Bethlehem was the village of Boaz—the kinsman-redeemer—the one who took up the cause of the hopeless and ruined. This shows the ground upon which everything was now to be built. Boaz was himself a type of the risen Christ, David also typifies Him, but as the one suffering and rejected by men, yet chosen of God, and exalted in His due time. Samuel, inquiring of the Lord how he could safely go to Bethlehem upon such an errand, was told to take a heifer and call the people, or at least their elders and Jesse's family, to a sacrifice. Here again we are reminded of Christ. Everything for God's glory and for the blessing of men is founded upon what He is and what He has done. The greatness of His person and the infinite value of His sacrifice makes everything sure and stable forever.