References:
- Wisdom: Proverbs 7:4 - מוֹדָע - (mo-dah') - kins-man(woman), relative
- Boaz - he was prominent, wealthy, powerful: related to Naomi’s deceased husband
- Ruth works Boaz’s field by “chance?” - וַיִּקֶר מִקְרֶהָ - (kaw-raw' mik-reh') - unforeseen meeting or event, accident, happening, chance, fortune -
- used 10X in OT, 7 in Ecc. ! - Wisdom
- When God is involved, there is no such thing as “luck” or chance. (see 1 Sam 6:1-18)
- Ruth trying to survive meets the dignity of gleaning. לָקַט - (law-kat') & Boaz’s example (vs. 8-9, 14-17, 21)
- Torah background
- Lev 19:9-10 - ESV heading - “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Deut 24:19-22 - “for the foreigners, orphans, and widows” and because YOU were a slave in Egypt
- For us today
- Stewardship of our lives
- Business owners
- With your stuff
- Spiritually
- Beyond “charitable giving.”
- Rather than a hand out, a hand up
- Stewardship of our lives
- Torah background
- Blessings - vs 12, 19, 20
- “under whose wings…” כָּנָף (kaw-nawf') (Mal 4:2; Lk 8:43-48)
- “May the Lord bless…” - “he is showing his kindness”
- “family redeemer” - גָּאַל (gaw-al') - to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom
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