This Book: What’s a Type? (Ruth 2 v19-23)
To see the full message, scroll to the bottom and click through. The story of Ruth doesn ’ t begin with Ruth . It begins with a famine in the land. This story is not about Naomi 's wisdom , or Boaz 's strengt h and generosity , or Ruth 's faithfulness. It is not a romance or a fable or a legend. So what is it? What is this story? And what does it have to say to us today? One strong thread running through these e vents is the thread of “what if?”” In those days I srael had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes. Judges 21:25 These are the final words of the book of J udges, the time in which Ruth lived. What if ( follow me on this ) what if for some of the people of I srael, what " seemed right in their own eyes ” ...