GLEANINGS

IN RUTH

By IRENE McGOUGH
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.
Rth 1:2 The name of the man was Elimelech, the name of
his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons
were Mahlon and Chilion--Ephrathites of Bethlehem,
Judah. And they went to the country of Moab and
remained there.

Elimelech A name often was chosen to describe a characteristic of its

bearer. Elimelech means "my God is king" or "God is king."

Naomi derived from a common noun meaning favor, delight, loveliness,

beauty, is one who is regarded as having "favor with God and man.

Rth 1:3 Then Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she

was left, and her two sons.
Rth 1:4 Now they took wives of the women of Moab: the
name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other
Ruth. And they dwelt there about ten years.

Ruth appears to be a contracted form of a noun which in Hebrew means

"companionship, friendship, fellowship.

Orpah on the other hand is related to the Hebrew word for neck, used
figuratively in the phrase "stiff necked or stubborn.

Rth 1:5 Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died; so the
woman survived her two sons and her husband.
Rth 1:6 Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she
might return from the country of Moab, for she had heard
in the country of Moab that the LORD had visited His
people by giving them bread.
Rth 1:7 Therefore she went out from the place where she
was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they
went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
Rth 1:8 And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go,
return each to her mother's house. The LORD deal
kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and
with me.
Rth 1:9 The LORD grant that you may find rest, each in the
house of her husband."
So she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and
wept.
Rth 1:10 And they said to her, "Surely we will return with
you to your people."
Rth 1:11 But Naomi said, "Turn back, my daughters; why
will you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb,
that they may be your husbands?
Rth 1:12 Turn back, my daughters, go--for I am too old to
have a husband. If I should say I have hope, if I should
have a husband tonight and should also bear sons,
Rth 1:13 would you wait for them till they were grown?
Would you restrain yourselves from having husbands?
No, my daughters; for it grieves me very much for your
sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against
me!"
Rth 1:14 Then they lifted up their voices and wept again;
and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to
her.
Rth 1:15 And she said, "Look, your sister-in-law has gone
back to her people and to her gods; return after your
sister-in-law."
Rth 1:16 But Ruth said:

"Entreat me not to leave you,

Or to turn back from following after you;
 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.
Rth 1:17 Where you die, I will die,
And there will I be buried.
The LORD do so to me, and more also,
If anything but death parts you and me."
Rth 1:18 When she saw that she was determined to go
with her, she stopped speaking to her.
Rth 1:19 Now the two of them went until they came to
Bethlehem. And it happened, when they had come to
Bethlehem, that all the city was excited because of
them; and the women said, "Is this Naomi?"

So here we find a somewhat different story from the time of the

Judges in Israel. The scenes in the book of Judges are black with crimes
against God and man; treachery, brutal war, massacre, cities in ruins
etc. Into these "Dark Ages" of Israel, the book of Ruth sheds a ray of
light; hope, marital fidelity, social responsibility, rural tranquillity and a
love for God .

Archaeologists have discovered that the Ammonites and the Moabites

were pagan to the worst degree. They have found a great many of their
little images to Baal. False religion is not to enter into the congregation
of the Lord. And how can one recognize false religion? “By their fruits ye
shall know them.” The evidence was that they “met you not with bread
and water” in that great and terrible wilderness, and they hired Balaam
to curse Israel. (Thru the Bible with Vernon McGee)

Background:

Deu 23:3 No Ammonite or Moabite is to enter the congregation of GOD,

even to the tenth generation, nor any of his children, ever.

The Ammonites and Moabites were descended from the incestuous

union of Lot with his daughter.
 Ruth was a Moabitess and her people worshipped false gods, they
worshipped Chemosh and Baal, yet here we see this young peasant
woman who was recently widowed by an Israelite husband was not
prepared to return to our land, having started on the journey with her
mother – in - law Naomi and with her sister in law Oprah. Naomi
presented a choice to both of the young women to return to Moab,
because their chances of remarrying would be improved. Oprah was
prepared to go back to her former ways and worship the gods of her
people, but Ruth had seen the superficiality of the life of the Moabites
and worshipping their false gods and she was not going to hesitate, she
would not go back, for the God of the Israelites had started to become
her God and she believed Him to be the only true God . Ruth said to
Naomi, "Don't force me to leave you; don't make me go home. Where
you go, I go; and where you live, I'll live. Your people are my people,
your God is my God.”

Naomi advanced good reasons why her daughters-in-law had no

prospect of establishing a home if they remained with her

(1) She was too old to bear sons whose duty it would be to
enter a levirate marriage with them.

Deu 25:5 When brothers are living together and one of them dies
without having had a son, the widow of the dead brother shall not marry
a stranger from outside the family; her husband's brother is to come to
her and marry her and do the brother-in-law's duty by her.

(2) Even if Naomi were to be married again and were capable

of bearing sons, the young widows could not be expected
to "wait until they were grown.

So Ruth was ready to pledge her allegiance to the covenantal God of

Israel, for He was now her God even if it meant she would never
remarry. So God took this woman a Gentile from the Moabite tribe and
because her heart was right made her one with Israel.

Rth 1:20 But she said to them, "Do not call me Naomi;[1]
call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly
with me.
Rth 1:21 I went out full, and the LORD has brought me
home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the
LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has
afflicted me?"
Rth 1:22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her
daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country
of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning
of barley harvest.

Naomi had been the favoured or lovely one. She returned to Bethlehem
in a broken state, an "empty" childless widow She felt that God had
dealt so bitterly with her that her present condition would be more aptly
described if people called her "Mrs. Bitter.” But she did not realize that
she was an important player in God’s plan and His hand was on her and
hers. Ruth returned with her and God’s plan for her was to establish her
as the great grandmother of David and as an ancestor of Jesus.

Rth 2:1 There was a relative of Naomi's husband, a man

of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech. His name
was Boaz.
Rth 2:2 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 said to her, "Go, my daughter."

The law made provision for the poor and needy.

Lev 19:9 "When you harvest your land, don't harvest right up to the
edges of your field or gather the gleanings from the harvest.
Lev 19:10 Don't strip your vineyard bare or go back and pick up the
fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am GOD,
your God.

Rth 2:3 Then she left, and went and gleaned in the field
after the reapers. And she happened to come to the part
 of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of
Elimelech.

Rabbinic tradition calls Boaz the nephew of Elimelech. “Boaz” probably

means “in him is strength.” Ruth and Naomi did not know until the end
of the day that Ruth’s benefactor was a close relative. Ruth appeared
accidentally as it were in Boaz’s fields, but this was not just
happenstance, it was God ordained. If this had not happened and Ruth
and Boaz had not met they would never have married, and Jesus would
never have been born in Bethlehem. I believe Ruth would have asked
God to guide her when she stepped out that day. Don’t You?

Rth 2:4 Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said
to the reapers, "The LORD be with you!"

Isn’t this a wonderful interchange of words between Boaz the boss and
his workers. He greets them with “God be with you.”

Rth 2:5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge
of the reapers, "Whose young woman is this?"

Now Boaz notices someone new, a young woman he has never

seen before and he has to know where she came from, for from first
sight this woman has intrigued him.

Rth 2:6 So the servant who was in charge of the reapers

answered and said, "It is the young Moabite woman who
came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.
Rth 2:7 And she said, "Please let me glean and gather
after the reapers among the sheaves.' So she came and
has continued from morning until now, though she
rested a little in the house."

The foreman was half apologetic about the Moabitess gleaning in the
fields and I believe this is part of the reason he makes sure Boaz
knows that she is a hard worker.

Boaz had obviously been impressed by Ruth, impressed by her

willingness to work, her loyalty to her mother-in- law, her faith in God and
also he was attracted to her as a woman. He being a close kinsman
knew all about the recent death of her husband. Boaz not only invites
her to stay in the field, but he also puts around her his cloak of
protection. He says, “I have now given orders that you can come into
this field, and that you will not be hurt or harmed in any way.” It was very
dangerous for a woman in Ruth’s position—a widow, a stranger, a
woman from Moab. She was likely to have insult upon insult heaped
upon her. And not only that but she would not be safe. And Boaz,
recognizing that, immediately places God’s hedge of protection around
her v12. It seems Boaz as a servant of the Lord was also going to look
after her and offer his protection.

Rth 2:8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, "You will listen, my

daughter, will you not? Do not go to glean in another
field, nor go from here, but stay close by my young
women.
Rth 2:9 Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and
go after them. Have I not commanded the young men
not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the
vessels and drink from what the young men have
drawn."
Rth 2:10 So she fell on her face, bowed down to the
ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your
eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a
foreigner?"
Rth 2:11 And Boaz answered and said to her, "It has been
fully reported to me, all that you have done for your
mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how
you have left your father and your mother and the land
of your birth, and have come to a people whom you did
not know before.
Rth 2:12 The LORD repay your work, and a full reward be
given you by the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings
you have come for refuge."
Rth 2:13 Then she said, "Let me find favor in your sight,
my lord; for you have comforted me, and have spoken
kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of
your maidservants."

Does this not remind you of what our Heavenly Father has done for
us? In fact He has taken us as believers who were once afar off and
adopted us into His family, we were undeserving sinners yet through
the blood of Jesus we have been brought into that place where He
calls us His own.

Rth 2:14 Now Boaz said to her at mealtime, "Come here,

and eat of the bread, and dip your piece of bread in the
vinegar." So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed
parched grain to her; and she ate and was satisfied, and
kept some back.

We see here Boaz is interested in Ruth, he falls for her the moment he
sets eyes on her.

Rth 2:15 And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded

his young men, saying, "Let her glean even among the
sheaves, and do not reproach her.
Rth 2:16 Also let grain from the bundles fall purposely for
her; leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her."
Rth 2:17 So she gleaned in the field until evening, and
beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an
ephah of barley.
Rth 2:18 Then she took it up and went into the city, and
her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. So she
brought out and gave to her what she had kept back
after she had been satisfied.
Rth 2:19 And her mother-in-law said to her, "Where have
you gleaned today? And where did you work? Blessed
be the one who took notice of you."
So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked,
and said, "The man's name with whom I worked today is
Boaz."

God’s favour was on Ruth and Naomi, God had a plan for her and we
see here how through Boaz’s favour she was blessed.

Rth 2:20 Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "Blessed

be he of the LORD, who has not forsaken His kindness
to the living and the dead!" And Naomi said to her, "This
man is a relation of ours, one of our close relatives."

Now Ruth finds out that Boaz is in fact one of her husband’s relatives-
one of the kinsman covenant redeemers.

The Hebrew goel, or “kinsman-redeemer,” is the second law that is

so strange to us because we do not have anything that corresponds
to it. But it was God’s provision for taking care of His people. You see,
God gave the Law for a land and for a people. The Mosaic system
was a marvellous system for that day and for that land.
Ruth went into the right field, this was no accident , God guided her
footsteps, for this man was a near kinsman. In the Book of Ruth we
see the law of the kinsman-redeemer in operation. Now you do not
always see the Mosaic system in operation in Israel, but this little
book highlights for us the law of the kinsman-redeemer, Also God
took care of the poor in an unusual way. God would permit them to go
into the fields and the vineyards and glean after the owner had sent
his reapers and gatherers through one time.

Rth 2:21 Ruth the Moabitess said, "He also said to me,
"You shall stay close by my young men until they have
finished all my harvest."'
Rth 2:22 And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, "It is
good, my daughter, that you go out with his young
women, and that people do not meet you in any other
field."
Rth 2:23 So she stayed close by the young women of Boaz,
to glean until the end of barley harvest and wheat
harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.
 Naomi’s counsel as an older, wiser woman, her mother- in-law who
is also familiar with the customs of her people, is sensitively
responded to by Ruth and she takes heed of her advice, she stuck
closely to Boaz’s young women, working only in his fields.

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 is surely an example to us, her thoughts go to her daughter in

law who is still a fairly young woman and her security, she does not
selfishly think of her own widow hood but is concerned and shows
love and affection for her daughter in law who has been so tragically,
fairly recently widowed. The objective is to find rest” forRuth. In
seeking a mānôa, “place of rest,” derives from the same root as
mĕnûâ in 1:9 and speaks of the security and tranquility that women in
Israel longed for and expected to find in the home of a loving
husband.

H4494
‫מנוח‬
̂ ̂
manoach
maw-no'-akh
From H5117; quiet, that is, (concretely) a settled spot, or (figuratively)
a home: - (place of) rest.

Rth 3:2 Now Boaz, whose young women you were

with, is he not our relative? In fact, he is
winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.

Naomi says, “This man Boaz is your kinsman-redeemer. You have a

right to claim him. In fact, Ruth, you must claim him as your kinsman-
redeemer. I want you to go up to the threshing floor tonight and let him
know.”
Rth 3:3 Therefore wash yourself and anoint yourself, put
on your best garment and go down to the threshing
floor; but do not make yourself known to the man until
he has finished eating and drinking.

Surely this is a picture of what happens when a believer comes to

Christ.

1) WASHED- in the blood of the Lamb – the blood of Jesus

cleanses us from all sin.
2) ANOINTED with the Holy Spirit
3) CLOTHING- we are clothed in new garments of righteousness
4) GET DOWN – We humble ourselves recognising our need
before God, recognize that we are sinners and bow down
before Him . We have to go down before we get up as new
creations in Him, clothed in righteousness.

Rth 3:4 Then it shall be, when he lies down, that you shall
notice the place where he lies; and you shall go in,
uncover his feet, and lie down; and he will tell you what
you should do."

The Lord Jesus offers us the free gift of salvation, he tells us to come
unto Him and we will find rest, He wants to be our kinsman redeemer
but we have to accept this gift from Him. We need to claim Him as our
Kinsman Redeemer.

Rth 3:5 And she said to her, "All that you say to me I will
do."

Now we find that Ruth wants to establish a permanent relationship with

Boaz..

Rth 3:6 So she went down to the threshing floor and did
according to all that her mother-in-law instructed her.

There was nothing improper about what Ruth was doing, she was
not seducing Boaz, the threshing floor was a public place where
families lay. The threshing floor plays a part in God’s redemptive plan
for mankind.
2Sa 24:18 And Gad came that day to David and said to him, "Go up,
erect an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the
Jebusite."
2Sa 24:19 So David, according to the word of Gad, went up as the
LORD commanded.

2Ch 3:1 Now Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at
Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his
father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing
floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

The location where Solomon built the first permanent Temple for God
to meet with His
people Israel was on the top of mount Moriah on the site of the
threshing floor. The Presence or Glory of God abides with His people
in the temple. God still abides with His people on the threshing floor in
the Temple of the Holy Spirit.

1Co 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy
Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your
own?

Rth 3:7 And after Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart
was cheerful, he went to lie down at the end of the heap
of grain; and she came softly, uncovered his feet, and lay
down.
Rth 3:8 Now it happened at midnight that the man was
startled, and turned himself; and there, a woman was
lying at his feet.

So Boaz felt the cold—his covers had been pulled off his feet . He sat
up, reached down, and felt around down there, and found a woman was
at his feet.

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."

Ruth is saying, “I want you as my kinsman-redeemer, and I want to tell

you so.”

Rth 3:10 Then he said, "Blessed are you of the LORD, my

daughter! For you have shown more kindness at the end
than at the beginning, in that you did not go after young
men, whether poor or rich.
Rth 3:11 And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for
you all that you request, for all the people of my town
know that you are a virtuous woman.

Boaz wants to immediately claim her as his wife, for this is what he has
longed to hear. He really goes into action now because the way is clear
and he is free to move; she has claimed him. Our Lord and Saviour too
Longed for us to come home to Him and there was rejoicing in heaven
on that day that we came home to Him.
If that is yet a decision anyone reading this still has to make, you need
to know that He loves you and longs for you to come home to him, this is
the reason that He died to bring you into relationship with Himself and
His Father, that you might be secure in the knowledge of your sins
forgiven and come to know Him as your Kinsman – Redeemer.
He calls her a virtuous woman, what a compliment!

Pro 31:10 Who can find a virtuous wife?

For her worth is far above rubies.

Virtuous Godly women are hard to find, so when you find one her
worth is worth more than all earthly treasures.

Rth 3:12 Now it is true that I am a close relative; however,

there is a relative closer than I.
Rth 3:13 Stay this night, and in the morning it shall be that
if he will perform the duty of a close relative for you--
good; let him do it. But if he does not want to perform
 the duty for you, then I will perform the duty for you, as
the LORD lives! Lie down until morning."

There was a brother of Elimelech, an uncle of Ruth’s first husband who

was the closest relative, whereas Boaz was probably a cousin of her first
husband .Boaz is saying here, “I want to be your kinsman-redeemer, but
first I’ll have to see how this other man feels about you.”

Boaz is not sure what he will do if the other man wants to act as
kinsman, but he has a plan that he’s going to follow which he hopes will
eliminate the other kinsman.

Rth 3:14 So she lay at his feet until morning, and she
arose before one could recognize another. Then he said,
"Do not let it be known that the woman came to the
threshing floor."

The reason for this is fairly obvious. He did not want this other kinsman
of Emilech to know, because if he had any ideas about claiming Ruth as
his wife, this would be something that would cause him to eliminate
Boaz immediately. Boaz wants to handle this case himself, and he
moves into the situation.

Rth 3:15 Also he said, "Bring the shawl that is on you and
hold it." And when she held it, he measured six ephahs
of barley, and laid it on her. Then she went into the city.

Boaz makes Ruth a very generous gift.

Rth 3:16 When she came to her mother-in-law, she said,

"Is that you, my daughter?"
Then she told her all that the man had done for her.
Rth 3:17 And she said, "These six ephahs of barley he
gave me; for he said to me, "Do not go empty-handed to
your mother-in-law."'
Rth 3:18 Then she said, "Sit still, my daughter, until you
know how the matter will turn out; for the man will not
rest until he has concluded the matter this day."

Boaz would be determined, she had made a move towards him and now
he would not stop until he knew for sure she was his. He was going to
take care of this case. Ruth could rest in this man Boaz for he would
indeed redeem her.
In Jesus we have a Savior in whom we can rest, and know that He’s
our Redeemer. What a wonderful gift He is to us today! He has
performed all the work of redemption. He like Boaz when longed for us
to come to Him, He loved us and when we made that first move towards
Him, He just had to have us come to that place of surety and rest in the
knowledge of Him.

Rth 4:1 Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there;
and behold, the close relative of whom Boaz had spoken
came by. So Boaz said, "Come aside, friend, sit down
here." So he came aside and sat down.

The gate served as the courthouse where the court convened.

Bethlehem in Ruth’s day was the kind of place where everybody came
in or went out. Boaz went to the gate for two reasons. It was where court
convened, and he was going to take this other kinsman to court. The
second reason is that he knows the other man will come in or out of that
gate sooner or later that day. So he went to the gate, sat down, and
waited there for him. Now I do not know how long he waited—it probably
seemed a long time to Boaz—but finally the man he wanted to see came
by. This man was a kinsman to Ruth and was nearer than Boaz although
we so not know the specifics of that relationship, but he may very well
have been a brother of Elimlech.

Rth 4:2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and
said, "Sit down here." So they sat down.

These ten men were elders,and they were the ones who constituted the
judges. This is the courthouse, and court’s now in session.
Rth 4:3 Then he said to the close relative, "Naomi, who
has come back from the country of Moab, sold the piece
of land which belonged to our brother Elimelech.

The term brother used here in the original Hebrew mean’s close
relative, they were not both brother’s of Elimelech. Nut notice how he
opens this conversation by mentioning the land.

Rth 4:4 And I thought to inform you, saying, "Buy it back in

the presence of the inhabitants and the elders of my
people. If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will
not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; for there is
no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you."'

And he said, "I will redeem it."

The interesting thing is that this other kinsman responds in the

affirmative. He says, “I will redeem it.” Apparently he was a generous
men, and he was willing to perform the part of a kinsman in this
connection.

Rth 4:5 Then Boaz said, "On the day you buy the field from
the hand of Naomi, you must also buy it from Ruth the
Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to perpetuate the name
of the dead through his inheritance."
Rth 4:6 And the close relative said, "I cannot redeem it for
myself, lest I ruin my own inheritance. You redeem my
right of redemption for yourself, for I cannot redeem it."

Now aside from the fact that Ruth was a Moabitess, I believe that this
other kinsman had pronably already married and was now widowed. It’s
quite possible that he had grown children the age of Boaz, and that his
children were married. His property already would be allotted to his
children. To marry this woman of Moab would jeopardize everything that
he owned. He would be risking everything by marrying Ruth and bringing
her into the congregation of the Lord. Very candidly, this other kinsman
probably was right in what he said, that he could not redeem the
property and Ruth because his own inheritance would be marred. Then
he tells Boaz, “You go ahead and take my right of redemption to yourself
if this is what you want to do.”

Rth 4:7 Now this was the custom in former times in Israel
concerning redeeming and exchanging, to confirm
anything: one man took off his sandal and gave it to the
other, and this was a confirmation in Israel.
Rth 4:8 Therefore the close relative said to Boaz, "Buy it
for yourself." So he took off his sandal.

The Gospel has put shoes on our feet for now our feet are shod with the
preparation of the gospel of peace. Because we have been redeemed
we can now wear gospel sandals and take the message to the people
out there in our communities or wherever the Lord takes us.

Eph 6:15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of
peace;

Rth 4:9 And Boaz said to the elders and all the people,
"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.
Rth 4:10 Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of
Mahlon, I have acquired as my wife, to perpetuate the
name of the dead through his inheritance, that the name
of the dead may not be cut off from among his brethren
and from his position at the gate. You are witnesses
this day."

We who were once enstranged Gentiles , those who were afar off
have been purchased as the redeemed as the actual bride of Christ.

Joh 3:29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the
bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of
the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.

Act 2:38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be
baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and
you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Act 2:39 For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who
are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call."

1 Pe 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy

nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of
Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
1Pe 2:10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God,
who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

We have been redeemed by our dear bridegroom Christ Jesus and

now we who were once in darkness like Ruth have a revelation of the
true God, Jesus paid the price for our sins by the blood that He shed
for us, now we like Ruth becoming Boaz’s wife, have become His
bride, the bride of Christ and the promise of salvation which He has
given us are for us and our children, and our children’s children and
for all whom the Lord calls and respond with an affirmative “yes.”

Rth 4:11 And all the people who were at the gate, and the
elders, said, "We are witnesses. The LORD make the
woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and
Leah, the two who built the house of Israel; and may
you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.
Rth 4:12 May your house be like the house of Perez, whom
Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring which
the LORD will give you from this young woman."

And what amazing offspring that was - Ruth was the great- grandmother

of David. Boaz was the great- grandfather of David. Both were part of

the ancestral line of Jesus.

Mat 1:5 Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed
begot Jesse,

Mat 1:6 and Jesse begot David the king.

Rth 4:13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and
when he went in to her, the LORD gave her conception,
and she bore a son.
Rth 4:14 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!
Rth 4:15 And may he be to you a restorer of life and a
nourisher of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who
loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has
borne him."
Rth 4:16 Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her
bosom, and became a nurse to him.
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.

Naomi needed a kinsman to carry on the line of Elimelech. Now it was

being carried on through Boaz and Ruth. This child Obed is Naomi’s
grandson and he is precious to her.

Rth 4:18 Now this is the genealogy of Perez: Perez begot

Hezron;
Rth 4:19 Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab;
Rth 4:20 Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot
Salmon;
Rth 4:21 Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed;
Rth 4:22 Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.
The geneology here is what connects David to the
tribe of Judah. I used to skip by genealogies when I was
young because I had little understanding of their
purpose, now though I can see the reason and purpose
behind them, and those genealogies in the Old
 Testament and in the New Testament give us an
understanding of the line of Christ.

Through Jesus Christ our lives can be changed just as

Ruth’s was.

Ruth went from…

* Loneliness to love.
* Emptiness to wealth.
* Bondage to freedom.
* Worry to peace.
* Disgrace to glory.
* Fear to assurance.
Jesus is our Redeemer- We needed to want to be redeemed.
Ruth had to want to be redeemed. She went to the person who
qualified to be her redeemer, who could pay the price, and who
would pay the price. For us, that is Jesus.

PRAYER: Lord I thank you for paying the price for my sins, for
redeeming me, I thank you for the amazing love that you pour
into me, I love you Lord, you took my brokenness and made me
whole , thank you for the freedom that I have in you, thank you
for the wonderful peace that you give me, even in the midst of
turmoil. Praise You Lord that I who was once in darkness am
now part of your glorious bride.In your precious Name Lord
Jesus I pray. Thank you Lord, Thank you Father for sending
Jesus. AMEN.

Kinsman-Redeemer
O.T. Qualification Christ’s Fulfillment
1. Blood Relationship Gal. 4:4, 5; Heb. 2:16, 17
2. Necessary Resources 1 Cor. 6:20; 1 Pet. 1:18, 19
3. Willingness to Buy John 10:15–18; 1 John 3:16
4. Willingness to Marry Rom. 7:4; 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 5:25–32; Rev. 19:7

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