Redemption

What do you think of when you hear the word redemption?

Redemption- Buying back someone, paying a debt, freeing someone from slavery

This is another word that gives a picture of the gospel, and what Jesus has accomplished in His 1st coming.

Here’s a working definition for the word redemption

Lexham Theological Wordbook Theological Overview

Redemption in the Bible is centered on God. God redeems his own from evil, trouble, death, and bondage. He is the ultimate redeemer. God’s redemption is regularly understood as an act of his grace, in which God acts to rescue and vindicate his people

God throughout history is redeeming people for His own possession, so to explore this more we are going to take a look at the story of Ruth.

OUTLINE OF RUTH

I. NAOMI IS EMPTIED (1:6–22)

A. Naomi Loses Her Husband and Sons (1:1–5)

They were from Moab, which had very twisted beginnings, and at times were at war with the nation of Israel.

B. Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law Leave Moab (1:6, 7)

C. Naomi Urges Orpah to Go Back Home (1:8–14)

D. Ruth’s Solemn Promise (1:15–18)

E. Naomi’s Bitter Homecoming (1:19–22)

II. RUTH GLEANS IN THE FIELDS OF BOAZ (2:1–23)

A. Ruth Goes Out to Glean (2:1–3)

B. Boaz Meets Ruth (2:4–16)

C. Naomi’s Assessment of Boaz (2:17–23)

III. RUTH VISITS BOAZ AT THE THRESHING FLOOR (3:1–18)

A. Naomi’s Plan (3:1–5)

B. Boaz Discovers Ruth (3:6–13)

C. Ruth Returns to Naomi (3:14–18)

IV. BOAZ REDEEMS RUTH (4:1–12)

A. The Close Relative Excuses Himself (4:1–6)

B. Ruth and Boaz Are Married before Witnesses (4:7–12)

Boaz marries this foreign woman, and redeems her.

We see a foreshadowing of all of mankind in the story of Ruth, because just as she was redeemed we are also redeemed and brought into the family of God.

God takes the unloving foreigner, and pays the debt that is owed due to sin, and welcomes us in as holy and dearly loved children.

V. NAOMI IS FILLED (4:13–22)

A. The First Child Is Welcomed and Blessed (4:13–17)

B. Genealogy from Perez to David (4:18–22)

R. C. Sproul, ed., The Reformation Study Bible: English Standard Version (2015 Edition) (Orlando, FL: Reformation Trust, 2015), 392.