Ruth has proposed marriage to Boaz and he said yes. It appears that the maiden from
Moab and the bachelor from Bethlehem are going to wed. However, a closer relative than Boaz has
the first right of redemption and therefore can marry Ruth. Boaz is determined to settle the issue
ASAP (cf. 3:18) and so the stage is set for our seeing “the rest of the story.” If nothing is
impossible with God, how are we to proceed? What are we to do? How should we act? Chapter 4
provides 3 lessons we should learn.