Ruth 1¶
Overview:¶
Ruth in Hebrew → friend or companion Theme: Grace
Chapter 1: Tragedy and Return to Bethlehem Chapter 2: Ruth meets Boaz Chapter 3: Naomi's plan (matchmaker for Ruth and Boaz) Chapter 4: Ruth's marriage, son, & the genealogy
Purposes: 1. To show a positive picture of grace from the period of the judges 2. To show the genealogy of David 3. To show the typology of God calling the Gentiles
Messages: 1. God's love is for everyone 2. God uses human love to work his divine love
theosu¶
v.16¶
But Ruth replied, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.