Category: WordGo Ruth

Welcome to AtoZMom’s BSF Blog! Follow along in our Ruth bible study with the WordGo app as we meet Ruth as she insists on going with her mother-in-law, Naomi, back to Bethlehem. We’ll see how God orchestrates her life to where she becomes an ancestor of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Follow along today!

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Summer Bible Study: WordGo’s Study of Ruth: Week 1, Day 4: Ruth 1:6-18

by atozmom, posted in WordGo Ruth

SUMMARY OF RUTH 1:6-18

After the famine was over in Bethlehem, Naomi and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home. Naomi sends her two daughters-in-law back to their families in hopes they will find another husband. They ask to stay, but Naomi points out that she will have no more sons for them to marry.

Orpah left, but Ruth says no. She says that wherever Naomi goes, she will go and her God will be hers, too. Only death will separate them.

QUESTIONS FOR RUTH 1:6-18

9 ) Orpah leaves and Ruth stays. It shows the power of God to stitch people together and touch hearts with his will. Ruth loves Naomi more and is willing to stay with her to the very end.

10 ) She tells her that where she goes, she will follow and that her God will be hers, too. She swears that only death will separate them.

11 ) Ruth gave up a husband and a life amongst her people. Also, an easier life. Unsure if Ruth thought about the gains. It seems she was driven by love for Naomi and helping her survive in life rather than herself.

CONCLUSIONS TO WORDGO RUTH 1:6-18

We witness a powerful love and conviction in these verses. Ruth is determined to stay with Naomi till death separates them. This is a very powerful love that few experience I think today, especially for someone who is not flesh and blood. It also shows the power of conviction to do what you believe is right despite what others say.

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Summer Bible Study: WordGo’s Study of Ruth: Week 1, Day 3: Ruth 1:2-5

by atozmom, posted in WordGo Ruth

SUMMARY OF RUTH 1:2-5

The man’s name was Elimelech, his was was Naomi, and his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion fro Bethlehem who lived in Moab. Elimelech died, and the two sons got married to Moabite women, Orpah and Ruth. Both sons died, and Naomi was alone.

QUESTIONS FOR RUTH 1:2-5

6 ) We learn their names, and that all died in Moab except Naomi, the wife.

7 ) Marriage signals fullness and joy. Death symbolizes emptiness and sorrow.

8 ) “Why?” is the first question most ask. Then it’s a matter of pressing on to discover the why.

CONCLUSIONS TO WORDGO RUTH 1:2-5

The author of Ruth sets this story up beautifully, so that we have to keep reading. Family moves; men die. Now what? This story is ripe with possibilities, and it will be fun to see it unfold!

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Summer Bible Study: WordGo’s Study of Ruth: Week 1, Day 2: Ruth 1:1

by atozmom, posted in WordGo Ruth

PASSAGE FOR TODAY

“In the day when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.”

Ruth 1:1

QUESTIONS FOR RUTH 1:1

3 ) Anarchy. No real repercussions or consequences to your actions. Corrupt. Lawlessness. Everyone out for themselves.

4 ) Famous people, notorious people, evil crimes, frivolous things, sinful things. Things of this world, not of God’s world.

5 ) Definitely brought me closer to God as we moved to find his will and changed jobs and professions.

THE TIME OF JUDGES

The time of Judges was the period from the death of Joshua (1380 or 1230 BC) to the generation before the monarchy (1050 BC). Scholars are unsure when this book was composed. Some Bible scholars believe it was right after the end of this time; others put it many centuries later.

This was a time of chaos after Israel occupied Canaan. During this time, God’s people experienced moral and political degradation as they neglected their religious heritage and compromised their faith with the surrounding cultures who were pagans.

The author is unknown, as is the time of its composition. It is believed to be around 1100 BC or during the reign of David.

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Summer Bible Study: WordGo’s Study of Ruth: Week 1, Day 1: Ruth 1

by atozmom, posted in WordGo Ruth

SUMMARY OF RUTH 1

In the time of the Judges in Israel, there was a famine that forced Elimelech and his wife Naomi and two sons to live in Moab. Elimelech died, and about 10 years later, the two sons died. Both of the sons had wives of Moabite descent. Naomi heard that Judah now was bountiful, so she set out with her two daughters-in-law there.

She told her daughters-in-law to return home to their home of Moab to find husbands again. They refused, but Naomi said there was no hope for them of her having any more sons to marry. Orpah returned, but Ruth stayed.

Ruth famously says, “Wheere you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay.” Both women travel to Bethlehem. Naomi renames herself Mara, meaning bitter cause she has returned empty-handed, believing the Lord has afflicted her. They arrive in Bethlehem as the fall barley harvest begins.

QUESTIONS FOR RUTH 1

1 ) Judah is once again plentiful for Naomi to return to her homeland. She doesn’t go home alone; Ruth accompanies her.

2 ) In my work, my life, where I may move to, my kids’ lives, and my husband’s business. I think about God everywhere in my life.

CONCLUSIONS TO WORDGO RUTH 1

I am looking forward to this study because it’s the ultimate example of how God has got your life no matter the depths of where you have fallen.

Fun Fact: this is the only book of the Old Testament named after a foreigner or one not of Jewish descent.