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 Now can we turn together in our Bibles to the book of Ruth.

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 The Old Testament book of Ruth and chapter 3.

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 Book of Ruth chapter 3.

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 We've come to this next stage in our story where we think about the plan that Naomi puts in place for Ruth's future.

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 So Ruth chapter 3.

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 We'll read the whole chapter.

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 One day Ruth's mother-in-law Naomi said to her,

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 My daughter, I must find a home for you where you will be well provided for.

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 Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative of ours.

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 Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.

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 Wash, put on perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes.

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 Then go down to the threshing floor, but don't let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.

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 When he lies down, note the place where he is lying.

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 Then go and uncover his feet and lie down.

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 He will tell you what to do.

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 I will do whatever you say, Ruth answered.

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 So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.

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 When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits,

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 he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile.

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 Ruth approached quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

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 In the middle of the night something startled the man.

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 He turned, and there was a woman lying at his feet.

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 Who are you? He asked.

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 I am your servant, Ruth, she said.

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 Spread the corner of your garment over me,

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 since you are a guardian redeemer or a kinsman redeemer of our family.

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 The Lord bless you, my daughter.

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 He replied, this kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier.

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 You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.

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 And now, my daughter, don't be afraid.

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 I will do for you all you ask.

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 All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character.

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 Although it is true that I am a guardian redeemer of our family,

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 there is another who is more closely related than I.

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 Stay here for the night,

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 and in the morning, if he wants to do his duty as your guardian redeemer,

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 good, let him redeem you.

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 But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives,

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 I will do it.

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 Lie here until morning.

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 So she lay at his feet until morning,

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 but got up before anyone could be recognized.

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 And he said, no one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor.

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 He also said, bring me the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.

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 When she did so, he poured into it six measures of barley

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 and placed the bundle on her.

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 Then he went back to town.

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 When Ruth came to her mother-in-law,

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 Naomi asked, how did it go, my daughter?

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 Then she told her everything Boaz had done for her and added,

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 he gave me these six measures of barley, saying,

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 don't go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.

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 Then Naomi said, wait, my daughter,

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 until you find out what happens.

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 For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today.

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 Amen.

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 This is God's word for us this evening.

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 Quite likely you have heard it said that home is where the heart is.

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 But perhaps we recognize in a city,

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 maybe especially like Edinburgh,

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 that it's sometimes a complicated question

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 to find out exactly where we feel home is.

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 Again, recently last week I was in a coffee shop

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 and listening to someone talk about that,

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 having moved multiple times as a child

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 and then moved around as an adult,

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 moving for study and for work.

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 Where are one's roots?

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 Really easy question for some of us

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 and a really complicated question for others.

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 I guess instinctively we know

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 that a place that we can call home,

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 perhaps a people that we belong to,

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 that's something that we value,

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 and that's security, that rest.

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 But as we find as people,

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 we're moving for study and for work,

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 perhaps for marriage, for adventure.

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 The question of where to find that sense of home

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 can be a lot harder for people to come by.

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 Well, the idea of finding a home

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 and finding a resting place

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 is one of the dominant themes of the book of Ruth.

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 And here at the beginning of chapter 3,

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 we find Naomi feels responsible

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 to provide this home, this place of rest.

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 Naomi had already said that

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 in chapter 1, verse 9,

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 her desire to find for Ruth

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 a place of rest,

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 a home for her.

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 And now she's back to that theme.

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 But standing above Naomi's plan

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 and very much within God's plan

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 is that desire to give Ruth

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 a home from which the royal family will come,

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 from which David will come,

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 ultimately Jesus comes.

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 So chapter 3, we see home

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 as one of the dominant themes.

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 But there's another theme

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 and it's kind of connected,

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 the idea of the Redeemer.

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 So that was very much in view last week,

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 Ruth chapter 2,

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 here's Boaz and he's the kinsman Redeemer.

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 And Naomi in this chapter has this plan

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 and it very much brings

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 these two themes together.

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 Her hope and desire

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 is that in Boaz,

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 the kinsman Redeemer,

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 Ruth can find home.

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 And those themes we find linked

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 in other stories also.

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 Got me thinking of the Toy Story movies.

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 Boys and girls,

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 if you've watched the Toy Story movies,

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 there are certain themes

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 that keep coming back.

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 Either Woody or Buzz

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 will find themselves getting lost

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 because of some adventure or other.

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 And then either Woody or Buzz

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 along with the rest of the toys

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 have to come and rescue,

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 always rescuing

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 so that they might be brought home.

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 Brought home to Andy

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 or brought home to the rest of the toys,

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 whatever it might be.

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 But a Redeemer

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 who brings someone home.

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 And we can find that here.

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 But we can also, I think,

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 perhaps find that

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 in our own hearts as well.

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 Do we recognize that longing,

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 that looking for

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 a saviour,

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 someone or something

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 that will give us

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 a place of security,

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 someone or something

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 that will provide us

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 with a sense of identity,

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 someone or something

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 who will provide us

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 that rest.

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 Keith read for us

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 from Luke chapter 15.

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 Tim Keller

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 in his book,

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 The Prodigal God,

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 makes the observation

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 that sin

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 involves looking to someone else

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 besides God

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 for our salvation.

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 And Luke chapter 15

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 in many ways

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 is the classic example

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 of two ways

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 that we can do that.

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 So we find in

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 the prodigal son's story

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 the younger son

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 who wants to find himself

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 by living wild and free

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 and ignoring all the rules.

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 And then

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 we find the older brother

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 who wants to

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 find his identity

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 by proving himself

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 and being super moral

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 and obedient.

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 And so we find ourselves

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 perhaps as people

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 instinctively looking

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 for someone or something

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 to save us

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 and to say,

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 I have meaning

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 and I have value

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 because of this one

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 or this thing.

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 And again,

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 the story of Ruth

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 tying in with the story

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 of the Bible

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 said that's God's desire

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 for us.

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 God's desire

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 that we would find

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 our identity,

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 our salvation

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 in the Redeemer,

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 Jesus,

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 that the Father

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 has provided for us.

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 So that's just

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 to set the scene.

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 Let's get into our text

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 and let's look at

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 the first six verses

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 and recognize

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 Naomi's plan.

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 Before we get there,

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 confession,

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 I am a fan

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 of Pride and Prejudice.

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 I'm not afraid to say that,

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 especially the BBC

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 dramatization,

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 wonderful effort.

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 I couldn't help

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 but think of

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 Mrs. Bennett

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 when thinking about Naomi.

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 She is the biblical

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 version, I think.

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 If you don't know

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 the story of Pride and Prejudice,

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 you meet the Bennett family

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 and Mrs. Bennett

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 is very concerned.

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 Her family

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 once

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 grand estate

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 at risk of poverty

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 because they only

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 have daughters

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 and so

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 much of the story

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 finds Mrs. Bennett

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 trying to find a match

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 for her girls.

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 Find the right man

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 with the right money

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 with the right estate.

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 There is

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 security.

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 Shame is not

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 going to come.

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 Naomi

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 understands

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 her and Ruth

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 in a very vulnerable

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 position.

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 There is no security

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 for them

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 to widows

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 trying hard

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 to survive

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 in Israel.

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 And so

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 Naomi

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 takes the initiative

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 in verse 1,

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 My daughter,

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 I must

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 find a home

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 for you

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 where you will

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 be well

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 provided for.

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 More than just

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 a house,

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 a place of security,

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 provision,

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 family,

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 love.

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 And it's really

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 interesting as the

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 chapter develops

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 this idea

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 that one of the

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 things that a

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 husband will do

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 is to provide

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 shelter.

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 In chapter 2

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 in verse 12

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 Boaz said,

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 May you be

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 richly rewarded

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 by the Lord

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 the God of Israel

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 under whose wings

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 you have come

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 to take refuge.

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 That idea of

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 covering and

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 protection

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 as a gift

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 and a blessing.

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 And we see very much

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 this is Naomi's

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 desire.

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 There will be

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 someone who will

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 cover and

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 protect Ruth.

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 She has someone

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 in view.

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 Verse 2

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 is Boaz.

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 Now Boaz

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 with whose women

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 you have worked

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 is a relative

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 of ours.

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 So again,

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 if you weren't

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 here,

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 chapter 2,

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 what we find

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 is God

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 in his providence,

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 God in his

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 goodness,

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 bringing Ruth

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 to come to

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 work in the

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 field of Boaz

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 and Boaz

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 coming to

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 the field

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 and desiring

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 to show

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 kindness

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 and favour

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 to Ruth.

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 And so Naomi

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 is looking at

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 that,

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 recognising

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 here is God's

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 provision,

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 now it's time

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 to act,

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 to seek to

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 find this

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 home from

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 Boaz.

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 And then we

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 get to verses

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 3 and 4.

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 And one of the

00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:43.679
 interesting things

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 about the Bible,

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 isn't it,

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 is it gives us

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 insights into

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 the way other

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 cultures work

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 because we have

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 details that

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 seem so

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 perhaps odd

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 to us.

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 We understand

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 Ruth putting on

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 perfume and

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 getting dressed

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 up,

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 but then the

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 idea of waiting

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 till Boaz

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 falls asleep

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 and then

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 sort of uncovering

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 his feet and

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 lying under the

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 cloak seems

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 unusual.

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 To me,

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 anyway,

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 it seems unusual.

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 But it's given

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 us a little insight

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 into the way

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 things were done

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 in other cultures.

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 Then when we

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 worked in Glasgow

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 and we worked

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 in an international

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 cafe,

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 we did one

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 week where we

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 explored together

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 different wedding

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 practices.

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 And it's really

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 interesting to

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 share cultures.

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 One of the great

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 things about living

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 in cities is now

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 you get to share

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 culture.

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 So I discovered

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 in China,

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 traditionally,

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 rather than

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 white dresses,

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 red dresses would

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 be common,

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 important colour

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 for love and

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 loyalty and those

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 kind of things.

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 In Uzbekistan,

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 we had some

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 Uzbek students

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 and they had

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 a ceremony

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 where a bride

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 would be,

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 as it were,

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 kidnapped by the

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 family and then

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 the groom would

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 have to go to

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 the house and

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 give some gifts

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 to redeem

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 the bride.

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 Not so far away

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 from redemption

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 prices that we

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 have here.

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 Well,

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 in Bethlehem,

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 at the time of

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 Ruth,

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 it seems like

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 this idea of

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 being covered

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 by a cloak,

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 by a garment,

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 it was a symbol

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 like, I guess,

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 our engagement ring.

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 Here is a commitment

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 as she wants

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 Boaz to give

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 that security,

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 that protection,

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 that provision.

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 And Ruth,

00:12:24.160 --> 00:12:24.680
 we learn in

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 verses 5 and 6,

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 is going to

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 obey,

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 I will do

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 whatever you

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 say.

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 It's a risky

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 scheme.

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 Here is a woman

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 going at night

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 into the fields,

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 bearing in mind

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 that she is a

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 foreigner,

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 she has no

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 natural claim

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 to Boaz,

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 his heart,

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 or to Boaz,

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 his kindness.

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 But she's trusting.

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 She's trusting that

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 God is working out

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 his good purposes,

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 and so she's going

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 to act.

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 And one of the

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 things we see as

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 the story develops

00:13:01.100 --> 00:13:01.980
 is behind this

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 bold plan

00:13:03.500 --> 00:13:04.779
 on Naomi's part

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 stands God's

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 purpose,

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 and we've said that

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 all throughout.

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 God has the desire

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 to give Ruth a home

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 and a place of

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 rest.

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 Because that's

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 something that's

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 dear to God's

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 heart.

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 That's something

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 that he wants

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 to give to

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 his people.

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 That's something

00:13:18.299 --> 00:13:18.879
 he wants to

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 give to you

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 and me.

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 It's a thread

00:13:23.379 --> 00:13:23.820
 that weaves

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 its way all

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 through the

00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:25.279
 storyline of

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 the Bible.

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 Go back to

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 Genesis 1 and 2,

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 go back to

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 the Garden of

00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:29.440
 Eden,

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 and what do we

00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:30.460
 find there?

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 We find Eden

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 was a home

00:13:31.580 --> 00:13:32.399
 for Adam

00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:33.039
 and for Eve.

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 It's a place

00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:34.940
 where they knew

00:13:34.940 --> 00:13:35.860
 God's kindness.

00:13:36.580 --> 00:13:37.100
 It's a place

00:13:37.100 --> 00:13:37.759
 where they knew

00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:38.919
 God's presence.

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 It's a place

00:13:39.659 --> 00:13:40.039
 where they were

00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:41.120
 invited into

00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:42.819
 God's rest.

00:13:44.719 --> 00:13:45.919
 God's good design.

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 Think about

00:13:48.459 --> 00:13:49.419
 the story of

00:13:49.419 --> 00:13:49.979
 Old Testament

00:13:49.979 --> 00:13:50.559
 Israel.

00:13:50.699 --> 00:13:51.379
 From Abraham

00:13:51.379 --> 00:13:52.000
 onwards,

00:13:52.099 --> 00:13:52.599
 what was the

00:13:52.599 --> 00:13:53.139
 great hope

00:13:53.139 --> 00:13:53.939
 and the promise?

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 It's the land

00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:55.899
 of Israel,

00:13:55.959 --> 00:13:56.559
 the promised

00:13:56.559 --> 00:13:57.039
 land,

00:13:57.399 --> 00:13:58.159
 a place where

00:13:58.159 --> 00:13:58.659
 they would know

00:13:58.659 --> 00:13:59.479
 peace and

00:13:59.479 --> 00:14:00.639
 security and

00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:03.139
 rest if they

00:14:03.139 --> 00:14:03.959
 would obey

00:14:03.959 --> 00:14:04.759
 God.

00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:07.019
 And then with

00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:07.620
 the coming of

00:14:07.620 --> 00:14:08.000
 Jesus,

00:14:08.560 --> 00:14:09.320
 these themes

00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:10.060
 return.

00:14:10.220 --> 00:14:10.879
 Matthew chapter

00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:11.379
 11,

00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:12.620
 wonderful words,

00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:13.419
 come to me,

00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:14.399
 all you who are

00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:14.600
 weary,

00:14:14.700 --> 00:14:15.019
 a burden,

00:14:15.100 --> 00:14:15.480
 and I will

00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:16.179
 give you

00:14:16.179 --> 00:14:17.220
 rest.

00:14:18.820 --> 00:14:19.700
 That rest is

00:14:19.700 --> 00:14:20.220
 found when we

00:14:20.220 --> 00:14:21.539
 take the yoke

00:14:21.539 --> 00:14:22.259
 of Jesus and

00:14:22.259 --> 00:14:23.039
 learn from

00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:23.419
 him.

00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:24.679
 Life with

00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:25.200
 Jesus,

00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:26.279
 learning from

00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:26.600
 Jesus,

00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:27.379
 being a follower

00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:27.960
 of Jesus,

00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:30.139
 is true

00:14:30.139 --> 00:14:30.740
 rest.

00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:33.080
 True rest

00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:33.700
 comes when we

00:14:33.700 --> 00:14:34.500
 know God

00:14:34.500 --> 00:14:34.879
 and we are

00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:35.659
 living life

00:14:35.659 --> 00:14:36.840
 with God,

00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:37.180
 and that's

00:14:37.180 --> 00:14:38.120
 found in

00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:38.399
 knowing

00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:38.860
 Jesus.

00:14:41.019 --> 00:14:41.500
 And then

00:14:41.500 --> 00:14:41.720
 when we

00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:42.160
 think about

00:14:42.160 --> 00:14:43.240
 the imminent

00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:44.000
 departure of

00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:44.600
 Jesus as he

00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:45.360
 anticipates the

00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:45.860
 cross and he

00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:46.480
 speaks to his

00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:47.200
 troubled disciples,

00:14:47.340 --> 00:14:48.000
 John 14,

00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:49.040
 he speaks to

00:14:49.040 --> 00:14:49.480
 them of his

00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:50.180
 father's house.

00:14:50.259 --> 00:14:50.780
 My father's

00:14:50.780 --> 00:14:51.139
 house has

00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:52.100
 many rooms,

00:14:52.180 --> 00:14:52.620
 if it were not

00:14:52.620 --> 00:14:52.899
 so,

00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:53.740
 would I have

00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:54.060
 told you?

00:14:54.060 --> 00:14:54.399
 And he says,

00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:54.840
 I'm going

00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:55.180
 there to

00:14:55.180 --> 00:14:55.600
 prepare a

00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:56.000
 place and

00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:56.320
 I'll come

00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:56.680
 back and

00:14:56.680 --> 00:14:57.220
 take you to

00:14:57.220 --> 00:14:57.820
 be with me

00:14:57.820 --> 00:14:58.200
 that you

00:14:58.200 --> 00:14:58.639
 might be

00:14:58.639 --> 00:14:59.280
 where I

00:14:59.280 --> 00:14:59.580
 am.

00:14:59.660 --> 00:15:00.259
 So now,

00:15:01.180 --> 00:15:02.060
 Jesus wants

00:15:02.060 --> 00:15:02.980
 for us when

00:15:02.980 --> 00:15:03.460
 we think about

00:15:03.460 --> 00:15:04.379
 home and rest

00:15:04.379 --> 00:15:05.060
 to think of

00:15:05.059 --> 00:15:06.039
 this is the

00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:06.719
 reality of

00:15:06.719 --> 00:15:07.159
 our future

00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:07.839
 salvation.

00:15:09.019 --> 00:15:09.500
 Future

00:15:09.500 --> 00:15:10.459
 salvation is

00:15:10.459 --> 00:15:10.879
 being at

00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:11.379
 home with

00:15:11.379 --> 00:15:11.739
 the Lord

00:15:11.739 --> 00:15:12.279
 and enjoying

00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:13.139
 perfect rest,

00:15:13.259 --> 00:15:14.019
 unbroken rest

00:15:14.019 --> 00:15:14.759
 for all

00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:16.079
 eternity.

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 And that

00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:19.159
 takes us all

00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:19.599
 the way to

00:15:19.599 --> 00:15:20.159
 the end of

00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:20.479
 the Bible,

00:15:20.599 --> 00:15:21.219
 to Revelation

00:15:21.219 --> 00:15:21.859
 21,

00:15:22.059 --> 00:15:22.759
 and there we

00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:23.079
 have these

00:15:23.079 --> 00:15:24.139
 wonderful words.

00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:24.699
 Look,

00:15:24.819 --> 00:15:25.699
 God's dwelling

00:15:25.699 --> 00:15:26.079
 place,

00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:26.559
 God's home,

00:15:26.659 --> 00:15:27.299
 is now

00:15:27.299 --> 00:15:28.699
 among his

00:15:28.699 --> 00:15:29.119
 people.

00:15:30.119 --> 00:15:30.959
 God himself

00:15:30.959 --> 00:15:31.479
 will be with

00:15:31.479 --> 00:15:32.079
 them and be

00:15:32.079 --> 00:15:33.659
 their God.

00:15:33.659 --> 00:15:35.579
 heaven is

00:15:35.579 --> 00:15:35.980
 home,

00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:36.579
 the new

00:15:36.579 --> 00:15:36.899
 heavens and

00:15:36.899 --> 00:15:37.100
 the new

00:15:37.100 --> 00:15:37.419
 earth are

00:15:37.419 --> 00:15:37.959
 true home

00:15:37.959 --> 00:15:38.219
 for the

00:15:38.219 --> 00:15:38.559
 people of

00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:38.699
 God.

00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:39.600
 And the

00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:40.339
 imagery that

00:15:40.339 --> 00:15:40.679
 goes in

00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:41.000
 Revelation

00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:42.879
 21 is

00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:43.279
 wedding

00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:43.759
 imagery.

00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:45.079
 Jesus is

00:15:45.079 --> 00:15:45.519
 the groom

00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:46.219
 and his

00:15:46.219 --> 00:15:47.219
 church is

00:15:47.219 --> 00:15:47.719
 his made

00:15:47.719 --> 00:15:48.279
 beautiful

00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:48.759
 bride.

00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:53.019
 So Naomi's

00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:54.860
 plan to

00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:55.360
 give Ruth a

00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:55.799
 home and

00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:57.459
 rest is

00:15:57.459 --> 00:15:58.120
 for us a

00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:59.659
 window to

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 see God's

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 greater plan

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 to give us

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 a home

00:16:03.059 --> 00:16:03.879
 and a

00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:05.439
 rest in

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 trusting

00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:07.779
 Jesus and

00:16:07.779 --> 00:16:08.399
 having faith

00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:09.779
 in him and

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 having that

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 hope of

00:16:10.579 --> 00:16:11.379
 future salvation,

00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:12.279
 future joy.

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 This is God's

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 promise and

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 it's a wonderful

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 promise when we

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 think about the

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 times that we

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 live in,

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 how anxious

00:16:21.299 --> 00:16:21.859
 many people

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 are,

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 how restless

00:16:22.979 --> 00:16:24.579
 so many

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 people are.

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 There is a

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 home,

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 there is

00:16:27.819 --> 00:16:28.859
 rest.

00:16:30.299 --> 00:16:30.719
 We came

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 across on

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 Netflix,

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 a documentary

00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:33.759
 called

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 Found,

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 which follows

00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:36.680
 the story

00:16:36.680 --> 00:16:37.879
 of three

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 girls who

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 were abandoned

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 as tiny

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 babies in

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 China and

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 ended up

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 being adopted

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 in American

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 families.

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 And then

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 these three,

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 it turned

00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:49.379
 out they were

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 cousins,

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 they made

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 this journey

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 back to

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 China to

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 try and

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 find their

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 biological

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 parents.

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 And you

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 know our

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 instinct to

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 find the

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 happily ever

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 after story,

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 you're sort

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 of watching this

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 documentary and

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 you're just

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 waiting for,

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 and then the

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 detective who's

00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:06.059
 hired finds

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 the family.

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 They never

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 find their

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 family.

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 There's that

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 longing for

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 home and

00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:10.000
 that connection

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 but it's

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 never found

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 as yet.

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 But I

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 wonder do we

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 recognise that

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 sense of

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 restlessness that

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 there often is

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 in our own

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 hearts and

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 then do we

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 see how the

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 promise of the

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 gospel is

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 such good

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 news?

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 in this

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 life we

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 discover yes

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 there is

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 love but

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 also there

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 is loss.

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 Perhaps we

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 find a place

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 where we

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 really feel

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 that we

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 belong but

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 there are

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 also times

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 where we

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 feel like

00:17:39.860 --> 00:17:40.780
 strangers.

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 And all

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 the way

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 along we

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 are invited

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 to know

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 and to

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 remember that

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 we were

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 made to

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 be at

00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.700
 home with

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 God now

00:17:50.600 --> 00:17:52.380
 and forever.

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 when we're

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 trusting

00:17:56.840 --> 00:17:57.640
 Christ

00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:58.880
 when he

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 has our

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 heart

00:18:00.840 --> 00:18:02.400
 we have

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 that promise

00:18:02.900 --> 00:18:03.200
 of an

00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:03.600
 eternal

00:18:03.600 --> 00:18:04.100
 home

00:18:04.100 --> 00:18:05.820
 of eternal

00:18:05.820 --> 00:18:06.460
 rest

00:18:06.460 --> 00:18:07.400
 that right

00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:07.940
 now we are

00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:08.480
 pilgrims

00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:09.260
 passing through

00:18:09.260 --> 00:18:09.880
 this world

00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:10.440
 is not our

00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:10.740
 home.

00:18:13.360 --> 00:18:14.080
 Where is

00:18:14.080 --> 00:18:14.500
 our true

00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:14.800
 home?

00:18:15.580 --> 00:18:16.220
 Where do we

00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:16.800
 look to find

00:18:16.800 --> 00:18:17.320
 rest?

00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:18.140
 Are we looking

00:18:18.140 --> 00:18:18.940
 to find our

00:18:18.940 --> 00:18:19.480
 rest?

00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:20.880
 In Jesus

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 so there's

00:18:24.020 --> 00:18:24.480
 the plan

00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:25.660
 and then the

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 middle section

00:18:26.320 --> 00:18:27.120
 is really the

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 plan in action

00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:29.060
 verses 7

00:18:29.060 --> 00:18:30.260
 to 13

00:18:30.260 --> 00:18:30.680
 so as we

00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:31.200
 said this is a

00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:31.860
 bold maneuver

00:18:31.860 --> 00:18:32.500
 it's a risky

00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:32.900
 maneuver

00:18:32.900 --> 00:18:33.440
 this is something

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 that happens

00:18:34.060 --> 00:18:35.340
 at night

00:18:35.340 --> 00:18:35.740
 time

00:18:35.740 --> 00:18:36.880
 what do we

00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:37.460
 find Ruth

00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:37.960
 doing in

00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.320
 the field?

00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:39.240
 She's tracking

00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:40.360
 Boaz's

00:18:40.360 --> 00:18:41.020
 movements

00:18:41.020 --> 00:18:42.360
 she sees

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 where he

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 goes to

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 sleep

00:18:43.940 --> 00:18:44.960
 she creeps

00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:45.720
 by perhaps

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 the other

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 workers

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 she picks

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 up a

00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:48.840
 corner of

00:18:48.840 --> 00:18:49.320
 his cloak

00:18:49.320 --> 00:18:50.180
 she covers

00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:50.660
 herself

00:18:50.660 --> 00:18:51.000
 and she

00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:51.640
 lies down

00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:52.440
 to wait

00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:53.680
 to wait

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 to see

00:18:54.060 --> 00:18:55.140
 how Boaz

00:18:55.140 --> 00:18:55.800
 will react

00:18:55.800 --> 00:18:56.460
 to wait

00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:56.720
 and see

00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:57.340
 how God's

00:18:57.340 --> 00:18:57.580
 going to

00:18:57.580 --> 00:18:58.080
 work it

00:18:58.080 --> 00:18:58.820
 all out

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 and then we

00:19:00.360 --> 00:19:01.000
 get verse 8

00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:01.320
 in the middle

00:19:01.320 --> 00:19:01.720
 of the night

00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:02.700
 something startled

00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:03.140
 the man

00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:03.600
 he turned

00:19:03.600 --> 00:19:03.920
 and there

00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:04.300
 was a woman

00:19:04.300 --> 00:19:05.060
 lying at

00:19:05.060 --> 00:19:06.000
 his feet

00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:07.160
 and we

00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:07.860
 perhaps know

00:19:07.860 --> 00:19:08.580
 the experience

00:19:08.580 --> 00:19:09.500
 of waking

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:09.900
 up in the

00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:10.140
 middle of

00:19:10.140 --> 00:19:10.300
 night

00:19:10.300 --> 00:19:10.640
 were a bit

00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:10.920
 chilly

00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:11.360
 because perhaps

00:19:11.360 --> 00:19:11.759
 our feet

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.000
 had been

00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:12.500
 poking out

00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:12.860
 the bed

00:19:12.860 --> 00:19:13.180
 covers

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:13.820
 but I

00:19:13.820 --> 00:19:14.640
 can almost

00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:15.440
 rest assured

00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:15.880
 that nobody

00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:16.480
 has had

00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:17.480
 this experience

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:18.940
 so Boaz

00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:20.160
 is startled

00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:21.720
 no surprise

00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:23.660
 verse 9

00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:24.300
 he asks

00:19:24.300 --> 00:19:25.000
 the obvious

00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.340
 question

00:19:25.340 --> 00:19:25.840
 who are you

00:19:25.840 --> 00:19:26.140
 it's very

00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:26.580
 dark

00:19:26.580 --> 00:19:28.400
 listen to

00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:29.080
 Ruth's

00:19:29.080 --> 00:19:29.720
 words

00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:31.300
 I am

00:19:31.300 --> 00:19:32.100
 your servant

00:19:32.100 --> 00:19:32.519
 Ruth

00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:34.040
 spread the

00:19:34.040 --> 00:19:34.600
 corner of

00:19:34.600 --> 00:19:35.220
 your garment

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:36.060
 over me

00:19:36.060 --> 00:19:37.040
 since you

00:19:37.040 --> 00:19:37.340
 are a

00:19:37.340 --> 00:19:37.759
 guardian

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.320
 redeemer

00:19:38.320 --> 00:19:39.300
 of our

00:19:39.300 --> 00:19:39.940
 family

00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:43.080
 so here

00:19:43.080 --> 00:19:44.019
 is Ruth's

00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:44.820
 request

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:46.819
 she requests

00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:48.259
 this covering

00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:50.599
 this protection

00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:52.279
 and she

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:53.079
 couples that

00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:53.579
 with

00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:54.659
 Boaz

00:19:54.659 --> 00:19:55.039
 you're one

00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:55.399
 of our

00:19:55.399 --> 00:19:55.899
 kinsmen

00:19:55.899 --> 00:19:56.980
 redeemers

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:58.480
 you put

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:58.899
 those two

00:19:58.899 --> 00:19:59.639
 things together

00:19:59.639 --> 00:19:59.980
 and what

00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:00.259
 do we

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.839
 have

00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:01.919
 we have

00:20:01.919 --> 00:20:02.399
 Ruth

00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:03.220
 in effect

00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:04.059
 as a

00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:04.460
 servant

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:04.919
 as a

00:20:04.919 --> 00:20:05.299
 foreigner

00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:06.159
 making a

00:20:06.159 --> 00:20:06.480
 marriage

00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:06.960
 proposal

00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:07.859
 to Boaz

00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:10.339
 what a

00:20:10.339 --> 00:20:10.740
 proposal

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:12.599
 Boaz

00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:14.119
 never saw

00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:14.799
 it coming

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:16.779
 Ruth

00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:17.099
 calls

00:20:17.099 --> 00:20:17.399
 herself

00:20:17.399 --> 00:20:17.619
 a

00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:17.959
 servant

00:20:17.959 --> 00:20:19.239
 she

00:20:19.239 --> 00:20:19.519
 knows

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:19.659
 her

00:20:19.659 --> 00:20:19.879
 only

00:20:19.879 --> 00:20:20.439
 chance

00:20:20.439 --> 00:20:20.599
 of

00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:20.979
 success

00:20:20.979 --> 00:20:21.339
 lies

00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:21.739
 in

00:20:21.739 --> 00:20:22.259
 Boaz's

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:22.599
 kindness

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:23.119
 ultimately

00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.399
 in

00:20:23.399 --> 00:20:23.899
 God's

00:20:23.899 --> 00:20:24.819
 grace

00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:26.259
 and that's

00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:26.919
 where Boaz

00:20:26.919 --> 00:20:28.219
 comes again

00:20:28.219 --> 00:20:29.099
 as such a

00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:29.639
 wonderful

00:20:29.639 --> 00:20:30.379
 character

00:20:30.379 --> 00:20:31.439
 such a

00:20:31.439 --> 00:20:31.919
 wonderful

00:20:31.919 --> 00:20:33.019
 help to

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.539
 point us

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:33.879
 to the

00:20:33.879 --> 00:20:34.259
 character

00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:34.819
 of Jesus

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:37.079
 what does

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.639
 Boaz do

00:20:37.639 --> 00:20:38.279
 verse 10

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:38.619
 the Lord

00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:39.159
 bless you

00:20:39.159 --> 00:20:39.779
 my daughter

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:41.099
 this kindness

00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:41.779
 is greater

00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.319
 than that

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:42.779
 which you

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.239
 showed

00:20:43.239 --> 00:20:44.099
 earlier

00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:45.179
 again

00:20:45.179 --> 00:20:45.500
 here's

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:45.879
 this word

00:20:45.879 --> 00:20:46.359
 hesed

00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:46.819
 this word

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.000
 of

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.719
 kindness

00:20:47.719 --> 00:20:48.619
 so his

00:20:48.619 --> 00:20:49.279
 first instinct

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.699
 is to

00:20:49.699 --> 00:20:50.019
 again

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.619
 praise

00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.059
 Ruth

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:52.139
 for her

00:20:52.139 --> 00:20:52.599
 loyalty

00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:53.519
 and devotion

00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:54.259
 to Naomi

00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:55.659
 but also

00:20:55.659 --> 00:20:56.259
 to praise

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:56.719
 her for

00:20:56.719 --> 00:20:57.659
 the loyalty

00:20:57.659 --> 00:20:58.199
 and devotion

00:20:58.199 --> 00:20:58.779
 now she's

00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.259
 showing to

00:20:59.259 --> 00:20:59.879
 Boaz

00:20:59.879 --> 00:21:01.879
 she could

00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:02.199
 have gone

00:21:02.199 --> 00:21:02.819
 after someone

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.199
 younger

00:21:03.199 --> 00:21:03.659
 or richer

00:21:03.659 --> 00:21:04.079
 perhaps

00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:04.439
 but no

00:21:04.439 --> 00:21:05.079
 she's stuck

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 with

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 faithful

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 Boaz

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 and we

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.079
 find

00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.599
 Boaz

00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:11.859
 is wonderfully

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 determined

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 to seek

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 her

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 welfare

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 verse 11

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 now my

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 daughter

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 don't be

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 afraid

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 I will

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 do

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 for you

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 all you

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 ask

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 he knows

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 there's

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 someone

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 closer

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:24.200
 another

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 kinsman

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.160
 redeemer

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 but he

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 promises

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 he's not

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 going to

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 let the

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 matter

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 drop

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 he's

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 going to

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 work

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 to

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 resolve

00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:30.140
 this

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 we

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 find

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 in

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 Boaz

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 someone

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 who

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 is

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 wonderfully

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 willing

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 to pay

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 the price

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 of

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 redemption

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 again

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 think about

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 the social

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 cost

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 because

00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:46.280
 Ruth is

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 from Moab

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 she's a

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 foreigner

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 she's a

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 natural

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 outsider

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 think about

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 the financial

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 cost

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 taking on

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 Naomi

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 and Ruth

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 but

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 Boaz

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 gladly

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 acts

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 in the

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 spirit

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:00.539
 of the

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 kinsman

00:22:00.879 --> 00:22:01.259
 redeemer

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 and he

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 takes in

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 verse 13

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 an oath

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 before the

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 Lord

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 as surely

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 as the

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 Lord

00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:09.720
 lives

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 I

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 will

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:12.220
 do it

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 and we

00:22:13.199 --> 00:22:13.599
 see as the

00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:14.319
 story develops

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:14.919
 he becomes

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 the Lord's

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 means of

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 blessing

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.199
 Ruth

00:22:17.199 --> 00:22:17.740
 of providing

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 for Ruth

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 and for

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 Naomi

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 and again

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.179
 just to

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 pause and

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 to frame

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 this story

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 within the

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 bigger

00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:27.319
 Bible

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.759
 story

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 because

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.639
 the story

00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:29.099
 of Naomi

00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:30.579
 and Ruth

00:22:30.579 --> 00:22:31.019
 and Boaz

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.579
 really takes

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.359
 us to

00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:32.759
 the gospel

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.220
 so many

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:33.899
 times

00:22:33.899 --> 00:22:35.379
 perhaps

00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:35.959
 we can

00:22:35.959 --> 00:22:36.259
 think about

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.819
 the reality

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.240
 that

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:38.000
 Christianity

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.980
 is at

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.399
 heart

00:22:39.399 --> 00:22:40.399
 a rescue

00:22:40.399 --> 00:22:41.339
 religion

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 it recognizes

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 that we

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.720
 are sinful

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.279
 people

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:48.299
 and that

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:48.659
 if there

00:22:48.659 --> 00:22:49.220
 is to

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:49.619
 be any

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:50.119
 hope of

00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:50.659
 us being

00:22:50.659 --> 00:22:51.740
 reconciled

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.000
 to a

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.299
 holy

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:52.779
 God

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.939
 we need

00:22:53.939 --> 00:22:54.619
 someone

00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:55.279
 from outside

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.959
 of ourselves

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.579
 to save

00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:56.740
 us

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.400
 to reconcile

00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:57.740
 us

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.840
 to redeem

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 us

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:02.579
 our need

00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:02.980
 is far

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.799
 greater than

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.420
 the very

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:05.240
 real needs

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.880
 facing Ruth

00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:06.380
 and Naomi

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:06.920
 for them

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.299
 it was the

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.720
 risk of

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.259
 poverty

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.519
 and the

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:09.860
 lack of

00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:10.319
 having someone

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:10.680
 to keep

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:10.940
 on a

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.759
 family line

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:13.579
 insecurity

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:13.699
 poverty

00:23:13.699 --> 00:23:16.859
 but for

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.159
 us we

00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:17.439
 need to

00:23:17.439 --> 00:23:17.839
 understand

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.220
 that by

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.619
 nature

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:19.240
 because of

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.960
 our sin

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:21.279
 we stand

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.500
 in a

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.000
 position of

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.240
 guilt

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:22.859
 before a

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:23.099
 holy

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.559
 God

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:25.839
 without

00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.379
 Jesus

00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:27.480
 we stand

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.259
 condemned

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:29.259
 before

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:30.399
 the

00:23:30.399 --> 00:23:30.779
 righteous

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.639
 judge

00:23:31.639 --> 00:23:34.500
 under

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:34.919
 his

00:23:34.919 --> 00:23:35.799
 righteous

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.599
 anger

00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:39.419
 ultimately

00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:39.879
 without

00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:40.519
 Christ

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.240
 heading

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:41.819
 for

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:43.179
 eternal

00:23:43.179 --> 00:23:43.899
 homelessness

00:23:43.899 --> 00:23:45.579
 eternal

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.639
 restlessness

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:48.480
 in hell

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.759
 away from

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.039
 God

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.559
 and everything

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:50.939
 that is

00:23:50.939 --> 00:23:51.359
 good

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:53.980
 and we

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.299
 need to be

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:54.799
 aware of

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.039
 that

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:56.240
 we need

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.419
 to be

00:23:56.419 --> 00:23:56.719
 aware of

00:23:56.719 --> 00:23:57.099
 the urgent

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:57.539
 need that

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:57.899
 we all

00:23:57.899 --> 00:23:58.459
 face

00:23:58.459 --> 00:23:59.259
 to be

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.799
 right with

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.119
 God

00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:00.779
 to find

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.619
 the right

00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:02.159
 redeemer

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:04.140
 our hope

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.420
 and our

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:04.779
 rescue

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.160
 does not

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:05.620
 lie

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:06.380
 within

00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:06.840
 ourselves

00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:07.279
 it's not

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:07.840
 let me

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:08.240
 try a

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.500
 little bit

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:08.880
 harder

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:09.200
 let me

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.820
 turn over

00:24:09.820 --> 00:24:10.779
 a new

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.060
 leaf

00:24:11.060 --> 00:24:11.400
 let me

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:12.200
 begin

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.460
 some

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:12.779
 religious

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.420
 practices

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:13.800
 no we

00:24:13.800 --> 00:24:14.160
 need

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:15.279
 our

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:15.740
 kinsman

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.240
 redeemer

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.779
 we need

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.140
 Jesus

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.680
 to take

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.600
 on flesh

00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:20.720
 to dwell

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.160
 among us

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:21.519
 ultimately

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.040
 to die

00:24:22.040 --> 00:24:22.740
 for us

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:24.300
 and we

00:24:24.300 --> 00:24:24.779
 discover

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.580
 in Jesus

00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:26.720
 one who

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.200
 is willing

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.860
 to pay

00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:28.940
 the redemption

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.660
 price

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:31.040
 as we're

00:24:31.040 --> 00:24:31.779
 told in

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.879
 the book

00:24:32.879 --> 00:24:33.299
 of

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:33.879
 first

00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:34.359
 Peter

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:35.420
 we're

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:35.799
 redeemed

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.359
 not with

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:37.099
 silver

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:37.779
 gold

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:39.200
 but by

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.660
 the precious

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.180
 blood of

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:40.460
 the Lord

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:40.879
 Jesus

00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:42.899
 Jesus

00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:43.299
 is the

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.639
 one who

00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:44.359
 covers us

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:44.639
 not with

00:24:44.639 --> 00:24:45.180
 a garment

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.579
 but with

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.139
 the garment

00:24:46.139 --> 00:24:46.799
 of his

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.980
 spotless

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.680
 righteousness

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.899
 so we

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.139
 can be

00:24:50.139 --> 00:24:50.759
 welcomed

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.980
 and loved

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.440
 as Jesus

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:52.920
 himself

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.420
 is loved

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:54.759
 and Jesus

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.579
 has so

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:56.160
 acted

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:57.379
 in his

00:24:57.379 --> 00:24:57.859
 death and

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.240
 resurrection

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.779
 that he

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.460
 has secured

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.579
 for us

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.759
 an eternal

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.259
 home

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.779
 and eternal

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.400
 rest

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:05.539
 that we

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.180
 receive by

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.779
 faith

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:10.259
 before moving

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.680
 on

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:12.099
 maybe it's

00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:12.599
 worth us

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:14.039
 thinking about

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.779
 the character

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:16.180
 of the

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:16.960
 church that

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.500
 this should

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.279
 produce

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.859
 when we

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.220
 think about

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.759
 someone like

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.519
 Boaz

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:23.480
 shouldn't we

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:23.960
 want to be

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.539
 this kind

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.200
 of community

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:26.660
 where we

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.200
 are actively

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.839
 looking to

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:29.099
 extend grace

00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:30.439
 kindness

00:25:30.439 --> 00:25:32.919
 that crosses

00:25:32.919 --> 00:25:33.819
 countries and

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.599
 cultures

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:36.740
 that reaches

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.159
 to the

00:25:37.159 --> 00:25:37.559
 lonely

00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:38.899
 and to

00:25:38.899 --> 00:25:39.639
 the isolated

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:41.359
 where we're

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:42.000
 pointing by

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.599
 our words

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.119
 and our

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:43.759
 actions to

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.319
 Jesus the

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:44.719
 Redeemer

00:25:44.719 --> 00:25:45.719
 to where

00:25:45.719 --> 00:25:46.599
 home and

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.919
 rest is to

00:25:47.919 --> 00:25:48.519
 be found

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:51.019
 Paul in

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.539
 2nd Corinthians

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.819
 5 says

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.139
 that we're

00:25:53.139 --> 00:25:54.099
 ambassadors of

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:54.519
 Christ and

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.559
 we're agents

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.440
 of reconciliation

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.220
 therefore we

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.659
 have this

00:25:57.659 --> 00:25:59.139
 calling to

00:25:59.139 --> 00:26:00.099
 serve others

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.779
 like Boaz

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.319
 to seek

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:02.379
 their welfare

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:03.179
 like Boaz

00:26:03.179 --> 00:26:03.899
 to seek

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.519
 to honour

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.779
 like Boaz

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.980
 that others

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.579
 might come

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.940
 under the

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.419
 wings of

00:26:09.419 --> 00:26:10.839
 God and

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.579
 find rest

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:12.099
 with him

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:16.079
 we come to

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.599
 the last

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.700
 section from

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.659
 verse 14

00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:20.079
 to verse

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:21.259
 18

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:23.480
 again

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:25.000
 if Naomi

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.680
 reminded me

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.359
 of Mrs

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:26.720
 Bennett

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.660
 I couldn't

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:27.980
 help but

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.440
 think of

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.240
 Hannibal

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.779
 from the

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.079
 A team

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.859
 some of

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.119
 us I'm

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:31.460
 sure are

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.000
 old enough

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.759
 to remember

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.799
 Hannibal

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:35.400
 every episode

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.740
 same line

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.980
 usually with

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.559
 a cigar in

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:38.859
 his mouth

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:39.519
 I love it

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:40.000
 when a plan

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.640
 comes together

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:41.640
 and don't

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:42.140
 we see

00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:43.099
 the wonderful

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:44.200
 way that

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.680
 God has

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.240
 been working

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.599
 out his

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.759
 plan and

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.519
 Naomi begins

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.619
 to appreciate

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:50.339
 remember she

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.879
 started off

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.120
 with that

00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:51.500
 sense of

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:51.820
 bitterness

00:26:51.820 --> 00:26:52.320
 towards

00:26:52.320 --> 00:26:52.720
 God

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:54.340
 but now

00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:54.760
 God is

00:26:54.760 --> 00:26:55.420
 working for

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:55.760
 her and

00:26:55.760 --> 00:26:56.320
 she can see

00:26:56.320 --> 00:26:57.380
 it and

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:57.720
 she knows

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:57.960
 this is

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.120
 going to

00:26:58.120 --> 00:26:58.700
 end well

00:26:58.700 --> 00:27:00.040
 but picture

00:27:00.040 --> 00:27:01.120
 Naomi here

00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:02.440
 is Ruth

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:03.480
 she's just

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:03.860
 got up

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.240
 she's got

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.760
 her barley

00:27:04.760 --> 00:27:05.260
 she's coming

00:27:05.260 --> 00:27:05.760
 back home

00:27:05.760 --> 00:27:06.420
 we can imagine

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.060
 Naomi can't

00:27:07.060 --> 00:27:07.860
 we up all

00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:08.540
 night waiting

00:27:08.540 --> 00:27:09.820
 to see Ruth

00:27:09.820 --> 00:27:10.520
 coming waiting

00:27:10.520 --> 00:27:11.520
 to find word

00:27:11.520 --> 00:27:12.940
 so verse 16

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.560
 when Ruth came

00:27:13.560 --> 00:27:14.280
 to her mother-in-law

00:27:14.280 --> 00:27:15.300
 Naomi asked

00:27:15.300 --> 00:27:16.660
 how did it go

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:18.040
 my daughter

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:21.299
 then she

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.639
 told her

00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:21.980
 everything

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.519
 Boaz had

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:22.899
 done for

00:27:22.899 --> 00:27:23.119
 her and

00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:23.379
 added

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:24.399
 he gave

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:24.740
 me these

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.399
 six measures

00:27:25.399 --> 00:27:25.859
 of barley

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.519
 saying don't

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.119
 go back to

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:27.960
 your mother-in-law

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:29.240
 empty handed

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.079
 that barley

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:32.200
 is a message

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.960
 to Naomi

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:34.839
 it's a message

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.639
 of Boaz's

00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:36.539
 commitment

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:38.200
 to her

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.700
 family

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:40.000
 commitment

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:41.000
 to act

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:42.059
 a sign

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.839
 of good

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.920
 faith

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:46.820
 and our

00:27:46.820 --> 00:27:47.640
 chapter ends

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:49.420
 with waiting

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:51.140
 Naomi said

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:51.580
 wait my

00:27:51.580 --> 00:27:51.940
 daughter

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.300
 until you

00:27:52.300 --> 00:27:52.740
 find out

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.400
 what happens

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:54.600
 for the

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:54.880
 man will

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.360
 not rest

00:27:55.360 --> 00:27:55.720
 until the

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.180
 matter is

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.539
 settled

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.300
 today

00:27:57.300 --> 00:28:00.340
 she

00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:00.860
 understands

00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:01.380
 the character

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:01.960
 of Boaz

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.480
 here is a

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.980
 redeemer who

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.420
 will not

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:03.800
 wait

00:28:03.800 --> 00:28:04.740
 he'll not

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.100
 keep us

00:28:05.100 --> 00:28:05.560
 waiting

00:28:05.560 --> 00:28:06.900
 he is going

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.360
 to work

00:28:07.360 --> 00:28:07.779
 and to make

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.140
 sure that

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:08.500
 Ruth and

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:08.779
 Naomi

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.420
 will be

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:10.560
 redeemed

00:28:10.560 --> 00:28:12.960
 so here is

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.600
 Naomi looking

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.199
 back on this

00:28:14.199 --> 00:28:14.659
 plan which

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.159
 was a bold

00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:15.799
 plan but

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.359
 ultimately we

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:16.719
 know it was

00:28:16.719 --> 00:28:17.619
 God's plan

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:21.059
 remember that

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:22.039
 the way Ruth

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.799
 is written

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:25.319
 it reminds us

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:26.059
 at the end

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:27.539
 that Naomi and

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:27.819
 Ruth are

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.399
 connected to

00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:28.980
 the royal

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.599
 family

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.959
 to the line

00:28:30.959 --> 00:28:31.539
 of David

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.859
 God had this

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.339
 plan to

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:34.119
 establish

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:35.679
 his royal

00:28:35.679 --> 00:28:36.059
 line

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:37.139
 the king

00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:37.659
 after his

00:28:37.659 --> 00:28:38.159
 own heart

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:39.179
 ultimately

00:28:39.179 --> 00:28:39.899
 Jesus

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:41.179
 his son

00:28:41.179 --> 00:28:42.000
 and saviour

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.559
 as king

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.279
 and this is

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:44.099
 all part

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.899
 of God's

00:28:44.899 --> 00:28:45.819
 wonderful

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:47.059
 redemption

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.680
 story

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:49.980
 the story

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:51.299
 of Ruth

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:51.940
 and Boaz

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.879
 is a great

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:54.299
 love story

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:55.180
 but there is

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:56.160
 a greater

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:56.940
 love story

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.480
 standing

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.539
 over

00:28:58.539 --> 00:29:00.019
 and above

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.339
 it

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:02.200
 God's

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:03.160
 love story

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:04.619
 the story

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:05.180
 of Jesus

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.879
 the son

00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.579
 who left

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.500
 his home

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.859
 left his

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.619
 place of

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.000
 rest

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.420
 leaving

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:11.500
 glory

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:11.519
 the glory

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.620
 of heaven

00:29:12.620 --> 00:29:14.880
 coming to

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.320
 earth

00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:15.860
 ultimately

00:29:15.860 --> 00:29:16.500
 to pay

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.240
 the

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.080
 ultimate

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:18.620
 price

00:29:18.620 --> 00:29:19.060
 giving

00:29:19.060 --> 00:29:19.539
 his

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.019
 life

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.320
 to

00:29:20.320 --> 00:29:21.000
 redeem

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:23.160
 foreigners

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:24.660
 like us

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.560
 foreigners

00:29:25.560 --> 00:29:26.340
 to God's

00:29:26.340 --> 00:29:26.920
 grace

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.820
 foreigners

00:29:27.820 --> 00:29:28.720
 to God's

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.360
 promises

00:29:29.360 --> 00:29:30.380
 without hope

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:31.160
 and without

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:31.880
 God

00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:32.680
 in the world

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:34.019
 except for

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:36.180
 God's

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.480
 grace

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:36.900
 and God's

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.319
 redeeming

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.779
 love

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:40.420
 Ephesians

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:41.200
 5

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:43.599
 speaking of

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:43.879
 how

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.779
 marriage

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.319
 points us

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:45.619
 to the

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.139
 gospel

00:29:46.139 --> 00:29:47.299
 speaks of

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.720
 Jesus

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.660
 as the

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.440
 bridegroom

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:50.980
 who loves

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.779
 his church

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.359
 his bride

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:53.579
 who gives

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.019
 himself

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.680
 for his

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:55.099
 bride

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.799
 who has

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.319
 washed

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:57.259
 his bride

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.920
 clean

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.680
 and will

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.519
 present her

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.400
 to himself

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:01.380
 as holy

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:03.200
 and beautiful

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:05.660
 home

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.380
 and rest

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:07.259
 found in

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.880
 eternal

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.840
 fellowship

00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:09.880
 with

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.560
 the Lord

00:30:10.560 --> 00:30:11.080
 Jesus

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:12.800
 that's

00:30:12.800 --> 00:30:13.080
 where

00:30:13.080 --> 00:30:13.660
 God's

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:13.920
 love

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.320
 story

00:30:14.320 --> 00:30:14.980
 ends

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:16.240
 for the

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.840
 church

00:30:16.840 --> 00:30:19.740
 and you

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:19.860
 know

00:30:19.860 --> 00:30:20.480
 just as

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.060
 we leave

00:30:21.060 --> 00:30:21.660
 the story

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.180
 with that

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.660
 promise

00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:24.200
 that Boaz

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.900
 as redeemer

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.480
 will not

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.080
 rest

00:30:26.080 --> 00:30:27.019
 until the

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.640
 job is

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:27.960
 done

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.759
 Jesus

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.799
 our redeemer

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:31.079
 is not

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:31.920
 resting from

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.600
 his work

00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:33.039
 today

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:34.519
 Jesus

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.539
 is still

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.380
 praying

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:37.140
 for his

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:37.660
 church

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.480
 his bride

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.840
 Jesus

00:30:39.840 --> 00:30:40.500
 is still

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.200
 sending

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:42.180
 his spirit

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:43.000
 to his

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.480
 church

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.360
 Jesus

00:30:44.360 --> 00:30:44.940
 is still

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.539
 calling

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.160
 others

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:46.960
 home

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:48.059
 to himself

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:50.120
 and we

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:50.500
 know that

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:50.819
 Jesus

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.360
 ultimately

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:52.200
 will not

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.940
 rest

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:54.559
 until all

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.279
 his people

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:56.559
 his whole

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:57.180
 church

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.700
 throughout

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.259
 history

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:59.320
 is at

00:30:59.320 --> 00:30:59.779
 home

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.220
 with

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.539
 him

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.640
 his

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.019
 love

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.460
 for us

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.000
 is so

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.340
 great

00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:03.620
 that he

00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:04.120
 has bound

00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:04.900
 his heart

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.580
 to the

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:05.860
 heart

00:31:05.860 --> 00:31:06.120
 of the

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.600
 church

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:07.500
 he has

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:07.720
 bound

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.080
 his

00:31:08.080 --> 00:31:08.640
 joy

00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:09.700
 to

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.259
 ours

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.880
 so as

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.060
 we

00:31:12.060 --> 00:31:12.640
 enjoy

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:13.380
 this

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.060
 wonderful

00:31:14.060 --> 00:31:14.960
 love

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.420
 story

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:15.759
 let's

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.279
 remember

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.779
 God's

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:16.980
 great

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.259
 love

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.560
 for his

00:31:17.560 --> 00:31:18.080
 church

00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:19.580
 and we'll

00:31:19.580 --> 00:31:20.039
 come back

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.560
 next week

00:31:20.560 --> 00:31:20.960
 to see

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.279
 how it

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.500
 all

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:21.840
 finishes

00:31:21.840 --> 00:31:23.120
 now

00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:23.560
 let's

00:31:23.560 --> 00:31:24.080
 pray

00:31:24.080 --> 00:31:24.799
 together

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:28.000
 Lord

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.399
 our

00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:28.779
 God

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 we thank

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.539
 you that

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:29.879
 throughout

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.159
 the

00:31:30.159 --> 00:31:30.480
 Bible

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.659
 there are

00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:32.139
 so many

00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:32.740
 stories

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.639
 and pointers

00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:34.480
 and pictures

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.299
 towards

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:36.220
 your

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.859
 redeeming

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:37.240
 love

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.279
 thank you

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.779
 that Jesus

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.819
 taught us

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.859
 to read

00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.500
 the Old

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:41.960
 Testament

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.899
 and to

00:31:42.899 --> 00:31:43.599
 see him

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.279
 as the

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:45.039
 fulfillment

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:46.659
 and so

00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:47.000
 we are

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.700
 glad

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:49.139
 to recognize

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:49.919
 that Boaz

00:31:49.919 --> 00:31:50.980
 is just a

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.819
 faint shadow

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:53.019
 of Jesus

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.899
 the perfect

00:31:53.899 --> 00:31:54.379
 Redeemer

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:55.460
 thank you

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.080
 for his

00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:56.800
 willingness

00:31:56.800 --> 00:31:58.080
 to act

00:31:58.080 --> 00:31:58.520
 as our

00:31:58.520 --> 00:31:59.020
 kinsman

00:31:59.020 --> 00:31:59.460
 Redeemer

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.380
 thank you

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:00.740
 for his

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.220
 willingness

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.960
 to go

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.400
 to the

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:02.760
 cross

00:32:02.760 --> 00:32:03.320
 to pay

00:32:03.320 --> 00:32:03.860
 the

00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.440
 redemption

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:05.300
 price

00:32:05.300 --> 00:32:05.860
 to free

00:32:05.860 --> 00:32:06.240
 us from

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.700
 our sin

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.460
 by his

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.040
 precious

00:32:08.040 --> 00:32:08.560
 blood

00:32:08.560 --> 00:32:09.740
 thank you

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.300
 for his

00:32:10.300 --> 00:32:11.020
 ongoing

00:32:11.020 --> 00:32:11.760
 commitment

00:32:11.760 --> 00:32:12.620
 to his

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 church

00:32:13.060 --> 00:32:13.720
 his bride

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.520
 thank you

00:32:14.520 --> 00:32:14.880
 that he

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 will

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.260
 present

00:32:16.260 --> 00:32:16.980
 us to

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.520
 himself

00:32:17.520 --> 00:32:18.140
 in the

00:32:18.140 --> 00:32:18.540
 end

00:32:18.540 --> 00:32:19.080
 holy

00:32:19.080 --> 00:32:19.660
 and

00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:20.260
 beautiful

00:32:20.260 --> 00:32:22.680
 Lord

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:23.100
 in those

00:32:23.100 --> 00:32:23.500
 days

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:23.860
 when we

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:24.339
 feel

00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:25.399
 restless

00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:26.819
 and

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.599
 homeless

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:30.359
 may we

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:31.519
 recognize

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:33.219
 that you

00:32:33.219 --> 00:32:33.839
 are drawing

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.799
 our hearts

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.979
 to find

00:32:35.979 --> 00:32:36.659
 our rest

00:32:36.659 --> 00:32:37.319
 in you

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:40.459
 that while

00:32:40.459 --> 00:32:40.879
 we can

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.359
 place

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:42.419
 so much

00:32:42.419 --> 00:32:43.019
 time

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:44.179
 and energy

00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:45.399
 on

00:32:45.399 --> 00:32:46.059
 building

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.939
 a house

00:32:46.939 --> 00:32:47.579
 today

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:49.359
 may we

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:50.479
 be so

00:32:50.479 --> 00:32:51.079
 much more

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.679
 careful

00:32:51.679 --> 00:32:52.839
 to be

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.399
 preparing

00:32:53.399 --> 00:32:54.000
 for our

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.500
 eternal

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.000
 home

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:56.720
 give us

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.259
 that wisdom

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.659
 and give

00:32:57.659 --> 00:32:58.039
 us that

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.500
 joy

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.740
 increase

00:32:59.740 --> 00:32:59.919
 our

00:32:59.919 --> 00:33:00.579
 understanding

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:00.980
 of your

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.579
 great love

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:01.919
 for us

00:33:01.919 --> 00:33:02.480
 we pray

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:03.919
 in Jesus

00:33:03.919 --> 00:33:04.419
 name

00:33:04.419 --> 00:33:05.460
 amen

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:09.840
 now

00:33:09.840 --> 00:33:10.220
 our

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.819
 closing

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.240
 hymn

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:12.680
 speaks

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.200
 to us

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:13.720
 of

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.440
 the

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:14.720
 call

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:14.880
 of

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.120
 Jesus

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:15.340
 to

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:15.539
 find

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:15.819
 rest

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:15.940
 in

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.100
 him

00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:16.279
 I

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.600
 heard

00:33:16.600 --> 00:33:16.799
 the

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.160
 voice

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:18.019
 of

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.480
 Jesus

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.980
 say

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.279
 come

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:19.519
 unto

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:19.700
 me

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:19.840
 and

00:33:19.840 --> 00:33:20.000
 rest

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.140
 so

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.480
 let's

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.039
 stand

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.880
 and

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:22.259
 let's

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.460
 sing

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.779
 together

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.059
 amen