Boaz—Loving Others Sacrificially
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Elimelech (My God is King)—Naomi (Pleasant)
Mahlon (Sickly) – Ruth (Friend)
Kilion (Wasting away) – Orpah ((Stiff) neck)
Death
Death of morality (Judges) à 1:1
Death of prosperity (famine in the “house of bread”) à 1:1
Death of community (Moab “from father”) à 1:1
Death of security (“My God is King”) à 1:3
Death of purity (Moabite women) à 1:4
Death of posterity (infertility) à 1:4
Death of maternity (sons) à 1:5
Death of identity Naomi (Pleasant) to Mara (Bitter) à 1:20-21
Ruth 1:16-18 (NLT)
Ruth 1:20-22 (NLT)
How is your life like Naomi’s: bitter, empty, suffering, and tragic?
How is your life like Ruth’s: painful, foreign, unappreciated, and devalued?
Redemption
Ruth 2:1 (NLT)
Now there was a wealthy and influential man in Bethlehem named Boaz, who was a relative of Naomi’s husband, Elimelech.
Ruth 2:10-12 (NLT)
Ruth 2:20 (NLT)
Ruth 3:9, 12-13 (NLT)
Ruth 4:3-6, 9-10, 13-16 (NLT)
A Redeemed Genealogy
Elimelech (My God is King)—Naomi (Pleasant)
Boaz (Swift/strength) – Ruth (Friend)
Obed (Servant/worshiper)
Jesse (The Lord exists)
David (Beloved)
Jesus (The Lord saves/redeems)
Your Life Story Is Still Being Written!
The Gospel According to Ruth
We are Mara (bitterness): Trapped in hopelessness and death.
We are Ruth: Foreigners, unwanted, rejected, impoverished.
Jesus is Boaz. At great cost to himself, he sacrificially loves us and becomes our family redeemer.
Jesus redeems us from Mara back to Naomi.
Jesus our Family Redeemer
Hebrews 2:17 (NLT)
Ephesians 1:7
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace (NIV)
He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins. (NLT)
