In our story Boaz was the kinsman redeemer, who married Ruth and bought the piece of land that was lost. For

us the Lord Jesus Christ is the Kinsman Redeemer, Who is God as well as man, and so is related to us. He has

redeemed us.

Let us stop looking at the different books of the Bible for a short while, to see if we can remember what we have

learnt about the Lord Jesus Christ so far.

You remember that we said at the beginning of this booklet that all the books of the Bible should teach us

something about the Lord Jesus. How have they done so?

1.

Adam chose to eat of the tree that brought death, and not the tree of life. Only the Lord Jesus can give

everlasting life.

2.

The Passover was the time when God brought the Jews out of Egypt - out of slavery. Lambs had to die to

bring this about. The Lord Jesus became the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, by bearing it

Himself. He frees us from the slavery of sin in the same way.

3.

The many animals that had to die taught the Jews that there could be no forgiveness without death. The Lord

Jesus died so that we might have forgiveness of sins.

4.

Joshua led the Jews into their promised land. The Lord Jesus leads us into ours. Where this is for us we will

learn later.

5.

Only a relation, the kinsman redeemer, could marry Ruth and buy or redeem the lost piece of land. Only God

as the Lord Jesus could redeem us. He is our Kinsman Redeemer. Only God as the Lord Jesus could buy us

so that we should not be lost. He had to be a relation of ours, and so became a man.

We have now reached the books called after Samuel. These books carry on the story of the Jews from the time

when the judges ruled over them. There are four names that we should remember especially. They are Samuel,

Saul, David and Solomon. Samuel was a prophet; Saul, David and Solomon were kings.

1 Samuel begins with the birth of Samuel, whom God used to anoint Saul and David as kings. The Jews wanted a

king to rule over them like the other countries round about. In wanting a king they had rejected God, for He was

really their king. Samuel was not pleased about it but God told him to anoint Saul as king of the Jews. Samuel was

also to warn them that Saul would be a hard king, and take away many things from them. The Jews would not listen

to Samuel, and so Saul became king.

It was during the time that Saul was king that the shepherd boy David killed Goliath. This of course made David

famous, and he became more popular than Saul. Saul was angry, and after a while tried to kill David.

David finally had to run away from Saul, and Saul was often seeking David's life from then on.

After Saul died, David became king. 2 Samuel carries on the story of the Jews from when Saul died. There was

no real peace for the Jews in those days, and David had often to fight in battles with countries round about. He won

many victories over his enemies.

David wanted to build a temple for the Lord but He would not allow it, for David had been a man of war. The

Lord said that David's son, Solomon, could build it. Solomon became king after David, and it was more peaceful

during his reign. Read 1 Kings chapter 5, verses 2 to 5.