A Righteous Redeemer
In the book of Ruth, we get to see justice and righteousness in the flesh. This is not a book of dry teachings about caring for widows, immigrants, and the poor in the abstract. This is the story of actual righteous people who leveraged their own wealth and well-being to do justice. Ruth acted with honor, doing justice for her mother-in-law, and Boaz did justice by caring for and redeeming Ruth and Naomi. His redemption mirrors, in several ways, what God had done for Israel, what Jesus has done for the church, and what we ought to do for our neighbors. (Scripture: Ruth 2:8-13)
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