Women In The Bible
Lesson 10: Strangers in town
Lesson 10: Strangers in townRead Ruth 1Ruth was a young lady from Moab. Moab, as a nation, came from a son of Lot (nephew of Abraham, see Genesis 13). One of the best-known stories about Moab involved a man named Balaam, a prophet of Moab, who bless…
Lesson 11: Marriage
Lesson 11: MarriageRead Ruth 1After Elimelech died, Naomi had only her two sons to help her, to provide for her. Ruth married Mahlon, the younger of Naomi’s sons, and came to live with Naomi.Marriage in Bible times always meant the woman went to liv…
Lesson 12: Series of deaths
Lesson 12: Series of deathsRead Ruth 2Ruth could not have been married to Mahlon very long before he died. We are not told which of Naomi’s sons died first, or if perhaps they died together. But Naomi and her two daughters-in-law were left without…
Lesson 13: A mother’s choice
Lesson 13: A mother’s choiceRead Ruth 2One day Naomi told Ruth and Orpah that she was returning to her own homeland. She was leaving the house where the three of them had gotten to know each other, and she told Ruth and Orpah to return to their pare…
Lesson 14: A daughter’s choice
Lesson 14: A daughter’s choiceRead Ruth 3Both Ruth and Orpah began the journey back to Israel with Naomi. Since people of that day walked everywhere they went, the three women were walking – a distance of about 30-40 miles (about 50-65 km). Along th…
Lesson 15: A new way of life
Lesson 15: A new way of lifeRead Ruth 3As Ruth began her new life in Bethlehem with Naomi, she was the one who needed to go find food for the two of them. One of God’s provisions for the poor in this nation was that farmers were not to harvest their…
Lesson 16: A loving family
Lesson 16: A loving familyRead Ruth 4When harvesting was done, Ruth had gathered far more grain than could normally have been expected. Naomi understood that Boaz had given this extra grain to Ruth because he knew who she was and cared about Naomi…
Lesson 17: Kinsman-Redeemer
Lesson 17: Kinsman-RedeemerRead Ruth 4In our previous lesson we read the title of Kinsman-Redeemer. This was a title God designed for His people to paint a picture of Jesus.A kinsman-redeemer was a close relative, a man who could rescue or protect a…
Lesson 18: A queen’s disobedience
Lesson 18: A queen’s disobedienceRead Esther 1In the country of Persia, where many of the people of Israel had been taken into captivity many years earlier, a queen decided to disobey her husband, the king. He had demanded she attend a banquet which…