From Moab to Bethlehem: Ruth and the Gospel of Inclusion. Ruth enters the biblical story wearing two heavy labels: Moabite and widow. By law, she should have been excluded—“No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of the Lord” (Deuteronomy 23:3). Yet God writes her name into the very genealogy of Jesus Christ. Her story proves that God’s covenant mercy transcends ethnicity, law, and history. Grace reaches across every border and overturns every barrier when faith and f