What is the theme for Ruth chapter 1 in the Bible?

Answer 1

The key word of the book of Ruth is redeem. Another key word is kinsman (KJV) or relative (NKJV), occurring twelve times.

Boaz is a redeeming relative who buys back the land which belonged to Elimelech and marries Ruth to continue the family name. He is a type of Christ, the true Redeeming Relative. Ruth, the Moabitess, pictures the church as the Bride of Christ, redeemed by His wonderful grace.

The events in the book of Ruth took place during the time of Judges (Rth_1:1). While most of the nation of Israel was wandering away from the Lord, there was a Gentile maiden named Ruth whose faith shone out with brilliance.

Answer 2

Fidelity.

When we take God for our Father we must take His people for our people. though they be poor and despised. Those who forsake the communion of saints and return to the people of Moab will sooner or later break all communion with God and embrace the idols of Moab.

When there was a famine Elimelech and his wife Naomi leave Judah, they go to Moab. Things don;t go well for them in Moab and they miss out when God blesses Judah (1:6)

Those who leave the Lord today find the same thing. Though the world promises fame, fortune and happiness, nothing can come near the peace and hope that comes from knowing that you are right with the Lord.

Answer 3

There was a famine in the era of the Judges. A prominent man named Elimelech went to wait out the lean years in the neighboring land of Moab, with his wife (Naomi) and two sons. The sons married Moabite women and later died, and Elimelech also died.Naomi decided to return to Israel, and her daughter-in-law, Ruth the Moabitess, accompanied her with the intention of converting to Judaism. The two were penniless, and supported themselves by gleaning grain (Leviticus 23:22) in other people's fields. Naomi advised Ruth to glean in the field of Boaz, since he was a relative of Elimelech.

Boaz commanded his field-workers to be considerate toward her.

Naomi, seeking a husband for the young Ruth, sent her to Boaz's threshing-floor when he would be there, in the hope that he would want to marry her. Boaz informed her that there was another relative who, according to custom, had prerogative to redeem Elimelech's field and marry her. The next day, the other man refused to take Ruth, and she and Boaz were married.

More information:

Ruth was a superlative servant of God.Naomi and her family had sojourned in Moab during a famine. Ruth, a Moabitess, became Naomi's daughter-in-law. She had had a long stretch of time during which she observed Naomi's righteousness, and she (Ruth) became convinced that she must serve the One God and abandon her former idolatry. She went on to become so righteous that God made her the ancestress of King David.

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Answer 4

I guess it would be: how two recently widowed women restart their lives together without husbands .

Answer 5

God saves those who act upon their faith.