I gleaned in the fields of a kind man.
Ruth
To gather wheat.
Glean
When the three women were traveling, what was the name of the city that they were from. It was a pagan and idol-worshiping land.
Moab
How did Jesus become our kinsman redeemer?
By taking on human flesh.
Why did Ruth and Naomi originally leave the Pagan land?
There was a famine.
I am the Kinsman redeemer to a woman who I care for deeply.
Boaz
This is a system where one works for another for his food. In modern America this system is corrupted, and people receive goods even though they have not worked.
Welfare
Why does Ruth need a Kinsman Redeemer?
Because here husband died, and she chose to go to the new land alone.
What made Jesus able to be our kinsman redeemer?
He had no sin of his own to pay for.
Why did Ruth have no political or social status?
She was a widow.
I am Ruth's mother-in-law.
Naomi
This word (or name) means worshiped. Boaz and Ruth came together and had this son.
Obed
Where does God tell Ruth to lay at night when Boaz comes to sleep?
At his feet.
The book of Ruth says that Boaz bought Ruth with a price. Relate this to Jesus.
Jesus bought his people back though they were sinful and undeserving. He willingly and lovingly accepts us.
Who is Boaz's mother who was a lowly prostitute?
Rahab
I am the kinsman redeemer to the lost and dying world.
Jesus
The word mara means ______ (Naomi was feeling this when God told her not to go back to the pagan land.)
Bitter
By providing bread and wine for Ruth, Boaz is symbolic of the church. What is the practice that many churches participate in with bread and wine?
Communion
Jesus redeems his church and calls us the _____.
Bride or Bride of Christ
What is the number just short of completion?
6
I am Ruth's sister-in-law who chose to go back to the pagan land.
Orpah
This word means kinsman redeemer. Boaz was Ruth's _______.
Goel
Though Boaz wants to be Ruth's kinsman redeemer, what problem do they run into?
There is a relative closer to Ruth than Boaz is.
Name one of the requirements of a kinsman redeemer.
He had to be a kinsman.
He had to be willing to perform the redemption.
He had to be able to perform the redemption.
He had to take on the obligations of the redemption.
Obed will be the grandfather of this man who played the harp and tended to sheep.
King David