God’s Fulfillment

Ruth 4 (CSB)

Boaz went to the gate of the town and sat down there. Soon the family redeemer Boaz had spoken about came by. Boaz said, “Come over here and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

Then Boaz took ten men of the town’s elders and said, “Sit here.” And they sat down.

He said to the redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the territory of Moab, is selling the portion of the field that belonged to our brother Elimelech.

I thought I should inform you: Buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do it. But if you do not want to redeem it, tell me so that I will know, because there isn’t anyone other than you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I want to redeem it,” he answered.

Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from Naomi, you will acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the deceased man, to perpetuate the man’s name on his property.”

The redeemer replied, “I can’t redeem it myself, or I will ruin my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I can’t redeem it.”

At an earlier period in Israel, a man removed his sandal and gave it to the other party in order to make any matter legally binding concerning the right of redemption or the exchange of property. This was the method of legally binding a transaction in Israel.

So the redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy back the property yourself.”

Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi everything that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.

I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to perpetuate the deceased man’s name on his property, so that his name will not disappear among his relatives or from the gate of his hometown. You are witnesses today.”

All the people who were at the city gate, including the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built the house of Israel. May you be powerful in Ephrathah and your name well known in Bethlehem.

May your house become like the house of Perez, the son Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the Lord will give you by this young woman.”

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Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. He slept with her, and the Lord granted conception to her, and she gave birth to a son.

The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you without a family redeemer today. May his name become well known in Israel.

He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. Indeed, your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”

Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a mother to him.

The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Now these are the family records of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron,

Hezron fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminadab,

Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon,

Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed,

Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.

Main Points:

(Ruth 1) God’s Providence: Our Hope Is in Knowing that God Is Always Working All Things for Our Good

(Ruth 2) God’s Grace: Our Hope is that God will send a Redeemer through which Redemption will come

(Ruth 3) God’s Promise: Our Hope is In Our Redeemer & His Faithful Pursuit of Our Redemption, Bringing Us Rest, Joy, and a Future

(Ruth 4) God’s Fulfillment: Our Hope is Realized because Our Redeemer Has Come and Secured Our Redemption

Where do I See Hope:

God fulfilled hope by providing Naomi with an heir, and through her family, He brought a blessing for all people: Eternal Salvation, freely given through our Redeemer, the Beloved Servant King.

Our Redeemer Is The Beloved Son of Man & God (He Came / We Rejoice)

David - “Beloved”

The Promised Heir Of Salvation, Through His Incarnation, the Perfect Son of God became flesh, so that all who believe/receive him would have the right to become children of God, restoring our relationship with the father.

(John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

John 1:12–14 “But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in his name, who were born, not of natural descent, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

(Matthew 3:17 “And a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.”” ).

Our Redeemer is The Suffering Servant (He Saved / We Believe)

Obed - “Servant”

For The Promised Suffering Servant We were not to costly for our redeemer, he served us by laying down his life giving us victory over Sin, Satan, & Death. (he paid the price, he opened his inheritance to us, unlike Mr. So & So)

Isaiah 52:13–53:12 CSB

See, my servant will be successful; he will be raised and lifted up and greatly exalted. Just as many were appalled at you—his appearance was so disfigured that he did not look like a man, and his form did not resemble a human being—so he will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of him, for they will see what had not been told them, and they will understand what they had not heard. Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? He grew up before him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground. He didn’t have an impressive form or majesty that we should look at him, no appearance that we should desire him.He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering who knew what sickness was. He was like someone people turned away from; he was despised, and we didn’t value him. Yet he himself bore our sicknesses, and he carried our pains; but we in turn regarded him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced because of our rebellion, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on him, and we are healed by his wounds. We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished him for the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughter and like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not open his mouth. He was taken away because of oppression and judgment, and who considered his fate? For he was cut off from the land of the living; he was struck because of my people’s rebellion. He was assigned a grave with the wicked, but he was with a rich man at his death, because he had done no violence and had not spoken deceitfully. Yet the Lord was pleased to crush him severely. When you make him a guilt offering, he will see his seed, he will prolong his days, and by his hand, the Lord’s pleasure will be accomplished. After his anguish, he will see light and be satisfied. By his knowledge, my righteous servant will justify many, and he will carry their iniquities. Therefore I will give him the many as a portion, and he will receive the mighty as spoil, because he willingly submitted to death, and was counted among the rebels; yet he bore the sin of many and interceded for the rebels.

(Mark 10:45 “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Hebrews 2:14–18 “Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through his death he might destroy the one holding the power of death—that is, the devil—and free those who were held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death. For it is clear that he does not reach out to help angels, but to help Abraham’s offspring. Therefore, he had to be like his brothers and sisters in every way, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in matters pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people. For since he himself has suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.”

Our Redeemer is The Victorious King (He Reigns / We Submit)

Elimelech - “King”

The Promised Victorious Warrior King Of All will return and will completely vanquishes all evil, eternally judging the prince of Sin & Death, and he will establish his kingdom forever

(Revelation 19:16 “And he has a name written on his robe and on his thigh: King of Kings and Lord of Lords.”

(Isaiah 49:24–26 “Can the prey be taken from a mighty man, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered? For this is what the Lord says: “Even the captives of a mighty man will be taken, and the prey of a tyrant will be delivered; I will contend with the one who contends with you, and I will save your children. I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they will be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine. Then all humanity will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.””

(Revelation 17:14 “These will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those with him are called, chosen, and faithful.””

God the Son Incarnate: The Doctrine of Christ Jesus’s Self-Identity as the “Son of Man”

To become the promised Son of Man, the Son of God came from heaven through incarnation, conquered Satan, sin, and death through crucifixion and resurrection, gives victory to his people through vicarious suffering and justification, and will return to bring eternal judgment upon all his enemies and to reign forever with his people in righteousness.