Ruth is a miniature gospel. You have garden/sanctuary, which is the “house of bread,” Bethlehem. Then you have land/home, which is Elimelech and his family, and finally you have world, which is Moab. The story of Ruth is God using the unwise and unethical decision of Elimelech in leaving Bethlehem to rescue a Moabite woman who would be start a new godly lineage consummating in Messiah. From the world, Ruth comes back to the sanctuary/garden where she belongs.
