Did the Lord make her life bitter?
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Ruth 1:20 “Don’t call me Naomi, ” she told them. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. Leave a comment
Ruth 1:1: Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.” Leave a comment
This is a time of apostasy, wafare, decline, violence, moral decay, and anarchy. Naomi and her family were living in an era of anarchy. The Popular argument was “Everyone is doing it! Why shouldn’t I?” But, not everyone wasa doing it. Boaz did not go to Moab. He stayed where he was, and God later [...]
The Book of Ruth Leave a comment
According to many scholars, the book of “Ruth” was originally part of Judges. The book of Ruth, is set in the period of the Judges. From the opening sentence, which is in classical story-telling style, the narrative is a model of excellence. The opening six verses set the stage for all that is to follow, [...]
