And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
Ruth 2:1 belongs to a brief pastoral story set in the time of the judges. In it Boaz is introduced as a wealthy and influential kinsman of Naomi's husband Elimelech. The story concludes by tracing the ancestry of the Lord Jesus, which includes Ruth, a Moabite woman. Boaz's role as a near kinsman provides a lesson and serves as a type of Christ.
The harvest-field of Boaz, where grain is cut down and then bound into sheaves, means the harvest of souls for King Immanuel. Binding the sheaves means gathering loose material and unorganized followers of Christ into Sabbath-schools, prayer-meetings, missionary associations, and churches. Cutting alone is not enough, and binding must follow, with God's people organized and active like companies, regiments, battalions, sharpshooters, artillerymen, infantry, and sappers and miners, leaving none idle in the reserve, so all the castles of sin can be taken.
Ruth 2:1 belongs to a brief pastoral story set in the time of the judges. In it Boaz is introduced as a wealthy and influential kinsman of Naomi's husband Elimelech. The story concludes by tracing the ancestry of the Lord Jesus, which includes Ruth, a Moabite woman. Boaz's role as a near kinsman provides a lesson and serves as a type of Christ.
The harvest-field of Boaz, where grain is cut down and then bound into sheaves, means the harvest of souls for King Immanuel. Binding the sheaves means gathering loose material and unorganized followers of Christ into Sabbath-schools, prayer-meetings, missionary associations, and churches. Cutting alone is not enough, and binding must follow, with God's people organized and active like companies, regiments, battalions, sharpshooters, artillerymen, infantry, and sappers and miners, leaving none idle in the reserve, so all the castles of sin can be taken.