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{{ConservativeBible}}
{{ConservativeBible}}
[[Ruth]] was a [[Moab]]itish woman who married two men of [[Israel]] and became a direct ancestress of [[Jesus Christ]]. More particularly, she was the great grandmother of King [[David]], the greatest of all the Kings of Israel.
Hers is a story of great faith, shown almost without flaw. She abandons the country of her own ancestors, to embrace another faith. She settles with a mother-in-law after both the men in their lives are dead, on land that neither seems able to manage effectively. According to the custom that prevailed in those days, she became a "charity case," though this was a charity one had to work for.
More than that, this story is rich in ''typology''. Nearly every character in this story is a type:
[[Boaz]] is generous, is attentive to the needs of the poor, rewards Ruth for her loving service to Naomi, and finally plays the role of a redeemer. He is a type of his eventual descendant, [[Jesus Christ]].
The unnamed kinsman ({{Hebrew Name|פלני אלמני|pelōnī ʼālmōnī}}, or literally, "Mr. So-and-so"<ref name=ou>"[http://www.ou.org/chagim/shavuot/ruth.htm The Story of Ruth]," OU.org, n.d. Accessed January 20, 2009.</ref>) who is willing to redeem the land alone but not to redeem Ruth, is a type of any person or institution that human beings think can redeem them, though no one can offer the redemption that Christ offers.
Naomi is a type of a believer to whom something bad has happened, and might not understand immediately that what seems a curse today will be a blessing tomorrow. She complains that God has brought her back empty-handed, but fails to recognize that having Ruth for a friend is a tremendous blessing in itself.<ref name=Constable>Constable TL, "[http://www.soniclight.com/constable/notes/pdf/ruth.pdf Notes on Ruth]," SonicLight.com, 2009. Accessed January 22, 2009.</ref> Her suggestion to Ruth that she make herself romantically attractive to Boaz seems like an attempt to obtain redemption by subterfuge. Ruth rejects the subterfuge and makes a straightforward request.
Orpah is a type of one who hears the message of God and turns away from it. Moab is a type of the world, and the Moabite national religion is a type of the belief systems of the world.
Ruth is a type of one who hears, believes, and is ready to leave everything with which she is familiar in order to claim the blessings of God. When she leaves her homeland, she also leaves her national religion behind, because only the Israelites had any concept of a [[God]] Who was everywhere.<ref name=Constable/> She also demonstrates humility, thankfulness, and the ability to recognize a blessing when she receives it.
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