A Bitter Beginning

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A Bitter Beginning

Ruth 1

December 1, 2024 • Ashley Brown • Ruth 1

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In the early days of Israel, amidst famine, an Israelite family leaves their hometown, seeking to make a life in Moab. A decade later the matriarch, Naomi, returns home feeling empty; her husband and two adult sons have died. One of her daughters-in-law stayed in Moab. However, the other – Ruth – commits herself to Naomi and the God of Israel. And thus begins this story of redemption. Today’s passage is Ruth 1.

Redemption Realized

December 22, 2024 • Ashley Brown • Ruth 4:13–22

In the final chapter, Boaz acts upon Ruth’s plan to redeem Naomi, and the LORD blesses the self-sacrifice of both Ruth and Boaz by providing a son. As the story concludes the beautiful declaration resounds, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you [Naomi] this day without a redeemer!” And in Naomi’s redemption the LORD God has also provided the line of the Messiah, the path of redemption for all His people. Today’s passage is Ruth 4:13-22

Redemption Promised

December 15, 2024 • Ashley Brown • Ruth 3, Ruth 4:1–12

As the barley harvest season concludes, Naomi hatches a plan to safeguard and redeem Ruth’s future. However, Ruth has also learned a few things about God’s Law for His people, and she sets her sights on nothing less than Naomi’s redemption. Both plans rest on Naomi’s relative, Boaz, and his willingness to self-sacrificially endanger his own future for the sake of redeeming the vulnerable. Today’s passage is Ruth 3.

The Hope of Redemption

December 8, 2024 • Ashley Brown • Ruth 2

The story of redemption continues as Ruth, Naomi’s daughter-in-law, ventures into the fields of Bethlehem to glean. As she does, Ruth encounters Boaz, one of Naomi’s relatives. And in the fields of Bethlehem Naomi begins to see a glimmer of hope that God may yet provide some measure of redemption for her. Today’s passage is Ruth 2.