John A. Heys is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches. It is interesting and important to take note of the fact that Elimelech, Naomi, and their sons left the promised land to go to Moab in the days when the judges ruled the Israelites. This is interesting and significant because it reveals that their departure from the promised land—which was a type and shadow of the coming Kingdom of Heaven—took place in the days when the Israelites had no spiritual leaders to warn them, counsel them and rebuke them when they walked in sin. They had for a...