Because of the decision to go to the fields of Moab, Mahlon, the son of Naomi and husband of Ruth, had lost his land and died childless. But now Naomi recognizes that Boaz can fulfill the role of the Go’el in respect both to land and children. She has seen that all is not lost, there is hope and that the Lord has given concrete evidence that it is His desire to bless her and not curse her. So she commands Ruth not to repeat the terrible mistake she made. Don’t go into another field, don’t leave the place where you are being blessed. I really think there is an element of personal repentance here and an acknowledgment that the field of the Go’el is the place where redemption and blessing are to be found. Ruth feels the same way, because she continues to glean there till the end of the harvest.
Well, we can see why the idea of the Go’el is important to Ruth and Naomi but this idea of a Go’el is important to you as well. It is because sinners need a Go’el, Naomi and Elimelech were not the first of God’s people to sin and fall into a dire condition. As Isaiah 53:6 tells us All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way. We have all “hopped the fence of the Lord’s Commandments” and become poor, blind, beggars, slaves to sin, we have lost all title to heaven, and cannot win it back ourselves.
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I was converted out of paganism and the occult in 1993 and while I was initially Charismatic/Arminian in my theology, I became Reformed and Presbyterian through bible study and the influence of ministries like Ligonier. After teaching in local bible studies, and taking seminary...
