Ruth is the glimmer of gospel hope in the period of the Judges. Ruth awakens its readers to hope amidst a hopeless time and faithfulness amidst a faithless era of Israelite history. The foreshadowing of the great gospel of grace is seen clearly in the coming of a kinsman-redeemer. The redemption of Ruth beams all the brighter when seen in the light of her inclusion into the genealogy of Christ.