Ruth Chapter 3 - Study Guide “Waiting at his feet”

Background Information As we move into chapter 3 in our study through the book of Ruth, the time of harvest has reached its end. This is “bad news” for gleaners like Ruth and Naomi because it means that their source of food is going to end. With that reality in mind, Naomi is going to encourages Ruth to once again put it all on the line and meet Boaz on the threshing floor. Basic Outline of Today’s Study

1. Intro: Kinsman Redeemer 2. Seeking Security (vs1-5) 3. Going to the Threshing Floor (vs6-7) 4. Waiting at his feet (vs8-9) 5. A virtuous woman (vs10-13) 6. Rest assured (vs14-18)

Something Helpful:

THE KINSMAN REDEEMER

QUALIFICATIONS TO BE MET

FULFILLMENT IN THE MESSIAH

Blood Relative = A Kinsman Gal 4:4, 4:5 Heb 2:14,15, 16, 17 cp Jn 1:1, 14, Php 2:5-11

Possessing the necessary resources 1Cor 6:20 Gal 3:13 1Pet 1:18, 19 He 7:25, He 10:10-14

Willing to pay the purchase price Jn 10:15, 16, 17, 18 1Jn 3:16 Jn 18:37, Ro 5:8 Is 53:4, 5, 6, 7

Discussion Questions:

1. What was the role of the kinsman/redeemer? What are the qualifications in order to be one? (Leviticus 25:23-28)

2. What did Naomi want to do for Ruth and how was this to be accomplished?

3. What is unique about Ruth have to go down to the Threshing Floor? What makes this a “threshing floor” type of experience for her?

4. What was it about Ruth that so impressed Boaz?

5. The chapter ends with some uncertainty with the revealing of a “closer kinsman”. What is Naomi’s counsel to Ruth? How is this great counsel for us as we wait on the Lord?

Reference Verses: Kinsman Redeemer Genesis 48:15-16 And he blessed Joseph, and said: “God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has fed me all my life long to this day, The Angel who has redeemed me from all evil, Bless the lads; Let my name be named upon them, And the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac…” Exodus 6:6 Therefore say to the children of Israel: ‘I am the Lord; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments Leviticus 25:23-28 The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with Me. And in all the land of your possession you shall grant redemption of the land. ‘If one of your brethren becomes poor, and has sold some of his possession, and if his redeeming relative comes to redeem it, then he may redeem what his brother sold. Or if the man has no one to redeem it, but he himself becomes able to redeem it, then let him count the years since its sale, and restore the remainder to the man to whom he sold it, that he may return to his possession. But if he is not able to have it restored to himself, then what was sold shall remain in the hand of him who bought it until the Year of Jubilee; and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his possession.