Rth, overview
Time: c 1100 BC.
Summary: The book of Ruth is dated during the latter
part of the period of the Judges, and shows that in a time of national decline
and immorality, God preserved a remnant that could serve as the seed for a
future revival. This would be accomplished through Ruth's descendant, David,
from whom the Messiah would come. Ruth is one of four women listed in the
genealogy of Christ in Mat 1, and one of two women to have Bible books named
after them.
Key verse: "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 me by people and your God my God" (Rth 1:16).
Ruth's noble choice: Rth 1:1-22
a) Naomi's family dies: Rth 1:1-5
b) Naomi returns from Moab: Rth 1:6-22
Ruth's faithful service: Rth 2:1-23
Ruth and Boaz meet in the harvest
Ruth's virtuous appeal: Rth 3:1-18
Ruth goes to Boaz at the threshing floor
Ruth's blessed reward: Rth 4:1-22
a) Boaz arranges to marry Ruth: Rth 4:1-12
b) Naomi is blessed with a new family: Rth 4:13-22
