Themes of Each Book of the Bible

Old Testament

Book

Theme

Genesis

God creates, Satan corrupts, man falls, and Jehovah promises salvation

Exodus

Christ is the redemption, salvation, and supply of God's people, and also the means by which they worship and serve God, enabling them to be built together with God in Him, to meet with God, fellowship with each other, and become mutual dwelling places

Leviticus

Christ is everything for the communion, service, and life of those redeemed by God

Numbers

Christ is the meaning of life, testimony, and center for God's people, as well as the leader, way, and goal for their journey and battles

Deuteronomy

Christ is the guide and leader for God's people, enabling them to enter the heavenly realm and participate in His riches

Joshua

Israel occupies and possesses the good land as an inheritance to fulfill God's economy

Judges

Israel abandons God, is defeated by enemies, and gradually corrupts

Ruth

A complete sign illustrating how Gentile sinners, through Christ's redemption, are joined to Christ and brought into the divine inheritance along with God's chosen people Israel

1 & 2 Samuel

An illustration of the way to enjoy the good land given by God (1 Samuel: 31 chapters, 2 Samuel: 24 chapters)

1 & 2 Kings

God's administrative dealing with the corruption and destruction of the divine kingship on earth by the kings, and the tragic results of God's righteous judgment (1 Kings: 22 chapters, 2 Kings: 25 chapters)

1 & 2 Chronicles

The complete record of God's actions in human history, from Adam through Samuel to Israel's return from captivity, along with statements of important details regarding God's dealings with the kings of Judah (1 Chronicles: 29 chapters, 2 Chronicles: 36 chapters)

Ezra

Jehovah's salvation through Christ who became flesh, was crucified, resurrected, ascended, and will come again

Nehemiah

Rebuilding Jerusalem's wall, continuing the restoration of God's testimony among His chosen people to fulfill His economy

Esther

The God who chose Israel as His elect became a hidden God to them during their captivity among Gentile nations, secretly caring for them and openly saving them by acting in secret

Job

The purpose of God's dealings with His holy people

Psalms

The emotions, feelings, thoughts, and experiences of godly people who seek and contact God, expressed through praise, prayer, and joyful singing

Proverbs

Words of wisdom teaching people how to conduct themselves and establish their character in their human living

Ecclesiastes

Solomon's teaching showing that human life in the corrupted world is vanity and a chasing after wind

Song of Songs

The history of love in an excellent marriage, revealing the progressive experience of individual believers in loving communion with Christ

Isaiah

Jehovah's judgment against Israel and surrounding nations, and the resulting revival

Jeremiah

Christ becoming Jehovah's righteousness to God's chosen people in God's dealings with Israel and the nations, as their center and circumference

Lamentations

The expression of Jeremiah's sorrow and love for God's holy city and holy people

Ezekiel

God appearing to man in glory, judging His own people and the nations, and restoring His chosen people to build a dwelling place as a mutual habitation and His complete expression

Daniel

The destiny God has determined for Israel, that is, the content of the seventy weeks

Hosea

Jehovah is the salvation of adulterous and apostate Israel, accepting her back and restoring her

Joel

Jehovah's salvation through Christ who became flesh, was crucified, resurrected, ascended, and will come again

Amos

Jehovah's rebuke to Israel and the revival He gives to Israel

Obadiah

Jehovah's dealing with Esau and Jacob's victory for Jehovah's kingdom

Jonah

Jehovah's salvation extending even to Nineveh, a Gentile city

Micah

Jehovah's rebuke to Israel and the revival He gives to Israel

Nahum

Jehovah's judgment against Nineveh, the evil capital of Assyria

Habakkuk

God first executing righteous judgment on Israel through the Chaldeans, then executing righteous judgment on the Chaldeans through the nations

Zephaniah

Jehovah's judgment on Israel and the nations, and His salvation to the Gentiles and Israel

Haggai

Jehovah dealing with the returned captives to build His temple

Zechariah

The four stages of human governments' persecution of Israel and Christ's destruction of the persecutors, and His reign among Israel during the restoration

Malachi

Jehovah's dealing with the sons of Levi (the priests in Israel) and the sons of Jacob (the Israelites)

New Testament

Book

Theme

Matthew

The gospel of the kingdom—proving that Jesus Christ is the King-Savior

Mark

The gospel of God—proving that Jesus Christ is the Servant-Savior

Luke

The gospel of forgiveness of sins—proving that Jesus Christ is the Man-Savior

John

The gospel of life—proving that Jesus Christ is the God-Savior who comes as life for God's increase

Acts

The resurrected Christ in ascension, by the Spirit, through the disciples, for the multiplication that produces the churches—the kingdom of God

Romans

The gospel of God—transforming sinners into sons of God, constituting the Body of Christ, manifested as local churches

1 Corinthians

Christ and the cross as the solution to all problems in the church

2 Corinthians

The ministry and ministers of the New Testament

Galatians

Christ replacing the law, in contrast to religion and tradition

Ephesians

The church—the mystery of Christ, the Body of Christ, as Christ's fullness, becoming the fullness of God

Philippians

The divine provision and the divine administration

Colossians

Christ—the all-inclusive One who is preeminent in all things, as the mystery and embodiment of God, as the Head and constituent of the church, and as the portion, life, constituent, hope, and reality of all positive things for the saints

1 Thessalonians

Encouragement and correction for a holy life for church life—serving the living God, living in holiness, and waiting for the Lord's coming

2 Thessalonians

Encouragement and correction for a holy life for church life

1 Timothy

God's economy for the church

2 Timothy

The preventive medicine for the church's decline

Titus

The maintaining of church order

Philemon

An illustration of the equality of believers' status in the new man

Hebrews

Christ's superiority over Judaism and all its elements, and His new covenant being better than the old

James

The perfection of Christian practice

1 Peter

Christ as the center of God's administration according to God's eternal economy

2 Peter

The divine supply for the Christian life

1 John

The fellowship of the divine life

2 John

Prohibition from participating in heresy

3 John

Encouragement to fellow workers in the truth

Jude

Contending for the faith

Revelation

Christ's urgent and stern encouragement to His degraded churches, His judgment on the world religiously, politically, and economically, and His coming with His overcomers to exercise His judgment and to bring in His kingdom for the accomplishment of God's eternal economy

 

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