Don't color your roots—Helping Christians discover their Jewish heritage
Let us take a little time to open a small book in the Bible named Ruth. Although only four chapters long, it contains a story crucial to the understanding of our position as gentile believers and our relation to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
The people involved in this begin with Naomi, her husband Elimelech, and their sons Mahlon and Kilion. As the book starts, there is a famine in the village of Bethlehem where they live. To find food, Elimelech moves his family to the foreign land of Moab where food is available. The people of Moab’s do not worship the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob.