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THE RUTH BLUEPRINT
1. Ruth ramains loyal to Naomi
(1:1-22)
2. Ruth gleans in Boaz's field
(2:1-23)
3. Ruth follows Naomi's plan
(3:1-18)
4. Ruth and Boaz are married
(4:1-22)
When we first meet Ruth, she is a destitute widow.
We follow her as she joins God's people, gleans in
the grain fields, and risks her honor at the thresh-
ing floor of Boaz. In the end, we see Ruth becoming
the wife of Boaz. What a picture of how we come to
faith in Christ. We begin with no hope and are
rebellious aliens with no part in the Kingdom of God.
Then as we risk everything by putting our faith in
Christ, God saves us, forgives us, rebuilds our
lives, and gives us blessings which will last through
eternity. Boaz's redeeming of Ruth is a picture of
Christ redeeming us.
VITAL STATISTICS
PURPOSE:
To show how three people remained strong in character
and true to God even when the society around them was
collapsing.
AUTHOR:
Unknown. some think it was Samuel, but internal evidence
suggests that it was written after his death.
DATE WRITTEN:
Sometime after the period of the judges (1375-1050 B.C.)
SETTING:
A dark time in Israel's history when people lived to
please themselves, not God (Judges 17:6)
KEY VERSE:
"And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return
from following after thee: for wither thou goest, I will go
and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be
my people, ans thy God my God" (1:16).
KEY PEOPLE:
Ruth, Naomi, Boaz
KEY PLACES:
Moab, Bethlehem