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# 📖 Ruth
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> [[#📖 Summary of Book]]
> [[#🧭 Theme Verse]]
> [[#🧭 Major Themes]]
> [[#📅 Outline of Book]]
> [[#✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflections]]
> [[#📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights]]
## 📖 Summary of Book
> The book of Ruth tells the story of a Moabite widow who chooses loyalty to her Israelite mother-in-law, Naomi, and ultimately finds redemption through Boaz, a kind and faithful man. Through Ruth’s faith and obedience, God weaves her into the lineage of King David and, ultimately, Jesus Christ. The book highlights God’s providence, loyal love, and the inclusion of outsiders in His redemptive plan.
#### 📚 Genre
- Historical Narrative
- Short Story / Family History
#### 🙋♂️ Who is the Author
- Unknown (Jewish tradition often associates it with Samuel)
#### ⌛️ When Was it Written
- Approximately 1000–900 BC
## 🧭 Theme Verse
>Ruth 1:16 (NET)
“But Ruth replied, ‘Stop urging me to abandon you! For wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will become my people, and your God will become my God.’”
## 🧭 Major Themes
• Loyalty and faithfulness
• God’s providence
• Redemption
• Kindness (hesed)
• God’s inclusion of Gentiles
• Family responsibility
• Humility and service
• Hope in hardship
• Covenant love
• God’s sovereignty
## 📅 Outline of Book
- 1:1–22 — Loss and Commitment
- Famine and relocation
- Death of husbands
- Ruth’s pledge
- 2:1–23 — Provision and Favor
- Ruth gleans in Boaz’s field
- God’s provision
- 3:1–18 — Redemption Requested
- Threshing floor encounter
- Appeal to Boaz
- 4:1–22 — Redemption and Restoration
- Legal transaction
- Marriage
- Genealogy
## ✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes
- [[Ruth 1]]
- [[Ruth 2]]
- [[Ruth 3]]
- [[Ruth 4]]
## 🙏 Devotional Reflections
- [[Ruth 01 - SOAP]]
- [[Ruth 02 - SOAP]]
- [[Ruth 03 - SOAP]]
- [[Ruth 04 - SOAP]]
## 📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights
### Cinderella Story
It’s about a family going through the highs and lows of their life.
[[Ruth 1]]
[[Ruth 2]]
[[Ruth 3]]
[[Ruth 4]]
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[**Ruth (Sandy Richter) Session 1**](https://youtu.be/Xw7KafYM4Ag?si=72RW4cWN8OsMqF5e)
[**Ruth (Sandy Richter) Session 2**](https://youtu.be/h_HVSMtAfac?si=hcdSob_8_WRKrrmK)
[**Ruth (Sandy Richter) Session 3**](https://youtu.be/6DyvnKIysYI?si=6UXQU2hqUT9hUZcC)
## The phrase “**Yahweh bless you**” comes up OVER AND OVER.
Pastors will end up **collateral damage** in order to build the kingdom.
- We give our lives to this so the kingdom of God can move forward.
Where the book of Judges overlaps with the church.
- 1st Generation- Took the chance. Bet the Farm, went all out, marched the fields, carved out the right way.
- 2nd Generation- Heard what the first generation did. Lived on their faith and had SOME faith because they saw first hand what the first generation did.
- 3rd Generation- Struggle because they do not risk.
### Resolution
- All problems of chapter one are resolved.
- Naomi who has lost so much, holds her grandson in her arms… her bereavement is reversed, death has been replaced by life, her loss comforted, her life “redeemed.”
- “Rest” has been achieved for both Naomi and Ruth, but as the town of Bethlehem will learn much later, for all of Israel as well.
- And in little Obed the Lord’s enormous purposes are accomplished through the _**lives of ordinary people living with extraordinary integrity**_.
**Resources**
1. Daniel I. Block, Judges, Ruth (New American Commentary)
2. Iain Duguid, Ruth (Reformed Expository Commentary)
3. Robert L. Hubbard Jr., The Book of Ruth (NICOT)
**Interesting Facts**
1. Ruth was from Moab, a traditional enemy of Israel.
2. The story takes place during the time of the judges.
3. The word “kindness” reflects covenant loyalty (hesed).
4. Boaz is a type of Christ as kinsman-redeemer.
5. Ruth is one of five women in Jesus’ genealogy.
6. The book emphasizes ordinary faithfulness.
7. Naomi’s name means “pleasant,” Mara means “bitter.”
8. The threshing floor scene reflects ancient customs.
9. Ruth’s obedience brings blessing to future generations.
10. The book shows God working through everyday events.
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