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 You can open your Bible to the book of Ruth in the Old Testament.

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 The book of Ruth.

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 So we're preaching through the Gospel of John and also through the book of Ruth.

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 There are four little chapters in this, the most beautiful short story ever written.

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 I'm convinced of that, as some have said.

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 I hope you are as well.

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 Today, Lord willing, we'll finish chapter four.

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 So our reading for today will begin one verse earlier.

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 So we'll begin reading in Ruth chapter three, verse 18.

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 We'll read all the way to the end of Ruth chapter four, the end of the book.

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 As I read God's word, remember, this is God's very own word.

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 It is inspired, inerrant and infallible.

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 It is clear and it is sufficient for us as people.

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 So when I finish reading, I'll say this is the word of the Lord.

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 And you can respond by saying thanks be to God.

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 Hear the word of the Lord.

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 In Ruth chapter three, verse 18.

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 Naomi, the mother-in-law, said to Ruth, the young widow.

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 Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out.

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 For the man will not rest, but will settle the matter today.

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 Chapter four, verse one.

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 Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there.

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 And behold, the redeemer of whom Boaz had spoken came by.

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 So Boaz said, turn aside, friend.

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 Sit down here.

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 And he sat and he turned and said, he turned aside and sat down.

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 And he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, sit down here.

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 So they sat down.

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 Then he said to the redeemer, Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling

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 the parcel of land that belonged to our relative Elimelech.

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 So I thought I would tell you of it and say, buy it in the presence of those sitting here

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 and in the presence of the elders of my people.

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 If you will redeem it, redeem it.

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 But if you will not, tell me that I may know, for there is no one besides you to redeem it.

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 And I come after you.

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 And he said, I will redeem it.

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 Verse five, then Boaz said, the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you also

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 acquire Ruth, the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order to perpetuate the name of the

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 dead in his inheritance.

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 Then the redeemer said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I impair my own inheritance.

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 Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it.

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 Verse seven.

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 Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging.

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 To confirm a transaction, the one drew off his sandal and gave it to the other.

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 And this was the manner of attesting in Israel.

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 So when the redeemer said to Boaz, buy it for yourself, he drew off his sandal.

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 Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, you are my witnesses this day that I have bought

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 from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and that belonged to children.

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 And Malon also Ruth, the Moabite, the widow of Malon.

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 I have bought to be my wife to perpetuate the name of the dead and his inheritance, that the

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 name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native

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 place.

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 You are witnesses this day.

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 Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, we are witnesses.

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 May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together

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 built up the house of Israel.

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 May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem.

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 And may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamez bore to Judah because of the offspring

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 of the Lord who will give you by this young woman.

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 Verse 13.

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 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife and he went into her and the Lord gave her conception

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 and she bore a son.

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 Then the women said to Naomi, blessed be the Lord who has not left you this day without a

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 redeemer.

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 And may his name be renowned in Israel.

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 He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher in your old age for your daughter-in-law

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 who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.

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 Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her lap and became his nurse.

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 And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name saying, a son has been born to Naomi.

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 They named him Obed.

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 He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

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 Verse 18.

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 Now these are the generations of Perez.

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 Perez fathered Hezron.

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 Hezron fathered Ram.

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 Ram fathered Aminadab.

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 Aminadab fathered Nashon.

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 Nashon fathered Salmon.

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 Salmon fathered Boaz.

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 Boaz fathered Obed.

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 Obed fathered Jesse.

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 And Jesse fathered David.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Indeed, you may be seated.

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 Would you pray with me?

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 Amen.

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 Father, we confess that You are eternal, infinite, and unchangeable

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 in Your power and perfection, wisdom, glory, justice, and truth,

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 that nothing happens except through You and by Your will.

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 And we thank You, Lord, how in Your kindness, in Your fatherly patience, You've given us stories.

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 And through these stories, You reveal Your greatness to Your people.

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 Help us to see, Lord, with our eyes, to hear with our ears, and to behold You with our hearts,

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 the great God, the Lord of the covenant.

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 Amen.

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 And Lord, I pray that You will minister to each one by Your Holy Spirit, by Your power,

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 move among Your church, encourage, restore, nourish Your people once again, Lord,

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 for Your glory and for our good, we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 how do you wait upon the Lord?

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 The hardest thing about waiting is not having to do without for a little bit longer.

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 I think the hardest thing about waiting is that it's risky.

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 Kids, you know what this is like.

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 You wait all week for that one thing you get to choose to do on the weekend, on a Saturday maybe.

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 And then something happens.

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 Someone gets sick and we don't get to do it.

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 So that waiting would have been a lot better if it was guaranteed to happen on Saturday, right?

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 Isn't that so true for the biggest things in life as well?

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 Well, if I knew for sure this would be the outcome, the waiting wouldn't be so bad.

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 But that waiting, it's the anticipation, it's the risk that makes it almost unbearable.

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 Is the next job going to be any better?

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 Is that monitor in the hospital going to just turn into a steady beep?

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 There's no guarantee it's risky.

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 And the waiting is so heavy, isn't it?

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 Shakespeare said that expectation is the root of all heartache.

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 You have your hopes set on something, you're expecting it, and then heartache comes when it doesn't happen.

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 And then what do we all want to do?

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 I just don't want to get excited about anything again.

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 And truthfully, each one of you, even visiting a church plant, it's risky.

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 Disappointment is unmet expectation.

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 You don't have to live long under the sun to know that if I put my hope on anything earthly, I'm setting myself up for disappointment, aren't I?

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 I think what we see in this last chapter is that resolution, that ending and that follow-up that God in His goodness is so pleased to lavish on His people.

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 But they've been waiting.

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 They've been waiting.

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 What you're going to see is there's extreme risk involved for Naomi, for Ruth, and for Boaz.

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 This is a risky, high-tension passage.

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 I think their resolve is what the prophet Micah captures later.

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 Micah 7-7, he says,

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 I will look to the Lord.

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 I will wait for the God of my salvation.

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 My God will hear me.

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 The reason that's comforting is because that's the prayer of every Christian.

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 We will wait upon the Lord, the God of our salvation, trusting by faith that He will hear us.

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 However, it turns out, the promise that I want you to be encouraged by and remember is that God brings His people, all of His people, to bless His name as you wait for Him.

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 God brings His people to bless His name one way or the other as you wait for Him.

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 Look at verse 14.

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 This is the key verse, and we'll go through verse by verse, but I just want you to put your finger on verse 14.

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 See how all the people watching this story unfold, they sing like a great chorus, like we were just singing moments ago, filling the room.

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 Blessed be the Lord.

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 He's provided a Redeemer.

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 May His name be renowned.

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 He is the Restorer of life.

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 He is your Nourisher.

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 How do you wait upon the Lord?

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 The first observation I want to draw your attention to comes from the person who the book is named after, even though it could be called the book of Naomi.

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 But I want you to ponder Ruth here.

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 I believe in verses 3, 18, and even as we see her in the silence of the next 10 verses or so, what we see in the example of Ruth is that we are to stay eager to learn how God's providence will unfold.

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 So go back to chapter 3.

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 In verse 14, to give ourselves a little bit of context, Ruth lay at the feet of Boaz until morning.

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 What time in the morning?

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 Well, she arose before anyone could even recognize one another.

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 It's the crack of dawn.

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 And then skip down to verse 18.

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 Naomi told her, wait and see.

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 And in that phrase, wait and see, Naomi is telling Ruth, wait, be patient.

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 But wait so you will see.

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 Be eager.

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 So stay eager to learn how God's providence will unfold as you wait.

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 It's a patient anticipation.

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 Naomi was less patient earlier in the story.

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 It wasn't she.

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 She left Bethlehem, went to greener land in Moab, lost everything.

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 And now she's giving the best advice that she's had maybe in the whole book.

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 Wait and see the hand of God on your life.

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 But think from Ruth's perspective.

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 From Ruth's perspective, we're not going to see Ruth do anything or say anything for many more verses.

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 In verse 5, Boaz said to this other redeemer that's closer, you will also acquire Ruth.

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 And he says, I'll pass.

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 And then later on in verse 10, Boaz says, Ruth comes with this redemption.

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 I'll take her.

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 But Ruth herself is patient.

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 She's being considered by one man, taken by another.

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 She's waiting.

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 She's waiting.

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 She's waiting.

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 And it's going to be the Lord's hand that unfolds for her.

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 She's made her desire very clear to Boaz.

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 You, Boaz, you spread out your wings over me.

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 You redeem me.

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 Now look back at chapter 3, verse 12.

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 Here's the problem.

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 Boaz knows everyone in the town of Bethlehem.

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 They know each other by name.

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 They know all the family trees.

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 They're keeping track of the land.

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 And he says in verse 12,

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 It is true that I am a redeemer, he's telling Ruth,

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 yet there is a redeemer nearer than I.

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 What would Ruth be feeling as she heard him say that?

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 Her cheeks are blushing.

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 Spread your wings out, please.

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 I've been working from early morning to evening.

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 You become my redeemer.

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 And he says, yet there is one nearer than I.

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 I believe that what we see in Ruth

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 is God teaching her,

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 no matter how things turn out, Ruth,

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 my promise to care for you will be true.

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 It will be something you can trust.

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 They who wait upon the Lord, Ruth,

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 shall renew their strength.

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 We get this promise much later.

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 Isaiah 40, 31.

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 They who wait upon the Lord

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 shall renew their strength.

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 Hasn't that been true for you so far, Ruth?

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 You've been running.

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 You've been getting up early,

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 working till late.

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 You've worked every day of the harvest.

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 You've been out there gleaning,

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 just picking up the scraps.

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 Haven't I been faithful to you so far?

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 You will run.

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 You will not grow weary, Ruth.

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 She had left everything behind in Moab.

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 Now she's waiting,

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 trusting that God will not disappoint her in the end.

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 God renews the strength of his people

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 as they wait for him.

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 How do you wait upon the Lord?

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 The next person I want to focus on is Boaz.

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 With Boaz, we see that you fear God

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 as you wait for him.

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 You fear God and keep his commandments.

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 See, Boaz, he could have very easily said,

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 well, no one seems very eager

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 to keep that year of Jubilee anyways.

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 In fact, there's no historical record

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 that the people of Israel ever kept the year of Jubilee.

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 He could be reading the times around him.

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 But yet, Boaz says,

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 there is, according to the law,

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 there is a man nearer than I.

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 Boaz is making it very clear right away.

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 Even though he's eager to take her as his bride,

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 we see that in this chapter.

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 He's making it clear that he's a man under God's law.

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 As much as he desires and loves Ruth,

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 he loves and fears God in a fatherly love first.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 Behold, the Redeemer of whom Boaz had spoken came by.

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 By using that language, behold,

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 he wants you to pause what you're doing.

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 Pay attention now.

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 Put yourself at the city gate.

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 See that man.

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 Now notice, it's just referred to as the man Boaz spoke of.

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 So we all know back from chapter 3, verse 12,

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 it's the closer Redeemer.

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 Remember, he came by.

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 It's as though the author is saying,

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 there goes God's providential activity again.

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 It just so happens.

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 Look, right there at the city gate,

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 he's coming by.

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 And Boaz said to this man,

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 now remember,

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 he knows this family tree.

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 He knows who this man is.

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 Turn aside, friend,

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 and sit down here.

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 Hebrew scholars will point out that that word friend,

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 do you see that word?

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 Verse 1.

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 That word friend,

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 it means so-and-so,

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 or fella,

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 or just some neutral, meaningless term.

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 Come on over here, man.

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 We don't even,

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 this man's name doesn't even make it into the pages of the Bible.

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 Now,

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 Boaz,

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 he looked to God's law

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 and waited for God's providence

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 as he was pursuing this,

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 and he was being constrained

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 out of a greater love for God

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 and for God's law.

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 So he's pursuing,

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 but he's doing it in a way

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 that is constrained.

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 He's letting God's law dictate

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 how this is going to go.

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 So,

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 let's look at verses 2 and 3.

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 And he took 10 men of the elders

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 of the city,

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 and he said,

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 sir,

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 and he said,

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 sit down here.

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 So they sat down.

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 Verse 3.

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 Then he said to the redeemer,

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 this Mr. So-and-so,

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 Naomi,

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 who has come back from the country of Moab,

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 is selling the parcel of land

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 that belonged to our relative Elimelech.

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 So I thought I would tell you of it.

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 Buy it in the presence of those sitting here.

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 In the presence of the elders of my people,

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 if you will redeem it,

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 redeem it.

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 You see the risk that Boaz is taking here?

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 He says,

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 I'm going to put myself according to God's law.

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 If you would like to redeem this land,

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 it's yours.

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 The risk for Boaz is huge.

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 He can't control this man's decisions.

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 He has to trust that God will use secondary causes

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 to bring about his will,

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 whatever it may be.

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 As much as he is eager to take Ruth as his wife.

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 He's a man under the law of God.

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 Where did Boaz learn this type of a fear of God?

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 Where could he have learned this?

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 This is not normal for any time.

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 I've used the word fear of God.

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 I want to give you what I think is an important definition.

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 Biblical fear of God is this.

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 According to Charles Bridges,

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 it's your affectionate reverence to God as his child.

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 It's his loving grace in you

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 that bends your will humbly

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 under the law of your father.

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 That's what we're talking about.

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 Where did Boaz learn that?

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 He's clearly a man.

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 He wants the elders to be witness.

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 He wants to follow the law of,

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 you know,

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 the first kinsman having the first opportunity.

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 And he has put it all on the table.

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 If you redeem it,

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 the land is yours.

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 We can't say for sure where Boaz learned this,

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 but really a few months ago,

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 I won't say names,

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 but someone was just reading through their Bible

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 and read Matthew 1, verse 5.

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 It's the genealogy of our Lord Jesus.

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 How Salmon, the father of Boaz,

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 we get one little detail.

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 Who was the mother of Boaz?

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 It was by Rahab.

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 Rahab, when the Bible talks about Rahab,

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 she's described as that prostitute

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 on the walls of Jericho.

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 Where did Boaz learn the fear of God?

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 This reverent fear is a God who has all power,

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 yet he is gracious and preserves.

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 The story of the faith has been passed on.

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 Can you imagine how Rahab would have loved

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 to tell her children and grandchildren

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 and everyone who would listen about

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 that magnificent day

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 when the walls tumbled down outward

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 from the city,

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 and yet there she stood with her home

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 and her family?

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 That's where you learn the fear of the Lord.

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 We don't know all the other details

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 of Boaz's biography and his family life.

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 We know that later in his years,

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 he was still unmarried.

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 We also know that Salmon was a prince in Judah.

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 And so Boaz grew up as the son of a prince.

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 That's how he has all the land

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 and he's so wealthy and he's very generous,

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 but he does it as one who is under the law of God,

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 that reverential fear for God

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 as a child of God,

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 who's experienced that loving grace

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 and gladly bends his own will

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 in conformity to the law of his father.

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 We saw in Ecclesiastes chapter 12 this Friday,

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 the end of all man's duty is what?

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 It's fear God and keep his commandments

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 because they who wait upon the Lord

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 will renew their strength.

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 And if Ruth was the one who ran without growing weary,

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 Boaz will see he is one who soars

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 as if on wings of eagles throughout this whole book.

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 So you saw the risk for Ruth.

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 You saw the risk for Boaz.

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 How do you wait upon the Lord?

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 Let's stick with Boaz.

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 You boldly walk in the way of the Lord.

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 You pursue the good desire he's given you.

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 Look at verses five through eight.

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 Boaz is going to walk out this desire of his

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 to marry Ruth,

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 but he's going to do it according to God's law.

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 So he's going to boldly pursue Ruth,

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 but he does it for God's purposes,

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 not his own.

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 Look at verse five.

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 He says,

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 it's to perpetuate the name of the dead.

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 This is something that's so lost to our culture

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 and our way of thinking, isn't it?

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 To perpetuate the name of Ruth's husband

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 who died earlier in life

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 and of Ruth's father-in-law who died

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 is to perpetuate their name in the land.

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 The biblical principle for us

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 is that this is a God-pleasing rule for life

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 that it's said really well in Proverbs 3.27,

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 do not withhold good from those to whom it is due

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 when it is in your power to do it.

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 That's the biblical principle.

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 Boaz, it's within your power to do something.

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 We can't say it's completely selfless

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 because he also gets Ruth as his wife,

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 but it's to perpetuate the name of the dead.

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 It's he's doing good for Naomi and for Ruth

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 according to God's law

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 because it's within his power to do it.

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 And that knowing the law of God

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 gives Boaz confidence

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 in how he has to walk this out

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 and how he has to pursue this desire.

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 So yes, he was constrained,

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 but I also want to emphasize

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 Boaz was not passive.

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 He was pursuing his desire

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 according to God's will.

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 One commentator helped me to see this contrast.

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 In chapter one, do you remember?

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 There were two women.

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 The two women who had a choice

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 as they talked to Ruth.

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 It was a costly decision of faith.

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 One turns back

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 and is heard of no more.

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 Look at verse six,

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 Ruth four chapters,

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 chapter four, verse six.

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 Mr. So-and-so,

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 the man Boaz simply calls friend.

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 He says,

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 I cannot redeem this land for myself

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 lest I impair my own inheritance.

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 He does not care about the name of the dead.

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 He's focused on his own inheritance.

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 We don't even get his name.

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 He's faced with a costly decision of faith.

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 And he vanishes from the pages of scripture.

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 Sinclair Ferguson pointed out,

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 this man will have no role

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 in advancing God's kingdom.

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 God calls his people

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 to align with his own will.

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 And it's those who are in alignment

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 with God's will

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 that God uses within his kingdom.

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 Deuteronomy 10, 18 says,

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 it's God who executes justice

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 for the fatherless and the widow

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 and loves the sojourner,

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 giving him food.

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 Ferguson's words again,

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 quote,

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 this man who refuses the terms

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 of God's covenant responsibility,

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 it's as if God's saying

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 he will have no further significance.

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 His name does not matter

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 in God's glorious purposes.

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 End of quote.

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 By contrast, though,

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 Boaz,

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 Boaz models for us

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 what Psalm 37, 3 through 5 says,

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 which is commit your way to the Lord.

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 Trust in him

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 and he will act.

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 Trust in the Lord

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 and do good.

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 Dwell in the land

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 and befriend faithfulness.

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 Delight yourself

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 in the Lord.

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 I think Boaz

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 has done this very well.

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 And he, the Lord,

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 will give you

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 the desires of your heart.

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 Now, what about the ceremony

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 where Boaz

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 takes off his sandal?

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 What about that?

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 Look at verse 7.

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 We read that it was their custom

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 for redeeming and exchanging

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 to confirm a transaction.

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 The one drew off his sandal

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 and gave it to the other.

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 You know,

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 when you go into a negotiation,

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 some of you have been

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 in different negotiations.

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 You don't,

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 you're not sure.

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 You know,

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 you go to the flea market

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 or something,

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 you want to try to play it cool

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 so you can get a better price.

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 I don't know.

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 We don't know.

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 Was Boaz going to play it cool now,

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 pretend like he wasn't too excited?

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 Or the minute the man said

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 in verse 6,

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 I cannot redeem it.

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 I can't do it.

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 I mean,

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 was Boaz's foot shaking like ready,

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 sliding that sandal

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 to the tip of his toes,

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 just ready to hand it over?

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 Or maybe he just said,

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 you know,

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 transactional.

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 But man,

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 look at this.

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 It sounds like the author

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 in verse 7,

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 he's having to reteach

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 an old custom.

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 So it sounds like

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 maybe this was Samuel

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 putting this together

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 for the people of God,

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 explaining how King David

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 came to be

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 and what was the line

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 of King David

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 through Rahab

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 and through Ruth

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 and how is David

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 now a legitimate king?

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 And so he's reteaching

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 his original audience.

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 But again,

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 this was a commentator's hint.

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 We don't know

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 anywhere else in scripture

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 of this custom,

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 but perhaps Joshua 1,

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 verse 3

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 is being pictured here

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 in this transaction,

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 which says this.

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 It's a promise

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 to the people of Israel,

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 every place

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 that the sole of your foot

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 will tread upon,

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 I have given to you.

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 And it's a reminder

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 that this land,

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 whoever has it right now

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 for these seven years,

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 this land is God's.

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 It belongs to God.

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 If you have possession,

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 your soul gets to touch it

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 and live on it

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 and dwell there.

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 It's because God

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 has given it.

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 So ultimately,

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 it's a sign of faith.

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 It's a sign that it is God

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.920
 who gives everything.

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.960
 Proverbs 15.25

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:16.680
 really explains

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.240
 and illustrates

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:18.000
 the contrast

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.380
 between Mr. So-and-so

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:20.200
 and Boaz.

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:22.120
 the Lord tears down

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:23.240
 the house of the proud.

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.519
 His name's forgotten

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.140
 to history,

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:27.460
 but God maintains

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.819
 the widow's boundaries

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:30.340
 and the name of,

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.840
 even the dead of Ruth

00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.400
 and Naomi

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:33.779
 will be preserved.

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:38.019
 You see how Boaz

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:39.819
 pursued his bride.

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:42.519
 He desired her,

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:45.180
 but he was pursuing her

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:46.400
 in a way that was ordered

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:47.920
 by the law of God.

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:51.200
 And as much as Boaz

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:52.279
 is a picture for us

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:53.180
 or foreshadowing

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:54.340
 of the coming work

00:28:54.340 --> 00:28:54.960
 of Christ,

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:57.600
 what a glorious picture

00:28:57.600 --> 00:28:59.420
 how the Lord Jesus Christ

00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:00.779
 pursued his people,

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:01.420
 his bride,

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.120
 his church,

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:04.240
 and he didn't deviate

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.860
 from the law

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:05.500
 to do that.

00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:07.019
 He put himself

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:08.480
 under the law.

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:10.039
 Jesus Christ

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:11.259
 fulfilled the law

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:13.019
 on behalf of his bride

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:14.180
 to get her

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:15.360
 as his own.

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:17.319
 And now he calls

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.839
 his church

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.639
 to do the same,

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.519
 to seek first

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:20.179
 his kingdom

00:29:20.179 --> 00:29:21.859
 and his righteousness.

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:23.819
 How do you wait

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:24.699
 upon the Lord?

00:29:27.479 --> 00:29:28.500
 There's one other thing

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.139
 Boaz does

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:29.799
 I want to show you

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:31.000
 in verses 9 through 11.

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.519
 I think Boaz

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.399
 involves

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:35.279
 the whole faith community.

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.599
 He involves

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.639
 the whole faith community

00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:38.279
 as he waits

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.939
 upon the Lord.

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.219
 And he does this,

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:40.500
 I think,

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.240
 for two reasons,

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.939
 as support

00:29:41.939 --> 00:29:43.079
 and also

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:44.199
 as a witness.

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:45.640
 And that's what

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.400
 the faith community,

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.259
 that's what the church

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:48.000
 needs to be

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.700
 for one another.

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.420
 As we wait

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:50.019
 upon the Lord,

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.580
 we don't do it

00:29:50.580 --> 00:29:51.200
 in isolation,

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.740
 we do it together.

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:55.740
 We tell our prayer requests,

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.259
 our burdens,

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.900
 we share it

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.500
 with one another.

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:59.319
 And we help each other,

00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:00.420
 we carry one another's

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:01.360
 burdens in that way

00:30:01.360 --> 00:30:02.460
 for support

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.059
 and also

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:04.039
 as a witness.

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.380
 We are like

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:06.400
 sheep among wolves

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:07.019
 in this world,

00:30:07.080 --> 00:30:07.380
 aren't we?

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.819
 Notice what Boaz

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.680
 does in verse 9.

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.140
 He said,

00:30:11.580 --> 00:30:12.319
 to the elders

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.839
 and all the people,

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.519
 anyone who's at

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.579
 this public place,

00:30:16.679 --> 00:30:17.119
 the gate,

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.460
 you are witnesses

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:19.319
 this day.

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.539
 It's as though Boaz

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:21.980
 has said,

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:24.419
 I desire to follow

00:30:24.419 --> 00:30:25.019
 God's law

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.779
 and you're my witnesses

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.939
 that I'm trying to do it

00:30:26.939 --> 00:30:28.159
 according to the law

00:30:28.159 --> 00:30:29.019
 of God.

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.759
 In verse 10,

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:30.720
 he says,

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.839
 also Ruth,

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.899
 the Moabite,

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.919
 the widow of Malon,

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:34.899
 I have bought

00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:36.000
 to be my wife

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:37.319
 to perpetuate

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:38.740
 the name of the dead

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:40.099
 in his inheritance.

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:42.839
 Faith community,

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.980
 you are my witnesses.

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:45.379
 It's as though Boaz

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:47.459
 is saying in Deuteronomy

00:30:47.459 --> 00:30:48.480
 24, 17

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.359
 is in the backdrop

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:50.659
 that the people of God

00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:51.639
 shall not pervert

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:52.759
 the justice due

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.959
 to the sojourner

00:30:53.959 --> 00:30:55.539
 or to the fatherless

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.659
 or regarding

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:57.859
 the widow's possessions.

00:30:59.359 --> 00:30:59.919
 He's calling

00:30:59.919 --> 00:31:00.639
 the law of God

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.099
 to mind

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:02.339
 to the whole faith community.

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.619
 Now look at verse 11

00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:04.539
 how they respond.

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.779
 Then all the people

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:08.339
 who were at the gate

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:10.259
 and the elders said,

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:12.319
 we are your witnesses.

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:15.500
 And then they rise up

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:17.679
 and they bless Boaz.

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.759
 Echoing Scripture,

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:21.959
 echoing Deuteronomy 14, 24,

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:23.319
 the sojourner,

00:31:23.419 --> 00:31:24.119
 the fatherless

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:24.679
 and the widow

00:31:24.679 --> 00:31:26.279
 who are within your towns

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:27.379
 shall come

00:31:27.379 --> 00:31:28.279
 and eat

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:29.139
 and be filled

00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:30.459
 that the Lord your God

00:31:30.459 --> 00:31:31.299
 may bless you

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:32.579
 in all the work

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.299
 of your hands

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.980
 that you do.

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.879
 It's the prayer

00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:37.839
 of the faith community.

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:40.419
 That the kingdom of God

00:31:40.419 --> 00:31:41.980
 will be established

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.879
 and restored

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:44.099
 among all of them.

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.699
 Not just for this couple

00:31:45.699 --> 00:31:46.459
 or their family

00:31:46.459 --> 00:31:47.740
 but in all of them

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:49.480
 that God would be pleased.

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.519
 Look at verse 11.

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.439
 May the Lord

00:31:53.439 --> 00:31:54.299
 make the woman

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.939
 who is coming

00:31:54.939 --> 00:31:55.679
 into your house

00:31:55.679 --> 00:31:56.959
 like Rachel and Leah

00:31:56.959 --> 00:31:58.119
 who together

00:31:58.119 --> 00:32:00.019
 built up Israel.

00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:03.019
 So all the people

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.539
 of the town

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.399
 and the elders,

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:05.980
 they are bearing witness

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.799
 that God is doing

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.720
 something special

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:09.380
 and that the kingdom

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:09.860
 of God

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:11.000
 is exhibited

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.940
 through this family.

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.539
 Just like it was

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.299
 Rachel and Leah

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:15.799
 who through their children

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.960
 God gave this nation.

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.400
 May God do the same

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:19.440
 and bless this couple

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.440
 and bless all

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.099
 of their children.

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.640
 I think it's even

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.420
 more significant

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:24.460
 that it's all the people

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:26.240
 blessing and bearing witness

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:28.079
 and supporting the couple

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.680
 in this way

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:30.180
 because the people

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.960
 of this community,

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:31.759
 the faith community

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.819
 has been part of the story

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.319
 all along.

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:34.379
 Do you remember back

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:35.759
 in chapter 1 verse 19

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:37.700
 we read how the whole town

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:39.539
 was stirred because of them

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:41.279
 because of Naomi

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:42.359
 coming back

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:43.259
 looking so different

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:44.139
 you know they didn't

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:45.079
 even recognize her

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:46.200
 and Ruth with her

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.799
 from Moab

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.439
 who is this?

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:48.500
 They've been part of

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.460
 this story all along.

00:32:50.939 --> 00:32:52.259
 They saw her being bankrupt

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.480
 and homeless

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.419
 and starving

00:32:54.419 --> 00:32:56.259
 and then in chapter 2

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.179
 they said

00:32:57.179 --> 00:32:58.159
 behold Boaz

00:32:58.159 --> 00:32:59.259
 came from Bethlehem

00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:00.500
 and Boaz said

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.319
 to his reapers

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:02.359
 the Lord be with you

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:03.419
 and the reapers

00:33:03.419 --> 00:33:03.919
 answered

00:33:03.919 --> 00:33:05.500
 the Lord bless you.

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:07.379
 Now who were these reapers?

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:09.299
 Chapter 2 verse 8

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:10.299
 Boaz said to Ruth

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:11.939
 keep close to my young women

00:33:11.939 --> 00:33:13.399
 reaping with you

00:33:13.399 --> 00:33:14.199
 as you glean

00:33:14.199 --> 00:33:15.179
 in my field.

00:33:16.719 --> 00:33:17.599
 These women

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:18.240
 come to play

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.259
 a very prominent role

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.240
 here in chapter 4.

00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:21.819
 You'll notice

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.459
 it's the women

00:33:22.459 --> 00:33:23.459
 who bless the couple

00:33:23.459 --> 00:33:24.519
 who sing this chorus

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:25.099
 of blessing

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:26.419
 in verse 14

00:33:26.419 --> 00:33:28.319
 and when they get

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:29.339
 to name the child

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:29.819
 of Ruth

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:32.919
 and Boaz

00:33:32.919 --> 00:33:33.359
 together

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:34.339
 who is it

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:35.299
 that names the child?

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:36.240
 It's the women

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:37.699
 that are bearing witness

00:33:37.699 --> 00:33:39.159
 that are supporting them.

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.459
 They've learned

00:33:44.459 --> 00:33:47.019
 in the fear of the Lord

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.740
 is safety.

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:50.379
 In the fear of the Lord

00:33:50.379 --> 00:33:51.619
 there is trust.

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:54.199
 In the fear of the Lord

00:33:54.199 --> 00:33:55.079
 it's the job

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:56.220
 of the whole community

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.980
 to teach it

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:57.759
 to one another.

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.519
 How do you wait

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.839
 upon the Lord?

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.680
 I want to stick

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.980
 with this faith community now.

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.340
 I think this

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:10.579
 community of faith

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.699
 these people of the town

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.260
 these women

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:13.079
 they teach us

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:14.960
 you wait upon the Lord

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:16.240
 by looking

00:34:16.240 --> 00:34:17.079
 backward

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:18.099
 at God's

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.840
 providence.

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:21.519
 Notice how they look back

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:23.059
 in verse 12.

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.599
 May your house

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:25.539
 be like the house

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:26.400
 and I'll just highlight

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.360
 one name for now

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.320
 like the house

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.880
 of Perez.

00:34:31.259 --> 00:34:32.960
 This is an interesting

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:34.099
 person to draw out

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:35.019
 of the history

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:35.960
 as they look back.

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:37.519
 Who was Perez?

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:40.219
 Well

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:41.639
 in these southern

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.519
 tribes of Judah

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:43.579
 their story

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:45.039
 is a twisted story

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:46.739
 and they see here

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:47.400
 here's a widow

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:48.360
 from Moab

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:50.679
 marrying an older man

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.300
 Boaz.

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:53.259
 It's a twisted story

00:34:53.259 --> 00:34:54.800
 but may the Lord

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:55.460
 bless it

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:56.800
 like Perez.

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.139
 Perez

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:59.300
 Perez was the son

00:34:59.300 --> 00:35:00.139
 of Tamar

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:02.480
 with Judah

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:03.960
 but the problem

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.960
 is that Judah

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.960
 was not Tamar's

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.320
 husband.

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:07.619
 Judah

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:09.260
 was her father-in-law

00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:10.860
 and she tricked him

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:12.480
 so it's a son

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.139
 of scandal.

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.599
 That's who Perez

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.059
 is

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:16.019
 but they see

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:17.139
 God's faithful hand

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:19.000
 in that twisted story.

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:20.980
 Now notice

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.619
 the symmetry

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:22.900
 of this

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:24.280
 glorious little book.

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:27.840
 starting at verse 13

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:29.000
 Boaz took Ruth

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.680
 and she became

00:35:29.680 --> 00:35:30.360
 his wife

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:31.100
 and he went

00:35:31.100 --> 00:35:31.760
 into her

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:32.180
 and the Lord

00:35:32.180 --> 00:35:33.120
 gave her conception

00:35:33.120 --> 00:35:33.940
 and she

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.380
 Ruth

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:35.360
 bore a son

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:36.500
 so we've seen

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:37.420
 first Boaz

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.680
 there

00:35:37.680 --> 00:35:38.340
 then Ruth

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:40.040
 now verse 14

00:35:40.040 --> 00:35:40.680
 then the women

00:35:40.680 --> 00:35:41.380
 said to

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:42.260
 Naomi

00:35:42.260 --> 00:35:43.900
 I'll pause

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.400
 for a moment.

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.940
 The order here

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.720
 as they exit

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:47.340
 the story

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:48.340
 is Boaz

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:50.040
 then Ruth

00:35:50.040 --> 00:35:50.820
 and last

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.360
 Naomi

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:52.720
 and it's

00:35:52.720 --> 00:35:53.120
 symmetrical

00:35:53.120 --> 00:35:53.680
 from how

00:35:53.680 --> 00:35:54.200
 the story

00:35:54.200 --> 00:35:54.599
 started

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:54.900
 remember

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.320
 it started

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:56.059
 with Naomi

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:57.880
 going to Moab

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.480
 and losing

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:58.940
 everything

00:35:58.940 --> 00:36:00.280
 and then in Moab

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:00.740
 she meets

00:36:00.740 --> 00:36:01.180
 Ruth

00:36:01.180 --> 00:36:02.340
 and then coming

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:03.440
 back into Bethlehem

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:04.180
 Boaz enters

00:36:04.180 --> 00:36:04.660
 the story

00:36:04.660 --> 00:36:05.500
 now they exit

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:06.720
 in that reverse

00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:07.039
 order

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.980
 in which they

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.760
 were introduced

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:11.500
 the faith

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.100
 community

00:36:12.100 --> 00:36:14.340
 sees

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:15.340
 God's hand

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:16.200
 on this

00:36:16.200 --> 00:36:16.560
 story

00:36:16.560 --> 00:36:17.900
 and blesses

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.080
 them

00:36:18.080 --> 00:36:18.540
 here's our

00:36:18.540 --> 00:36:19.320
 great verse

00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:20.400
 look at verse 14

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:21.800
 the faith

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:22.300
 community

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:23.020
 sings

00:36:23.020 --> 00:36:24.040
 like a choir

00:36:24.040 --> 00:36:26.160
 the women

00:36:26.160 --> 00:36:27.340
 to Naomi

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:29.020
 blessed

00:36:29.020 --> 00:36:29.900
 be the Lord

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.800
 who has not

00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:31.640
 left you

00:36:31.640 --> 00:36:32.640
 this day

00:36:32.640 --> 00:36:33.220
 without a

00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:33.680
 redeemer

00:36:33.680 --> 00:36:34.840
 and may his

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.360
 name be

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:35.900
 renowned

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:37.160
 in Israel

00:36:37.160 --> 00:36:38.700
 verse 15

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:39.679
 he shall be

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:40.039
 to you

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.799
 a restorer

00:36:40.799 --> 00:36:41.799
 of life

00:36:41.799 --> 00:36:42.299
 and a

00:36:42.299 --> 00:36:42.779
 nourisher

00:36:42.779 --> 00:36:43.619
 of your

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.039
 old

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:45.039
 age

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:50.779
 Boaz

00:36:50.779 --> 00:36:52.599
 Boaz

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:53.639
 with this

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.039
 twisted

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.619
 story

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:55.179
 God's

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:55.739
 hand upon

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:56.039
 him

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.699
 and those

00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.039
 who came

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.719
 before him

00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:59.859
 he will

00:36:59.859 --> 00:37:00.439
 be blessed

00:37:00.439 --> 00:37:00.939
 everything

00:37:00.939 --> 00:37:01.480
 that they

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:02.299
 desire

00:37:02.299 --> 00:37:02.739
 and pray

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:03.099
 for him

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.619
 will come

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:03.960
 true

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:05.059
 and much

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.480
 more than

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:05.899
 anyone

00:37:05.899 --> 00:37:06.259
 in this

00:37:06.259 --> 00:37:06.500
 time

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:06.839
 could have

00:37:06.839 --> 00:37:07.279
 understood

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:09.580
 if you

00:37:09.580 --> 00:37:09.920
 look for

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:10.260
 the name

00:37:10.260 --> 00:37:10.740
 Boaz

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:11.019
 throughout

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.240
 your

00:37:11.240 --> 00:37:11.560
 Bible

00:37:11.560 --> 00:37:12.660
 you're

00:37:12.660 --> 00:37:12.780
 not

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.019
 going to

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.180
 find

00:37:13.180 --> 00:37:13.560
 too many

00:37:13.560 --> 00:37:13.860
 other

00:37:13.860 --> 00:37:14.740
 references

00:37:14.740 --> 00:37:15.400
 to Boaz

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:15.920
 except for

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.620
 genealogies

00:37:16.620 --> 00:37:17.540
 with one

00:37:17.540 --> 00:37:18.060
 exception

00:37:18.060 --> 00:37:18.519
 and it's

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.200
 1 Kings

00:37:19.200 --> 00:37:20.420
 chapter 7

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:21.200
 verse 21

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:22.619
 we read

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:22.879
 we read how

00:37:22.879 --> 00:37:23.779
 the great

00:37:23.779 --> 00:37:24.139
 king

00:37:24.139 --> 00:37:24.759
 Solomon

00:37:24.759 --> 00:37:26.980
 set up

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:27.599
 a pillar

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:28.019
 in the

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.319
 temple

00:37:28.319 --> 00:37:29.119
 of the

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.579
 north

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:30.799
 the temple

00:37:30.799 --> 00:37:31.159
 on the

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:31.480
 north

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.199
 and he

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:32.480
 called

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:32.759
 that

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:33.199
 pillar

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:34.439
 Boaz

00:37:34.439 --> 00:37:36.859
 well

00:37:36.859 --> 00:37:37.619
 Boaz

00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:38.460
 was Solomon's

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:38.759
 great

00:37:38.759 --> 00:37:39.059
 great

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:39.519
 grandpa

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:42.599
 and then

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:42.779
 throughout

00:37:42.779 --> 00:37:43.139
 the rest

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.399
 of the

00:37:43.399 --> 00:37:43.699
 Bible

00:37:43.699 --> 00:37:44.480
 it's not

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:44.779
 often

00:37:44.779 --> 00:37:45.119
 that a

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.819
 person's

00:37:45.819 --> 00:37:46.099
 name

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.559
 or a

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:46.799
 person

00:37:46.799 --> 00:37:47.000
 is

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.519
 associated

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:47.799
 with

00:37:47.799 --> 00:37:47.960
 the

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.199
 pillar

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:48.519
 of the

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:48.839
 temple

00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:50.160
 except

00:37:50.160 --> 00:37:50.539
 for

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:51.620
 Peter

00:37:51.620 --> 00:37:51.980
 James

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:52.559
 and John

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.460
 closest

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:54.019
 disciples

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:54.480
 you know

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:54.740
 they're

00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:55.100
 teaching

00:37:55.100 --> 00:37:55.320
 their

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:55.640
 letters

00:37:55.640 --> 00:37:55.920
 that

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:56.380
 would

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.480
 be

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:56.640
 the

00:37:56.640 --> 00:37:57.120
 foundation

00:37:57.120 --> 00:37:57.480
 and the

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:57.740
 pillars

00:37:57.740 --> 00:37:58.079
 of the

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.480
 church

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.960
 and then

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.059
 the

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:00.460
 encouragement

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:01.019
 for you

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.220
 is

00:38:01.220 --> 00:38:01.740
 Revelation

00:38:01.740 --> 00:38:02.579
 312

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:04.320
 which

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:04.600
 says

00:38:04.600 --> 00:38:05.019
 and this

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:05.260
 is the

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:05.460
 words

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:05.880
 of Christ

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.320
 himself

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:06.600
 it's

00:38:06.600 --> 00:38:06.780
 the

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:07.039
 one

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.240
 who

00:38:07.240 --> 00:38:07.840
 conquers

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.120
 I

00:38:08.120 --> 00:38:08.400
 will

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:08.720
 make

00:38:08.720 --> 00:38:08.960
 him

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.260
 a

00:38:09.260 --> 00:38:09.600
 pillar

00:38:09.600 --> 00:38:10.280
 in

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:10.440
 the

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:10.820
 temple

00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:11.460
 of

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:11.680
 my

00:38:11.680 --> 00:38:12.079
 God

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.840
 and

00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:13.039
 that's

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.160
 a

00:38:13.160 --> 00:38:13.420
 promise

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:13.660
 from

00:38:13.660 --> 00:38:14.000
 Christ

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.180
 to

00:38:14.180 --> 00:38:14.360
 his

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:14.760
 church

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:16.039
 look

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.240
 to

00:38:16.240 --> 00:38:16.780
 Boaz

00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:18.940
 obey

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.240
 my

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:19.600
 law

00:38:19.600 --> 00:38:19.920
 in

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.100
 the

00:38:20.100 --> 00:38:20.519
 land

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:21.420
 put

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:21.780
 yourself

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:22.140
 under

00:38:22.140 --> 00:38:22.440
 my

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:23.080
 commands

00:38:23.080 --> 00:38:23.680
 and

00:38:23.680 --> 00:38:23.860
 you

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.200
 will

00:38:24.200 --> 00:38:24.700
 stand

00:38:24.700 --> 00:38:25.019
 as

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.240
 a

00:38:25.240 --> 00:38:25.500
 pillar

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:26.100
 in

00:38:26.100 --> 00:38:26.320
 my

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:26.700
 kingdom

00:38:26.700 --> 00:38:27.280
 in

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:27.480
 my

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:27.800
 temple

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:28.280
 where

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:28.440
 the

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:28.660
 holy

00:38:28.660 --> 00:38:29.000
 God

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.660
 dwells

00:38:29.660 --> 00:38:30.140
 with

00:38:30.140 --> 00:38:30.340
 his

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:30.660
 saved

00:38:30.660 --> 00:38:31.080
 sinners

00:38:31.080 --> 00:38:34.900
 for

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:35.320
 Ruth

00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:36.540
 look

00:38:36.540 --> 00:38:36.660
 at

00:38:36.660 --> 00:38:36.820
 verse

00:38:36.820 --> 00:38:37.240
 15

00:38:37.240 --> 00:38:37.440
 the

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:37.700
 honor

00:38:37.700 --> 00:38:37.920
 she

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.420
 receives

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:38.580
 from

00:38:38.580 --> 00:38:38.740
 the

00:38:38.740 --> 00:38:39.240
 community

00:38:39.240 --> 00:38:41.140
 she

00:38:41.140 --> 00:38:41.420
 came

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:41.620
 as

00:38:41.620 --> 00:38:42.200
 an

00:38:42.200 --> 00:38:42.620
 immigrant

00:38:42.620 --> 00:38:43.300
 one

00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:43.440
 who

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:43.600
 knew

00:38:43.600 --> 00:38:43.900
 nothing

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.080
 of

00:38:44.080 --> 00:38:44.240
 their

00:38:44.240 --> 00:38:44.700
 customs

00:38:44.699 --> 00:38:45.619
 with

00:38:45.619 --> 00:38:45.960
 nothing

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:46.199
 to

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:46.480
 show

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:47.579
 she

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:47.759
 was

00:38:47.759 --> 00:38:48.039
 passed

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.319
 over

00:38:48.319 --> 00:38:48.539
 by

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:48.799
 mr.

00:38:48.919 --> 00:38:49.460
 so-and-so

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:51.159
 verse

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.759
 15

00:38:51.759 --> 00:38:52.199
 your

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:52.839
 daughter-in-law

00:38:52.839 --> 00:38:53.179
 that's

00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:53.480
 Ruth

00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:54.339
 who

00:38:54.339 --> 00:38:54.719
 loves

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:54.960
 you

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:55.419
 who

00:38:55.419 --> 00:38:55.619
 is

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:55.919
 more

00:38:55.919 --> 00:38:56.159
 to

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:56.359
 you

00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:56.579
 than

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:57.079
 seven

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.699
 sons

00:38:57.699 --> 00:38:58.359
 has

00:38:58.359 --> 00:38:58.619
 given

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:59.039
 birth

00:38:59.039 --> 00:38:59.679
 to a

00:38:59.679 --> 00:38:59.899
 Jewish

00:38:59.899 --> 00:39:00.519
 community

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.399
 having

00:39:01.399 --> 00:39:01.779
 one

00:39:01.779 --> 00:39:02.039
 son

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.239
 that

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:02.819
 firstborn

00:39:02.819 --> 00:39:03.239
 son

00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:03.399
 who

00:39:03.399 --> 00:39:03.599
 get

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:03.819
 all

00:39:03.819 --> 00:39:03.960
 the

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.379
 inheritance

00:39:04.379 --> 00:39:04.739
 and

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:05.199
 take

00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:05.339
 care

00:39:05.339 --> 00:39:05.460
 of

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:05.679
 everyone

00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:06.099
 else

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:07.839
 Ruth

00:39:07.839 --> 00:39:08.079
 right

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.379
 here

00:39:08.379 --> 00:39:09.179
 your

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:09.859
 daughter-in-law

00:39:09.859 --> 00:39:10.159
 from

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:10.559
 Moab

00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:10.759
 she

00:39:10.759 --> 00:39:10.919
 is

00:39:10.919 --> 00:39:11.119
 worth

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:11.359
 more

00:39:11.359 --> 00:39:11.539
 than

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:12.019
 seven

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.619
 sons

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:13.319
 seven

00:39:13.319 --> 00:39:13.480
 is

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:13.579
 the

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:13.759
 number

00:39:13.759 --> 00:39:13.960
 of

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.239
 fullness

00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:14.500
 and

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:14.940
 perfection

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.519
 and

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:16.039
 completion

00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:19.559
 she

00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:19.719
 is

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:19.960
 worth

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.299
 more

00:39:20.299 --> 00:39:20.759
 than

00:39:20.759 --> 00:39:21.159
 seven

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:21.739
 sons

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:24.299
 proverbs

00:39:24.299 --> 00:39:24.920
 19

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.420
 23

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:25.799
 says

00:39:25.799 --> 00:39:25.980
 that

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:26.119
 the

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:26.380
 fear

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:26.519
 of

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:26.639
 the

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:26.819
 Lord

00:39:26.819 --> 00:39:27.099
 leads

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.319
 to

00:39:27.319 --> 00:39:27.739
 life

00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:28.039
 and

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:28.359
 whoever

00:39:28.359 --> 00:39:28.960
 has

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:29.559
 it

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:30.599
 rests

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:31.880
 satisfied

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:33.699
 this

00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:34.000
 was the

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.420
 blessing

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:34.880
 that

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.819
 Boaz

00:39:35.819 --> 00:39:36.619
 originally

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:36.940
 gave

00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:37.119
 to

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:37.299
 Ruth

00:39:37.299 --> 00:39:37.460
 is

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:37.639
 now

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:37.859
 being

00:39:37.859 --> 00:39:38.279
 fulfilled

00:39:38.279 --> 00:39:38.480
 he

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:38.619
 had

00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:38.799
 said

00:39:38.799 --> 00:39:38.960
 the

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.139
 Lord

00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:39.539
 bless

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:39.739
 you

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:40.039
 Ruth

00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:40.319
 the

00:39:40.319 --> 00:39:40.679
 God

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:41.199
 under

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:41.460
 whose

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:41.719
 wings

00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:41.880
 you

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:42.019
 have

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.239
 come

00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:42.400
 to

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:42.619
 take

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:43.240
 refuge

00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:45.099
 and

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:45.280
 now

00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:45.519
 Ruth

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:45.740
 can

00:39:45.740 --> 00:39:45.920
 sing

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:46.119
 like

00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:46.260
 we

00:39:46.260 --> 00:39:46.519
 did

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:47.420
 earlier

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:47.860
 today

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:49.019
 praise

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.220
 to

00:39:49.220 --> 00:39:49.440
 the

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:49.780
 Lord

00:39:49.780 --> 00:39:50.260
 who

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:50.440
 were

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:50.760
 all

00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:51.099
 things

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:51.340
 so

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:51.940
 wondrously

00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:52.579
 reigneth

00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:53.420
 shelters

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:53.780
 thee

00:39:53.780 --> 00:39:54.360
 under

00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:54.619
 his

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.079
 wings

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.300
 yea

00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:55.559
 so

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:55.940
 gently

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.720
 sustaineth

00:39:56.720 --> 00:39:57.539
 hast

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:57.760
 thou

00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:58.019
 not

00:39:58.019 --> 00:39:58.460
 seen

00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:58.940
 how

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.160
 thy

00:39:59.160 --> 00:39:59.720
 desires

00:39:59.720 --> 00:40:00.079
 e'er

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:00.300
 have

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:00.660
 been

00:40:00.660 --> 00:40:01.559
 granted

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:01.960
 and

00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:02.180
 what

00:40:02.180 --> 00:40:02.400
 he

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:03.099
 ordaineth

00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:06.079
 how

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:06.220
 do

00:40:06.220 --> 00:40:06.340
 you

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:06.599
 wait

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:06.900
 upon

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.139
 the

00:40:07.139 --> 00:40:07.440
 Lord

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:08.680
 not

00:40:08.680 --> 00:40:08.860
 only

00:40:08.860 --> 00:40:09.019
 do

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:09.119
 you

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:09.300
 look

00:40:09.300 --> 00:40:09.720
 backwards

00:40:09.720 --> 00:40:10.160
 but

00:40:10.160 --> 00:40:10.680
 what

00:40:10.680 --> 00:40:10.820
 we

00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:11.039
 see

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:11.139
 in

00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:11.260
 the

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:11.900
 genealogy

00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:12.559
 as this

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:12.720
 book

00:40:12.720 --> 00:40:12.980
 comes

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.280
 to a

00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:13.639
 close

00:40:13.639 --> 00:40:14.340
 what

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:14.700
 could

00:40:14.700 --> 00:40:15.019
 feel

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:16.039
 anticlimactic

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.740
 it's

00:40:16.740 --> 00:40:17.000
 really

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.400
 looking

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:17.740
 forward

00:40:17.740 --> 00:40:18.180
 to even

00:40:18.180 --> 00:40:18.639
 greater

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:19.539
 fulfillment

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:21.940
 we

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.179
 see

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:22.400
 with

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:22.820
 Naomi

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:23.079
 and

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.420
 the

00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:23.779
 women

00:40:23.779 --> 00:40:24.980
 how

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.300
 Naomi

00:40:25.300 --> 00:40:25.599
 took

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:25.800
 the

00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:26.059
 child

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:26.279
 and

00:40:26.279 --> 00:40:26.519
 laid

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:26.719
 him

00:40:26.719 --> 00:40:27.360
 on

00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:27.539
 her

00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:27.860
 lap

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:28.000
 in

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:28.199
 verse

00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:28.739
 16

00:40:28.739 --> 00:40:29.340
 and

00:40:29.340 --> 00:40:29.460
 the

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:29.659
 women

00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:29.980
 said

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.119
 in

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:30.300
 verse

00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:30.759
 17

00:40:30.759 --> 00:40:31.000
 a

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.440
 son

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:32.079
 has

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:32.259
 been

00:40:32.259 --> 00:40:32.579
 born

00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:32.880
 to

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:33.300
 Naomi

00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:34.279
 they

00:40:34.279 --> 00:40:34.519
 saw

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:34.820
 Naomi

00:40:34.820 --> 00:40:35.340
 return

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:35.639
 with

00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:35.800
 her

00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:36.119
 hands

00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:36.519
 empty

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:37.779
 and

00:40:37.779 --> 00:40:37.980
 now

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.179
 she

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:38.300
 had

00:40:38.300 --> 00:40:38.440
 her

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:38.739
 hands

00:40:38.739 --> 00:40:39.119
 full

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:39.920
 with

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.099
 this

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:40.279
 little

00:40:40.279 --> 00:40:40.599
 baby

00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:41.079
 grandson

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:42.820
 they

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:43.119
 named

00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:43.400
 him

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:43.940
 Obed

00:40:43.940 --> 00:40:45.960
 Obed

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.279
 means

00:40:46.279 --> 00:40:46.739
 servant

00:40:46.739 --> 00:40:47.380
 of God

00:40:47.380 --> 00:40:48.679
 and worshiper

00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:49.539
 of God

00:40:49.539 --> 00:40:52.359
 from

00:40:52.359 --> 00:40:52.859
 Obed

00:40:52.859 --> 00:40:53.859
 the

00:40:53.859 --> 00:40:54.099
 line

00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:54.279
 is

00:40:54.279 --> 00:40:54.619
 drawn

00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:55.119
 to

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:55.299
 the

00:40:55.299 --> 00:40:55.639
 great

00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:55.919
 king

00:40:55.919 --> 00:40:56.399
 David

00:40:56.399 --> 00:40:58.319
 his

00:40:58.319 --> 00:40:58.940
 grandfather

00:40:58.940 --> 00:41:00.819
 servant

00:41:00.819 --> 00:41:01.539
 of God

00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:02.859
 worshiper

00:41:02.859 --> 00:41:03.659
 of God

00:41:03.659 --> 00:41:04.319
 the harp

00:41:04.319 --> 00:41:04.799
 player

00:41:04.799 --> 00:41:05.460
 the

00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:05.980
 psalmist

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:10.299
 look at

00:41:10.299 --> 00:41:10.879
 this line

00:41:10.879 --> 00:41:11.359
 I won't

00:41:11.359 --> 00:41:11.699
 go through

00:41:11.699 --> 00:41:12.219
 every name

00:41:12.219 --> 00:41:12.940
 but it's

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.359
 so rich

00:41:13.359 --> 00:41:13.539
 and I

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:13.839
 just want

00:41:13.839 --> 00:41:14.179
 to trace

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:14.539
 out for

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:14.779
 you

00:41:14.779 --> 00:41:17.500
 a few

00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:17.919
 highlights

00:41:17.919 --> 00:41:18.279
 here

00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:19.320
 in verse

00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:20.000
 18

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:20.360
 the

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:20.900
 generations

00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:21.200
 of

00:41:21.200 --> 00:41:21.560
 Perez

00:41:21.560 --> 00:41:22.600
 who as

00:41:22.600 --> 00:41:22.740
 I

00:41:22.740 --> 00:41:23.100
 mentioned

00:41:23.100 --> 00:41:25.300
 we have

00:41:25.300 --> 00:41:25.840
 Salmon

00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:26.840
 with

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:27.460
 Rahab

00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:28.360
 so this

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:28.800
 kingly

00:41:28.800 --> 00:41:29.160
 line

00:41:29.160 --> 00:41:29.700
 marries

00:41:29.700 --> 00:41:30.260
 Rahab

00:41:30.260 --> 00:41:30.840
 who was

00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:31.120
 that

00:41:31.120 --> 00:41:31.820
 saved

00:41:31.820 --> 00:41:32.320
 foreign

00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:32.900
 prostitute

00:41:32.900 --> 00:41:33.560
 of Jericho

00:41:33.560 --> 00:41:34.920
 and their

00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:35.340
 son is

00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:36.000
 Boaz

00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:36.940
 and if

00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:37.140
 we go

00:41:37.140 --> 00:41:37.519
 to Luke

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:38.340
 chapter 3

00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:38.940
 verse 21

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:39.480
 we read

00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:40.180
 how the

00:41:40.180 --> 00:41:40.580
 son

00:41:40.580 --> 00:41:41.480
 of that

00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:42.320
 scandalous

00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:43.100
 marriage

00:41:43.100 --> 00:41:43.440
 again

00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:43.760
 now

00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:45.120
 Mary

00:41:45.120 --> 00:41:46.000
 large

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:46.620
 with child

00:41:46.620 --> 00:41:47.560
 only betrothed

00:41:47.560 --> 00:41:48.019
 to Joseph

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:49.559
 and Joseph

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:50.059
 is from

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:50.280
 this

00:41:50.280 --> 00:41:50.719
 kingly

00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:51.079
 line

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:52.320
 the

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:52.559
 lines

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:52.820
 of the

00:41:52.820 --> 00:41:53.159
 kings

00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:54.119
 you see

00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:54.579
 the picture

00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:55.119
 of the

00:41:55.119 --> 00:41:55.500
 gospel

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:56.759
 foreshadowed

00:41:56.759 --> 00:41:57.559
 it's the

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:58.000
 prince of

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.360
 heaven

00:41:58.360 --> 00:42:00.119
 coming to

00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:00.599
 rescue

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:01.940
 the bride

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.719
 the church

00:42:02.719 --> 00:42:04.000
 shrouded

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:04.599
 in scandal

00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:05.639
 and a

00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:06.400
 twisted story

00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:07.340
 of redemption

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:09.860
 the nation

00:42:09.860 --> 00:42:10.340
 of Israel

00:42:10.340 --> 00:42:10.880
 had looked

00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:11.320
 for a

00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:11.659
 king

00:42:11.659 --> 00:42:13.759
 remember

00:42:13.759 --> 00:42:14.159
 this is in

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:14.460
 the time

00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:15.019
 of the judges

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:15.360
 where there

00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:15.719
 was no

00:42:15.719 --> 00:42:16.019
 king in

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:16.340
 the land

00:42:16.340 --> 00:42:16.660
 everyone

00:42:16.660 --> 00:42:17.539
 did as

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:17.700
 they

00:42:17.700 --> 00:42:18.160
 pleased

00:42:18.160 --> 00:42:18.800
 they

00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:19.079
 waited

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:19.460
 to see

00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:19.880
 who would

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:20.160
 it be

00:42:20.160 --> 00:42:20.640
 that God

00:42:20.640 --> 00:42:21.200
 would send

00:42:21.200 --> 00:42:21.800
 to save

00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:22.039
 them

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:22.600
 and to

00:42:22.600 --> 00:42:23.120
 rule as

00:42:23.120 --> 00:42:23.360
 their

00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:24.100
 shepherd

00:42:24.100 --> 00:42:24.519
 king

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:25.920
 those

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.300
 within

00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:26.640
 Israel

00:42:26.640 --> 00:42:26.940
 who had

00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:27.380
 a faith

00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:27.840
 in God

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:28.160
 who knew

00:42:28.160 --> 00:42:28.780
 his grace

00:42:28.780 --> 00:42:29.700
 his old

00:42:29.700 --> 00:42:29.960
 covenant

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:30.320
 people

00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:30.820
 they looked

00:42:30.820 --> 00:42:31.240
 for the

00:42:31.240 --> 00:42:31.600
 great

00:42:31.600 --> 00:42:32.220
 shepherd

00:42:32.220 --> 00:42:32.559
 king

00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:32.880
 greater

00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:33.160
 than

00:42:33.160 --> 00:42:33.539
 David

00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:33.860
 even

00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:34.980
 and they

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:35.420
 were waiting

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:35.820
 for the

00:42:35.820 --> 00:42:36.300
 Messiah

00:42:36.300 --> 00:42:38.700
 the new

00:42:38.700 --> 00:42:39.000
 covenant

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:39.420
 church

00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:40.000
 we still

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.559
 look to

00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:41.059
 Christ

00:42:41.059 --> 00:42:42.299
 the seed

00:42:42.299 --> 00:42:42.940
 of Eve

00:42:42.940 --> 00:42:43.360
 the seed

00:42:43.360 --> 00:42:44.079
 of Tamar

00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:44.779
 the seed

00:42:44.779 --> 00:42:45.539
 of Rahab

00:42:45.539 --> 00:42:46.299
 the seed

00:42:46.299 --> 00:42:46.900
 of Ruth

00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:48.199
 and we

00:42:48.199 --> 00:42:48.719
 long for

00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:49.259
 the name

00:42:49.259 --> 00:42:49.820
 of Jesus

00:42:49.820 --> 00:42:50.320
 to be

00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:50.799
 renowned

00:42:50.799 --> 00:42:51.679
 not just

00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:52.139
 in Israel

00:42:52.139 --> 00:42:52.500
 but in

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:53.360
 all the

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:53.840
 land

00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:54.799
 that every

00:42:54.799 --> 00:42:55.179
 people

00:42:55.179 --> 00:42:55.659
 tribe

00:42:55.659 --> 00:42:56.340
 and tongue

00:42:56.340 --> 00:42:57.119
 will know

00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:57.599
 him and be

00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:58.079
 able to say

00:42:58.079 --> 00:42:58.579
 bless

00:42:58.579 --> 00:42:59.619
 the Lord

00:42:59.619 --> 00:43:01.639
 he is

00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:02.179
 faithful

00:43:02.179 --> 00:43:06.400
 and we

00:43:06.400 --> 00:43:07.000
 still live

00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:07.679
 as sojourners

00:43:07.679 --> 00:43:08.320
 in this land

00:43:08.320 --> 00:43:08.880
 we wait

00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:09.500
 for that day

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:09.900
 when he

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:10.739
 will return

00:43:10.739 --> 00:43:12.239
 and we

00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:12.579
 wait as

00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:12.839
 people

00:43:12.839 --> 00:43:13.519
 not attached

00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:13.919
 to the

00:43:13.919 --> 00:43:14.199
 earthly

00:43:14.199 --> 00:43:14.779
 things

00:43:14.779 --> 00:43:15.899
 we wait

00:43:15.899 --> 00:43:16.179
 as a

00:43:16.179 --> 00:43:16.439
 people

00:43:16.439 --> 00:43:16.719
 whose

00:43:16.719 --> 00:43:17.019
 souls

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:17.199
 are

00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:17.639
 united

00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:17.979
 to him

00:43:17.979 --> 00:43:18.559
 spiritually

00:43:18.559 --> 00:43:20.279
 and everything

00:43:20.279 --> 00:43:21.039
 our souls

00:43:21.039 --> 00:43:21.659
 touch

00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:22.159
 the soles

00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:22.679
 of our feet

00:43:22.679 --> 00:43:23.059
 touches

00:43:23.059 --> 00:43:23.939
 it belongs

00:43:23.939 --> 00:43:24.459
 to him

00:43:24.459 --> 00:43:25.539
 and one

00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:25.839
 day he

00:43:25.839 --> 00:43:26.399
 will make

00:43:26.399 --> 00:43:26.719
 a new

00:43:26.719 --> 00:43:27.219
 heavens

00:43:27.219 --> 00:43:28.059
 and a

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:28.199
 new

00:43:28.199 --> 00:43:28.539
 earth

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:28.839
 and we

00:43:28.839 --> 00:43:29.379
 long

00:43:29.379 --> 00:43:30.159
 for that

00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:30.500
 day

00:43:30.500 --> 00:43:32.259
 and how

00:43:32.259 --> 00:43:32.500
 do we

00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:32.719
 wait

00:43:32.719 --> 00:43:33.199
 upon the

00:43:33.199 --> 00:43:33.519
 Lord

00:43:33.519 --> 00:43:34.579
 we wait

00:43:34.579 --> 00:43:35.079
 as ones

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:35.739
 who fear

00:43:35.739 --> 00:43:36.039
 him

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:36.899
 and who

00:43:36.899 --> 00:43:37.339
 know his

00:43:37.339 --> 00:43:37.739
 laws

00:43:37.739 --> 00:43:38.299
 for our

00:43:38.299 --> 00:43:38.639
 good

00:43:38.639 --> 00:43:39.259
 and for

00:43:39.259 --> 00:43:39.979
 his glory

00:43:39.980 --> 00:43:40.940
 and we

00:43:40.940 --> 00:43:41.480
 pursue

00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:42.500
 those desires

00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:42.900
 of our

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:43.139
 heart

00:43:43.139 --> 00:43:43.480
 because

00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:44.539
 he's renewing

00:43:44.539 --> 00:43:45.240
 our desires

00:43:45.240 --> 00:43:45.800
 that we

00:43:45.800 --> 00:43:46.380
 will desire

00:43:46.380 --> 00:43:46.960
 his kingdom

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:47.820
 more and

00:43:47.820 --> 00:43:48.280
 more and

00:43:48.280 --> 00:43:48.940
 more and

00:43:48.940 --> 00:43:49.480
 we pursue

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:50.619
 them ruled

00:43:50.619 --> 00:43:51.480
 by his

00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:51.860
 law

00:43:51.860 --> 00:43:55.519
 my encouragement

00:43:55.519 --> 00:43:56.199
 to you is

00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:57.599
 beg the

00:43:57.599 --> 00:43:58.199
 Lord Jesus

00:43:58.199 --> 00:43:58.699
 Christ

00:43:58.699 --> 00:43:59.420
 the great

00:43:59.420 --> 00:44:00.019
 redeemer

00:44:00.019 --> 00:44:00.740
 beg him

00:44:00.740 --> 00:44:02.019
 to renew

00:44:02.019 --> 00:44:02.579
 you once

00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:03.199
 again today

00:44:03.199 --> 00:44:04.340
 as you

00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:05.280
 wait upon

00:44:05.280 --> 00:44:06.340
 the Lord

00:44:06.340 --> 00:44:08.300
 let's

00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:08.500
 pray

00:44:08.500 --> 00:44:18.240
 Lord

00:44:18.240 --> 00:44:19.440
 we confess

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:19.940
 that often

00:44:19.940 --> 00:44:20.460
 we don't

00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:20.740
 know how

00:44:20.740 --> 00:44:21.220
 to walk

00:44:21.220 --> 00:44:21.720
 in this

00:44:21.720 --> 00:44:22.079
 world

00:44:22.079 --> 00:44:23.440
 we don't

00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:23.700
 know how

00:44:23.700 --> 00:44:24.100
 to walk

00:44:24.100 --> 00:44:24.740
 every day

00:44:24.740 --> 00:44:25.300
 in this

00:44:25.300 --> 00:44:25.740
 life

00:44:25.740 --> 00:44:28.660
 but we

00:44:28.660 --> 00:44:29.079
 hold on

00:44:29.079 --> 00:44:29.380
 to your

00:44:29.380 --> 00:44:29.800
 promise

00:44:29.800 --> 00:44:30.480
 that you

00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:31.400
 are a

00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:31.800
 faithful

00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:32.100
 and

00:44:32.100 --> 00:44:32.700
 unchanging

00:44:32.700 --> 00:44:33.220
 God

00:44:33.219 --> 00:44:35.699
 thank you

00:44:35.699 --> 00:44:36.039
 for what

00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:36.339
 you've

00:44:36.339 --> 00:44:36.759
 promised

00:44:36.759 --> 00:44:37.099
 in

00:44:37.099 --> 00:44:37.519
 Romans

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:37.919
 8

00:44:37.919 --> 00:44:38.299
 4

00:44:38.299 --> 00:44:39.659
 that we

00:44:39.659 --> 00:44:40.139
 do not

00:44:40.139 --> 00:44:40.579
 walk

00:44:40.579 --> 00:44:40.980
 in this

00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:41.199
 world

00:44:41.199 --> 00:44:41.539
 according

00:44:41.539 --> 00:44:41.939
 to the

00:44:41.939 --> 00:44:42.259
 flesh

00:44:42.259 --> 00:44:42.639
 but we

00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:43.239
 do walk

00:44:43.239 --> 00:44:43.939
 according

00:44:43.939 --> 00:44:44.379
 to the

00:44:44.379 --> 00:44:44.759
 spirit

00:44:44.759 --> 00:44:47.799
 we thank

00:44:47.799 --> 00:44:48.079
 you Lord

00:44:48.079 --> 00:44:48.399
 that you

00:44:48.399 --> 00:44:49.099
 have fulfilled

00:44:49.099 --> 00:44:49.739
 all the

00:44:49.739 --> 00:44:50.119
 righteous

00:44:50.119 --> 00:44:50.779
 requirements

00:44:50.779 --> 00:44:51.219
 of the

00:44:51.219 --> 00:44:51.519
 law

00:44:51.519 --> 00:44:53.519
 so that

00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:53.839
 now

00:44:53.839 --> 00:44:54.819
 we stand

00:44:54.819 --> 00:44:55.299
 before you

00:44:55.299 --> 00:44:55.599
 as a

00:44:55.599 --> 00:44:55.839
 people

00:44:55.839 --> 00:44:56.319
 fully

00:44:56.319 --> 00:44:56.939
 redeemed

00:44:56.939 --> 00:44:57.899
 fully

00:44:57.899 --> 00:44:58.519
 yours

00:44:58.519 --> 00:44:59.579
 you have

00:44:59.579 --> 00:44:59.980
 bought

00:44:59.980 --> 00:45:00.419
 us

00:45:00.419 --> 00:45:01.019
 your

00:45:01.019 --> 00:45:01.539
 bride

00:45:01.539 --> 00:45:03.800
 and your

00:45:03.800 --> 00:45:04.619
 great name

00:45:04.619 --> 00:45:05.480
 is passed

00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:05.860
 on

00:45:05.860 --> 00:45:06.779
 through our

00:45:06.779 --> 00:45:07.259
 lives

00:45:07.259 --> 00:45:08.360
 may this

00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:08.759
 be so

00:45:08.759 --> 00:45:09.159
 more and

00:45:09.159 --> 00:45:09.360
 more

00:45:09.360 --> 00:45:10.219
 we pray

00:45:10.219 --> 00:45:11.059
 amen

00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:12.320
 amen