WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.080 Has anybody noticed the heat over the last week or so? 00:00:09.320 --> 00:00:11.040 Oppressive, I think, is the word for it. 00:00:11.820 --> 00:00:13.800 Especially on those days when the air is still, 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:16.899 or when you're sitting on the sunny side of the bus. 00:00:18.240 --> 00:00:21.260 All you really want to do is get home to a nice quiet place 00:00:21.260 --> 00:00:23.039 and find some place to rest. 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:27.660 The break today has been wonderful, by the way. 00:00:27.660 --> 00:00:30.100 Have you ever noticed also that calamity 00:00:30.100 --> 00:00:33.320 often has the same type of reaction in us? 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:36.200 Have you ever had to admit failure? 00:00:38.179 --> 00:00:39.840 Were you afraid of what others would say? 00:00:42.359 --> 00:00:44.140 Were you angry or bitter? 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:46.000 Did you blame God? 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:50.820 Or did you just want to find a nice quiet dark place to rest? 00:00:53.460 --> 00:00:56.939 Last week we talked about how God reveals himself through stories. 00:00:57.659 --> 00:00:58.679 We talked about irony. 00:00:59.579 --> 00:01:02.500 Situations that turn out exactly the opposite way 00:01:02.500 --> 00:01:03.539 from what we would expect. 00:01:04.420 --> 00:01:05.679 Sometimes it's for the sake of humor, 00:01:05.819 --> 00:01:06.959 sometimes it's to make a point. 00:01:07.959 --> 00:01:09.359 In our introduction last week, 00:01:09.399 --> 00:01:12.000 we saw that the book of Ruth takes place in the time of the judges, 00:01:12.679 --> 00:01:14.819 when every man did what was right in his own eyes. 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:16.439 And we briefly met Elimelech, 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:18.400 whose name means, 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:19.939 my God is king, 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:21.659 and his family living in Moab. 00:01:21.659 --> 00:01:25.379 The central figure of the story at this point is Naomi, 00:01:25.819 --> 00:01:28.640 a woman who left the Promised Land of Israel 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:29.700 with her husband and sons 00:01:29.700 --> 00:01:31.899 because there was a famine in Bethlehem, 00:01:32.420 --> 00:01:34.060 Bethlehem, the house of bread. 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:36.759 She first loses her husband, 00:01:37.140 --> 00:01:38.159 and then both of her sons. 00:01:39.299 --> 00:01:41.379 We met Orpah and Ruth, 00:01:41.699 --> 00:01:43.179 two fairly flat characters, 00:01:44.199 --> 00:01:47.079 merely introduced as the Moabite widows of her dead sons. 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:49.420 In our text today, though, 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:52.259 Naomi hears that God has visited his people 00:01:52.259 --> 00:01:53.500 and has given them food. 00:01:54.039 --> 00:01:54.799 Now remember that point, 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:55.959 we'll come back to it a little bit later. 00:01:56.500 --> 00:01:58.719 God has visited his people and given them food. 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:04.200 So Naomi prepares to leave Moab to Bethlehem. 00:02:04.780 --> 00:02:05.900 And here we see three women, 00:02:06.980 --> 00:02:08.719 none of them related by blood, 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:10.560 none of them with any money, 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:12.099 three widows, 00:02:12.699 --> 00:02:13.520 leaving Moab, 00:02:13.780 --> 00:02:14.919 where Naomi is a foreigner, 00:02:15.419 --> 00:02:15.979 an outsider, 00:02:15.979 --> 00:02:17.840 going to Bethlehem, 00:02:18.039 --> 00:02:20.019 where Orpah and Ruth will be the outsiders. 00:02:21.539 --> 00:02:22.899 Naomi is their mother-in-law. 00:02:24.179 --> 00:02:25.539 Now when you hear the word mother-in-law, 00:02:25.659 --> 00:02:26.439 what comes to mind? 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:30.120 Some of you, I see you chuckling, 00:02:30.939 --> 00:02:33.859 are probably thinking of the early 60s song, 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:35.459 pop song, called Mother-in-Law. 00:02:36.620 --> 00:02:38.019 The words go something like this, 00:02:38.079 --> 00:02:39.299 the worst person I know, 00:02:39.939 --> 00:02:40.519 mother-in-law. 00:02:41.339 --> 00:02:42.620 She worries me so, 00:02:43.419 --> 00:02:43.979 mother-in-law. 00:02:43.979 --> 00:02:45.780 If she'd just leave us alone, 00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:46.840 we'd have a happy home. 00:02:47.519 --> 00:02:48.799 Sent from down below, 00:02:49.399 --> 00:02:50.039 mother-in-law. 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:52.500 And then the second verse says, 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:54.379 Satan should be her name, 00:02:54.500 --> 00:02:55.639 to me they're about the same. 00:02:56.019 --> 00:02:57.219 And it just goes on from there, 00:02:57.579 --> 00:02:58.620 and I think only gets worse. 00:02:59.399 --> 00:03:01.159 But this is not Naomi, is it? 00:03:01.739 --> 00:03:03.259 Her daughters-in-law love her. 00:03:03.259 --> 00:03:07.359 We've learned quite a bit about Naomi in these verses, 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:08.799 and we've heard, just read. 00:03:09.259 --> 00:03:11.239 Not so much by what we're told about her, 00:03:11.659 --> 00:03:13.019 but by what she does. 00:03:13.859 --> 00:03:14.899 First, she's in mourning. 00:03:16.139 --> 00:03:17.459 She's lost her sons. 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:20.819 Now none of us is at our best, 00:03:21.180 --> 00:03:22.159 at a time like that. 00:03:22.579 --> 00:03:24.060 We're heartbroken, we're angry, 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:25.560 we're confused, 00:03:25.799 --> 00:03:26.859 we're rarely thinking clearly. 00:03:26.860 --> 00:03:30.660 But she's heading back to Bethlehem. 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:32.420 Back home. 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:34.760 But it's under very difficult circumstances. 00:03:35.600 --> 00:03:36.480 Her husband is dead. 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:38.140 Her sons are dead. 00:03:38.980 --> 00:03:40.560 Her parents and her husband 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:42.000 are very likely to be dead. 00:03:43.080 --> 00:03:44.560 She's going to be a perpetual widow. 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:46.060 She's too old to marry, 00:03:46.700 --> 00:03:47.720 too old for children, 00:03:48.380 --> 00:03:49.300 no income, 00:03:49.580 --> 00:03:50.200 and no prospects. 00:03:51.640 --> 00:03:52.340 She's bitter. 00:03:52.340 --> 00:03:53.099 And, 00:03:54.420 --> 00:03:55.500 most people would say 00:03:55.500 --> 00:03:56.479 she has every reason to be. 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:00.360 And Orpah and Ruth 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:01.439 are both planning to leave 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:02.400 their homelands, though. 00:04:03.180 --> 00:04:05.120 To go with Naomi to Israel. 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:07.240 As I said, 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:08.659 it's apparent that these two women 00:04:08.659 --> 00:04:09.759 truly love Naomi. 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:11.439 How many of us 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:12.719 have that kind of relationship 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:13.539 with our mother-in-law? 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:15.719 And how many mothers-in-law 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:16.459 would love to have 00:04:16.459 --> 00:04:17.420 that kind of a relationship 00:04:17.420 --> 00:04:18.360 with their daughters-in-law? 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:20.699 Naomi must have been 00:04:20.699 --> 00:04:22.060 a very gracious and loving woman. 00:04:22.339 --> 00:04:23.179 Treating her daughters 00:04:23.179 --> 00:04:23.739 with dignity, 00:04:23.939 --> 00:04:24.500 with respect, 00:04:24.739 --> 00:04:25.419 with friendship, 00:04:25.659 --> 00:04:26.239 in order for them 00:04:26.239 --> 00:04:27.179 to treat her that way. 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:29.379 She may also have been 00:04:29.379 --> 00:04:30.199 a very devout woman, 00:04:30.419 --> 00:04:31.539 worshiping God in her home 00:04:31.539 --> 00:04:32.299 in Moab, 00:04:32.779 --> 00:04:33.899 possibly keeping the Sabbath, 00:04:34.679 --> 00:04:35.279 the Passover, 00:04:35.679 --> 00:04:37.339 various other feast days. 00:04:39.039 --> 00:04:39.699 But here, 00:04:39.779 --> 00:04:40.519 Naomi starts out 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:41.579 with her two daughters-in-law 00:04:41.579 --> 00:04:43.659 and then seems to have 00:04:43.659 --> 00:04:44.379 second thoughts. 00:04:45.899 --> 00:04:46.819 She's destitute. 00:04:47.479 --> 00:04:48.219 She's going to be dependent 00:04:48.219 --> 00:04:49.219 on the charity of others. 00:04:50.559 --> 00:04:51.559 How can she afford 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:52.459 two additional mouths 00:04:52.459 --> 00:04:52.899 to feed? 00:04:54.600 --> 00:04:55.879 Or two additional bodies 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:57.019 to clothe or house? 00:04:58.399 --> 00:04:59.540 It's going to be bad enough 00:04:59.540 --> 00:04:59.939 for her, 00:05:00.019 --> 00:05:01.519 but can she really subject 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:02.120 these girls 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:03.240 to that kind of a life? 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:06.259 Naomi also might have 00:05:06.259 --> 00:05:06.959 started thinking about 00:05:06.959 --> 00:05:07.800 what people will say 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:08.420 when she gets back 00:05:08.420 --> 00:05:09.040 to Bethlehem. 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:11.180 You let your sons 00:05:11.180 --> 00:05:11.939 marry foreigners? 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:14.620 Didn't God curse 00:05:14.620 --> 00:05:15.379 those Moabites? 00:05:16.340 --> 00:05:17.279 Didn't He bar them 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:17.939 from the assembly? 00:05:17.939 --> 00:05:19.600 Or even, 00:05:19.879 --> 00:05:20.519 are they going to try 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:21.540 to seduce our husbands? 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:24.600 And of course, 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:25.379 these two women 00:05:25.379 --> 00:05:26.540 would be a constant reminder 00:05:26.540 --> 00:05:27.560 of her time in Moab, 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:29.139 the loss of her husband 00:05:29.139 --> 00:05:30.060 and the loss of her sons. 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:32.699 So they set out. 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:34.000 Now, 00:05:34.459 --> 00:05:35.839 the text doesn't tell us 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:36.540 where in Moab 00:05:36.540 --> 00:05:38.279 they were, 00:05:39.180 --> 00:05:40.639 but looking at Google Maps, 00:05:41.040 --> 00:05:42.079 the distance seems to be 00:05:42.079 --> 00:05:42.959 about 100 miles 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:44.359 from the center of Moab 00:05:44.359 --> 00:05:45.399 to Bethlehem. 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:47.680 It would be sort of like 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:49.459 walking from here, 00:05:49.819 --> 00:05:50.339 from Ealing, 00:05:50.739 --> 00:05:51.439 to Birmingham. 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:53.919 Now, 00:05:53.979 --> 00:05:54.819 how long would that take? 00:05:55.759 --> 00:05:56.120 You think, 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:56.779 three days? 00:05:57.459 --> 00:05:58.359 Four days? 00:05:59.120 --> 00:05:59.919 Five days? 00:06:00.659 --> 00:06:01.379 A hundred miles? 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:03.240 It would take a while. 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:05.519 But in verse 8, 00:06:05.579 --> 00:06:06.139 she stops. 00:06:06.819 --> 00:06:06.919 Now, 00:06:06.959 --> 00:06:07.339 this may have been 00:06:07.339 --> 00:06:08.079 at a crossroads. 00:06:08.179 --> 00:06:08.740 It may have been 00:06:08.740 --> 00:06:10.679 as far as the Jordan River, 00:06:10.799 --> 00:06:11.779 the border between Israel 00:06:11.779 --> 00:06:12.339 and Moab. 00:06:13.180 --> 00:06:14.000 It may have simply 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:14.500 been at the edge 00:06:14.500 --> 00:06:15.099 of their village, 00:06:15.579 --> 00:06:16.479 but she stops. 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:18.839 She says goodbye, 00:06:19.939 --> 00:06:20.859 and she sends Orpah 00:06:20.859 --> 00:06:21.599 and Ruth home, 00:06:22.139 --> 00:06:23.439 back to their own families, 00:06:23.659 --> 00:06:24.239 and she gives them 00:06:24.239 --> 00:06:24.680 a blessing. 00:06:25.919 --> 00:06:26.399 She says, 00:06:26.459 --> 00:06:26.680 Go, 00:06:26.839 --> 00:06:27.699 return each of you 00:06:27.699 --> 00:06:28.599 to our mother's house. 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:30.019 May the Lord 00:06:30.019 --> 00:06:31.439 deal kindly with you 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:32.500 as you have dealt 00:06:32.500 --> 00:06:32.979 with the dead 00:06:32.979 --> 00:06:33.479 and with me. 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:35.099 The Lord grants 00:06:35.099 --> 00:06:36.259 that you might find rest, 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:37.319 each of you 00:06:37.319 --> 00:06:37.699 in the house 00:06:37.699 --> 00:06:38.279 of her husband. 00:06:39.459 --> 00:06:40.219 It's a beautiful, 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:41.019 poignant blessing. 00:06:41.979 --> 00:06:42.659 She invokes 00:06:42.660 --> 00:06:43.300 the name of the Lord 00:06:43.300 --> 00:06:43.760 twice, 00:06:44.840 --> 00:06:45.500 but we see 00:06:45.500 --> 00:06:46.540 a bittersweet irony 00:06:46.540 --> 00:06:47.580 in this blessing 00:06:47.580 --> 00:06:48.020 as well. 00:06:49.140 --> 00:06:49.980 May the Lord 00:06:49.980 --> 00:06:51.180 deal kindly with you. 00:06:53.080 --> 00:06:53.720 She must have been 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:54.000 thinking, 00:06:54.120 --> 00:06:54.640 but he hasn't 00:06:54.640 --> 00:06:55.640 dealt kindly with me. 00:06:58.440 --> 00:06:59.360 As you have dealt 00:06:59.360 --> 00:06:59.900 with the dead 00:06:59.900 --> 00:07:00.480 and with me, 00:07:00.760 --> 00:07:01.379 she acknowledges 00:07:01.379 --> 00:07:02.220 that these two women 00:07:02.220 --> 00:07:03.480 were good wives 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:04.320 to her sons 00:07:04.320 --> 00:07:05.960 and were kind to her. 00:07:06.960 --> 00:07:07.500 May the Lord 00:07:07.500 --> 00:07:08.500 grant you rest 00:07:08.500 --> 00:07:09.160 in the house 00:07:09.160 --> 00:07:09.800 of your husbands, 00:07:11.380 --> 00:07:11.939 in the house 00:07:11.939 --> 00:07:12.460 of a husband, 00:07:12.900 --> 00:07:13.439 one who would 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:14.040 care for them, 00:07:14.580 --> 00:07:15.140 protect them, 00:07:15.580 --> 00:07:15.980 love them. 00:07:16.700 --> 00:07:17.800 The concept of rest 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:18.580 really is an important 00:07:18.580 --> 00:07:19.780 one in the Old Testament, 00:07:19.980 --> 00:07:20.980 especially in the early books. 00:07:22.280 --> 00:07:23.080 Rest in those days 00:07:23.080 --> 00:07:23.820 meant far more 00:07:23.820 --> 00:07:24.960 than an afternoon siesta 00:07:24.960 --> 00:07:26.720 or a day off 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:28.300 or a cool room 00:07:28.300 --> 00:07:29.160 on a hot afternoon. 00:07:30.640 --> 00:07:31.360 It would have meant 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:32.260 more than a holiday 00:07:32.260 --> 00:07:32.820 at the beach. 00:07:33.940 --> 00:07:34.379 To the children 00:07:34.379 --> 00:07:34.920 of Israel, 00:07:35.540 --> 00:07:36.280 rest was viewed 00:07:36.280 --> 00:07:36.960 in opposition 00:07:36.960 --> 00:07:37.660 to the slavery 00:07:37.660 --> 00:07:38.240 that they had just 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:38.760 come out of. 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:40.980 As slaves in Egypt, 00:07:41.100 --> 00:07:41.880 there was no rest, 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:43.380 no time off, 00:07:43.880 --> 00:07:45.980 no freedom 00:07:45.980 --> 00:07:46.980 from their oppression. 00:07:50.440 --> 00:07:51.200 Now, rest can also 00:07:51.200 --> 00:07:52.220 sometimes mean peace, 00:07:53.180 --> 00:07:54.000 rest from war, 00:07:54.340 --> 00:07:55.020 from conflict, 00:07:55.300 --> 00:07:55.860 from threat, 00:07:56.060 --> 00:07:57.200 we see in Deuteronomy 25. 00:07:58.480 --> 00:07:59.200 Rest was also, 00:07:59.280 --> 00:07:59.379 though, 00:07:59.440 --> 00:08:00.120 equated to the 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:01.020 promised land itself. 00:08:02.500 --> 00:08:03.300 Deuteronomy 12 00:08:03.300 --> 00:08:04.020 and Judges 1 00:08:04.020 --> 00:08:04.820 speak of the promised 00:08:04.820 --> 00:08:06.000 land as a resting place. 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:08.100 And Psalm 95 00:08:08.100 --> 00:08:09.240 quotes God as saying 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:10.500 that the unbelieving 00:08:10.500 --> 00:08:11.100 generation 00:08:11.100 --> 00:08:11.980 shall not enter 00:08:11.980 --> 00:08:12.779 into my rest, 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:14.139 but will wander 00:08:14.139 --> 00:08:14.660 in the desert. 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:17.399 But Elimelech and Naomi 00:08:17.399 --> 00:08:18.660 had left the promised land, 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:19.720 that place of rest. 00:08:21.300 --> 00:08:22.199 Deuteronomy 28 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:23.500 predicts exile 00:08:23.500 --> 00:08:24.740 for failing to trust God. 00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:26.959 And Lamentations 1 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:27.959 talks about the people 00:08:27.959 --> 00:08:29.019 being scattered 00:08:29.019 --> 00:08:29.819 among the nations 00:08:29.819 --> 00:08:31.319 and finding no rest there. 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:33.779 But Naomi is asking 00:08:33.779 --> 00:08:34.319 that the Lord 00:08:34.319 --> 00:08:35.019 give Orpah 00:08:35.019 --> 00:08:36.259 and Ruth rest 00:08:36.259 --> 00:08:37.980 in Moab. 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:40.379 Rest also was seen 00:08:40.379 --> 00:08:40.899 as the presence 00:08:40.899 --> 00:08:41.639 of God himself. 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:44.279 For in Exodus 33, 00:08:44.819 --> 00:08:45.059 God, 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:46.100 talking to Moses, 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:46.460 says, 00:08:46.580 --> 00:08:47.120 My presence 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:47.939 will go with you 00:08:47.939 --> 00:08:49.340 and I will give you rest. 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:51.720 But rest also had 00:08:51.720 --> 00:08:52.720 another spiritual dimension. 00:08:54.379 --> 00:08:55.000 Rest was seen 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:55.779 as the restoration 00:08:55.779 --> 00:08:56.720 of the relationship 00:08:56.720 --> 00:08:57.879 between God and man, 00:08:59.120 --> 00:08:59.980 severed by Adam's 00:08:59.980 --> 00:09:00.700 fall from sin, 00:09:00.700 --> 00:09:01.700 or into sin. 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:04.120 Each generation 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:06.340 anticipated the promised one, 00:09:06.940 --> 00:09:07.780 the one who would end 00:09:07.780 --> 00:09:09.000 God's judgment against man 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:09.820 and end the curse 00:09:09.820 --> 00:09:10.400 on the earth. 00:09:11.920 --> 00:09:13.580 In Genesis 5, 00:09:14.180 --> 00:09:15.160 one hopeful father 00:09:15.160 --> 00:09:15.680 declares, 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:17.120 Out of the ground 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:18.320 that the Lord has cursed, 00:09:18.580 --> 00:09:19.100 this one 00:09:19.100 --> 00:09:20.660 shall bring us relief 00:09:20.660 --> 00:09:21.360 from our work 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:22.680 and from the painful 00:09:22.680 --> 00:09:23.620 toil of our hands. 00:09:24.680 --> 00:09:25.520 And then, 00:09:26.040 --> 00:09:27.340 he gave the name 00:09:27.340 --> 00:09:27.860 Rest 00:09:27.860 --> 00:09:28.900 to his son. 00:09:28.899 --> 00:09:31.379 Rest is the same word 00:09:31.379 --> 00:09:32.639 there that's used here, 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:33.039 Noah. 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:35.480 And Noah 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:37.480 was hoped for, 00:09:37.620 --> 00:09:38.459 was the hoped for one 00:09:38.459 --> 00:09:39.019 who would restore 00:09:39.019 --> 00:09:39.899 communion with God. 00:09:42.699 --> 00:09:43.799 But Orpah and Ruth 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:45.179 each listened to Naomi, 00:09:45.399 --> 00:09:46.019 but they responded 00:09:46.019 --> 00:09:46.600 very differently. 00:09:48.079 --> 00:09:48.579 Orpah saw 00:09:48.579 --> 00:09:49.799 the pragmatic wisdom 00:09:49.799 --> 00:09:51.059 in Naomi's words. 00:09:51.899 --> 00:09:52.600 You're young. 00:09:53.139 --> 00:09:53.960 You're not getting 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:54.799 a husband from me. 00:09:55.199 --> 00:09:56.120 I'm no spring chicken. 00:09:57.080 --> 00:09:57.720 My prospects 00:09:57.720 --> 00:09:58.600 of finding a husband 00:09:58.600 --> 00:09:59.179 are nil. 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:00.200 And even if that 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:00.740 were to happen, 00:10:01.340 --> 00:10:02.379 you'd be way too old 00:10:02.379 --> 00:10:03.279 to marry any child 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:03.960 that I might have. 00:10:04.820 --> 00:10:05.399 Your prospects 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:06.019 are much better 00:10:06.019 --> 00:10:06.799 in your own land, 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:08.220 among your own people, 00:10:08.379 --> 00:10:09.560 among your own gods. 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:10.480 Go home. 00:10:11.779 --> 00:10:12.560 And Orpah did that. 00:10:13.820 --> 00:10:14.659 She walked away. 00:10:15.500 --> 00:10:16.100 And she's never 00:10:16.100 --> 00:10:16.740 heard from again, 00:10:16.899 --> 00:10:17.820 at least not in the Bible. 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:19.620 Now, she may very well 00:10:19.620 --> 00:10:20.240 have found a husband. 00:10:21.220 --> 00:10:22.180 She may have had children. 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:22.659 She may have lived 00:10:22.659 --> 00:10:23.360 a happy life. 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:24.840 But in terms of 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:25.740 God's eternal plan 00:10:25.740 --> 00:10:26.360 for humanity, 00:10:26.560 --> 00:10:27.879 or even for her own soul, 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:29.360 she walked away. 00:10:30.379 --> 00:10:31.279 Ruth, on the other hand, 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:32.360 did not do the logical, 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:33.080 the pragmatic, 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:34.399 the sensible thing. 00:10:35.139 --> 00:10:36.060 Instead, she chose 00:10:36.060 --> 00:10:36.899 to stay with Naomi. 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:39.240 And in doing so, 00:10:39.779 --> 00:10:40.860 God integrated her 00:10:40.860 --> 00:10:42.340 into his wonderful story. 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:44.220 But I'm getting ahead 00:10:44.220 --> 00:10:44.740 of the text. 00:10:45.139 --> 00:10:45.840 We don't want to do that. 00:10:46.620 --> 00:10:47.480 But Ruth's response 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:48.519 is absolutely amazing. 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:51.340 Do not urge me to leave you 00:10:51.340 --> 00:10:52.579 or to return 00:10:52.579 --> 00:10:53.500 from following you. 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:54.879 For where you go, 00:10:54.980 --> 00:10:55.519 I will go. 00:10:56.079 --> 00:10:57.019 And where you lodge, 00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:57.759 I will lodge. 00:10:58.319 --> 00:10:59.179 Your people shall be 00:10:59.179 --> 00:10:59.720 my people. 00:11:00.319 --> 00:11:00.919 And your God, 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:01.460 my God. 00:11:02.340 --> 00:11:03.079 Where you die, 00:11:03.179 --> 00:11:03.759 I will die. 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:04.980 And there I will be buried. 00:11:06.059 --> 00:11:07.460 May the Lord do so to me. 00:11:07.539 --> 00:11:08.460 And more also, 00:11:09.059 --> 00:11:10.220 if anything but death 00:11:10.220 --> 00:11:11.699 parts me from you. 00:11:12.620 --> 00:11:13.899 This is an amazing 00:11:13.899 --> 00:11:15.319 covenantal commitment. 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:17.500 Ruth commits to a journey 00:11:17.500 --> 00:11:18.780 to an unknown destination. 00:11:19.760 --> 00:11:20.900 She abandons her people, 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:21.800 her home, 00:11:22.100 --> 00:11:22.700 her gods. 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:23.940 She commits herself 00:11:23.940 --> 00:11:24.879 totally to Naomi. 00:11:25.860 --> 00:11:27.000 To Naomi's home, 00:11:27.280 --> 00:11:28.180 wherever that might be. 00:11:29.100 --> 00:11:30.000 To Naomi's people. 00:11:31.340 --> 00:11:32.460 To Naomi's land. 00:11:33.300 --> 00:11:34.400 And to Naomi's God. 00:11:35.140 --> 00:11:36.500 Whom she mentions by name. 00:11:38.460 --> 00:11:39.820 This covenantal promise 00:11:39.820 --> 00:11:40.860 echoes God's own 00:11:40.860 --> 00:11:41.620 covenantal commitment 00:11:41.620 --> 00:11:42.420 to his own people. 00:11:43.220 --> 00:11:43.960 Repeated throughout 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:44.580 the Old Testament. 00:11:44.580 --> 00:11:46.280 I am the Lord, 00:11:46.379 --> 00:11:46.820 your God. 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:48.360 I will be your God 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:49.500 and you will be my people. 00:11:50.259 --> 00:11:51.139 A treasured possession. 00:11:52.920 --> 00:11:53.680 This sentiment 00:11:53.680 --> 00:11:54.879 is so powerful. 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:56.940 So heartfelt. 00:11:58.220 --> 00:11:59.379 That we ironically 00:11:59.379 --> 00:12:00.180 take it completely 00:12:00.180 --> 00:12:00.920 out of context. 00:12:02.100 --> 00:12:03.060 We use it at weddings. 00:12:04.280 --> 00:12:05.620 Where a husband and wife 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:06.560 make that same commitment 00:12:06.560 --> 00:12:07.160 to each other. 00:12:08.280 --> 00:12:08.860 But here, 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:09.660 it's a daughter-in-law 00:12:09.660 --> 00:12:10.500 making that commitment 00:12:10.500 --> 00:12:11.440 to her mother-in-law. 00:12:12.940 --> 00:12:14.060 An amazing statement. 00:12:14.580 --> 00:12:16.820 And how does Naomi respond? 00:12:18.900 --> 00:12:20.139 She says nothing. 00:12:21.139 --> 00:12:22.680 She just turns around 00:12:22.680 --> 00:12:23.720 and starts walking. 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:26.220 Hours pass. 00:12:27.220 --> 00:12:28.240 Days pass 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:29.940 on the road to Bethlehem 00:12:29.940 --> 00:12:31.900 and Naomi says nothing. 00:12:33.100 --> 00:12:33.860 Finally, 00:12:34.139 --> 00:12:35.220 Naomi reaches Bethlehem. 00:12:36.020 --> 00:12:36.740 She's recognized 00:12:36.740 --> 00:12:37.500 by the village. 00:12:37.500 --> 00:12:39.039 But the homecoming 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:39.820 is far from joyful. 00:12:41.539 --> 00:12:42.700 All she sees 00:12:42.700 --> 00:12:43.679 is what she's lost. 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:45.960 I left full 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:46.960 and have returned empty 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:48.960 with absolutely nothing. 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:50.679 Call me Mara. 00:12:50.940 --> 00:12:51.820 For the Almighty 00:12:51.820 --> 00:12:52.960 has dealt bitterly with me. 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:54.299 There's a place 00:12:54.299 --> 00:12:54.840 on the east side 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:55.580 of the Red Sea 00:12:55.580 --> 00:12:57.299 that bears the name 00:12:57.299 --> 00:12:57.720 Mara. 00:12:59.059 --> 00:12:59.460 Spelled 00:12:59.460 --> 00:13:00.580 only slightly differently 00:13:00.580 --> 00:13:01.279 but the same 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:02.980 basic name, 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:03.960 same words. 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:05.379 Three days after 00:13:05.379 --> 00:13:06.920 miraculously defeating 00:13:06.920 --> 00:13:07.820 Pharaoh and his army, 00:13:08.420 --> 00:13:09.320 God brings the children 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:10.220 of Israel 00:13:10.220 --> 00:13:11.420 to this place. 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:15.519 The people are thirsty 00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:17.800 but the water is bitter, 00:13:18.019 --> 00:13:18.500 undrinkable. 00:13:19.019 --> 00:13:19.519 And the people 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:20.519 immediately start grumbling. 00:13:21.299 --> 00:13:22.000 Are we to die 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:22.519 in the desert? 00:13:23.079 --> 00:13:23.699 Why didn't you 00:13:23.699 --> 00:13:24.460 leave us in Egypt? 00:13:25.659 --> 00:13:26.659 Things were so much 00:13:26.659 --> 00:13:27.279 better there. 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:30.919 But God provides 00:13:30.919 --> 00:13:32.139 a log for Moses 00:13:32.139 --> 00:13:33.079 to throw into the water. 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:35.879 And miraculously 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:36.360 the bitter 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:37.100 becomes sweet. 00:13:38.220 --> 00:13:38.379 You know, 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:39.019 sometimes God 00:13:39.019 --> 00:13:40.199 takes us to a bitter spot. 00:13:41.699 --> 00:13:42.659 He brings us there 00:13:42.659 --> 00:13:43.419 to get our attention. 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:45.379 Sometimes to teach us 00:13:45.379 --> 00:13:46.179 some sort of a lesson. 00:13:47.620 --> 00:13:48.579 Sometimes just to 00:13:48.579 --> 00:13:49.480 demonstrate his power 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:50.039 and his love 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:50.779 and his faithfulness 00:13:50.779 --> 00:13:51.299 to his people. 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:54.139 But you know, 00:13:54.199 --> 00:13:55.000 sometimes we choose 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:55.719 our own path 00:13:55.719 --> 00:13:56.959 to the bitter place. 00:13:58.360 --> 00:13:59.059 But how often 00:13:59.059 --> 00:13:59.799 are we quick 00:13:59.799 --> 00:14:01.000 to complain 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:01.579 when those things 00:14:01.579 --> 00:14:02.339 don't go our way? 00:14:03.459 --> 00:14:04.279 We blame God 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:04.879 for our troubles 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:06.019 without ever considering 00:14:06.019 --> 00:14:06.719 our own roles 00:14:06.719 --> 00:14:08.500 and the natural consequences 00:14:08.500 --> 00:14:09.360 of our own desires. 00:14:09.719 --> 00:14:10.019 Remember, 00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:12.019 Elimelech and Naomi 00:14:12.019 --> 00:14:13.459 chose to leave 00:14:13.459 --> 00:14:14.299 the promised land 00:14:14.299 --> 00:14:15.980 and chose to go to Moab. 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:18.240 Now, 00:14:18.659 --> 00:14:19.339 here is Naomi 00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:20.759 back in Bethlehem 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:22.240 with Ruth in tow. 00:14:23.500 --> 00:14:24.259 Are you familiar 00:14:24.259 --> 00:14:24.879 with the term 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:26.480 the elephant in the room? 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:29.660 You know, 00:14:29.680 --> 00:14:30.399 that big issue 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:30.840 or problem 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:31.240 that no one 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:31.820 wants to mention? 00:14:32.820 --> 00:14:33.560 So big 00:14:33.560 --> 00:14:34.500 that it can't be missed 00:14:34.500 --> 00:14:35.740 and yet so disturbing 00:14:35.740 --> 00:14:36.320 that nobody 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:37.180 wants to discuss it? 00:14:38.500 --> 00:14:39.280 Did you notice 00:14:39.280 --> 00:14:39.840 that no one 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:40.740 acknowledges Ruth? 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:43.180 Not the village women, 00:14:43.500 --> 00:14:44.280 not even Naomi. 00:14:45.420 --> 00:14:46.379 Ruth seems to be 00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:47.280 the elephant in the room. 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:48.519 Now, 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:49.019 maybe it was 00:14:49.019 --> 00:14:49.839 Naomi's bitterness. 00:14:51.100 --> 00:14:51.600 Maybe it was 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:52.220 some embarrassment. 00:14:53.959 --> 00:14:54.759 Maybe she doesn't 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:55.419 want to explain 00:14:55.419 --> 00:14:56.899 who this Moabite woman is. 00:14:57.980 --> 00:14:58.759 Maybe she's just 00:14:58.759 --> 00:14:59.360 hoping that Ruth 00:14:59.360 --> 00:14:59.980 would go away. 00:15:01.860 --> 00:15:02.519 And poor Ruth, 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:03.220 she's been traveling 00:15:03.220 --> 00:15:03.699 with Naomi 00:15:03.699 --> 00:15:04.279 for at least 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:05.000 a couple of days 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:06.259 without a word 00:15:06.259 --> 00:15:07.199 passing between them 00:15:07.199 --> 00:15:09.039 and now they've arrived 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:09.519 and Naomi 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:10.720 won't even introduce her. 00:15:12.419 --> 00:15:13.579 But as we'll see 00:15:13.579 --> 00:15:14.100 next week, 00:15:14.199 --> 00:15:15.079 Ruth remains faithful. 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:17.620 But let's not be 00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:18.379 too quick to 00:15:18.379 --> 00:15:19.780 condemn Naomi either. 00:15:20.660 --> 00:15:21.060 Remember, 00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:22.420 she's still grieving 00:15:22.420 --> 00:15:24.120 and she's seeking. 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:27.200 But what is it 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:28.000 that Naomi is seeking? 00:15:28.280 --> 00:15:28.420 Well, 00:15:28.900 --> 00:15:29.720 think back to 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:30.360 that blessing 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:30.940 that she gave 00:15:30.940 --> 00:15:31.920 to Orpah and Ruth 00:15:31.920 --> 00:15:33.220 that they might 00:15:33.220 --> 00:15:33.879 find rest. 00:15:35.540 --> 00:15:36.520 The rest that she 00:15:36.520 --> 00:15:37.060 and Elimelech 00:15:37.060 --> 00:15:37.820 sought under their 00:15:37.820 --> 00:15:38.379 own strength. 00:15:39.460 --> 00:15:40.379 The rest that she 00:15:40.379 --> 00:15:41.020 could not find 00:15:41.020 --> 00:15:41.540 in Moab, 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:43.120 the faraway country. 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:44.960 A rest that only 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:45.779 comes through God. 00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:47.700 The rest and peace 00:15:47.700 --> 00:15:48.379 and completeness 00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:49.299 of shalom 00:15:49.299 --> 00:15:50.500 that can only be 00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:52.379 found in a good 00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:53.539 relationship with 00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:53.960 the Almighty. 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:55.980 Today's passage 00:15:55.980 --> 00:15:56.960 begins and ends 00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:57.740 with God's provision 00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:58.340 for His people. 00:15:59.580 --> 00:16:00.299 Naomi hears 00:16:00.299 --> 00:16:01.039 while still in the 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:01.720 fields of Moab 00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:02.320 that God has 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:03.060 provided food 00:16:03.060 --> 00:16:03.620 for His people. 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.320 And she thinks 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:05.740 of home. 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:07.320 She thinks of rest. 00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:09.060 Now Naomi and Ruth 00:16:09.060 --> 00:16:09.639 have arrived in 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:10.100 Bethlehem 00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:10.600 at the beginning 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:11.419 of barley season. 00:16:11.419 --> 00:16:13.199 grain once again 00:16:13.199 --> 00:16:14.019 in the house of bread. 00:16:15.379 --> 00:16:16.579 We all seek peace. 00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:17.659 We all seek rest. 00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:19.479 We all seek that 00:16:19.479 --> 00:16:20.179 peace with God 00:16:20.179 --> 00:16:20.919 through a Redeemer. 00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:21.839 The one who will 00:16:21.839 --> 00:16:22.919 pay the debt 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:23.759 that we cannot pay. 00:16:27.059 --> 00:16:27.500 Rest. 00:16:27.959 --> 00:16:28.819 The end of the 00:16:28.819 --> 00:16:29.740 famine in our lives. 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:31.539 The end of the 00:16:31.539 --> 00:16:32.379 curse on the land. 00:16:33.939 --> 00:16:34.579 Rest from that 00:16:34.579 --> 00:16:35.279 curse of sin 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:36.539 that separates us 00:16:36.539 --> 00:16:37.000 from God. 00:16:38.099 --> 00:16:39.079 The rest that was 00:16:39.079 --> 00:16:39.879 hoped for in Noah. 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:42.340 The rest ultimately 00:16:42.340 --> 00:16:43.659 fulfilled in the 00:16:43.659 --> 00:16:44.139 Holy One. 00:16:44.659 --> 00:16:45.439 The one promised 00:16:45.439 --> 00:16:46.399 in Genesis 3. 00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:47.919 The one pictured 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:48.539 throughout the Old 00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:48.899 Testament. 00:16:49.700 --> 00:16:50.820 The eternal God 00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:51.600 who took on human 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:53.039 flesh so that 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:53.820 through His life, 00:16:54.019 --> 00:16:54.460 death, and 00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:55.480 resurrection He 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:56.159 might redeem a 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:57.519 people for Himself 00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:58.840 from every nation, 00:16:59.200 --> 00:16:59.899 tribe, and tongue. 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:01.779 Saved by grace 00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:02.320 through faith. 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:04.200 The rest through 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:04.980 Jesus Christ. 00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:05.819 The ultimate 00:17:05.819 --> 00:17:06.839 fulfillment of the 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:07.400 promises of the 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:07.900 Old Testament. 00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:09.420 who calls to us 00:17:09.420 --> 00:17:10.500 saying, 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:11.480 Come to me, 00:17:11.660 --> 00:17:12.400 all who labor 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:12.940 and are heavy 00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:13.320 laden, 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:14.600 and I will give 00:17:14.600 --> 00:17:15.080 you rest. 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:16.480 Let's pray. 00:17:19.080 --> 00:17:19.860 We thank you, 00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:20.180 O Lord, 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:20.820 for your promise 00:17:20.820 --> 00:17:21.340 of rest 00:17:21.340 --> 00:17:22.920 to those who 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:23.340 come to you 00:17:23.340 --> 00:17:23.880 by faith. 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:25.540 Give us this 00:17:25.540 --> 00:17:26.560 rest through 00:17:26.560 --> 00:17:27.180 Jesus Christ 00:17:27.180 --> 00:17:27.640 our Lord. 00:17:28.060 --> 00:17:28.320 Amen. 00:17:28.320 --> 00:17:28.440 Amen. 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:28.440 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:28.440 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:28.440 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:28.960 Amen. 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:29.440 Amen. 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.440 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.440 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.440 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.440 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.440 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.440 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.440 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.440 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.440 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.440 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.440 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.440 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