Abraham, a Chaldean, left his land and family to inherit a foreign land and to establish a new family that seemed impossible.

Ruth, a Moabite, left her land and family to inherit a foreign land and to establish a new family that seemed impossible.

God gave Abraham a series of directions and trials to reveal his character and test his resolve.

Naomi gave Ruth a series of trials and directions to test her resolve and reveal her character.

Abraham became the seed from which the olive tree of Israel would sprout.

Ruth was a wild olive branch, broken from the tree of Moab, and grafted into the cultivated tree of Israel.

Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
1 Peter 2:10

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