RuthSample

As we begin a new book, it’s helpful to lay the context: Ruth was a Gentile (Moabite), a woman, and a widow… all in all, an odd main character at this time in history! Israel was also going through a famine, and Naomi’s family left Bethlehem (meaning “house of bread”) because of it.

This short book focuses on love - God’s love that extends to all nations and love between people - as well as redemption. The theme of redemption is important here as, after years of tragedy, Naomi returns to Bethlehem, where this book mostly takes place. Remember who came out of Bethlehem, the one called “the bread of life,” years later…