Ruth….4…love…

 Ruth… 4…love…

It has been said the gospel is preached throughout the Bible…God’s Word to us is a story and history of love…

From Biblestudytools.com…a one sentence description of Old Testament books…

“Ruth…

The ultimate Redeemer (Jesus Christ) is foreshadowed through the picture of Boaz, the kinsman-redeemer, in the ancestral line of Christ..”

“Praise the Lord, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer.” Ruth 4:14

He created the world, the universae and mankind out of love…

He had a plan for redemption from the beginning…

The small book of Ruth, written about a family, a community, a kinsman-redeemer show us redemption and love…a short love story…and so much more…

Out of love, Ruth stayed with Naomi, cared for her, provided for her…out of love Naomi suggested a way toward the future with Boaz, their kinsman- redeemer…out of compassion Boaz cared for    a stranger in need of food and sustenance, the bread of life…out of love Boaz married Ruth fathering an ancestor to King David, thus entering into the lineage of Christ…

All of this while the Book of Judges was happening, the rise and fall of Judges, the nation of Israel falling and returning to God…

The “side” stories of everyday people goes on through the ages…through wars, rumors of wars, the ups and downs of life…the love of God continues…Christ’s kingdom still moves forward…and will forever….

God still cares for people along the way as Naomi and Ruth did….He takes care of the widows and orphans…He shows compassion by bringing us to the Bread of Life, Jesus…He has sent us a Redeemer…a Saviour…Jesus…

Thank YOU….

 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,who formed you from the womb:“I am the Lord, who made all things,who alone stretched out the heavens,who spread out the earth by myself,

Isa.44.24

 For your Maker is your husband,the Lord of hosts is his name;and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer,the God of the whole earth he is called.

Isa.54.5

 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

John.6.35-40

 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

Rom.1.16-17

 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son. 

Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel! He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.” 

Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her lap and became his nurse. And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David. 

Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon, Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed, Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.

Ruth.4.13-22

My Redeemer lives…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRW-jr_PnbQ