Rebel to Redeemed…Sharing HIS Kind of Love
Ruth is a widowed woman living in her home country of Moab, when we first meet her. She decides not to return home to her parents but to accompany her mother-in-law, Naomi, back to her homeland. She makes the impassioned promise of “Where you go I will go and your people will be my people” to her mother-in-law. When they […]
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Ruth watched helplessly as her mother-in-law lost her husband and then her two sons. Naomi became bitter and disheartened. {Ruth 1:13} However, when Naomi tried to send Ruth away, she refused to go telling her “Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I […]
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Last year in our mother’s series, we took a look at Naomi and her heartache, which eventually turned to joy because of her daughter-in-law, Ruth. When we read the book of Ruth, we often focus on the story of Ruth and Boaz, which is a beautiful love story. However, today we’re going to explore a different relationship, that of Naomi […]
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Ruth is one of the women specifically mentioned by name in Jesus genealogy. However, she receives more than just a chapter or two the way the other women in the genealogy of Jesus do. Her story takes an entire book to tell. Ruth lived in the Moab. She married Mahlon, the son of Naomi and Elimelek, who had moved from […]
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Jesse was the son of Obed and grandson of Boaz and Ruth. We learn the most about his sons when Samuel arrives to anoint the next king. His sons names come from the books of 1 Samuel and 1 Chronicles. Jesse is mentioned to have eight sons, but only seven are mentioned by name. Whether it was an error or […]
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The term Goel drives from the Hebrew word lig’ol. The term means to redeem or redeemer. “Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob, little Israel, do not fear, for I myself will help you,” declares the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.” {Isaiah 41:14, NIV} The authorized version of the Bible translates this word into kinsman. This is […]
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I have a confession to make. I’m a perfectionist. I want everything to be perfect and come across as perfect. But, I am not perfect. Therefore, no matter how hard I try, I cannot make the event, piece of writing, song, speech, or service provided completely perfect. Only, with the Lord’s help can I make anything close to perfect. But, […]
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When we think of ideal mother-in-law, we may think about Naomi. Naomi was married to Elimelch and had two sons, Mahlon and Chilion. Due to famine the family moves from Judea to Moab. While they are there both sons married women named Orpah and Ruth. Elimelch dies and later both sons die, leaving their widows childless. This is where the […]
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David is described as a man after God’s own heart. {1 Samuel 13:14}, so it is no surprise that he made the Hall of Faith. We first meet David as a young shepherd boy and watch him grow from a man anointed by God, to a man on the run, to King of Israel, to a man driven by desire […]
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Rahab was in the promised land when the Israelite’s took possession of the land. She and her family are the only people saved during the invasion. The story of Rahab is found in the book of Joshua. The name Rahab means spacious. Rahab’s story is found in that of the Israelite’s. The chosen people of God are searching out the […]
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The first thing we are told about Rahab, in Joshua 2, is that she was a prostitute. There is no sugar coating it. Her sins are put out there for everyone to know. Joshua sent two spies into Jericho and they come to the house of Rahab. She hides the men and watches out for them. When the king […]
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Sometimes life and circumstances takes us down roads we would not have chosen. We do not know the reason Rahab became a prostitute, but we do know that God used her and redeemed her. She is one of four women listed in the genealogy of Jesus. She is even listed in the Faith Hall of Fame that can be found […]
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