Micah prophesied hundreds of years before the birth of Christ that it would be in Bethlehem where the Everlasting Light would make His entrance into this world of darkness. God’s providence would see to it that our Redeemer be born in the little town of Bethlehem. You see, the providence of God often goes unnoticed. Like Hebrew, it can only be read in reverse.
This is a major theme in the book of Ruth as it illustrates how God’s providence orchestrates the details of our lives. It was the providential grace of God that was working in the lives of Naomi and Ruth to bring them into blessing in Bethlehem centuries before Christ was born. As chapter 2 begins, we saw that the women were back in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest. Their plan had been to eke out an existence the best they could. And yet God’s providence saw to it that Ruth went out to glean in the field of a man named Boaz, who would show her grace. That brings us to chapter 3…