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The Book of Ruth is not the longest of the books of the Bible—it contains only four chapters of text. Yet its significance is immense. Ruth was a young woman from Moab, who came to be part of the covenant community of God’s people. Consequently, she is one of only a handful of women mentioned in the genealogy of Christ: she begins as a stranger to God’s people, and ends up as a mother of God’s...

The Book of Ruth, therefore, brings us to the very essence of the Gospel. Its background is in the covenant revelation of God’s salvation, and its ultimate focus is on the Mediator who will be born from the royal line of David. Christ invites us to search the Scriptures, because they testify of him. It is in that light that we must search the Book of Ruth. The Book of Ruth is also a story of God’s providences. It is a story of things that God allows to come into the lives of men and women. It is
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