Ruth Chapter 1
The events recorded here took place in the time of the Judges. This time is described in Judges 21:25. In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. Ruth was not written until at least the reign of David. Samuel may have been used of the Lord to write down this book. It is the only instance in the Bible in which a whole book is devoted to the history of a woman. There are two books of the Bible named after women: Ruth, a Gentile, who married a Hebrew husband; Esther, a Jewess, who married a Gentile husband. Ruth is one of four women who are mentioned in the genealogy of our Lord. As a Moabite she was shut out by the Law (Deut. 23:3), but she was admitted by grace. Ruth is a type of the Church, the Gentile bride, and Boaz as the kinsman redeemer is a type of Christ. She was the great grandmother of David, and the genealogy of Ruth, is the chief reason for the book being written. "The book of Ruth is the eighth book of the Bible. The number "eight" is the number which signifies something new, a new beginning. Christ arose from the dead on the first day of the week, which is the eighth day. Noah was the eighth person (II Pet:2:5), and eight people were saved in the Ark. Jewish boys were circumcised on the eighth day."
David Parham
9/28/20242 min read
Ruth Chapter 1
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Introduction: We begin our new study on the book of Ruth this week. It will only last a few weeks as we have just a few books (4 chapters) in this short account. Hopefully it will be a help and encouragement as we learn from the errors and later the faith of Ruth.
LEAVING & RETURNING TO THE LAND OF REST
The events recorded here took place in the time of the Judges. This time is described in Judges 21:25. In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. Ruth was not written until at least the reign of David. Samuel may have been used of the Lord to write down this book.
It is the only instance in the Bible in which a whole book is devoted to the history of a woman. There are two books of the Bible named after women: Ruth, a Gentile, who married a Hebrew husband; Esther, a Jewess, who married a Gentile husband. Ruth is one of four women who are mentioned in the genealogy of our Lord. As a Moabite she was shut out by the Law (Deut. 23:3), but she was admitted by grace.
Ruth is a type of the Church, the Gentile bride, and Boaz as the kinsman redeemer is a type of Christ. She was the great grandmother of David, and the genealogy of Ruth, is the chief reason for the book being written.
"The book of Ruth is the eighth book of the Bible. The number "eight" is the number which signifies something new, a new beginning. Christ arose from the dead on the first day of the week, which is the eighth day. Noah was the eighth person (II Pet:2:5), and eight people were saved in the Ark. Jewish boys were circumcised on the eighth day."
2Pe 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
One of the themes of the book is REST, and we find it only comes through redemption and union.
I. The Land of Rest & the Land of Distress
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.
Ruth 1:2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
Verse 1 says that the time of their departure was in the days when judges ruled. There was a famine in the land and this gave occasion of their departure. Famine was often a disciplinary testing of God's people in the land.
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