A Stranger became one of the Heroes: The Book of Ruth (Bible stories for kids 8)
The story of Ruth for kids with Coptic Icons illustrations.
The book of Ruth:
1. The book was related to the Feast of Harvest (Feast of Pentecost) which was read on that feast. Probably because Ruth appeared to glean the sheaves after the reapers so she can eat and give her mother-in-law. It is the book of harvest: that is the entry of the gentiles to the faith in the person of Ruth, as a new harvest offering the grain of the true life and satisfaction to her mother-in-law.
2. It is the only book after the name of a gentile woman in the whole Bible. Ruth has superseded many women. The genealogy of Christ mentioned her name in Matthew 1: 5 and revealed that her blood, as a gentile, ran in the veins of the Savior of the world.
3. In the era of the Judges, the Jews deviated exceedingly toward the pagan worship, however, this book declared that there was a minority even among the gentiles who held the faith in Him without any earthly greediness or lustful desire.
4. This book offers “The secret of the true satisfaction” for the human soul by uniting her with the bridegroom, the true Boaz. The words “relative, close relative”, were repeated several times, for this book is the book of the genealogy of the Lord Christ to all humanity, whether Jews or gentiles.
5. It correlates between the life of faith and the behavior, for it records the etiquette of conversation as it was between Naomi and Ruth, between Ruth and Boaz, and between Boaz and the reapers.
