Yes, that is correct! Understanding the Book Ruth is key to understanding the New Testament. Why did I say that? Because we see how a gentile woman was adapted or grafted to God’s chosen people. This is a fact that the modern church completely ignores or does not want to accept the fact that there is a process in which a gentile believer is grafted to the body of Christ. Oftentimes the modern church tends to consider only the New Testament as the only valid scripture while completely ignoring the Old Testament. Well, I have bad news for you. When Yeshuva or the disciples or the Apostles refer to the word scripture, what are they referring to? When Paul said, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is valuable for teaching the truth, convicting of sin, correcting faults and training in right living;” (2 Timothy 3:16), he was not referring to the New Testament! Because there is no New Testament written during their time. Apostle Paul is solely and completely referring to the Old Testament. Well, this is a discussion for another time. 

Let us go back to the topic of our discussion for the sake of this lesson. It would be a great advantage if we understand the principles followed in the Book Of Ruth before we venture to study the New Testament. Because it contains so many foundational principles about how a gentile is grafted into the commonwealth of Israel. Now, talking about the ‘foundation’, we cannot stress enough how understanding the first five books of the Bible is essential in understanding the Bible, let alone understanding the Book of Ruth. For example in order to understand the dialogue between Naomi and her daughters-in-law you need to understand the concept of Levirate marriage. Another important topic is the concept of Kinsmen redeemers so on and so forth.