Bride's Song

  Are there times in your life you feel like God has abandoned you?   Prayers seem to be unanswered and heaven appears to be silent.   You wonder if you can take another loss, disappointment or crisis in your life.    In the middle of it all you ask yourself, “how did I end up here?” In the book of Ruth, Naomi, Ruth’s mother- in- law finds herself in that place.   She left Bethlehem in Judah with her husband and two sons during a time of famine seeking better provision in the land of Moab.   He husband, Elimelech died and Naomi’s sons married Moab women.   After 10 years both sons died and she was left a widow with her daughter- in -laws in a foreign land.   They were her only family in Moab and being a widow in their time in history was truly a crisis.   They had no one to protect them, no means of support and were at risk of starving if they did not find others husband or family to reside with.   There is much more to Naomi’s ...

  The Hebrew word for redeemer is gaal or goel.      Strong’s meaning (H-1350) is, “to be the next of kin, to buy back a relative’s property, marry a relative’s widow, deliver, ransom and purchase.” Then they remembered and sought earnestly for God, then they remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God their Redeemer .     Psalm 78:34-35 Job makes an amazing statement in the middle of his anguish and loss.   Job declares the coming Redeemer and not only that He will deliver mankind but He will bring a physical resurrection.   Job was a righteous man that God allowed satan to inflict.   He suffered, he was humiliated, lost everything he had and eventually God brought complete restoration. “Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book! That they were engraved on a rock with an iron pen and lead, forever!   For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth; and aft...