The Book of Ruth describes the Rapture

The Book of Ruth is a prophetic "type" or shadow that illustrates the relationship between Jesus and the Church, and is "type and shodow" or "blueprint" for the Rapture or Harpazo (describe as being "caught up" or "snatched away" by force).

Prophetic Symbolism of Names and Places

The story uses specific Hebrew meanings to establish its allegorical framework:
Bethlehem: Means "House of Bread". In the story, the house is "empty" due to famine, symbolizing Israel’s spiritual and physical state of lack when they are out of the land or out of God's will.
Elimelech: Means "My God is King". His death in a foreign land (Moab) represents the failure of the old covenant or the leadership of Israel to provide for the people during their "exile".
Naomi: Means "Pleasant" or "Sweet". After losing her husband and sons, she asks to be called Mara, which means "Bitter," reflecting the suffering of Israel.
Mahlon and Chilion: Naomi's sons, whose names mean "Sickness" and "Wasting Away," represent the tragic outcome of leaving the "House of Bread".

The Rapture "Blueprint" Allegory

Ruth is a prophetic type often maped to the characters of current times we live in:
Boaz (The Redeemer): A type of Jesus Christ, our Kinsman-Redeemer (Go’el) who is "rich in wealth" and generous, buying back what was lost.
Ruth (The Gentile Bride): A type of the Gentile Church. She is a foreigner (Moabitess) who is brought into the family of Israel through grace and marriage.
Naomi (Israel): Represents the nation of Israel, who returns to the land "empty" but is eventually restored and blessed through the union of the Redeemer and the Bride.
The Threshing Floor (The Rapture/Harpazo): Ruth’s meeting with Boaz at the threshing floor, occurring at night and at the end of the harvest, is seen by some as a shadow of the Church being "caught up" (Harpazo) to meet the Lord before the period of tribulation.
The Harvest Timing: The story concludes during the wheat harvest, which coincides with Pentecost (Shavuot) the same day the Church was born, strengthening the link between Ruth’s marriage and the Church.

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Our Father's Love for us...

Luke 15:11-32 (KJV)

11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:

12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father"s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.

27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.

29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.