RUTH
1:1-2:23 - Ruth
meets Boaz. It seemed like a ‘chance’ meeting - ‘she happened to
come... ‘ (2:3). It was more than that. God was at work. Ruth had
committed herself to the Lord (1:16-17). She was being guided by the
Lord (Psalm 37:3-5; Proverbs 3:5-6). Ruth was unassuming and grateful,
hard-working and responsible (2:10,13,7,18). She is a fine example of
the ‘good wife’, described in Proverbs 31:10-31. In Boaz, she found a
good man - godly, generous and sensitive (2:12,14,16). We read about
Ruth. We learn about Jesus Christ. When you come to Him, He says, ‘Do
not go to glean in another field... ‘ - ‘There is salvation in no one
else’ (2:8; Acts 4:12). In Him, there is amazing grace. He loves us. He
looks upon us favourably. He takes notice of us. He died for us (2:10;
Romans 5:8). Let us follow Him (1:16-17; John 6:67-69).
3:1-4:22 - Ruth
was covered by the ‘garment’ of Boaz, her ‘kinsman-redeemer’ (3:9).
Jesus is our Kinsman-Redeemer. He has become one of us. He shares our
‘flesh and blood’, our ‘humanity’. Through His ‘suffering’ and ‘death’,
we are brought to ‘glory’ (Hebrews 2:10-11,14-15). In Him, we ‘rejoice’:
‘He has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe
of righteousness’ (Isaiah 61:10). ‘Our righteous acts are like filthy
rags’. Bring your ‘robes’ to Christ and let them be ‘washed’, ‘made
white in the blood of the Lamb’ (Isaiah 64:6; Revelation 7:14). A
‘Moabitess’, Ruth was brought into the house of Israel
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