Sermons

This was a period of tribulation, and this Jewish family has to move to the land of the Moabites who were enemies of Israel. Naomi then loses her husband and sons. As Naomi returns home, her daughter-in-law Ruth clings to her. She knows the God of Israel is the only true God. Orpah by contrast returns to her gods, picturing those who fall away. Faced with hard times and false teachers, we must cling to Christ. Foreshadowing what God would do with the gentiles, Ruth would become an ancestor of both David and Christ.