📖 Unit 1: The Story of Ruth
In this four-week unit, kids follow Ruth from tragedy and loyalty in Moab to the barley fields of Bethlehem, where Boaz's kindness becomes a picture of God's rescue. Ruth's bold request at the threshing floor and Boaz's redemption at the city gate show kids that God wrote even an outsider into the family line of King David and Jesus.
Staying Loyal
Ruth 1
After her husband and sons die in Moab, Naomi tells her daughters-in-law to go back to their own people, but Ruth refuses to leave her. Ruth's famous pledge, 'Where you go I will go,' is a picture of the loyal love Jesus shows us.
View LessonBoaz Shows Kindness
Ruth 2
Ruth goes to glean in the fields and ends up in Boaz's field, where he instructs his workers to leave extra grain for her and protect her from harm. Boaz's undeserved kindness is a picture of how God provides for those who have no claim on his blessing.
View LessonRuth's Bold Plan
Ruth 3
Naomi coaches Ruth on how to approach Boaz at the threshing floor and ask him to act as her kinsman-redeemer. Ruth's boldness in coming to Boaz is a picture of coming to Jesus, who has the right and the willingness to redeem us.
View LessonBoaz Redeems Ruth
Ruth 4
Boaz goes to the city gate, settles the legal matter with a closer relative, and purchases Naomi's land and takes Ruth as his wife. Their son Obed becomes the grandfather of King David and an ancestor of Jesus, showing that God weaves outsiders into the very center of his story.
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