But because Jesus has redeemed us, we have a new family, fortune, and fame. Without Jesus, we are strangers to the covenants of promise, without hope. She was fruitful, noted as the grandmother of King David, becoming part of the ancestry of Jesus Christ. Ruth received a new family, great fortune, and fame in the land of Bethlehem. Finally, the passage reminds us of our restored legacy. Ruth was a woman from a pagan land, hopelessly stuck in a terrible circumstance she is a picture of us all, plagued by sin, sorrow, and death.īoaz’s willingness to redeem her changed everything even more so, Jesus took on our sin and shame and changed everything for us. Boaz also displays a loving willingness to redeem Ruth, as Jesus was willing to redeem us.Īdrian Rogers says, “He does not love us because we’re valuable we’re valuable because He loves us.” This passage also gives a picture of our renewed life. Jesus paid an even greater price for us than Boaz paid for Ruth: His own life. A man of wealth, Boaz was able to sufficiently buy back the estate. Legally worthy, He bought back what was lost when sin entered the world. Jesus Christ became our near kinsman when He stepped out of eternity and into our world to assume responsibility over us. As a near relative of her deceased husband, Boaz assumed Ruth as his wife and bought back the estate that was sold, becoming what’s called a “kinsman redeemer.” Ruth 4:4 explains the law in the land: Following her first husband’s death, Ruth’s estate had been sold and she was left in a dire circumstance. First, this passage gives an illustration of our redeeming Lord. Ruth 4 shares a picture of our salvation in Jesus Christ, our kinsman Redeemer. Ruth and Boaz’s story is a beautiful picture of Jesus Christ’s redeeming love for the Church. The story of Ruth begins with a funeral and ends with a wedding it begins with weeping but ends with joy.
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