The Story of Ruth is more than just the story of Boaz, or you getting prepared to marry your Boaz. The book lays out one of the greatest stories of redemption and deliverance from curses. Ruth was redeemed from a generational curse because of her willingness to go with Naomi. Take heart in knowing that God will not just break the curse but he will also bring you into a place of blessing! We have taken the liberty of not getting into too much detail but just to set out the scriptures that are key for the message. You will have to meditate on these verses for revelation and enlightenment.
Moab the Father of the Moabites
Genesis 19: 30 – 38 (AMP) “30 Now Lot went up from Zoar, and lived in the mountain together with his two daughters, for he was afraid to stay [any longer] in Zoar; and he lived in a cave with his two daughters. 31 The firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is aging, and there is not a man on earth [available] to be intimate with us in the customary way [so that we may have children]. 32 Come, let us make our father drunk with wine, and we will lie with him so that we may preserve our family through our father.” 33 So they gave their father wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or when she got up [because he was completely intoxicated]. 34 Then the next day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay with my father last night; let us make him drunk with wine tonight also, and then you go in and lie with him, so that we may preserve our family through our father.” 35 So they gave their father wine that night also, and the younger got up and lay with him; and again he did not know when she lay down or when she got up. 36 Thus both the daughters of Lot conceived by their father. 37 The firstborn gave birth to a son, and named him Moab (from father); he is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38 The younger also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-ammi (son of my people); he is the father of the Ammonites to this day.”
Double the Moabite’s Curse
Deuteronomy 23:3 (KJV) “An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord ; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever:
The turning point for the Moabitess
Ruth 1:16 (AMP) “But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people will be my people, and your God, my God.”
Boaz the kinsman redeemer – (A Type and Shadow of Christ)
Ruth Redeemed by Boaz
Ruth 4:10 (KJV) “Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.”
The Curse is broken – A blessing is released
Ruth 4:11 (KJV) “And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth–lehem:”
The Blessing in full force
Ruth 4:21-22 (KJV) “And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.”
