House Of Bread!
"Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed,
Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered
David."
Ruth 4: 21-22
Bethlehem means “house [beth] of bread [lechem].” During the
period of the judges it was referred to as “Bethlehem in Judah”
(Judges 17:7-9) to distinguish it from another Bethlehem near
Sea of Galilee (Joshua 19:15). Though Bethlehem was “little
among the thousands of Judah” (Micah 5:2), it was important.
Boaz was a well-to-do farmer in Bethlehem who married the
Moabite woman named Ruth. Boaz saved Ruth—and Ruth’s
mother-in-law, Naomi, from poverty and established a legacy
of salvation in Bethlehem.
Boaz and Ruth had a son named
Obed, who had a son
named Jesse, who had a son named David. When it was
time for God to choose a king to replace Saul, He sent the
prophet Samuel to Bethlehem to choose David as king.
Because Joseph was a descendant of David, he and Mary
journeyed to
Bethlehem to register for the census—where
Mary gave birth to Jesus. Boaz and Ruth are mentioned
in the genealogy of Jesus (Matthew 1:5-6).
Bethlehem, the
“house of bread,” gave the world the
“bread of life” (John 6:35). God’s hand is always at
work to accomplish His purposes.
"Christ is the true Bread of Life sent by God
to bring us eternal life. We all need Christ
to be the Bread of Life to us."
Witness Lee
