Ruth is the person after whom the Book of Ruth is named. She was a Moabite woman who married an Israelite. After the death of all the male members of her family (her husband, her father-in-law, and her brother-in-law), she stays with her mother-in-law, Naomi, and moves to Judah with her, where Ruth wins the love and protection of a wealthy relative, Boaz, through her kindness.
See Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Luke 22:14-23. This is language first used in Jeremiah's promise of rescue and renewal of the exiled people of God...
The fear of the Lord leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm. Psalm 145:16 ESV.
With the dawning of faith in his heart the Christian begins to see things in a new light. The change may be slow, as...
