A THREE-FOLD REDEEMER
Ruth 4
Ruth: The Romance of Redemption – Part 4 of 4
A TALE OF THREE REDEEMERS:
#1 BOAZ – REDEEMED FROM Alienation
Ephesians 2.12 “… you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.” (csb)
v. 10 “… Ruth the Moabitess … my wife, to perpetuate the deceased man’s name … so that his name will not disappear among his relatives …” (csb)
Ephesians 2.13 “But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.”(esv)
Matthew 1.5 “Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab …” (niv)
#2 OBED – REDEEMED FROM Fatalism
vv. 14–15 “… the LORD … has not left you this day without a redeemer … your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.” (esv)
v. 15 “He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age.” (csb)
Isaiah 9.2 “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.” (esv)
#3 DAVID – REDEEMED FROM Sin
vv. 18 & 22 “Now these are the generations of Perez … David.” (esv)
Matthew 1.20–21 “Joseph, son of David … you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”(esv)
1 Peter 1.18–19 “For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life … with the precious blood of Christ …” (csb)