“In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. The man’s name was Elimelek (strength of the king), his wife’s name was Naomi (beautiful grace
“Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there just as the kinsman-redeemer he had mentioned came along. Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.” Ruth 4:1 Boaz went to the town gate where business transactions were carried out and where
“One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home (Hebrew – find rest as is Ruth 1:9) for you, where you will be well provided for. Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
“Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz (by strength). And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.” Naomi said to her,
“In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. The man’s name was Elimelek (strength of the king), his wife’s name was Naomi (beautiful grace
The book of Ruth took place “in the days when the judges ruled…” Ruth 1:1 The time of the judges was a time when “everyone did as he saw fit.” Judges 17:6, 21:25 That expression implies that instead of following the moral law that God had decreed, each person did what THEY thought was right.
The book of Ruth is a book about God. “…the initiative is with Ruth in chapter 2, with Naomi in chapter 3 and with Boaz in chapter 4. None of them can be said to be the person about whom the book is written. But the implication throughout is that God is watching over His people, and
* LESSON * HANDOUT * LESSON: RUTH Bible Memory Verse: “…Let us love one another, for love comes from God….” 1 John 4:7 “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 After Joshua, who had been a good leader