Ruth
Mar 28, 2009 Print This Post
This weekend at Riv, I am going to be teaching on the book of Ruth. Those of you who read my blog on Saturdays will get a sneak peek of the message by reading this summary.
Ruth
Author
Traditionally, Samuel has been listed as the author of Ruth although I think that is unlikely since Samuel wouldn’t have referenced King David in the end of the book since David became king after Samuel died. Because of that, we can’t be sure who wrote it.
Date
1000 BC
Theme
This book is a beautiful piece of foreshadowing about Jesus. It tells the story of Ruth, who was a Gentile woman married to a Jewish man. Her husband died and instead of going back to her people and her gods, she stayed with her mother-in-law and committed herself to her and her God.
She ends up meeting and marrying Boaz who served as a “family (or kinsmen) redeemer” for Ruth.
What this book teaches me about Jesus
The qualifications of a family redeemer are:
1) He must be a family member
2) He must not be a slave
3) He must be wealthy enough to redeem (buy back the family land)
4) He must be willing to redeem
We find each of these in Jesus, our Family Redeemer.
Random Thoughts
It’s so cool that Ruth (a gentile woman) has a book of the Bible named after her. Jesus is also descended from her family line. How cool that even in the Old Testament we see a picture of God saving not just his people the Jews, but Gentiles too.
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