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

shall “not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers.” When they disobey God’s distinct command in this, and marry those who are not Christians, it always brings sorrow. How often the argument is used that the Christian husband or wife will be able to win the loved one to the Lord’s side, but it is not to be expected that God will grant His blessing upon an act of disobedience, and the result that usually follows is that the Christian is drawn, it may be almost imperceptibly, to love the things of the world, and is found—together with the children of such a marriage—speaking “half in the speech of Ashdod,” and unable to speak as a citizen of the heavenly city. The spirit of compromise with the world mars the testimony for Christ of many a home which ought to be a witness for Him.

In all these breaches of the Law Nehemiah “contended with the Jews;” whether they were nobles or rulers or the common people, he dealt with them in the most summary manner, and did not rest till all was put right. This was no want of love on his part, for he was willing to spend and be spent for his people. It is an evidence of true love to deal faithfully with false teaching and wrong-doing of any kind. The Church of Christ would be in a purer state today if her leaders had had the courage to deal with disregard of God’s Law in the same spirit as Nehemiah dealt with it.

Esther

The Book of Esther is designed to show God’s providential care of His people. Though the name of God is not mentioned, the hand of God, ruling and over-ruling the events for the preservation of His people, can be seen throughout.* In the Talmud the question is asked: “Where do we get Esther from the Law?” The answer is Deuteronomy 31:18, “And I will surely hide My face, or presence.” God was hiding His face from His people on account of their sins; they had deliberately chosen to continue in the land of their captivity among the heathen, instead of availing themselves of the opportunity of returning to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel. The events in this book occur during the sixty years between the return of that first remnant and of the second under Ezra.

Prayer. Though there is also no actual mention of prayer to God, it is distinctly implied in the mourning and fasting

*Dr. Bullinger points out that some Hebrew scholars have found the name Jehovah four times repeated in acrostic form in the Book of Esther.