In my devotions I have just read the book of Ruth. The book of Ruth is not something we normally associate with Christmas but it is connected. The story of Ruth is set in Bethlehem. Long before Christ came, God was getting things ready for his coming, and preparing his family line. In this story we have Naomi lost in hopeless, bitterness, and emptiness. This was a result of sin and judgment. But then Boaz came into the story. He is frequently called the redeemer in story. He brings in new hope and life out of death and despair. At the end of the book the woman say to Naomi:
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14 Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel! 15 He shall be to you a restorer of life...
Boaz is a type of his descendant Jesus Christ. In Bethlehem, there would one day be another Redeemer who will deliver all of us from sin, judgement, and hopelessness and restore all of lives.
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