We are going to conclude our study on Ruth. In week one, we learned the importance of supporting, and caring for our family, just like Ruth took care of Naomi. Week two we learned how the Moabites came into existence, and last week we took a look at how Boaz was the kinsmen redeemer for Ruth and why that is important.
Today we are going to look at the passage again and take a look at a few of the places where aleph tav shows up. Remember we have determined that the Aleph Tav is Jesus showing up in the Old Testament!
Where Does Aleph Tav aka Jesus Show up?
So, we’ve been talking about The Aleph Tav aka Jesus in the Old Testament. Is there a time when Aleph Tav shows up in the book of Ruth? Yep!
Do you know where Aleph Tav shows up in the book of Ruth?
“So Boaz took (Aleph Tav) Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.” Ruth 4:13 (ESV)
Aleph Tav shows up when Ruth married Boaz, her kinsman redeemer. Why is that? At first glance I thought it was because Ruth married an Israelite.
Then I realized she already did that.
When she married Naomi’s son, she married an Israelite. So it’s not that she married into the right group of people.
Mahlon, her first husband, was an Israelite. However, they were living in the land of the Moabites. Ruth didn’t need to change her identity all that much living in her land with her people.
God had to do a Work in the Heart of Ruth.
It began when she chose an Israelite to marry. Then the seeds began to sprout when she chose to leave her family and country to go with Naomi to a foreign land. As Ruth began to care for her mother-in-law and learn what life was truly supposed to be like, her identity began to change.
No longer did she see herself as a Moabite. Rather, she chose to identify with the identity the true God gave her.
As a matter of fact the name Ruth is of Hebrew descent. This makes me wonder if perhaps she had another name that was of Moabite descent, but then her name was translated to Ruth which was Hebrew.
We do this all the time. The Spanish name Jorge translates to George in English. I’m not sure about this, but it’s an interesting thought.
God continued to work in the heart and showed Ruth her true identity as not a Moabite, one whose origin is from incest, but rather, a woman who cares for the downtrodden, a mother to royalty, and an ancestor to the Messiah.
How much of that true identity Ruth actually came to realize while she lived on the earth, I do not know. But that is who she truly was. God created her for greatness.
When Ruth finally came to full agreement with her authentic identity, married Boaz, then she was forever known as Ruth of the family of Jesus. Thus Aleph Tav shows up in her name.
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