Boaz Kinsman Redeemer

Ruth 3:11 And now, my daughter, don't be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All my fellow townsmen know that you are a woman of noble character.
 
I love this story. Ruth is so faithful. Boaz is so honorable. Naomi is out of hope, an impoverished widow. But the faithful Ruth and honorable Boaz redeem her life into joyful security.
    Boaz is an illustration of Jesus Christ. He is a kinsman, a relative, to Naomi through her deceased husband; and thus, he is also kinsman to Ruth. She is the widow of, Naomi’s son. Because both Naomi’s husband and sons are dead, Boaz has a right by Hebrew law (Leviticus) to buy land Naomi’s husband owned. He also can choose to marry either Naomi or Ruth. In short, Boaz can purchase the land and give Naomi income to live for her lifetime. And through marriage, he can redeem Ruth from childless widowhood. This is one of God’s laws to provide for widows and to carry forth the family name and land to the next generation.
    But before Boaz could redeem Naomi and Ruth, one man more closely related to Naomi had to refuse his right. Boaz then bought the land and married Ruth. Thus, these two widows, poor in Bethlehem Ephratha, are redeemed through God’s gracious law. No longer do they face isolation and poverty. Now there is hope for a future heir.
    That hope is wonderfully fulfilled. From Boaz’s and Ruth’s marriage comes Obed, then David and ultimately Jesus. As Boaz is the women’s kinsman who redeemed them, Jesus, fully God and fully man, is born to be Israel’s kinsman. Through the ancestral blood of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Judah, Jesus Christ comes from heaven to earth. He is our brother, born of woman, lived, died, rose again to redeem all who call him “Lord” from sin’s poverty, separation and death. Through the Holy Spirit you are an heir of God given the right to be called children of God. John 1:12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God – 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
    Now, don’t you just love this story?
 
Romans 8:15 For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs –  heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.