Ruth 4:1-22
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Redeemer – Ruth 3:1-18
IDC Raleigh December 18, 2013Ruth 3:1-18
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Here in chapter 3 God demonstrates his amazing Loving-Kindness by providentially providing for and protecting His people who cling to Him by faith through a Redeemer! What is striking in this book is that this providential care of Yahweh over Israel isn’t done through signs or magnificent miracles by a prophet, but instead there are subtle signs in the every day lives of common Israelites. He displays over and again His Kindness in fulfilling his promises from the Torah to set up a Messianic Dynasty through one family!
God Our Refuge and Rewarder – Ruth 2:1-23
IDC Raleigh December 9, 2013 Problems and Providence – Ruth 1:1-22
IDC Raleigh December 3, 2013Ruth 1:1-22
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Here in Ruth, two unlikely people get together Boaz, a Bethlehemite, and Ruth, the Moabite widow. Boaz is the gentleman, who looks a lot like Jesus. He extends kindness and justice to her, and Ruth becomes one of the mothers of Jesus, appearing in the genealogy of Matthew. Ruth shines in the darkness, like we are to shine in the darkness, in a day when the judges rule, so to speak. We are the salt and light in a world that is corrupt and dark.