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Allusions Images Symbols: How to Study Prophecy — Ruth and Esther — Introduction

Join us as we study the Bible Study Guide for the second quarter of 2025 called Allusions Images Symbols: How to Study Prophecy. We are studying the lesson for week 11 called Ruth and Esther.    

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Real Good Life is a journey through the story of Joseph—a young man with dreams, thrown into loss, betrayal, and long seasons of waiting. It’s for anyone who wonders if their life still matters when things fall apart, when the path twists, when the pain runs deep.

But beneath the heartbreak, something sacred is happening. God is not wasting the mess. He’s reshaping us—turning raw potential into steady purpose, turning old wounds into open doors.

This isn’t about chasing success or fixing the past. It’s about finding meaning right where you are, and letting God write beauty into the broken places. Because a good life isn’t always neat—but it can still be real, and it can still be full.

At the top of the hill, we parked, and . . . our brakes went out. The truck started rolling backward through traffic down the hill, and there was nothing we could do to stop it. I opened the door and started waving frantically and shouting, “Get out of the way! Get out of the way!” 

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Today’s story is told by Joshua Lewis of the Great River People Project in Cambodia. 

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This Sabbath visiting Pastor, Kyle Morrison, shares his testimony.

Read for This Week’s Study

Ruth 1:1–5; Ruth 2:5–20; Job 1:6–11; Matt. 4:8, 9; Esther 3:1–14; Rev. 12:14–17.

Memory Text:

This week we continue to explore stories that prefigure last-day events. By using real-life events and people, God helps us to see things from His perspective and helps us understand how to interpret the prophecies that come later, which are given to help strengthen our faith.

Our attention turns to two important women whose stories have touched the hearts of countless generations: Ruth and Esther. One is a dispossessed widow who finds hope after meeting the kindly Boaz, her kinsman redeemer. Their marriage has become a favorite love story for Christians because of the way it reflects Christ’s love for us. The other is a young girl living in a foreign land who becomes aware of a plot to destroy her people and finds herself thrust onto the main stage in the drama that unfolds to save them.

In prophecy, of course, a woman is a powerful symbol for God’s church, shedding much light on how God regards His people. Let’s look at the biblical accounts of these two women, whose life circumstances have been immortalized in the Word of God, and seek to draw whatever lessons we can from their experiences.

*Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, June 14.

“So it was, when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, that she found favor in his sight, and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther went near and touched the top of the scepter” (Esther 5:2, NKJV).