Christ in All the Scriptures by A.M. Hodgkin

• Title Page
• Introduction
• Christ in the Pentateuch
• Christ in the Historical Books
  • Joshua
  • Judges
  • Ruth
  • The Six Books of Kings
  • 1 Samuel
  • 2 Samuel
  • 1 Kings
  • 2 Kings
  • 1 Chronicles
  • 2 Chronicles
  • Ezra
  • Nehemiah
  • Esther
• Christ in the Poetical Books
• Christ in the Prophets
• Christ in His Life on Earth
• Christ in Resurrection Power
• Christ in Future Glory

their portion, and Joshua his own special portion, and the six Cities of Refuge were fixed. The Levites held their cities upon a different tenure from the other tribes, for the Lord Himself was the portion of their inheritance.

Conclusion. The book closes with Joshua’s exhortation to the people. He reminds them that it is God who has fought for them. He exhorts them to keep all that is written in the Law of Moses, and to serve the Lord with all their heart. He invites them to choose this day whom they will serve, but adds his own resolution, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua’s last act was to write these words in the book of the Law of God, and to set up a great stone as a witness to the renewal of the Covenant. He died at the age of a hundred and ten years, leaving a character without blemish. After the account of his death we have the ominous words: “And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lord, that He had done for Israel.”

Our Joshua never dies. It is He who brings us into the good land, and it is only as we abide under His leadership that we shall possess it and overcome all our enemies.

Judges

We now come to one of the darkest periods in the history of God’s people. “There is something startling in the swiftness with which the Israelites degenerated. Caleb’s nephew, Othniel, was raised up for their deliverance” (Moorehead). This teaches the great lesson that no position of spiritual blessing is sufficient to ensure a life of holiness without a close walk of faith and obedience.

The book opens with a note of victory. Judah went up against the Canaanites and overcame them in various places. But even this record of victory has an exception—they “could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.” This surely was a want of faith; for the promise by Joshua had been, “Thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong” (Joshua 17:18).

We have in the words of one of the kings—Adoni-bezek—an incidental testimony to the justice of God’s judgment upon the Canaanites; even this heathen king acknowledged it. The remainder of the first chapter is a record of failure. We read