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Ruth was a destitute foreigner who came to believe in Israel’s God and was welcomed into his redeemed people. By grace she was privileged to become an ancestor of Jesus Christ, the Savior of all peoples. The commentary focuses on the themes of God’s covenant; God’s loyalty, reflected in the lives of his faithful people; the theology of missions and evangelism; and the promise of eternal life.

planned from eternity, to unite Israelite (Boaz) and foreigner (Ruth), Jews and Gentiles through faith in Jesus Christ (Eph 1:3–10; 3:4–12).124 God provided the opportunity for this meeting to take place without mechanically controlling their actions (see Eccl 3:1–8). Such a “chance” meeting might be interpreted by an unbeliever as “accidental” or due to “luck.” Even the believers who experienced it (Boaz and Ruth) would not have realized its momentous significance in salvation history, for the divinely
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