Jesus, Our Friend from the Beginning

"And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich." (Ruth 3:10)

"Ruth" in Hebrews means "Friend', and while we can certainly see Ruth as a picture of ourselves or the church and Jesus as the eternal kinsman-redeemer, we can also see Jesus as our perfect friend, who goes out to the fields and lays Himself down for us, and blesses us in all things.

He sees Himself as our friend:

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." (John 15: 13)

Before anyone wonders for one second if they can rest on Jesus' promise for themselves, Jesus then said:

"Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you." (John 15: 15)

The Proverbs prophecy of Jesus our friend:

"A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother." (Proverbs 18: 24)

and

"Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful" (Proverbs 267: 6)

With Jesus, we are blessed in the end, because He is the beginning and the end, and our friends from the beginning:

"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." (Revelation 1: 8)

In his first epistle, John writes:

"I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning." 1 John 2: 14)

He was our friend from the beginning, because He was ready to be laid down for us from the beginning:

"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:" (Ephesians 1: 4)


"Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you," (1 Peter 1: 20)

See Jesus as your forever friend today and forever more.