After 9 lessons we have completed our study of the book of Ruth from a uniquely mid-Acts dispensational perspective.
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Ruth is often portrayed as romance story about a widowed woman directed by God’s providence to find a faithful and loving husband who marries and redeems her by his sacrifice.
This version of the story has been used repeatedly to teach young women how God will supposedly providentially direct you to “find your Boaz”. Men, go study Samson.
The advantage of verse-by-verse study is that it makes us listen to the story the Bible tells, not merely the one we’ve heard before. Our dispensational study puts to rest the over-romanticized myth of Ruth and extracts the importance of the book in the context of Israel’s history and God’s greater purpose.
The true story is about a disinherited Jewish woman (Naomi) who has her faith and hope restored through the love of her Gentile daughter, Ruth. Boaz’s sacrificial grace fulfills that hope through Israel’s law of the kinsman, while Ruth produces an heir that restores her dead husband’s name and leads to the coming of Israel’s greatest King: David.
It also represents a picture of Israel’s spiritual condition. We saw more types in the book than we had since our study of Joseph. They all foreshadowed the family of Israel’s future remnant, restoration, redemption, king, and kingdom.
If you want to learn how to study an Old Testament book rightly divided, identify prophetic shadows within historical scripture, and witness the importance of genealogies for Israel, you can listen to all 9 lessons in Ruth on our website or app.
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For your learning,
Justin “threshingfloor theologian” Johnson