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The promise of God’s salvation is not found only in the pages of the New Testament. From the very beginning, when our world went awry, God had a plan.

We have seen God working in Ruth’s time to put events in place which would eventually result in the incarnation of the Son of God. Throughout human history, God has been working to fulfill his purposes in the world, although his working was not (and is not now) always obvious or easy to

When have you deliberately done something that observers could take the wrong way? Why did you proceed in spite of the possible negative interpretations?  Since the return from Moab, Naomi has appeared to be a passive participant in events. Now she shows that she can formulate a shrewd plan to

The law of Moses decreed that when grain and vineyards were harvested, part of the produce should be left for the poor and foreigners to gather for themselves (Leviticus 19:9-10; 23:22; Deuteronomy 24:19-22). Ruth knows of this law, and now she proposes to take advantage of the opportunity to

“The days when the judges ruled” (Ruth 1:1) were the approximately three centuries between Israel’s entrance into Canaan and the anointing of their first king. Judges 17:6 sums up the period: “In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit” or “every man did that which was right