March 25, 2026 - IMU Office 571
Ice Breaker
- How was your spring break?
- Have you watched Project Hail Mary? (If not, you should)
- There are 28 school days until Finals Week, how does that make you feel? What is something you hope to accomplish before then?
Opening Prayer
Study Questions
- The city gate was a significant place in cities: as a point of entrance for protection, a place to wait for someone, a place to discuss business transactions, and an outdoor judicial court of the elders of the city where a verbal declaration in front of witnesses was legally binding.
- How does Boaz prepare for the conversation to speak to the other redeemer and what do these preparations tell us about Boaz?
- What is the closer redeemer’s initial reaction to redeeming the land?
- Why does the closer redeemer change his mind after hearing the full terms?
- How would you describe the shrewdness of how Boaz presented the case to the other redeemer?
- Jacob's sister wives Rachel and Leah were at odds and both barren at times (Genesis 29, 35:16-20). Yet, out of the mess of their situations came 12 sons the 12 tribes of Israel. One of the sons, Judah, did not obey God's law to provide a redeemer to his daughter in law Tamar. So, she tricked Judah and got him to impregnate her (Genesis 38). Perez was born and was greatly used by God. In light of all of this what do you think the elders meant by speaking the blessing they did over Boaz and Ruth?
- How has Naomi’s situation changed from Ruth 1 to Ruth 4?
- How do you see God working behind the scenes in this chapter, even though He is not directly speaking?
- In what ways does Boaz act as a “type” (foreshadowing) of Jesus Christ?
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