Encounter with God is Scripture Union's daily Bible reading guide designed to lead you to a deeper understanding about what God is saying to you and to his world today. The ideal guide for the thinking Christian who wants to interpret and apply the whole Bible in a way that is relevant to the issues of today’s world.
This quarter the book of Ruth tracks for us the fortunes of two refugee women in the Middle East of the Old Testament. Naomi and Ruth find a way to live again because the community takes them in – initially as an act of obedience to God’s Law, but later an act of love. Ruth is honoured as the great-grandmother of King David, of whose line comes Jesus. Grace comes from disgrace.
In Genesis, Jacob steals the inheritance of his elder brother Esau. But, once again, grace comes from disgrace since, many generations on, Jesus comes of Jacob’s line.
Features:
Song of Songs
Acts
Genesis
Mark
Judges
Hebrews
Habbakuk
Obadiah
Ruth
John's 3 Letters
Jude