Here Ya Go...
Posted on 09/25/2020 6:37:22 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
The Bible encourages us to meditate on it (Ps. 1:1-3, 119:11-16, etc.); these artists have done so, and their works can assist us and enrich our own thoughts about biblical characters, incidents and concepts, and increase our faith in He who is behind it all. As you encounter and consider these images and the related Scriptures and the Spirit enlightens your understanding, please share it with us!
But it is not only oil-on-canvas that can so help us; I refer to the astonishing video series The Chosen, which strolls through the four Gospels at the most leisurely pace. The eight episodes of Season 1 are finished, and the second of a planned seven seasons is coming soon. I say "leisurely" because after an entire year’s viewing Jesus still has only seven of the apostles (although He's preparing to call up Thomas from the minor leagues--but Thomas is skeptical, of course). Anticipating a canvas of fifty-plus hours instead of a movie's paltry two hours, The Chosen turns the characters (especially including Jesus!) into three-dimensional humans and brings the Gospels alive--you have never seen anything even remotely like it! Here is the Official Trailer.
Here is a link for free viewing of The Chosen: “Works with your phone, tablet, and you can cast to your Roku or Chromecast.” Last fall I paid $34.98 for DVDs and ongoing internet access—best 35 bucks I’ve ever spent (I don’t recall how much our marriage license cost, but then it was 42 years ago).
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Thank you for this.
Made my morning!
God Bless!
Glad to hear it! We still have three more episodes with Ruth & the Gang, then it’s on to Hannah, and beyond—way beyond.
Please add to PING list...
When I was 7, my Aunt Mary took me to see the movie “The Story of Ruth”, which was (VERY) loosely based on this wonderful Book of the Bible. I fell in love with the story and it was one of the first OT books I ever read.
Looking back, and reading up on the movie on the Internet, I found out it wasn’t that great a movie, but it sure made a deep impression on me!
And wasn’t it the very next year in which you gave yourself to the Lord?
Twenty years later. I just liked the story, and loved to read.
Thank for this. Interesting that many seem to show Boaz as an “old” man. Whatever his age, his union with Ruth resulted in progeny, one of which became King David, and made Ruth a progenitor of Jesus, through David.....and Bathsheba. Only God could engineer such grace and generosity.
Not a part of THIS discussion; but Rahab the harlot also became part of Christ’s human ancestry. Only God!
Ruth 3:10 has Boaz surprised that Ruth has come to him rather than to a young man, indicating he was much older.
Clearly he was "older" than Ruth ("You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor" 3:10b), but that surely does not necessitate him being "old."
Only God could engineer such grace and generosity.
Bingo! You have cut to the chase. That's why I like the book of Daniel so much, because it so aptly illustrates that, ultimately, God is in complete control. Then, like you, I notice the same thing in the other books.
Young men: 20-30 Manhood starts at 20. Fully grown is 30, when the priest may begin working as a priest.
Boaz: 40-50 or more. He’s related to Elimelech. Younger brother? Cousin? There’s someone closer. Another brother? Another cousin?
Ruth is probably 25-35, having been married 5-10 years.
I find it fascinating the Bible doesn’t reveal his relationship to Elimelech, nor the name or relationship of the closer relative.
Your fascination with the Bible's omissions bespeaks your thoughtfulness in considering the text. Nothing is either included or excluded by chance, of course; to me, it is one of the most wonderful parts of Bible study to, well, wonder about those things, and others similarly. Along with other things, I hope during the Millennium we'll learn about all those gaps.
“Along with other things, I hope during the Millennium we’ll learn about all those gaps.”
I expect so! We’ll have Ruth and Boaz to question, as well as David and Jesus.
My hope is for a complete and accurate history from mankind from Adam onward.
“Not a part of THIS discussion; but Rahab the harlot also became part of Christ’s human ancestry. Only God!”
Definitely part of this discussion, since Rahab is Boaz’s mother!
Matthew 1:5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,
Thanks. That detail slipped my poor old 6 volt mind.
Beggin’ yer pardon, perfessor; but painting #1 by Rembrandt depicts Boaz looking older than Joe Biden.
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