Ruth 4
“It is settled!” (4: 11-12)
“It is finished!” (John 19:30)
V1-2 Boaz goes to the
city gate
The family guardian
goes pass & Boaz calls
him for a meeting
Boaz gathers 10 city
Elders –official meeting
V3-5 Naomi wants to
sell Elimelek’s land. Boaz
suggests to the Family
Guardian –buy the land,
you are the closest
Redeemer–if you do, so
be it; if not, I will...he
responds, “I will”...
Terms of
Redemption:
v3-6
Purchase the land from Naomi
Marry Mahlon’s widow, Ruth, a
Moabite
Produce a son so that Mahlon’s
name would not be lost in
history
The ‘first in line’ tells Boaz,
“Then I cannot ... It might
endanger my own estate. You
redeem it yourself, I cannot do
it.”
“It might
endanger my
own estate...”
Problem: He would have to use
his own money from his funds
to buy property that would not
be his officially...would belong
to Ruth’s child in the name of
Mahlon
He already had a wife and did
not want to disturb that
marriage
Legal Transactions Settled
V7-10 Sandles were
exchanged and Boaz
announces, “You are my
witnesses ... I will take
Ruth, Mahlon’s Moabite
widow as my wife, so his
name will not
disappear...”
The Elders rejoice (v11-12)
“We are your witnesses. May the Lord
make the woman coming into your home
like Rachel and Leah, who built the
House of Israel. May you have the
standing of Ephrathah and may you be
famous in Bethlehem...may your family
be like that of Perez, Tamar and Judah’s
son.”
V13-18 Boaz took Ruth as his wife and the Lord allowed her
to conceive a son...Obed, the father of Jesse, Jesse the father
of David.
Jewish Encyclopedia says Boaz died either on their wedding
night or a few days later...
Boaz was determined to
not rest until this matter –
Naomi and Ruth’s situation
be redeemed...
John 19:30 records
another Kinsman
Redeemer Who
determined to not rest
until all was finished... Jesus
cried, “It is finished”...
Communion
