Intro to Ruth
"But Ruth replied, 'Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.'" Ruth 1:16 If, while reading the book of Judges, you are overcome with pity and irritation by the Israelites, the book of Ruth is one that brings a glimmer of hope. It is a book written “during the time of the judges” that retells the account of Naomi and Ruth, the main character for whom the book is named after (Ruth 1:1). And this book brings joy to our hearts as we read it because we see that there does remain a remnant of people who are faithful to trust on the Lord while seeing God’s sovereignty on display and His promise being fulfilled, not forgotten. You will recall that the book of judges mentions in several places how the people lived to fulfill their own lustful and sinful desires. Imagine the scene, a whole nation who have been giving themselves to rampant sin bein...