Ruth, a woman and a foreigner in a time of patriarchy and nationalism, is put forth as a pinnacle example of faithfulness and devotion to both the people of Israel through Naomi and to God because of Naomi. This foreign woman then becomes the one through whom God works to restore grieving Naomi and becomes the ancestor of Israel’s greatest King, King David, and our Messiah, Jesus Christ. This story provokes the question, “who is not able to be accepted and used by Christ for good?”
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