Naomi gives Ruth clear instructions on how to approach Boaz to gain Ruth’s legal opportunity for Boaz to marry her, in this Naomi is wise and clear. Virtuous Ruth obeys and finds Boaz honorable and determined.
Boaz and Ruth
With very little means of support, Ruth gleans grain in the fields and by God’s hand comes to the fields of Boaz. Aware of Ruth’s kindness to Naomi, he pours out support and blessings on Ruth, energizing Naomi.
Naomi and Ruth
The story of Ruth begins under the shadow of famine, which pressed this family to seek bread outside of the Promised Land. This famine was only the beginning of their sorrows, but God had not abandoned them.
A Damaged People
The wickedness of a single tribe had caused severe damage to the entire nation of tribes. Judgment was clouded and corrective actions were violent and lopsided. Rash vows, violent solutions and great folly ruled.
A Hard Victory
In response to the grotesque method used in the call to action against a perverted army of human monsters, all Israel, except one town, rallied together to execute justice in a bloody war to win a hard victory.
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