Old Testament book themes

Theme for Genesis

• Transition to a monarchy

• God makes Israel his own people

• The beginning

• Love and faith during the judges

Theme for Exodus

• God makes Israel his own people

• Cycles of disobedience and deliverance

• The divided kingdom fails to obey

• God's grace is for all

Theme for Leviticus

• Praising the love of husband and wife

• The Old Testament prayer book

• The exiles return to Jerusalem

• God provides a way for sinners to approach him

Theme for Numbers

• The journey from Mt. Sinai to Canaan

• Great judgement and great comfort

• Without God, life is meaningless

• God shows his sovereignty in Babylon

Theme Deuteronomy

• The Lord's last message until John the Baptist

• Moses' farewell speech

• Repent because the day of the Lord

• Rebuild the temple for the Messiah

Theme of Joshua

• Why does God allow suffering

• Israel's history gives hope to returning exiles

• The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom

• The Lord keeps his promise of land

Theme of Judges

• The beginning

• Cycles of disobedience and deliverance

• Love & faith during the judges

• Rebuilding Jerusalem's spiritual and physical wall

Theme of Ruth

• Love and faith during the Judges

• The exiles return to Jerusalem

• Praising the love of husband and wife

• Repent because the day of the Lord

Theme of Samuel

• The journey from Mt.Sinai to Canaan

• Rebuild the temple for the Messiah

• Transition to a monarchy

• God makes Israel his own people

Theme of Kings

• Without God, life is meaningless

• The divided kingdom fails to obey

• Israel's history gives hope to returning exiles

• The Old Testament prayer book