Every Sunday, 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
4-session class led by Rev. Bruce Hargrave on Book of Ruth
The Book is named for the Moabite woman, Ruth, who commits herself to the Israelite people by an oath to her mother-in-law, Naomi, and becomes the great-grandmother of David by marriage to Boaz of Bethlehem. Thus, she is an ancestor in the messianic line that leads to Jesus. The story of Ruth is set in the time of the Judges (1406 – 1010 BC), a time characterized in the Book of Judges as a period of religious and moral degeneracy, national disunity and frequent foreign oppression. Times haven’t changed much since then, have they? As the Book of Ruth contains only four chapters, I would encourage you to read it prior to attending the class.