For the only time in the book of Ruth, main characters Naomi and Ruth are nowhere to be seen, but their redemption is the main point. Boaz is redeeming them through the Law. It reminds us of another Redeemer...

Nearing the end of the harvest seasons, Ruth and Naomi could be put back to square one if their plan doesn't work with Boaz. Could it have been though, all along, that Boaz's generosity and grace towards Ruth (and Naomi) came from a heart of love, and no heart of selfishness?

Ruth brings to both the physical and spiritual table absolutely nothing... yet she is accepted whole-heartedly, and blessed abundantly. So it is with every sinner who comes to the Kingdom of God.

Ruth has left all she ever knew to the Kingdom of God. What can she expect? Is it bitter judgment as Naomi thinks, or is it abundance and refuge? Do YOU think that God's hand is against you, when it is really stayed by Jesus?

Have you ever wanted a clean slate? To start again? Has life ever felt so messy, and you saw no way out?! The God of the Bible is the God of redemption and love and HOPE! This is what Naomi hears in the middle of pagan, godless Moab, and perhaps it's what YOU need to hear today!

We open up the book of Ruth to find a sinner, sinning, in response to God's judgment for sinning. His sin leaves disaster in his wake and disobedience leads to death and tragedy. Where is the Redeemer?!

The idea that Jesus bodily resurrected was just as hard to believe, and hard to overcome for His contemporaries as it is for us. No one resurrects! BUT... Jesus did. And if He did, what does that mean?

The morning the women came to anoint Jesus, they found that they were too late! He was already risen! But we also see that these women were expecting to do THEIR act of devotion, and instead were commanded to go above and beyond their original intentions... Were they faithful?

When Jesus died at the Cross, He saved sinners from death, and gave life abundantly to all who would believe in Him. His salvation is final, and the sanctification is ours for life... the finality is urgent and life-giving, are you in?

At the Cross Jesus yells out, "My God, my God why have you forsaken me?!" Did Jesus not know His mission? Did God abandon and leave Jesus alone? What happened here?