Bible, Women & Bathrobes Episode 8 

Summary

Tamara Anderson, Heather B. Moore, and Amy Johnson discuss the themes of redemption, faith, and family in the final chapter of the story of Ruth. They analyzed the legal provisions of the levirate law, the significance of trust and faith in the story, and the redemption of family and faith. Heather highlighted the symbolism of the Savior in the story, while Amy focused on the redemptive theme throughout the narrative. Tamara emphasized the importance of faithfulness and the spiritual significance of family, while Amy drew inspiration from the story for trusting God during challenging times. They also explored the prophetic nature and symbolism of Naomi taking Obed into her bosom and becoming his nurse, connecting the story to the broader narrative of the Bible and the birth of Christ.

Key Talking Points

• Biblical Levirate law regarding inheritance and marriage.
• Boaz hopes to marry Ruth ensure her inheritance.
• Other kinsmen has first rights to choose Ruth's husband, but chooses to bow out in favor of Boaz.
• Amy relates to the near kinsmans' hesitation and obedience, finding it "raw and real."
• Heather B. Moore: The trust between Ruth and Naomi is remarkable, especially as Ruth adapts to customs and Naomi guides her through challenges.
• Naomi finds comfort in caring for her grandson after losing her husband and sons.
• The child Obed, who becomes the ancestor of both King David and Jesus.
• Tamara emphasizes the importance of faithfulness and conversion, not background or bloodlines, to God.
• Tamara Anderson shares stories of women in the Bible who have experienced difficult situations but find hope in God's salvation and redemption.
• Next week's episode will focus on Lois and Eunice, New Testament women who were the mother and grandmother of Timothy, an evangelist.

Main Takeaways

·       Heather B. Moore reflects on the difficulty of following the Lord's path, even when doing the right thing, and finds comfort in the reminder that redemption is always available.

·       Amy shares her belief that Jesus Christ is on every page of Scripture, and finds hope in the redemption and deliverance He offers in the midst of hardships.

·       Tamara: Trust God with details of life, even when difficult. Deliverance may not look like expected, but trusting God is always best.

Today’s Podcast Hosts & Guests

Tamara K. Anderson

Tamara, founder of Women Warriors of Light, is a dynamic speaker, award winning author, and a podcaster. She is driven by her Christian faith to inspire faith in Jesus Christ. Alongside her husband, Justin, she navigates the joys and challenges of parenting four children with autism, ADHD, and mental health hurdles. You can find out more about Tamara on her website: https://www.tamarakanderson.com/

Amy Johnson

Amy is a member of our Women Warriors of Light Advisory Board. She is a leader of women, a homemaker, mother and a licensed cosmetologist. Amy enjoys nurturing women through betrayal trauma and is a beacon of support and inspiration.

Heather B. Moore

Heather B. Moore is a USA Today bestselling author of more than ninety publications. Heather writes primarily historical and #herstory fiction about the humanity and heroism of the everyday person. Publishing in a breadth of genres, Heather dives into the hearts and souls of her characters, meshing her love of research with her love of storytelling.

Her ancient era historicals and thrillers are written under pen name H.B. Moore. She writes historical women's fiction, romance and inspirational non-fiction under Heather B. Moore, and . . . speculative fiction under Jane Redd. This can all be confusing, so her kids just call her Mom. Heather attended Cairo American College in Egypt and the Anglican School of Jerusalem in Israel. Despite failing her high school AP English exam, Heather persevered and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University in something other than English.

You can find a Heather’s novel about Ruth here.

Please join Heather's email list at: HBMoore.com/contact/

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Keywords

#naomi, #ruth, #lord, #women, #bible, #God, #trustinGod

Transcript

Tamara Anderson 0:00
Are you ready to hear the end of the story of Ruth and Naomi? We've been going out this for three weeks and we're finally to the conclusion of their story. And we're so excited to see how this whole story wraps up, and how it applies to us as women today, so stay tuned.

Tamara Anderson 0:20
Welcome to Bible, Women & Bathrobes, the podcast where faith meets comfort. Join us Tuesday and Thursday morning As the gals from Women Warriors of Light and their guests, Don bathrobes and dive into the inspiring stories of women in the Bible, and the teachings of Jesus Christ. From Esther's bravery to the Sermon on the Mount. We explore it all with warmth, laughter, sisterhood, and maybe even a few sleepy eyed moments. Tune in live or at your leisure as we learn lessons from scripture which empower women today.

Tamara Anderson 1:01
Awesome Welcome to Bible, Women & Bathrobes, and I'm Tamara K Anderson, I am your host tonight, or today and I have Amy Johnson with me. Amy is a member of our advisory board and I'll quickly introduce her. She is a leader of women, a homemaker and a licensed cosmetologist, Amy enjoys nurturing women through betrayal, trauma, to becoming a beacon of of support and inspiration. So Amy, thank you for being with us today.

Amy Johnson 1:30
Thanks for letting me come. I love it.

Tamara Anderson 1:33
And we are again blessed to have Heather on. This is our last saga in Ruth and Heather B. Moore, She's a wonderful author. And we are so excited. She's graced us with her presence and her historical knowledge on Ruth. You can find Heather on at Heather or HBMoore.com. And her book about Ruth will be linked in the show notes for today. So be sure to check that out. If you are curious more about Ruth. Now it is a novel right, Heather.

Heather B. Moore 2:05
historical Yeah, historical fiction.

Tamara Anderson 2:08
So be sure to follow Heather online. And we're just grateful to have her so let's kind of take bring you up to date with where we are in the story of Ruth. Ruth and her mother in law, Naomi were both widowed. Ruth is from Moabite by birth, but Naomi was part of the children of Israel. And she and her husband Elimelech had gone to Moab because of famine. Well, Elimelech and both of his sons died. And so Naomi tried to release Ruth to go back to her people, but she said, No, I'm going to stay with you. Wherever you go, I will go Your God will be my God.

Tamara Anderson 2:47
And so she follows her back to Bethlehem, where they are just poor as church mice, they they they don't have very much wealth. And so Ruth goes out and begins to glean from the fields to get enough food and nourishment to provide for her and Naomi and she's blessed to glean from Boaz is field who is a near kinsmen to Naomi's husband Elimelech and that comes into play is we're about to find out in this chapter. So anyway, Boaz is impressed with Ruth selflessness and kindness, to Naomi, and he invites her to stay in glean in his fields. And eventually Naomi puts two and two together and she's like, Wait, he could help redeem us through this leverical right law? I think I'm saying that right. Maybe not. And, and so Naomi follows her mother, or Ruth follows her mother in law's instructions and goes and basically asked Boaz to become her protector and fulfill this law, so that they can get Elimelech's property back and help her bear children unto this, this family line that seems to be ending.

Tamara Anderson 4:06
And we kind of were left hanging last week, because Boaz says, there's a nearer kinsman than I. And we're like--oh. So here we are, we're finally to the end. And Heather, I'm going to have you kick us off again, with this chapter four of what is happening here. This is kind of that again, we're back to that Levirite law for saying that correctly. I don't know. And tell us what's happening here.

Heather B. Moore 4:38
Yeah, so we mentioned in the previous episode, kind of how the law works, and so I'll just do a quick summary. So we find the actual law in Genesis 38 and Deuteronomy 25, five through 10, where it talks about how this love liberate law stipulates that a man is not to die childless or and if he does, he will lose his His, his posterity as an inheritance among God's people, so that so that's kind of like the actual like, you know having a child and not having that that child care your name anymore. But also you can lose your property.

Heather B. Moore 5:14
And so in order to keep it in the family, often the widow would marry, you know a brother in law or a cousin or someone that that is connected to the family so that so that the child that is then born, will then become the heir for her deceased husband. So obviously, it kind of looks like as we go through these first verses that the closest kinsmen does not want to take upon Naomi and Ruth, it's actually taking on both, but it's Ruth, that would be the one that would be married, because Ruth's firstborn would then compete for his estate.

Heather B. Moore 5:52
And also, maybe Boaz is just more well off, or maybe Ruth, is his one and only wife, like we're not sure if Boaz is, you know, has been married before or he's currently married. But this allows Boaz to step in, I think, is understood in the first verse of chapter four. Boaz goes up to the gate and sat him down there and behold, the kinsmen of whom Boaz spake came by. And I don't know if it sounds like, it sounds like this was kind of a, a meeting that was scheduled. And this is kind of how they would make decisions in their community. Because in verse two, we read, And he took 10 of the elders of the city and sit you down here, and they sat down.

Heather B. Moore 6:34
And then he, he kind of pitches what his plan is. And, and so this is like Boaz saying, I want to, you know, marry her and all this stuff. And then but the other kinsmen has to bow out, because he has kind of first rights to make that choice. And by the way, these verses that were referring to are technically the King James Version, in case you have another version, you're like, Wait, what did that say? There's like very small changes between them. But just so you know.

Tamara Anderson 7:06
Yeah, no, this is fantastic. And, and so so yeah, he this other near kinsmen, says, No, I'm not going to do this. And I find it interesting in some of those middle verses that, that both says, Okay, you other elders who are witnesses today, you can verify that this has happened, we've done all this legally, and that I am going to take Ruth, the Moabite is to wife and raise up and inheritance onto her under her name that's in verse 10. And they say, Yes, we're all witnesses. And it's interesting that they are so in verse 12, it says, And let the house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bear unto Judah of the seed, which the Lord shall give thee of this young Woman.

Tamara Anderson 8:02
And so they're referencing another instance where this happened. And they're, they're, they're invoking God's blessings on Boaz and Ruth that, that God will bless them for following this law, probably because it's probably not an easy thing to do.

Heather B. Moore 8:20
Yeah.

Tamara Anderson 8:21
You know,

Heather B. Moore 8:23
I mean, it wouldn't be easy for me. Well, and I made it because I just think, even if I if even if this is part of my culture, and and my era, and I grew up surrounded by the society, it would be hard to remarry and kind of put your faith in another man when you've gone through maybe some, you know, this loss and grief that she's gone through. And she's probably really grateful as well. But also, it's a big change in her life. Yeah.

Tamara Anderson 8:52
Any thoughts? Amy?

Amy Johnson 8:54
Yeah, well, in verse for the end, Unless I'm reading that wrong. Doesn't Doesn't that nearer, kinsmen, initially say, Okay, I'll redeem it. But then when he finds out, there's a wife attached. That's when he says, nevermind. Am I reading that wrong? But I thought that was interesting if I'm reading it, right. Because I think I do that sometimes. Look, God requires something and I say, okay. And then he goes, and it's gonna look like this. And I'm like, wait,

Tamara Anderson 9:26
yeah,

Amy Johnson 9:27
I mean, wait, what? Like, that's about what I when I said, Yes. I didn't see the whole picture or even the part of the picture and you're now willing to show me and I, I find that absolutely real. Because he's looking at he's like, Okay, I'll buy this land. And then he's like, and when you do it, it comes with... And he's like, wait, no, I can't do that because that's gonna affect me this way.

Heather B. Moore 9:55
Right.

Amy Johnson 9:56
And I do think that's, that was my first thought is that's really, that's really true. That's really real for me, that's a raw thing I can relate to. And then the this whole redeem, thing, I love that, that whole redeem thought. And the way that that obviously to me that's absolutely mirroring the Savior, right? That the Boaz is saying, I'll redeem this family from this huge loss.

Amy Johnson 10:29
Also the fact that they would lose the land, the land of their, the land of their inheritance, this was huge. It was it was huge. And so to lose their land of their inheritance. Boaz truly is awesome. Even though it's the law and all the thing, there's something really to be said for obedience. And goodness, there really is something to be said for that.

Amy Johnson 10:52
So I really love that that, that we have these really real characters that are like, Yeah, I'll do it. Oh, no, I'm not gonna do that. Oh, sure. I'd love to have the land if their inheritance. Oh it comes with a wife?

Heather B. Moore 11:08
I also thought that maybe they kinsmen was, you know, you know, those people are like, oh, you know, I would really love to do I just, but But you know, I just, I just can't. But you know, if you can't, and I will, but I know you really want to, you know, I love manipulating just a little bit, you know, a little.

Amy Johnson 11:28
Yeah. And he makes them come to life for me, right? They're just Oh, I get you.

Tamara Anderson 11:33
Yeah, yeah, I felt that way before. Yeah, absolutely. So it's, it's really cool how all this came about. And I'm sure Ruth and Naomi, were sitting home, you know, at the end of chapter three sitting home, waiting anxiously The--how is my, the whole rest of my life going to play out? And am I going to marry somebody I don't know? Or at least with Boaz I know He's kind, you know. So that there's gotta be some nervousness there to see how, what is the end result of this.

Tamara Anderson 12:09
And I think that there is a lot to be said there for trusting the Lord, when we don't see how the final picture is going to play out. That that required a tremendous amount of faith for both Ruth and Naomi, they knew it was going to be settled. But would it be settled in a way that would be good for all of them? And wow, tremendous, especially for Ruth not knowing the customs as well. This is, I guess,

Heather B. Moore 12:39
This could be pretty new to her. Yeah. I mean, Naomi, Naomi was the one that is kind of shooing her out the door and guiding her say, no, go do this, and then go do this. And so for sure.

Amy Johnson 12:52
But the trust that Ruth has in Naomi through all of this is, is really awesome. And now that I'm a mother, mother in law, that's the word I'm looking for. Now that I'm a mother in law times four, you see this, and this, this really becomes real. To have and I actually am blessed with daughters in law that I feel that close to as Ruth. Like, I, I feel that close to them. They are that good of people to me. And so to to have that. I don't know. I love that that image of her saying, Okay, go do this. And the daughters in law say, I trust you. Okay, I'm gonna go do this. And then to, sit and wait and watch for it to work out.

Tamara Anderson 13:41
Yeah. Oh, god bless these women. I think it's so amazing that Ruth as a convert had that much faith. Yeah, wow. Yeah. Wow. So incredible. So we get to verse 13, in this chapter, and it says, So Boaz took Ruth and she was his wife. And when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception and she bear a son.

Tamara Anderson 14:06
And that was like the ultimate for them. They they wanted to have a son to help carry on the name. And and then I find it interesting that we go to Naomi at this point, and the next several verses are how she reacts, going from, you know, feeling very bitter at the end of chapter one and wanting to change her name to Mara, I think it is or something like that. Which meant bitter to now she's joyful.

Tamara Anderson 14:33
And here this this is so beautiful. "And the women said into Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left the this day without a kinsmen, that his name may be famous in Israel, and he shall be into thee restorer of thy life and a nourisher of thine own old age for thy daughter in law which loveth thee which is better to thee than seven sons, have born him. And I like that Ruth is worth her weight in gold.

Heather B. Moore 15:05
And I love that because it's very prophetic. I mean, these women, you don't have the gift of the Spirit, and they're saying his name may be famous in Israel.

Amy Johnson 15:16
And that is prophetic. Yeah, it is.

Tamara Anderson 15:19
And we're gonna get to why it's so prophetic. And then it says in Naomi took the child and laid it in her bosom and became nurse to it. And so this is like a fulfillment of all that Naomi has hoped and wished for

Heather B. Moore 15:35
Yeah.

Tamara Anderson 15:36
And thought that all doors were close to her that this would never happen.

Amy Johnson 15:42
Right.

Tamara Anderson 15:43
And I think it's, it's kind of a testimony of other stories of other women in the Old the New Testament that nothing is impossible to God. Right, that He can make miracles happen, even in some story like this. That God is aware of these women, and that they have a critical place in his plan and in his story. Any thoughts on those verses that I read there?

Heather B. Moore 16:12
I just love just when you're talking, I just imagine Naomi taking her little grandson. And even though like if we technically could say, well, it wasn't really, you know, her actual blood because. But I think just losing not only her husband, but her two sons, she feels like I have a grandson. And now this kind of her heart starts to heal. It's been able to now put her love and attention into another little boy.

Tamara Anderson 16:40
Yeah,

Amy Johnson 16:41
yeah. And as a grandma, to, I've never nursed one of my grandchildren. But as you curl them up on your chest, and they just lay there and snuggle into you. And you just feel you do you feel your heart melt.

Amy Johnson 16:57
I remember years ago, my my fourth was a brand new infant and my cousin passed away. And I went to visit his dad who's my uncle. And I remember him taking that little baby and just laying him on his chest and just saying, "babies just make everything okay." And I think that must have been how she felt like, I it's a it's a balm, she'd lost her husband, she lost her sons. And now she's holding this grandchild that by marriage is now hers.

Tamara Anderson 17:36
Yeah, babies do make everything okay. You know what, when they're quiet and sweet.

Amy Johnson 17:43
Okay, when they're older, and talk a lot.

Tamara Anderson 17:50
there are moments at 2am when you're like, please go to sleep when? Going. Okay, right. And then here's the really cool part it says, and, "and the women her neighbors gave it a name saying there is a son born to Naomi, and they called his name Obed. And he is the father of Jesse and the father of David." And they kind of then list the generations. And so basically, King David came from this line, which means that Jesus Christ came from this line.

Tamara Anderson 18:25
Well, another thing that I picked up on too, I love that just a few verses earlier, they bring up Tamar. And if I remember right, Tamar, Jesus comes through Tamr's love line. If I remember, it was really important people. And if I'm wrong on this, I'm super sorry. But there's no way I can even quickly look that up. If I remember, right, Tamar comes first. She's kind of if I remember

Tamara Anderson 18:52
We'll have to cover her.

Amy Johnson 18:52
it's really important. So you have Tamar's mentioned. And then you have Ruth. And then you have the line. Yeah, I love that.

Tamara Anderson 19:04
So I love that here's this faithful, kind, convert Ruth. And Jesus is born in her line. And so I think it's a testimony that it doesn't matter what your background is, it matters your your level of faithfulness, that's really what's important to God in the end, is that you're true and faithful to Him. Any other thoughts there?

Heather B. Moore 19:29
I just love how inverse Well, basically 16 and 17, You know, we just kind of read those. It's just showing that that this property or this house is not just about a location or having a place to live it's it's where family can then grow and bond and have this kins kinship together. You know, and and also, enjoy the spiritual blessings and then pass them down. And so I love that It's not. And I feel like that was like, in the beginning, when the elders were involved with this decision is it really was a spiritual decision, because family is a spiritual unit. So it feels it feels very eternal these, this family setup where it's, you know, the grandmother and, and the mother and the baby and the kinsmen around them and and these other women that and everyone is just coming together.

Tamara Anderson 20:29
Yeah, yeah.

Amy Johnson 20:31
I don't know if we have time. But Heather, if you know more details about this plucked off his shoe thing. I would love to know,

Heather B. Moore 20:39
I feel like I did. And it's probably in the book I researched. But I mean, just off the top of my head, it must be some sort of physical demonstration of maybe making an oath or making a promise is, is I would have to go look it up again, though. But yeah, I did notice that when we were looking through the verses,

Amy Johnson 21:03
well, and I went back and was reading in Deuteronomy and live in Leviticus a little bit about it. And it is it's, it's, it's covenantal, right? It's saying, Okay, it's kind of this is my proof, right. But I was kind of interested in that and, and thought maybe I should dig into that a little bit more, because I find that fascinating that they would take off their shoe. But we also know that removal of the shoes is holy, right? We take off our shoes in holy places like Moses did. And so maybe, maybe it's linked there, but I was interested what you mean.

Heather B. Moore 21:38
Yeah, I think it probably is. And also just watching the feet like it's all maybe kind of connected.

Tamara Anderson 21:47
Wow. Oh, I love all this. I love. I love how the story ends. Of course, it's a happy ending. You know, we love that about this story, Ruth, not all stories in the Old Testament are.

Heather B. Moore 21:59
no, no, no they're not.

Tamara Anderson 22:01
So I'm glad we started with the story that has a happy ending. And, and this is, this is a pretty great way to wrap everything up. But what are some of your takeaways? I guess, let's kind of draw this up in a bow, either from the entire story of Ruth, or maybe from this section now that we've kind of looked at the redemption of this family in the symbolism of the Savior. What are some takeaways? Heather, why don't you go first.

Heather B. Moore 22:31
I feel like one of my takeaways is that even though Naomi knew she had to return to her, her homeland. And then Ruth decided to take upon Naomi's basically her name, and her family and her religion and her God. Even though they're both doing the right thing, and the needful thing, it was still difficult. And I think sometimes I take courage from that knowing I know what I'm doing is keeping the collapse or whatever I'm doing. I'm making this choice that I felt inspired to do. But But why is it so hard? Why? Why is there conflict? Why? Why do I feel like you know, I'm getting pushed against and so I think it just is a good reminder for me to realize even though you're following the Lord's path, you're still going to hit the Briars and the thorns. And you're still gonna feel the world pressing on and on you.

Tamara Anderson 23:23
Yeah. That's awesome. Amy. Yeah,

Speaker 1 23:30
I for me, I love that this is just all about redemption. I really believe that Jesus Christ is on every page of Scripture if you look for him, and I love that this is about redemption for me to recognize that. Another word for redemption for me is deliverance. And so when I am in the middle of the hard things, when I am in the middle of the not knowing, when I am in the middle of the oh my gosh, just get me out of here moments. I love that the Lord is always standing by to deliver me or redeem me in the way that he knows will be the greatest for me, the best for me. And so I love that just right here in the very last chapter. I don't even know I didn't count but redeem is used numerous times. And to have that just scream at me that this is this is your story to aim. This is the Lord saying to you that you just keep your covenants you'd be a covenant keeper. You do what you do, and and you you will, you will be redeemed. It's what the Lord does. He is the Redeemer and and I love that he's right there just glaring at me on the middle of page.

Tamara Anderson 24:59
Awesome. I think my biggest takeaway from this beautiful story of Ruth and Naomi is that we can trust God with the details of our lives. And that is so difficult, I think of, you know how much they questioned especially when their husbands both passed. Oh, my goodness, like, really, you want me to trust you with this? And of course, we're reading the last chapter here, we're kind of skipped to the end.

Tamara Anderson 25:34
But God knew that this was the solution all along. And so trusting that God has a deliverance, like Amy said, or a path prepared for you, that is good and right. And even though, and I think it's so hard when you are in those difficult moments to say, really, God? Where is the solution for this problem? I don't, I can't even fathom it. It looks totally unsolvable. It looks like I will be bitter to the end, you know, kind of like Naomi felt there for a while.

Tamara Anderson 26:14
And yet, God had an amazing solution. And they just had to keep pressing forward through that mucky middle of the story, and submit and trust that it will all work out. And that is so hard. It's so easy to talk about, but it's so hard to do.

Amy Johnson 26:34
Right?

Tamara Anderson 26:37
I'm like, Oh, very heavy, heavy, hard thing when you're in the middle of that. So anyway. Well, that is that's a wrap with Ruth, we are so excited. Are there any other thoughts or comments before we wrap it up here, guys?

Amy Johnson 26:53
I think for me, too, just knowing that not everybody's story is going to look like this. My deliverance doesn't mean I'm going to end up with my land of inheritance. And my new husband and my grandchild and my, that may not be what my deliverance looks like. But trusting God makes whatever my deliverance looks like Okay. And I really, I love that. And I don't know how long they were in this waiting place this. But whatever, whatever God does, It's okay.

Tamara Anderson 27:32
Yeah, that all worked out. And sometimes I know, I've interviewed as I've interviewed people on other podcasts who've gone through super difficult things. I remember interviewing one particular woman who'd lost her mother to an addiction. And the end, she said, something like, I believe my mother's deliverance is happening now. You know, she's on the other side, and God has got her. And he's helping her work through what she needs to work through now. So knowing that the end of our life isn't the end of the story,

Heather B. Moore 28:07
right?

Tamara Anderson 28:08
You know, for those whose stories end in death, that death is not the end that God has our eternal salvation and he wants us to be happy forever. And so that is the goal. He doesn't give up on us when we die. He will keep, Jesus will keep reaching for us and desiring to redeem us even then. So sweet, sweet stories.

Tamara Anderson 28:36
Well, we will wrap today up. Thank you for joining me, Amy and Heather and all of you listeners out there. Next week on the Bible Women we are going to talk about Lois and Eunice and they are beautiful New Testament women who were the mother and grandmother of Timothy I believe. We'll look at that. Yep, Timothy the evangelists. So we will talk briefly about them. That'll just be a one short episode. I can't do series every time because we want to cover some of these women who only have a few short verses in there. So we will cover them next week. And then we're going to move on to the story of Hannah.

Tamara Anderson 29:19
So stay tuned for those wonderful stories of Bible women. And may you have a blessed day.

Tamara Anderson 29:28
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