This is the fourth and final installment of our series entitled; Great Grandparents to a King – The Story of Ruth and Boaz. By way of review of the first 3 chapters of Ruth we learned:

1. Ruth was a testimony of God’s grace (she received something she didn’t deserve) and God’s mercy (she didn’t receive something she did deserve – eternal separation from God). That same grace and mercy is extended to not just Ruth but to all of us through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
2. Ruth was a testimony of hope and we learn from this story that God provides hope for the hurting and this was evidenced in how God restores Naomi (Ruth’s mother in law) by bringing healing and blessing through the life of Ruth and Boaz.
3. Ruth was a testimony of God’s protection which is evidenced through His plan (The birth of Jesus the Messiah), purpose (to restore and reconcile us to God through the death and resurrection of Jesus the Messiah) and pledge of redemption (the indwelling of the Holy Spirit while we wait for the return of Jesus).

There are two things we will see as we conclude this series:

1.  The Evidence of God’s Provision which is seen through the satisfaction of the law and an act of love (Ruth 4). Both of these are never clearer when we compare the story of Ruth and Boaz to what Christ accomplished on the cross for all. Jesus Christ satisfied the righteous requirements of the law through his act of love by willingly dying on the cross to redeem us from a life of separation from God. The result is witnessed through a New Life! For Ruth the evidence of a new life is seen through her great grandson (King David) through whose linage would come the birth of the Messiah and Savior, Jesus Christ! For us the evidence of a new life happens when we accept/embrace that truth by accepting Jesus Christ (by faith) as our Lord and Savior.
2. The Evidence of God’s Providence witnessed through the life of Naomi (sometimes bad things can happen to good people), Ruth (someone without hope) and Boaz (someone who knew what was right and did it). All 3 of these people were counted worthy to not only have their story told but to be counted in the human lineage of Jesus Christ the Messiah.

I hope you have enjoyed this series as much as I have!