10,000 ft. Flyover Review: Jonah & Ruth Jonah Theme: •“The Lord is a God of boundless compassion not just for ‘us’ (Jonah and the Israelites) but also for ‘them’ (the pagan sailors and Ninevites).”* Ruth Theme: •“…God’s people experience his sovereignty, wisdom, and covenant kindness. These often come disguised in hard circumstances and are mediated through the kindness of others.”* *ESV Study Bible
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10,000 ft. Flyover Review:Jonah & Ruth
Jonah Theme:•“The Lord is a God of boundless compassion not just for ‘us’ (Jonah and the Israelites) but also for ‘them’ (the pagan sailors and Ninevites).”*
Ruth Theme:•“…God’s people experience his sovereignty, wisdom, and covenant kindness. These often come disguised in hard circumstances and are mediated through the kindness of others.”*
*ESV Study Bible
People are in desperate need of the hesed of the LORD.
• We deserve to be struck down, but God’s hesed is continually poured out on us.
• Who in these books reflect God’s hesed?
God sovereignly appoints/orchestrates events to bring about His beautiful ends.
• Jonah’s redirection• Obed’s appearance.
Yahweh shows His love and mercy toward the outsiders/non-Jews and calls them into the faith of
Abraham.
• The mariners and Ninevites.• The not-so-Jewish family.
God calls us out of self-centeredness into a place of compassion for others and trust in Him.
• Jonah’s preference of personal death over pagan deliverance.• Naomi in her community of praise.
God is a saving, merciful God...all throughout Scripture!
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
The LORD is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly