Category: Book of Ruth

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Ruth 4, Our Redeemer is JESUS

Rth 4:9-10, …”You are witnesses this day that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi. Moreover, RUTH THE MOABITESS… I HAVE ACQUIRED AS MY WIFE, …

Boaz redeem the property that Naomi lost and the posterity of Elimelech, so his name would not be cut off from Israel! Also Boaz took Ruth as his wife!

Rth 4:14-15, Then the women said to Naomi, “BLESSED BE THE LORD, WHO HAS NOT LEFT YOU THIS DAY WITHOUT A CLOSE RELATIVE; AND MAY HIS NAME BE FAMOUS IN ISRAEL! And may he be to you A RESTORER OF LIFE and A NOURISHER OF YOUR OLD AGE; …

Rth 4:17, Also the neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “THERE IS A SON BORN TO NAOMI.” AND THEY CALLED HIS NAME OBED. HE IS THE FATHER OF JESSE, THE FATHER OF DAVID. 

And from David came the Messiah, Jesus who is our Kinsman-Redeemer! Naomi thought she lost everything, but the LORD blessed her and Ruth abundantly! HE IS THE RESTORER OF LIFE

Isa 54:4-8 “Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed; … FOR YOUR MAKER IS YOUR HUSBAND, THE LORD OF HOSTS IS HIS NAME; AND YOUR REDEEMER IS THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL; HE IS CALLED THE GOD OF THE WHOLE EARTH. … “For a mere moment I have forsaken you, But with great mercies I will gather you. … BUT WITH EVERLASTING KINDNESS I WILL HAVE MERCY ON YOU,” SAYS THE LORD, YOUR REDEEMER.

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Ruth 3, Protection for Ruth!

Rth 3:1, Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, shall I not seek SECURITY FOR YOU, that it may be well with you? 

Naomi, wanted rest and security for Ruth and she would find it with their Kinsman Redeemer! He was responsible to redeem a relative sold to slavery, to buy back their property (Lev 25:25) and to carry on the family name by marrying a childless widow (Deu 25:5-10)!

Lev 25:48, AFTER HE IS SOLD HE MAY BE REDEEMED AGAIN. ONE OF HIS BROTHERS MAY REDEEM HIM; 

WE WERE REDEEMED BY THE LORD, JESUS, FOR WE WERE SLAVES TO SIN!

Rth 3:9, And he said, “Who are you?” So she answered, “I am Ruth, your maidservant. TAKE YOUR MAIDSERVANT UNDER YOUR WING, for you are a close relative.” 

Eze 16:8  “… SO I SPREAD MY WING OVER YOU AND COVERED YOUR NAKEDNESS. YES, I SWORE AN OATH TO YOU AND ENTERED INTO A COVENANT WITH YOU, AND YOU BECAME MINE,” SAYS THE LORD GOD.

Psa 91:4, He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.

THE LORD IS OUR REDEEMER AND HE WANTS TO COVER US WITH HIS LOVE AND SECURITY, YET SOME WERE NOT WILLING (Mat 23:37).  THIS IS A PICTURE OF CHRIST OUR LORD HIS TRUTH IS OUR SHIELD, HIS TRUTH IS OUR STRENGTH!  BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD!

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Ruth 2, the providence of God!

Rth 2:2-3, So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “PLEASE LET ME GO TO THE FIELD, AND GLEAN HEADS OF GRAIN AFTER HIM IN WHOSE SIGHT I MAY FIND FAVOR…And SHE HAPPENED TO COME TO THE PART OF THE FIELD BELONGING TO BOAZ, WHO WAS OF THE FAMILY OF ELIMELECH

Ruth didn’t just wait she went to work for her and her mother-in-law! And she HAPPENED to come to that field?  In her mind that maybe the case but this is the PROVIDENCE OF GOD!

 Joh 5:17, But Jesus answered them, “MY FATHER HAS BEEN WORKING UNTIL NOW, AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING.” 

Rth 2:7, … SO SHE CAME AND HAS CONTINUED FROM MORNING UNTIL NOW, THOUGH SHE RESTED A LITTLE IN THE HOUSE.” 

Rth 2:20, Then Naomi said …”Blessed be he of the LORD, who has not forsaken His kindness to the living and the dead!” …”This man is a relation of ours, one of our close relatives.” 

THIS IS WHAT I PRAY FOR THAT THE LORD OPENS A DOOR THAT I DON’T EVEN SEE IN FRONT OF ME! AS ISRAEL HAD AN ARMY BEHIND THEM AND THE SEA BEFORE THEM THE LORD OPENNED A PATH THROUGH THE SEA!  A PATH WHICH THEY NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF! RUTH JUST HAPPENED TO FIND HER KINSMEN REDEEMER, HER GOEL! OUR GOEL IS THE LORD JESUS, THE CHRIST! KING OF kings AND LORD OF lords! WE MAY NOT SEE HIM, YET HE IS ALWAYS WORKING

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Ruth 1, Returning to the LORD!

Rth 1:1, Now it came to pass, IN THE DAYS WHEN THE JUDGES RULED, that there was a FAMINE IN THE LAND. And a certain man of Bethlehem, Judah, went to dwell in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. 

The time of the Judges was dark for people did what was right in their own eyes! Elimelech, Naomi & their two sons left for Moab! After 10 years, her husband died and their two married sons also died leaving three childless widows!

Rth 1:16-17, But Ruth said: “…For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God, my God… The LORD do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me.”

Ruth saw Naomi’s faith even in times of trouble! She didn’t blame the LORD, but she blamed herself for leaving the promised land! Ruth clung to her and decided to leave her old life behind trusting in the GOD of Naomi!

Rth 1:21, I went out full, and the LORD has BROUGHT ME HOME AGAIN EMPTY. … the LORD HAS TESTIFIED AGAINST ME, AND THE ALMIGHTY HAS AFFLICTED ME?” 

SHE LOST EVERYTHING BUT HER FAITH IN GOD! AND SHE RETURNED TO HER GOD! OFTEN AFFLICTION EITHER BRINGS US CLOSER TO GOD OR DRIVES US AWAY!

Hos 14:1, O ISRAEL, RETURN TO THE LORD YOUR GOD, FOR YOU HAVE STUMBLED BECAUSE OF YOUR INIQUITY;