Ruth was a Gentile Bride.shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiachA metaphor for church.
I am reading my Bible, cover to cover, again. Coincidentally, I read the book of Ruth this morning. What a beautiful story with tremendous application!
Specifically, a Moabite! And Boaz's mother Rahab was a (former) prostitute and a Canaanite from Jericho.