As before so again God is always turning over evil until the good rises up.Praise God for his righteousness.Judges others would judge Israel when they did not follow God now because of corruption other countries follow the UN.The science,the doctors,the children.Me and my house will follow God.
Hi Bob. As Adam as written, the Word of God cannot be changed at will. And it does us well to look at the matter more closely for clarification.
You shared from Ruth 2:2. When we look at the word in the original language, Hebrew, we see the word, 'shibboleth', which generally means 'grain', but is translated as 'corn', which was the generic name given to all types of grain (wheat, barley, rye, etc.), as used in 'ye olde England'.
And as a side note that may be of interest to some, and as a Bible reader, you might be aware of that word, 'shibboleth'. We see it in Judges 12:1-6; the story is given about the escaping Ephraimites (the enemy) who were trying to avoid Jephthah's annihilation of that army. They were trying to sneak past Jephthah (Israel's Judge) but were found. So Jephthah, in trying to ascertain their bloodline, whether they were imposters, asked them to say the word 'shibboleth', but they weren't able to pronounce the word correctly & said 'sibboleth'. So for a rather insignificant 'corny' word, many lives were lost as they failed the test.
And the same meaning is seen in the NT, eg. Mark 2:23, where the word for 'corn' is 'stachus' (= heads of grain) in Greek & for 'cornfields', the word is 'sporimos' (field of grain). So we should appreciate that sometimes when we read a word in the Bible, we need to understand it in terms of, in which period was it written & how was it understood by those readers. To bring every word into today's usage sometimes can present us with problems that can only be overcome by going back to the original languages.
Christ Magnified Glorifying Jesus on Judges 12 - 6 years ago
Day 69 of Bible Reading in a Year. Excellent history of the period of the judges who "ruled" Israel. It is fascinating how the "land" has and is still so very important even among the gentiles. The identification of people with the land for the Israelites revealed a history (though frequently broken" of trusting God to deliver them from their enemies and their own flesh.
No sin, un repented, may go un punished. Ephraimites despised God's choice in Gideon but God kept their punishment until Jephtha's time! adamantly they contended with these two, God's choices, ever questioning the source of authority for their actions, yet they knew surely that the hand of God was with them. When we vex with the anointed ones, we vex with God and its sin.
How can we apply this part of the Word to ourselves today? 1) Evil words stir up evil behaviors. 2) Going with the crowds in an evil matter, will bring consequences. 3) Jephthah handled the wicked mouths of the Ephraimites; wicked mouths today need to be stopped, and their actions of hostility toward others without a cause, righteously punished. 4) We too have had many champions of God sent to us.
You shared from Ruth 2:2. When we look at the word in the original language, Hebrew, we see the word, 'shibboleth', which generally means 'grain', but is translated as 'corn', which was the generic name given to all types of grain (wheat, barley, rye, etc.), as used in 'ye olde England'.
And as a side note that may be of interest to some, and as a Bible reader, you might be aware of that word, 'shibboleth'. We see it in Judges 12:1-6; the story is given about the escaping Ephraimites (the enemy) who were trying to avoid Jephthah's annihilation of that army. They were trying to sneak past Jephthah (Israel's Judge) but were found. So Jephthah, in trying to ascertain their bloodline, whether they were imposters, asked them to say the word 'shibboleth', but they weren't able to pronounce the word correctly & said 'sibboleth'. So for a rather insignificant 'corny' word, many lives were lost as they failed the test.
And the same meaning is seen in the NT, eg. Mark 2:23, where the word for 'corn' is 'stachus' (= heads of grain) in Greek & for 'cornfields', the word is 'sporimos' (field of grain). So we should appreciate that sometimes when we read a word in the Bible, we need to understand it in terms of, in which period was it written & how was it understood by those readers. To bring every word into today's usage sometimes can present us with problems that can only be overcome by going back to the original languages.
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