In the dark days of the Judges, the story of Ruth shows us a God who is quietly at work bringing redemption out of loss. Through Ruth’s faithful love (hesed) and Boaz’s ordinary obedience, God restores what seemed lost, welcomes an outsider into His family, and turns everyday faithfulness into extraordinary blessing.

But Ruth’s story points beyond itself. From Ruth and Boaz would come the family line of David and ultimately Jesus, the Redeemer Boaz could only foreshadow. In Jesus, we see the hesed of God made visible: He moves toward us, pays the cost we could not pay, and restores what sin and death have taken.

Our Redeemer has come.