"Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and do so severely, if anything but death separates you and me." Ruth 1:17
The finality and the commitment implied in these words is incredibly powerful.
This is Love.
"Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end." John 13:1b
"Love...endures all things." 1 Corinthians 13:6
This is the commitment of brotherly love that a true brother speaks to his brother.
Gentiles are grafted into their vine and get to have the same Father.
Seeing ourselves as separate with a separate destiny is a doctrine of hell. It would have made Ruth's speech sound something like this. "Where you go, I will go, unless it gets tough and then I'll get pulled out by God because He loves me and you are on your own to pay for all the times you let God down."
Doesn't sound nearly as inspirational does it?!
Oh God helps us take up the grace to love to the very end!
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