The Book of Ruth is prophetic of Jesus as the Kinsman-Redeemer. Just as the Kinsman-Redeemer Boaz redeemed Ruth as his Gentile bride and Naomi her land, Jesus has redeemed the Church and He will redeem Israel. As the son of Abraham, Isaac was one of the patriarchs and inheritor of his father’s covenant with God. Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son of the spirit emulated the later sacrifice by God of his only begotten son, Jesus.
Both Ruth and Rebecca were Gentile brides. Ruth left her home to follow Naomi to Bethlehem. She was giving up the pagan gods of her family and made the famous statement, “Your people will be my people and your God, my God.”
When Rebecca met the servant of Abraham she gave him a drink and then watered his 10 camels, the sign he was looking for to confirm Rebecca as the chosen wife for Isaac. When asked if she wanted to go with this stranger she just met to marry a man that she didn't know she said yes and left the next morning. Through Rebecca as his wife, Isaac became father of nations.
Both Ruth and Rebecca displayed great courage as well as obedience to God’s plan. In both cases there was an unnamed servant as an intercessor. An unnamed servant informed Boaz who Ruth was and an unnamed servant went to fetch Rebecca. An unnamed servant is an equivalency to the Holy Spirit. In the case of Rebecca the unnamed servant was named a few chapters earlier as Eleazar.
Once back in Bethlehem, Naomi and Ruth were destitute and Ruth gleaned in the fields of what turns out to be Naomi’s kinsman Boaz. Naomi realized the possibility of Boaz being a kinsman redeemer, the Go'el. So Naomi set events in motion that resulted in the marriage of Boaz and Ruth. Boaz and Ruth had a son they named Obed who had a son named Jesse and in turn Jesse had a son named David, later known as King David.
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