OT Theme Statements

Question 1

Genesis

Answer 1

Covenant beginnings: the need for and establishment of the Abrahamic covenant

Question 2

Exodus

Answer 2

God’s deliverance of Israel and God’s covenant and presence with his people

Question 3

Leviticus

Answer 3

God’s holiness and the preservation of his presence with his people

Question 4

Numbers

Answer 4

God’s faithfulness and Israel’s faithlessness in the wilderness

Question 5

Deuteronomy

Answer 5

Renewal of Mosaic covenant for the second generation after the exodus

Question 6

Joshua

Answer 6

God’s faithfulness in the conquest and allotment of the Promised Land

Question 7

Judges

Answer 7

Israel’s apostasy and God’s deliverance during the judges period

Question 8

Ruth

Answer 8

God’s blessings and loyalty through faithful families

Question 9

Samuel

Answer 9

God’s Kingship through the Davidic Covenant

Question 10

Kings

Answer 10

Failure of kings in keeping the Davidic Covenant

Question 11

Chronicles

Answer 11

Lessons on obedience leading to blessing and hope for post-exilic Israel

Question 12

Ezra

Answer 12

First two returns from Babylonian captivity: restoration of Israel’s temple and community

Question 13

Nehemiah

Answer 13

Third return from Babylonian captivity: restoration of Jerusalem’s wall and the covenant

Question 14

Esther

Answer 14

God’s providence over his people during the Babylonian captivity

Question 15

Job

Answer 15

God’s wisdom and justice in human suffering.

Question 16

Psalms

Answer 16

Praise the Lord our King!

Question 17

Proverbs

Answer 17

Righteous living through the pursuit of wisdom and the fear of the Lord

Question 18

Ecclesiastes

Answer 18

Futility of searching for meaning in life apart from the fear of God

Question 19

Song of Songs

Answer 19

Celebration of the power and beauty of love.

Question 20

Isaiah

Answer 20

God’s plans for judgment and deliverance through Messiah in the near and distant future

Question 21

Jeremiah

Answer 21

Impending judgment on Jerusalem and the necessity of repentance

Question 22

Lamentations

Answer 22

God’s justice in Jerusalem’s destruction

Question 23

Ezekiel

Answer 23

Judgment on Judah and the nations and the future restoration of God’s presence

Question 24

Daniel

Answer 24

Stories and visions from the Babylonian captivity about God’s sovereignty over his people and over kings and nations

Question 25

Hosea

Answer 25

God’s judgment and loyal love for adulterous Israel

Question 26

Joel

Answer 26

Call for Judah’s repentance following a locust plague and future judgment and blessing in the day of the Lord

Question 27

Amos

Answer 27

God’s coming judgment on Israel for moral corruption and social injustice

Question 28

Obadiah

Answer 28

Judgment on Edom

Question 29

Jonah

Answer 29

God’s compassion for the undeserving contrasted to the lack of compassion in Jonah and Israel

Question 30

Micah

Answer 30

God’s coming judgment on Judah’s injustice

Question 31

Nahum

Answer 31

Judgment on Assyria

Question 32

Habakkuk

Answer 32

God’s justice with the nations and living by faith

Question 33

Zephaniah

Answer 33

Day of the Lord and seeking the Lord

Question 34

Haggai

Answer 34

Call to Israel’s returned exiles to complete the rebuilding of the temple

Question 35

Zechariah

Answer 35

Call to repentance among the returned exiles and the comfort of Messiah’s future restoration

Question 36

Malachi

Answer 36

Call to repentance in light of God’s covenant love for Israel