Day 66 - Ruth 4

Ruth 4  •  1 min. read  •  grade level: 7
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V.1-12 Boaz was obviously an upright man. According to Scripture (Lev. 25:25-2825If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. 26And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; 27Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. 28But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. (Leviticus 25:25‑28)), he knew that the closest relative to Ruth’s dead husband had the responsibility to buy back (redeem) the land formerly owned by him. So Boaz meets this closer relative in the city. Ruth is a picture of Israel, which will come into great blessing in the future millennium “E” to “F” on your chart. However, we may also see her as a picture of a lost sinner. The close relative can be a picture of “the law,” which could never redeem. But the law has to have its opportunity, which it did, though it could never do the work. Christ alone can redeem us from sin. Boaz is free to take Ruth to be his wife.
V.13-22 Later a son is born. He becomes the ancestor of great King David. But from Matthew 1, we can trace this line to a greater than David, and thereby learn that this is more than an earthly love story, for it leads us on to the birth of the Son of Man, the Lord Jesus. In David the nation of Israel rejoiced, but in Him who was great David’s greater Son, all the nations of the earth will rejoice. (In the millennium).