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~Class Notes
Chapter Six ~ The Wrong Choice
Turn with me in your Bibles to Ruth 1:1-2. We learn many important things:
- The people of Israel had ___________________, thus they were still be
governed by ___________________ .
● ___________________________________________ - There was an ___________________ in the land.
● ____________________________________________ - We are introduced to Elimelech and his family.
● Elimelech means ___________________ .
● Naomi means ____________________________.
● Mahlon means ___________________ .
● Chilion means ___________________ . - Elimelech and his family were from ___________________ (meaning “House
of Bread”), located in the land of ___________________ (meaning “Praise”).
● ____________________________________________
NOTE: Did you know there were TWO Bethlehems in Israel?
Elimelech was a ___________________ in Bethlehem. During the famine, he
and his family went to ___________________ in Moab.
● Moab means ___________________ .
● ____________________________________________
The inhabitants of Moab were called ___________________ . They were
descendants of ___________________ .
(Reference Genesis 19:37)
The Moabites epitomized everything that the Israelites were supposed to
___________________ . Because of their pagan practices, and the fact that they
also contributed to the downfall and oppression of the Israelites, they were a people ___________________ .
While the Israelites were again in a period of turmoil and punishment, Elimelech chose to ___________________ his family and leave ___________________ . He chose to leave ___________________ . He chose to leave
___________________ . He chose to leave ___________________ .
Think about it: This family, who were inhabitants of a land called ___________________ (Ephrath), left the ___________________ (Bethlehem) in the
___________________ (Judah) to go ___________________ (Moab).11
Read Ruth 1:3-4.
What happened next? Naomi’s sons took for themselves ___________________
as ___________________ .
(Reference Deuteronomy 23:3)
Had Naomi given up on God?
Ruth (meaning ___________________ ), she married the firstborn, Mahlon.
Orpah (meaning ___________________ ), she married the second born, Chilion.
They lived in Moab for ___________________ years.
Read Ruth 1:5
Read Ruth 1:6
“ she had heard… that the Lord had visited His people in __________________.”
Let’s see what happened with Naomi. Read Ruth 1:7-14.
Interestingly enough, she told them to return home to their ___________________ homes, not the ___________________.
The father’s house is generally considered a place of ___________________ .
The mother’s house is generally considered a place where you go to
_________________________.
So what happened? Read Ruth 1:15-18.
Ruth, who was living up to her name ( ___________________ ), was determined to ___________________ , regardless of the situation and the personal cost.
Challenge #1: The Israelites
Challenge #2: The Journey Home
Read Ruth 1:19-22.
Verse 19 says that ALL the city was ___________________ and they asked,
“ ___________________ ?”
She replied (in verse 20), “ Do not call me __; call me Mara,
for the Almighty has dealt very ______ with me. ”
Psalm 147:2-3 says, “ The Lord builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts
of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds .“
~Homework
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9 http://www.keyway.ca/htm2001/20010514.htm
10 https://meetinggodinthemargin.com
11 https://precepts.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/ruth-1
