Living Lessons of Life and Love [antikvár]

Preface The Scriptures are not unaware of mankind's very human problems of love, depression, joy, and despair. Here in this little volume are some of the most fascinating portions of the entire Bible. They lay bare the soul of the godly, revealing all these emotions in abundance. The book of Ruth tells about the grace of God in the life of a young Gentile woman—who became a direct ancestress of Jesus Christ the Messiah. Her persistence in love for her mother-in-law was richly rewarded in her own life as well as in all future generations. The story of Esther is a wild one. She was a sensitive Jewess, though ruthless in the avenging of her people— a victim of the murderous times, a product of her environment. As a result of her beauty, refinement, courage, trust in God, and obedience to her elder cousin's advice, she saved millions of Jews from an ancient Buch-enwald. This is history told like the most exciting fiction. Ecclesiastes is a dirge of despair, the thoughts of a man who, despite his opportunities, knew all too little of God. And so, although he had immense wealth and power, he had little of joy. Job is the story of personal Satanic powers at work to destroy a man's body and soul. Job's anguish in his darkness is terrible to see. God's vindication of Job's sporadic heights of trust is heartening to any modern under Satanic pressures. The Song of Solomon is an esoteric love poem by a