As we ended the first chapter of Ruth, there was a ray of hope for the two widows. Maybe they would not starve to death after all, since they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest. In Ruth 2, Ruth proposed to pick up leftover grain behind the harvesters and found her way into the field of a man named Boaz. The interaction between Ruth and Boaz on the day they met ended up providing bread for the widows for months to come. Also, they both exhibited a combination of characteristics that we find irresistible, because it reveals the longings of our hearts and points to the one who can satisfy those longings.
The construction of the tabernacle foreshadowed greater dwellings of God, which he keeps building by plundering the nations.
Irony occurs when a situation turns out to be the opposite of what is expected. Dramatic irony is when the author and the audience...
We left off the story at the end of Genesis with Joseph’s coffin in Egypt and his words about God visiting his people in...