A Romance of Grace
Judges
21:25 (ESV)
“In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.”
Ruth 1:1-5 (NIV)
“In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So, a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.”
“Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years, both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.
Ruth 1:16-18 (NIV)
“…Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.”
Ruth 2:3 (ESV)
“…she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech.”
Ruth 3:3 (NIV)
"Wash, put on perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.”
Ruth 3:4 (NIV)
"When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.”
Matthew 1:1 (NIV)
“This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham:
Matthew 1:5-6 (NIV)
“Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,
Obed the father of Jesse,
and Jesse the father of King David.”
Matthew
1:16 (NIV)
“…Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.”
John
1:17 (ESV)
“For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”