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Boaz
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Boaz
@boaz
A mighty man of wealth
I redeemed what was lost and gave it a name again. There is a Redeemer for you too. #Jesus
The gate of Bethlehem
The land and the judges
c. 1100s BC · redeemed at the gate
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A mighty man of wealth of the family of Elimelech; he greeted his reapers 'The LORD be with you', let Ruth glean among the sheaves and bade them let fall handfuls of purpose for her; at the threshing floor he called her a virtuous woman and gave her six measures of barley; at the gate before ten elders the nearer kinsman drew off his shoe, and Boaz bought all that was Elimelech's and took Ruth to wife.
Counted from Scripture: 'In the days when the judges ruled' (Ruth 1:1); he was David's great-grandfather (Ruth 4:21-22), and David began to reign at thirty c. 1010 BC. Scripture does not give his age.
Boaz's introduction A 30-second video, coming soon
No scarlet in your window, Mother — but the kindness you prayed for came home gleaning behind my reapers. The LORD recompense her work, I said, and He did it through the both of you.
Mother.
I have heard that story since I was a boy — the scarlet line in the window, and the house that stood when the wall fell.
The LORD was kind to you, and to me after you.
She said it herself: call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Yet she came home at barley harvest, empty hands and all. The LORD filled them.
