1. Ruth Chapter 4 Covenant-Love And Provision
Hesed: A Covenant Love Relationship With God
Chapter 4 Covenant-Love And Provision

2. The book of Ruth is about the importance of “hesed” translated by “kindness” referring to “covenant-love.”
This is the unconditional love relationship between God and his people.

3. In Ruth chapter 1 we saw the pain caused by forsaking covenant-love.

4. In Ruth chapter 1 we saw the pain caused by forsaking covenant-love.
In Ruth chapter 2 things take a turn for the better because of the providence of God.
The providence of God refers to the care and control over all things that He has created in order to accomplish the purpose for which God created them.

5. In Ruth chapter 1 we saw the pain caused by forsaking covenant-love
In Ruth chapter 1 we saw the pain caused by forsaking covenant-love. In Ruth chapter 2 things take a turn for the better because of the providence of God. In Ruth chapter 3 we will see “hesed” or covenant-love in practice.

6. In Ruth chapter 1 we saw the pain caused by forsaking covenant-love
In Ruth chapter 1 we saw the pain caused by forsaking covenant-love. In Ruth chapter 2 things take a turn for the better because of the providence of God. In Ruth chapter 3 we will see “hesed” or covenant-love in practice. In Ruth chapter 4 we learn about covenant- love and provision.

7. I. Provision of a Husband (1-12) Ruth 4:1-3 “Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat there. When the kinsman-redeemer he had mentioned came along, Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down. 2 Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, “Sit here,” and they did so. 3 Then he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.

8. I. Provision of a Husband (1-12) Ruth 4:4 “ I thought I should bring the matter to your attention and suggest that you buy it in the presence of these seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, do so. But if you will not, tell me, so I will know. For no one has the right to do it except you, and I am next in line.” “I will redeem it,” he said.”

9. Typical ancient city gate

10. I. Provision of a Husband (1-12)
The characteristics of Kinsman-redeemer:
Must be the closest blood relative.
Must be able to redeem
Must be willing to redeem

11. I. Provision of a Husband (1-12)
The responsibilities of the kinsman-redeemer:
To redeem a relative that has become enslaved.
To redeem the land or property of a relative who has become impoverished.
To care for a widow of a relative and provide an heir, a son, to carry on the family name.

12. I. Provision of a Husband (1-12)
Ruth 4:5-6 “Then Boaz said, "On the day you buy the land from Naomi and from Ruth the Moabitess, you acquire the dead man's widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property." 6 At this, the kinsman-redeemer said, "Then I cannot redeem it because I might endanger my own estate. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it."

13. I. Provision of a Husband (1-12)
Ruth 4:7-8 “(Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions in Israel.) 8 So the kinsman- redeemer said to Boaz, "Buy it yourself." And he removed his sandal.

14. I. Provision of a Husband (1-12)
Ruth 4:9-10 “Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, "Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelech, Kilion and Mahlon. 10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon's widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from the town records. Today you are witnesses!"”

15. Let’s make a deal?

16. I. Provision of a Husband (1-12)
Ruth 4: “Then the elders and all those at the gate said, "We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. 12 Through the offspring the LORD gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah."”

17. I. Provision of a Husband (1-12)
Ruth 4:11-12
The blessing:
Leah and Rachel were the matriarchs of the nation of Israel.
Perez was the patriarch of Bethlehem.

18. II. Provision of a Son (13-15) Ruth 4:13-15 “So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. Then he went to her, and the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. 14 The women said to Naomi: "Praise be to the LORD, who this day has not left you without a kinsman-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! 15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in- law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth."

19. Ruth 1:20-21
"Don't call me Naomi," she told them. "Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.
21 I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The LORD has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me."
Ruth 4:14-15
“The women said to Naomi: "Praise be to the LORD, who this day has not left you without a kinsman-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel!
15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth."

20. III. Provision of a Legacy (16-22) Ruth 4:16-19 “Then Naomi took the child, laid him in her lap and cared for him. 17 The women living there said, "Naomi has a son." And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David. 18 This, then, is the family line of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron, 19 Hezron the father of Ram, Ram the father of Amminadab,”

21. III. Provision of a Legacy (16-22) Ruth 4:20-22 “20 Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, 21 Salmon the father of Boaz, Boaz the father of Obed, 22 Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David.”

22. III. Provision of a Legacy (16-22)
Boaz and Ruth become the great-grandparents of King David.
Boaz and Ruth become the ancestors of Jesus, the Messiah.

23. Conclusion
God’s providence orders our lives, not luck or chance.

24. Conclusion God’s providence orders our lives, not luck or chance.
Ruth illustrates that God’s redemptive plan extends beyond the Jews to all people.

25. Conclusion God’s providence orders our lives, not luck or chance.
Ruth illustrates that God’s redemptive plan extended beyond the Jews to all people.
The book of Ruth teaches us that seemingly unimportant people are important to God.

26. Conclusion God’s providence orders our lives, not luck or chance.
Ruth illustrates that God’s redemptive plan extended beyond the Jews to all people.
The book of Ruth teaches us that seemingly unimportant people are important to God.
The book of Ruth teaches that each of us needs a kinsman-redeemer. Jesus redeems us from our sin.

27. Conclusion
The book of Ruth reminds us that the life of the godly is not an easy road to heaven.
Ecclesiastes 7: “Consider what God has done: Who can straighten what he has made crooked? When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, a man cannot discover anything about his future.”

28. Conclusion
The book of Ruth reminds us that the life of the godly is not an easy road to heaven.
The book of Ruth teaches us that we need to become people of “hesed.”

29. Conclusion The New Testament also teaches this lesson of love:
Mark 12: Jesus said, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these.”
John 13: Jesus said, “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

30. Conclusion
Ordinary people living extraordinary lives by loving God and loving others.