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

want.” And the Son of David responds, “I am the Good Shepherd: the Good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.” He leaves the ninety and nine in the wilderness and goes after the one that was lost until He finds it.

The Eastern sheep-fold is an enclosure, open to heaven, with a small place of shelter at the back, and enclosed with a rough, stone wall. At one corner there is a tiny doorway, but every shepherd is himself the door. He sleeps in the doorway to guard the sheep at night. He stands in the doorway as they come home in the evening, and examines every sheep before it goes in. He has a bowl of water for the thirsty sheep, and a bowl of oil for the wounded ones; he anoints with oil those whose heads have been bruised against the rocks. The imagery of the twenty-third Psalm does not change in the middle, as some have thought, to that of an indoor banquet; the imagery of the shepherd’s care is sustained throughout.*

The Shepherd and the King were blended in David and in David’s Son. A true king must always have the heart of a shepherd. When David saw the Angel of the Lord about to destroy Jerusalem, he cried: “I it is that have sinned, and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? Let Thine hand be on me … but not on Thy people” (I Chronicles 21:17).

“I will set up one Shepherd over them, and He shall feed them, even My Servant David; and He shall be their Shepherd” (Ezekiel 34:23). He is:—

• The Good Shepherd in death, John 10:11, See Psalms 22
• The Great Shepherd in resurrection, Hebrews 13:20, See Psalms 23
• The Chief Shepherd in glory, I Peter 5:4, See Psalms 24

II Samuel

David was three times anointed: first in his father’s house, then over Judah, and lastly over all Israel. God has anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the oil of gladness. He is King of kings and Lord of lords, but as David—though anointed king—was in exile while Saul reigned over the people, so Christ is rejected by the world, and the “Prince of this world” is reigning in the hearts of men.

A day came when the men of Judah gathered to David and anointed him king in Hebron. “The Spirit clothed Amasai and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side” (II Samuel 2:4; I Chronicles 12:18). It is a joyful day in the experience of the

*The Song of our Syrian Guest.