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Ruth chapter 3 verse 9. He said,

who are you? And she answered,

I am Ruth, your servant.

Spread your wings over your servant,

for you are a Redeemer.

What a great word. a Redeemer.

What a great word. One of the key words in the book of Ruth,

Redeemer.

One of the key words and themes

throughout all the Bible, redemption.

In fact, you could argue that the whole Bible from cover to cover is a story of redemption. Well does that mean though?

Basically to redeem means to bring someone under your care to pay the price, so to speak, for caring for them.

So if you are redeeming someone in this picture in Ruth,

then you are saying, I am going to take responsibility for providing for this woman, for her family,

which Boaz was uniquely able to do because of his relationship in Naomi's family.

There's so many details we could talk about there,

but the bigger picture is Ruth,

the book is giving us a picture of God as the Redeemer. God as the one who pays the price

to provide for us under his care, for sinners under his care, God who

sins the Redeemer, Jesus, his son, to die on a cross for our sins, to pay the price for our

redemption, our restoration to relationship with him where we can experience the full provision of God for

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