REC: Esther & Ruth World View just before Jesus’ return

just before Jesus’ return

say the editors of this volume

Each volume begins with a brief introduction to the particular New Testament book

most Christians find themselves most readily drawn to Simon Peter

That may seem to be the message of the Books of Esther and Ruth

REC: Esther & Ruth World View just before Jesus’ returnDoes God help those who help themselves? That may seem to be the message of the Books of Esther and Ruth. Some think that Ruths attractiveness won over Naomi and Boaz, or that Esthers bold faithfulness saved her people. But a closer reading shows an embittered Naomi to have abandoned the Promised Land and Gods people, and Esther to have become thoroughly assimilated to the culture and values of Persian society. In Esther, God works in invisible ways