He keeps loyal love; that is, He is a God who perseveres in His love, and thus He is a covenant-keeping God. In Esther, the people of God were supposed to return to the Promised Land, but they chose instead to dwell in the apparent peace and safety of Persia. 19 So the two of them journeyed together until they arrived in Bethlehem. In Genesis 12, God tested Abraham's faith in his promises. Lot fled with his daughters and was living in a cave. Another label for pragmatism is doing what seems right in our own eyes. That was the spirit of the age during the days of the judges. I think the message is pretty loud and clear: Liz Curtis Higgs wrote a book, THE GIRLS STILL GOT IT, about the story of Ruth. Judging for sin? And with Gods help and the support of others who love you and are moving in the same direction, make the decision to get out of Moab today. Thanks for sharing and God bless your ministry. I pray that you, like Ruth, have forsaken all confidence in yourself and have cast yourself upon the one true God for salvation. 7With her two daughters-in-law she set out from the place where she had been living, and they took the road that would lead them back to Judah. A Christian wife is having difficulties in her relationship with her husband, and she shares this with a Christian friend. They worshipped the god Chemosh, and apparently even offered this god human sacrifices (see 2 Kings 3:27). This website uses cookies to improve your experience. Other translations have another another husband. Could it be that this is a pointer? "Then," he might say, "we will return to the land of promise." They did not seem to live by it, so why would they consider it important to teach it to a Moabite? It would also seem that Naomis barrenness was divinely imposed.18, (5) Moab was not the place of Gods promised blessings; Israel was.19. A pointer to the fact that, in moving from Bethlehem to Moab, Elimelech did not truly take God and His Word into account? Her boys ended up choosing Moabite women to marry and these women became part of Naomis family. Indeed, Ruth begins with a stark opening sentence that is intended to alarm the reader. Many tears were shed, but in the end both women refused to leave Naomi and return to their mothers home. This faithless man journeys to the worst possible place one can imagine as it relates to the hope for bread, to the land of Moab. Subscribe today for access to my Free Faith Resource Library! We should first note that Naomis words here are prompted by Orpahs decision to return home. There were no men nearby to marry, she reasoned, so there was no conventional way25 for them to bear children and thus to preserve their fathers line.
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