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Ruth chapter 4 verse 14

Then the women said to Naomi

blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a Redeemer, and may his name

be renowned in Israel. This verse comes near the end of the book of Ruth. We talked on a previous

podcast episode about the significance of this picture of a

Redeemer and basically here at the end of the book of Ruth we see that

God has done a total reversal.

I think it's almost hard to even remember back to Ruth Chapter 1 at this point when

Naomi was widowed, when her two sons died died and she was left all alone with a Moabite daughter-in-law the

Moabites were despised by the Israelites and there was Naomi coming back into Bethlehem with a

mowabite daughter-in-law no husband no sons no one to care for and provide for her or her daughter-in-law and yet

three chapters later she's surrounded by women in Bethlehem who are giving

glory to God because of his provision for

Naomi because of his provision not just for her and Ruth but now in a son

born to Ruth a son whose line we find out at the end of Ruth

for will eventually lead to King David, Israel's most famous king and

ultimately lead to King Jesus.

Like this story at the end of Ruth is a picture

of how God turns tragedy into triumph.

How God turns barrenness and brokenness

into blessing.

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