Time: BC 1390 ~ 1350
Venue: Bethlehem, Judah
Event: famine
"Bethlehem" means bakery
Why is there no bread in the bakery?
Judges 2 1:25 At that time, there was no king in Israel, and everyone did as he pleased.
Christians face famine for two reasons:
1. Without God, there is no need for God. The most important thing about faith is the relationship with God.
2. "Do whatever you want" means not to do what God wants, but to do what you want.
? Results: We finally faced famine.
Lesson: The church must need the words of life.
Bethlehem church
Bread in the bakery means that the church must have life.
John 6:35 Jesus said, "I am the bread of life, and he who comes to me will not be hungry;" People who believe in me will never be thirsty.
Christians should come to the church to find the bread of life when facing famine.
What is the Christian famine today?
Famine without hearing God's word.
The days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will bring famine on the earth. People are hungry not because they have no bread, and thirsty not because they have no water, but because they don't listen to the Lord.
We are facing a famine. What should we do?
Ruth 1:6 So she got up with her two daughters-in-law to go back from the land of Moab, because she heard in Moab that the Lord had taken care of her people and given them food.
"Moab" means a descendant of his father? Moab's religious worship is to dedicate his children to their idols.
God does not like Moab. Why?
Because Moab represents the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Deuteronomy 23:3 "Ammonites and Moabites shall not enter the assembly of the LORD; Although their children have passed through ten generations, they will never enter the assembly of the Lord.
Why did Naomi's family go to Moab?
Because grapes were planted in Moab, there was a bumper harvest in those years.
What is the result of going?
Mahlon and Kieran also died, leaving Naomi with no husband or son.
Mahlon: That means getting sick.
Killian: This means extinction.
* * * How did Lot's wife die? ***
God does not want to produce seeds (offspring) of Sodom and Gomorrah through them.
A country born in the background of degenerate culture.
The most sacred period: the early church period
The most depraved age: the age of judges
Please: Lord Jesus, come quickly, my soul is hungry, I need you!