God's Provision Through the Kinsman Redeemer
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In the first few paragraphs of the Book of Ruth, all the men die. The story becomes the story of three, and then two widows and their struggle to rebuild their shattered lives. And then Ruth means Boaz, a man whom God is preparing to be a Kinsman-Redeemer for Ruth and Naomi. Hope is beginning to reemerge and we are reminded that God sees our struggles and delights in restoring joy. Boaz also provides a compelling portrait of Jesus, the ultimate Kinsman-Redeemer for all of us.
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God's Provision Through the Kinsman Redeemer
- 2. Series Outline •The Turning Point: Ruth 1:1-18 •Dealing with Bitterness Ruth 1:19-22 •Not Reaping the Edges Ruth 2:1-7 •The Kinsman Redeemer Ruth 2:8-23 •The Threshing Floor Ruth 3 •When Responsibility Knocks… Ruth 4
- 4. First Point God Sees: He is the Rewarder of Righteousness
- 5. Ruth 2 8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Now, listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women.
- 6. Do not go to glean in another field… (v. 8) Boaz’ command to remain in his field is unusual. •Uses La (Al) instead of al (Lo)
- 7. Ruth 2 9 Let your eyes be on the field that they are reaping, and go after them. Have I not charged the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink what the young men have drawn.”
- 8. Ruth 2 10 Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?”
- 9. 11 But Boaz answered her, “All that you have done for your mother-in- law since the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before.
- 10. Ruth 2 12 The LORD repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!”
- 11. Ruth 2 13 Then she said, “I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not one of your servants.”
- 12. The Law of the Harvest Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. Galatians 6:7
- 13. The Law of the Harvest For they sow the wind And they reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; It yields no grain. Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up. Hosea 8:7
- 14. The Law of the Harvest “You reap what you sow, more than you sow, and later than you sow.” Dr. Charles Stanley
- 15. Second Point God Cares: He Provides for our Immediate Needs
- 16. Ruth 2 14 And at mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here and eat some bread and dip your morsel in the wine.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her roasted grain. And she ate until she was satisfied, and she had some left over.
- 17. Ruth 2 15 When she rose to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her. 16 And also pull out some from the bundles for her and leave it for her to glean, and do not rebuke her.”
- 18. Ruth 2 17 So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
- 19. Ruth 2 18 And she took it up and went into the city. Her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also brought out and gave her what food she had left over after being satisfied.
- 20. Boaz met Ruth’s most immediate need. 14a And at mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here and eat some bread and dip your morsel in the wine.”
- 21. Boaz provides for Ruth and Naomi’s short-term needs. 14b So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her roasted grain. And she ate until she was satisfied, and she had some left over.
- 22. Boaz provides for Ruth and Naomi’s substantial needs. 15 When she rose to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves…
- 23. Boaz provides abundantly 17 So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.
- 24. An Ephah of Barley •11 2-liter bottles of barley. •30 pounds of grain. •2 week supply for 2 people.
- 25. Third Point God Secures: He Provides for our Long-term Needs
- 26. 19 And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you glean today? And where have you worked? Blessed be the man who took notice of you.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, “The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz.”
- 27. Ruth 2 20 And Naomi said to her daughter- in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.”
- 28. Ruth 2 21 And Ruth the Moabite said, “Besides, he said to me, ‘You shall keep close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest.’”
- 29. Ruth 2 22 And Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, “It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, lest in another field you be assaulted.”
- 30. Ruth 2 23 So she kept close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
- 31. “The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.” (v. 20) ל ֵאֹג Go-El Deliverer; Redeemer
Editor's Notes
- Series Outline The Turning Point: Ruth 1:1-18 Dealing with Bitterness Ruth 1:19-22 Not Reaping the Edges Ruth 2:1-7 The Kinsman Redeemer Ruth 2:8-23 The Threshing Floor Ruth 3 When Responsibility Knocks… Ruth 4
- The Kinsman Redeemer
- First Point God Sees: He is the Rewarder of Righteousness The beginning of Ruth is an entirely female story. All the men die off in a matter of a few sentences, leaving Naomi, Orpah and Ruth widows. However, in chapter 2 we meet Boaz, a godly man whom many have seen as a foreshadowing of the character and ministry of the Lord Jesus. Roger Simms, hitchhiking his way home, would never forget the date—May 7. His heavy suitcase made Roger tired. He was anxious to take off his army uniform once and for all. Flashing the hitchhiking sign to the oncoming car, he lost hope when he saw it was a black, sleek, new Cadillac. To his surprise the car stopped. The passenger door opened. He ran toward the car, tossed his suitcase in the back, and thanked the handsome, well-dressed man as he slid into the front seat. “Going home for keeps?” “Sure am,” Roger responded. “Well, you’re in luck if you’re going to Chicago.” “Not quite that far. Do you live in Chicago?” “I have a business there. My name is Hanover.” After talking about many things, Roger, a Christian, felt a compulsion to witness to this fiftyish, apparently successful businessman about Christ. But he kept putting it off, till he realized he was just thirty minutes from his home. It was now or never. So, Roger cleared his throat, “Mr. Hanover, I would like to talk to you about something very important.” He then proceeded to explain the way of salvation, ultimately asking Mr. Hanover if he would like to receive Christ as his Savior. To Roger’s astonishment the Cadillac pulled over to the side of the road. Roger thought he was going to be ejected from the car. But the businessman bowed his head and received Christ, then thanked Roger. “This is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me.” Five years went by, Roger married, had a two-year-old boy, and a business of his own. Packing his suitcase for a business trip to Chicago, he found the small, white business card Hanover had given him five years before. In Chicago he looked up Hanover Enterprises. A receptionist told him it was impossible to see Mr. Hanover, but he could see Mrs. Hanover. A little confused as to what was going on, he was ushered into a lovely office and found himself facing a keen-eyed woman in her fifties. She extended her hand. “You knew my husband?” Roger told how her husband had given him a ride when hitchhiking home after the war. “Can you tell me when that was?” “It was May 7, five years ago, the day I was discharged from the army.” “Anything special about that day?” Roger hesitated. Should he mention giving his witness? Since he had come so far, he might as well take the plunge. “Mrs. Hanover, I explained the gospel. He pulled over to the side of the road and wept against the steering wheel. He gave his life to Christ that day.” Explosive sobs shook her body. Getting a grip on herself, she sobbed, “I had prayed for my husband’s salvation for years. I believed God would save him.” “And,” said Roger, “Where is your husband, Mrs. Hanover?” “He’s dead,” she wept, struggling with words. “He was in a car crash after he let you out of the car. He never got home. You see—I thought God had not kept His promise.” Sobbing uncontrollably, she added, “I stopped living for God five years ago because I thought He had not kept His word!” Why Christians Sin, J. Kirk Johnston, Discovery House, 1992, pp. 39-41 In a sense, Naomi and Ruth have been living in Mrs. Hanover’s last five years. They have been mourning the deaths of all of the men of their family. It is hard to imagine that Naomi has not questioned where God has been in all of this. Is he truly a God who keeps his promises?
- Ruth 2 8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Now, listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women.
- Gleaners typically moved from field to field, since the pickings were scarce. Boaz’ command to remain in his field is unusual. Uses “Al” Uses al instead of “Lo” “Lo” is used in prohibitions, like the “Thou shalt nots” in the 10 Commandments. “Al” is used to indicate more of a wish… I wish that you would not glean in another field. Boaz is not domineering, but he is protective. Boaz’ special interest and effort to secure Ruth’s safety go beyond the norm. Permission to drink from the water drawn by the reapers was also atypically kind. Finally, in verse 11 we find the reason for Boaz’ kindness.
- 9 Let your eyes be on the field that they are reaping, and go after them. Have I not charged the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink what the young men have drawn.”
- 10 Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?”
- 11 But Boaz answered her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before.
- 12 The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!”
- 13 Then she said, “I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not one of your servants.”
- In the midst of Boaz’ fields we see him dealing with Ruth in a way in which God deals with us – according to the Law of the Harvest.
- In the midst of Boaz’ fields we see him dealing with Ruth in a way in which God deals with us – according to the Law of the Harvest.
- The Law of the Harvest “You reap what you sow, more than you sow, and later than you sow.” Ruth’s kindness to Naomi has been done with great humility. Yet, it has not escaped God’s attention. Boaz is, in essence, functioning as God’s ambassador, extending blessing to Ruth. Have you ever felt like no one sees the good you do? Have you wrestled with a sense of futility? God sees!
- Second Point God Cares: He Provides for our Immediate Needs
- Ruth 2 14 And at mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here and eat some bread and dip your morsel in the wine.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her roasted grain. And she ate until she was satisfied, and she had some left over.
- 15 When she rose to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her. 16 And also pull out some from the bundles for her and leave it for her to glean, and do not rebuke her.”
- 17 So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
- 18 And she took it up and went into the city. Her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also brought out and gave her what food she had left over after being satisfied.
- Boaz cares for Ruth’s immediate needs: The meal of roasted grain.
- Boaz provides for Ruth and Naomi’s short-term needs: He sends her home with a doggy bag.
- Boaz provides for Ruth and Naomi’s substantial needs: He gives the harvester’s special instructions.
- Boaz provides abundantly Terms like ephah have little meaning to us. I looked at the commentaries for help and found that an ephah was equal to ten a tenth of a kor, a kor being the amount of weight that one donkey could carry. I know… not much help. Then I found a site that said that an ephah was equal to 22 liters. Now we’re getting somewhere.
- Let’s go with something we are familiar with… a 2 liter soda bottle. An ephah of barley would be the amount if you filled 11 2 liter bottles with barley. If you weighed it that would be 30 pounds of grain. But how long would that feed a typical adult? It is estimated that this would have provided for Ruth and Naomi for approximately two weeks. In a moment we will see Naomi’s reaction which proves that what Ruth has gathered is way beyond what a gleaner would normally be able to gather in a day.
- Third Point God Secures: He Provides for our Long-term Needs
- Ruth 2 19 And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you glean today? And where have you worked? Blessed be the man who took notice of you.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, “The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz.”
- 20 And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.”
- 21 And Ruth the Moabite said, “Besides, he said to me, ‘You shall keep close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest.’”
- 22 And Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, “It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, lest in another field you be assaulted.”
- 23 So she kept close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
- The Go’El was to assume considerable responsibility. It was a costly decision because it entailed dividing your inheritance and assuming direct responsibility for another family. Later in this book we will see that not every man was willing to fulfill this role. Yet, there is one who is the ultimate Go’El… the supreme Kinsman Redeemer. Jesus is our Kinsman/Redeemer. In taking on human flesh, he became our kinsman. In taking personal responsibility for our sin, he became our redeemer. In becoming our Go’El, he has become our ultimate source of security.