness, not a rival. Joshua 22 teaches zeal with prudence, generational faithfulness, and unity that guards worship.
Joshua 21 scatters Levite towns across Israel so worship and justice live near the gate. The chapter closes with a benediction: land given, rest granted, and not one promise failed.
Joshua 19 finishes the map in the Lord’s presence at Shiloh. Simeon shares Judah’s margin, northern tribes take strategic corridors, Dan relocates, and Joshua receives last—modeling generosity, courage, and faith.
Joshua 18 centers Israel at Shiloh and converts promise into place by survey and lot before the Lord. Benjamin’s inheritance—between Judah and Joseph—shows how worship and wise planning shape everyday life under God’s word.
Joseph’s legacy takes shape as Ephraim’s borders are drawn from the Jordan to the sea. The map is a gift and a warning: receive your place under God, and resist the compromise symbolized by Gezer so that worship and justice can flourish.