The 12th picture of Christ - Boaz Ruth 2:1-2. When we glean the information given us here about Boaz we discover a wonderful type of our Saviour. 1. He was a member of the royal household. He was of the tribe of Judah, the royal house, Matthew 1:5. He was Bethlehem from where the Saviour came, 2:4, 4:21-22 2. He was a man with a wonderful name. A true meaning for the Hebrew form of his name cannot be given. It is only when the Greek form of his name (Matt 1:5, Luke 3:32) is considered that a meaning can be offered -- "In him is strength." Christ was God manifest in the flesh. "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory," 1 Timothy 3:16. It is in the New Testament we are given a full revelation of the Lord. "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." John 1:14. In Him is strength and deliverance. 'For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly,' Rom 5:6.