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Elijah And the Widow of Zarephath
God always has hidden intentions and ways with His people. A widow would support him. In what manner? Elijah would find that out later. He himself had to enable her, in the Name of the LORD, to do so. It is indeed marvelous that the same prophet who had to close the wells of fruitfulness and plen ...
The Life of Abram (2): His Calling (Genesis 11:27-12:5)
In these verses we find a turning point in a history. Until now the history of the whole human race has been told in the Bible, but from now on we will hear of one man and later on of one nation. This nation, known as Israel, was chosen by the Lord; His Word would be entrusted to them. Out of thi ...
The Book of Ruth (1)
The book of Ruth is very rich in experimental instruction. It brings to our attention the wonderful works of Cod in providence and in grace. We do not know who the Lord used to write this book. Some are of the opinion that Samuel wrote it, but we have to leave that for what it is. We must see it ...
The Book of Ruth (3)
In the second verse of Ruth 1 we are informed that the name of a certain man was Elimelech, the father of the family who went to live in the country of Moab. The name Elimelech means “my God is King.” What a beautiful meaning lies in this name. However, we must remember we may have names which ha ...
The Book of Ruth (4)
Sadly, we cannot find in this family the fulfillment of the meaning of their names, but we read they were Ephrathites of Bethlehem-judah who came into the country of Moab and continued there. How was it possible to continue in Moab?We know God’s people can backslide, but the Word of God re ...
The Book of Ruth (7) Ruth 1:15-18
Verse 15 brings us to a new trial in the life of Ruth. We must realize that here Ruth is tried the second time. We may call this verse a deep trial in the life of Ruth. We may also find in this verse the faithfulness of Naomi, which is so important in the church, in the time that we live in, to p ...
Ruth (8)
In this verse we read, “so they two went.” This is a remarkable pair, for the one, a return, and for the other, a journey to Bethlehem.This verse has much to inform us if we think in the first place about Naomi; who is the one that is returning to Bethlehem. We read in the first verse of t ...
Ruth (9)
In verse 19, we are informed that Naomi and Ruth arrived in Bethlehem. The three verses which we are reading now mostly concern Naomi, as we hear her speak in the 20th verse; and she said unto them, “Call me not Naomi, [which means pleasant or amicable] but call me Mara [which means bitter or bit ...
Ruth (10)
At the closing of chapter one, we found Naomi and Ruth in Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest; so chapter two begins with Ruth and Naomi in Bethlehem which is called the house of bread. They have returned to the land of promise but they are without bread. That is a great mystery.I ...
Introduction to the Life of Abram (1)
Abram, according to God’s Word, is a descendant of Shem from whom the lineage descends through Arphaxad, Salah, Eber, Peley, Reu, Serug, Nahor, and Terah (Gen. 10:21-32; 11:10-26). In the days of Peleg the earth was divided; this means the confusion of tongues took place when the tower of Babel w ...
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