Ruth Session #1 - Context And Storyline

Naomi, her husband, and her sons were Israelites. They were supposed to be committed to the Lord, Israel’s God. They lived in Bethlehem in the land the Lord promised to their ancestors. The Lord’s law urged them to trust him in hard times and forbade Israelites to marry women from pagan Moab (Deut. 23:3). But this was the period of the Judges, when “Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit” (Judges 21:25). Famine struck the Promised Land, and Naomi’s family moved to Moab. This decision had consequences not only for them, but for all Israel. (video segment is 11 minutes) This video session includes session outlines (sermon starters).