Ruth

Main Focus

• Old Testament – Christ in Prophecy
• Gospels – Christ in History
• Acts – Christ in the Church
• Epistles – Christ in Experience
• Apocalypse – Christ in coming Glory

Ruth: "Beauty"; "Desirable"; "Friendship"
Written by: Unknown 
Chapters:4
Verses:85

 

-----Ruth 1-----

 

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 Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

Naomi

^2:21a “I went out full and the Lord hath brought me home again empty:”

Thought >> She left thinking she had nothing, came back realizing she had everything.

Both Naomi and Ruth shared the fellowship of suffering, both lost husbands.

Famine: (One of 13 in the Bible.) Reason why family leaves the land; but

also typically speak of a visitation of God’s judgment : Lev 26.
 (Perhaps, the famine is in response to the spiritual condition of the country.)

Without the Book of Ruth we would not be able to link David to the Tribe of Judah


“Elimelech” - means “God is my king.” (Interesting name during the time

of the judges because they had no king.)

Naomi = “Pleasant” (land?)

Judah = “Praise”

Bethlehem = “House of Bread”

Mahlon = “Unhealthy”; “To blot out”

Chilion = “Puny”; “To perish”

Ruth = “Beauty”; “Desirable”

Orpah = “Fawn”

Moab is my washpot (Ps 108:9).

 

 

-----Ruth 2-----

 

v.14  “Vinegar” really is “Clomets,” a drink made from sour grapes. Boaz

provides bread and wine.

-----Ruth 3-----

 

-----Ruth 4-----

Kinsman Redeemer

Goel- Kinsman Redeemer. 3 requirements:
1) near kinsman;
2) able to perform;
3) willing to perform.
Boaz is in the role as the kinsman-redeemer.