Sep 20, 2026 · 48 min · 12 segments
This beautiful story of love now draws to a close. The man and woman get their marriage celebration. The happy new couple have a bouncing baby boy. The widowed mother-in-law raises her grandson as her…
Mark SpanselHost
I've tried to point out the breadcrumbs of the gospel, the shadows of God's invisible hand of providence through the whole of the story, but we can't miss this clear and evident picture that there is a romance here.
We might call it a divine romance whereby the protagonist lays down his life out of love for us.
And he promises us a glorious return, a wedding party, a truly forever happy ever after.
Listen, it's not just a man who is dutifully performing an act that's required of him in the law of Moses or simply fulfilling what we see in the text as a right of redemption.
But out of delight, Choosing to love Ruth, choosing to serve Naomi, choosing to lay down his inheritance for the sake of those who have died, that they might have a future.
We can't merely see that this is a right of redemption of property and the posterity of a line to be perpetuated.
And maybe you get this stuck in your head this morning, but it's a delight of redemption.
He loved the world that he gave his precious son from heaven that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Look for the depth of riches that we want to understand in the gospel and a robust theology.
I've tried to point out the breadcrumbs of the gospel, the shadows of God's invisible hand of providence through the whole of the story, but we can't miss this clear and evident picture that there is a romance here.
We might call it a divine romance whereby the protagonist lays down his life out of love for us.
And he promises us a glorious return, a wedding party, a truly forever happy ever after.
Listen, it's not just a man who is dutifully performing an act that's required of him in the law of Moses or simply fulfilling what we see in the text as a right of redemption.
But out of delight, Choosing to love Ruth, choosing to serve Naomi, choosing to lay down his inheritance for the sake of those who have died, that they might have a future.
We can't merely see that this is a right of redemption of property and the posterity of a line to be perpetuated.
And maybe you get this stuck in your head this morning, but it's a delight of redemption.
He loved the world that he gave his precious son from heaven that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Look for the depth of riches that we want to understand in the gospel and a robust theology.
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