_Numbers_ has its correspondence in the book of _Acts_. In Numbers you have the experience of the Children of Israel in their journey through the wilderness. In Acts we get the story of the Church in its pilgrimage through the world. _Deuteronomy_ is to be read with _Colossians_. In Deuteronomy the people of Israel are being prepared for an earthly inheritance. In Colossians the Church is being prepared for a heavenly inheritance. _Joshua_ stands over against _Ephesians_. In Joshua the redeemed people have to fight with flesh and blood in order to possess the covenant land. In Ephesians "we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against wicked spirits in the heavenly places." _Judges_ may be understood by reading the _first_ chapter of the _first_ epistle, and the _twelfth_ chapter of the _second_ epistle to the _Corinthians_. The book of _Ruth_ is illuminated by the _third_ and _fifth_ chapters of the _Ephesians_. In Ruth you have the Gentile bride of a Hebrew Lord, the kinsman, redeemer and advocate; who presents his bride to himself in the gate before all the assembled judges. In Ephesians, the Gentile Bride is seen to be the Church, the kinsman, redeemer and advocate, our Lord Jesus Christ, who, having loved the Church and given himself for it, will "present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing." The books of _Samuel_, _Kings_ and _Chronicles_, may be read with the four _Gospels_ and the book of _Revelation_. In Samuel, Kings and Chronicles, you have the story of David, the anointed king, man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, triumphant warrior, exalted king--Solomon, prince of peace, ruling over the established kingdom and the queen of Sheba coming from the uttermost parts of the earth to own and celebrate his glory. In the Gospels we get the story of our Lord Jesus Christ as anointed king and man of sorrows. In Revelation he is seen coming forth at the head of the armies of heaven, a mighty warrior, a triumphant king and, at the last, as Prince of Peace ruling in splendor over his established kingdom; while the Gentiles, coming from the uttermost parts of the earth to Jerusalem, bow the knee before him and acknowledge his glory. _Ezra_ may be read with the latter half of the _second_ chapter of the _Ephesians_. In Ezra you have the building of the material temple. In Ephesus the building of the spiritual temple. _Nehemiah_ can be read with the twenty-first chapter of the _Revelation_. Nehemiah gives us Jerusalem below. Revelation, Jerusalem above. In the book of _Esther_ the name of God is not once mentioned; but it shows us the unseen God acting in his secret providence to deliver his covenant people, the Jews, from the hand of the Gentile oppressor, and setting them in the place of authority and power over the Gentiles. The _eleventh_ chapter of the _Romans_ explains the book of Esther.