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Don't you think that all women do also? And if that's the template of the church then so do men.It would be likely that a number of Godly women in Scripture would share some strong characteristics with the woman of Proverbs 31.
Most of Proverbs was compiled a few hundred years after Solomon and David had already passed. It was common for kings to marry off their daughters to foreign kings, Solomon's first wife was Egyptian for example. The bride in Song of Solomon has a family name that appears no where else in Scripture, just a theory but I think her mother was from Lebanon, I think her mother had married into an important Jewish family. Something like that could be going on here, perhaps one of Solomon's daughters married into a royal family in a neighboring country. Like the other proverbs it emphasizes hard work and wisdom, rich in virtue. She took a seat with the elders who would have sat as judges near the city gate, any problems could be brought to them. It sounds like when she was in town she would sit down with them and help them figure out perplexing problems they were considering. Using wisdom she had heard in the courts of her father Solomon.I do not think that it is Ruth because she did not have a son who was a king. Lemuel is identified as a an unknown king. However, his praises, at least, are directed to his mother-Proverbs 31:1.
Like MT Horeb, standing on Holy Ground, were all ornamentations of self are left behind. I agree....
Just some of my thoughts on the subject guys but I feel like this is a piece of history, wrapped in sacred poetry. A memorial to the legacy of the wisdom of the united kingdom in Israel. It's just a glimpse of what life was like so very long ago. It could be Ruth but it is more likely one woman among many who were a part of that sacred history, remembered fondly in the wisdom literature of the ancient Hebrews.
Grace and peace,
Mark
Typologically yes it is representative of the gentile church being grafted in.Doesn’t Ruth represent the bride and boaz the bridegroom.?
Isn’t it a contrast of Jesus and his church?
Watched a sermon one time and the pastor said everything in the OT either points or represents Jesus. He went on to show the anology in Ruth. It was brilliantTypologically yes it is representative of the gentile church being grafted in.
It would be likely that a number of Godly women in Scripture would share some strong characteristics with the woman of Proverbs 31.