WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.140 Have you ever gotten tired of waiting for God? 00:00:04.179 --> 00:00:05.900 Waiting for Him to answer your prayers? 00:00:06.259 --> 00:00:07.120 ! Maybe for a job? 00:00:08.120 --> 00:00:09.279 Maybe for a wife or a husband? 00:00:10.460 --> 00:00:12.120 Or maybe for some other problem? 00:00:12.700 --> 00:00:13.519 An answer to prayer? 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:17.280 Have you ever been tempted just to take matters into your own hands, 00:00:17.379 --> 00:00:18.400 rather than trusting in Him? 00:00:19.300 --> 00:00:22.519 You know, sometimes there's a fine line between moving ahead in faith 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:25.019 and blundering on in our own strength. 00:00:26.900 --> 00:00:29.080 Today we continue our series on the Book of Ruth. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.140 As we recall from previous weeks, 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:36.119 Naomi and Elimelech went to Moab with their two sons, 00:00:36.939 --> 00:00:39.299 abandoning the promised land during a time of famine. 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:42.799 Her husband and sons have died, 00:00:43.299 --> 00:00:46.039 and she has returned to Bethlehem with one daughter-in-law, 00:00:46.500 --> 00:00:49.019 Ruth, a Moabite, an outsider. 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:52.859 Last week we saw Ruth gleaning in the fields of Boaz. 00:00:54.019 --> 00:00:55.620 Boaz, a near kinsman, 00:00:56.620 --> 00:00:58.879 a possible redeemer who took Ruth under his wing. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.219 Now, months have gone by. 00:01:03.420 --> 00:01:04.780 Naomi has seen God's provision, 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:07.519 but Ruth is still living with her. 00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:10.579 In contrast to Naomi's prayer in chapter 1, 00:01:11.219 --> 00:01:13.579 Ruth still has no rest in the house of her husband. 00:01:13.579 --> 00:01:17.439 She has no husband and no prospects. 00:01:18.099 --> 00:01:22.319 In chapter 2, then, we begin to see Naomi's faith is being restored. 00:01:23.140 --> 00:01:24.819 Naomi knows that God loves His people, 00:01:25.659 --> 00:01:28.179 all of His people, including Naomi and Ruth. 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:32.200 And she has seen God more providentially, 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:33.519 or moved providentially, 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:35.939 to bring Ruth into the field of Boaz. 00:01:35.939 --> 00:01:40.399 She has seen God's loving kindness expressed through Boaz 00:01:40.399 --> 00:01:42.120 and His kindness toward Ruth. 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:44.159 But Naomi is getting impatient. 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:47.179 God is not moving at her pace. 00:01:48.939 --> 00:01:51.500 He has not resolved the question of a husband for Ruth. 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:54.680 Certainly not to Naomi's satisfaction, 00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:57.180 not on Naomi's timeline. 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:00.960 Naomi has decided that something must be done. 00:02:01.740 --> 00:02:02.880 And she's the person to do it. 00:02:04.060 --> 00:02:06.660 Now, when the children of Israel entered the promised land, 00:02:06.780 --> 00:02:08.439 God made two points very clear. 00:02:09.500 --> 00:02:10.760 One about the land, 00:02:11.159 --> 00:02:12.439 and two about the family. 00:02:13.180 --> 00:02:14.819 First, the land is the Lord's, 00:02:15.460 --> 00:02:18.620 but it is given as a perpetual inheritance to His people. 00:02:18.620 --> 00:02:23.500 And secondly, blessing came through the family name. 00:02:24.200 --> 00:02:26.120 A name that would be remembered through all generations. 00:02:27.140 --> 00:02:29.240 So first, let's look at the land itself. 00:02:29.780 --> 00:02:31.560 The land was to remain within the family. 00:02:32.920 --> 00:02:34.500 And there were provisions for, 00:02:34.640 --> 00:02:36.620 and an obligation to redeem the land, 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:39.340 to buy it back if it passed out of the family's hands. 00:02:40.460 --> 00:02:41.620 Leviticus 25 says, 00:02:41.719 --> 00:02:43.060 If your brother becomes poor, 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:44.939 and sells part of his property, 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:46.939 then his nearest kinsman, 00:02:46.939 --> 00:02:48.680 his nearest redeemer, 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:50.259 shall come and redeem the land 00:02:50.259 --> 00:02:52.060 that his brother has sold. 00:02:54.079 --> 00:02:55.840 And there were provisions and obligations 00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:59.599 to perpetuate the name of a man who died without heirs. 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:01.560 Deuteronomy 25 says, 00:03:01.900 --> 00:03:03.840 If brothers dwell together, 00:03:04.259 --> 00:03:06.099 and one of them dies and has no son, 00:03:06.699 --> 00:03:07.860 the wife of the dead man 00:03:07.860 --> 00:03:10.939 shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:13.740 Her husband's brother shall go into her, 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:15.300 and take her as his wife, 00:03:15.300 --> 00:03:18.020 and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. 00:03:18.740 --> 00:03:20.680 And the first son whom she bears 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:22.980 shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:25.640 that his name may not be blotted out of Israel. 00:03:27.400 --> 00:03:28.460 You know, it's not clear 00:03:28.460 --> 00:03:32.460 when this obligation for the brother to marry the widow began. 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:35.420 It certainly dates as far back as the time of Jacob, 00:03:35.880 --> 00:03:37.040 as we see in Genesis 00:03:37.040 --> 00:03:39.680 with the story of Tamar and Judah. 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:42.640 It may have been an established custom before then, 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:46.640 but certainly we see it in Genesis. 00:03:47.640 --> 00:03:48.280 As you know, 00:03:48.420 --> 00:03:50.219 Jacob was the son of Isaac, 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:51.500 the son of Abraham. 00:03:52.460 --> 00:03:53.580 And Jacob had 12 sons 00:03:53.580 --> 00:03:54.719 by two different wives, 00:03:54.819 --> 00:03:55.760 Leah and Rachel, 00:03:56.180 --> 00:03:57.659 and their two servants. 00:03:59.219 --> 00:04:01.780 Now, most of us know the story of Jacob's favorite son, 00:04:02.260 --> 00:04:03.420 his 11th son, Joseph. 00:04:04.640 --> 00:04:06.060 We know the coat of many colors. 00:04:06.060 --> 00:04:08.020 We know of him being sold into slavery. 00:04:08.500 --> 00:04:11.920 We know of him rising to be the ruler of Egypt under Pharaoh. 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:16.000 But we hear a lot fewer sermons about Judah, 00:04:16.180 --> 00:04:16.780 the fourth son. 00:04:18.879 --> 00:04:20.980 Genesis tells us that Judah was the brother 00:04:20.980 --> 00:04:22.279 who convinced his other brothers 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:23.660 not to kill Joseph, 00:04:23.899 --> 00:04:25.519 but to sell him into slavery instead. 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:27.680 Some brother. 00:04:29.579 --> 00:04:31.160 But their father, Jacob, 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:32.259 on his deathbed, 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:32.920 blessed Judah. 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:36.240 He established the royal line in Israel 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:36.960 through Judah, 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:38.000 saying the scepter 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:39.860 would not depart from Judah. 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:42.480 I'm going to spend a few minutes now, though, 00:04:42.819 --> 00:04:44.740 on the story of Judah and Tamar 00:04:44.740 --> 00:04:46.480 because it has a bearing here. 00:04:47.100 --> 00:04:48.980 And it has a bearing in the next couple of weeks, 00:04:49.080 --> 00:04:49.620 as we'll see, 00:04:49.740 --> 00:04:51.200 because it's part of the blessing 00:04:51.200 --> 00:04:52.620 that will show up in Ruth 4. 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:54.120 And, of course, 00:04:54.160 --> 00:04:55.340 it has an element 00:04:55.340 --> 00:04:57.160 in the broader story of the Bible itself. 00:04:58.360 --> 00:04:59.660 Judah had three sons. 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:01.379 His first son, 00:05:01.379 --> 00:05:01.759 Er, 00:05:02.420 --> 00:05:03.920 married a Canaanite woman 00:05:03.920 --> 00:05:04.540 named Tamar. 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:07.620 Er died without a son. 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:09.899 Judah's second son, 00:05:10.180 --> 00:05:10.579 Onan, 00:05:10.860 --> 00:05:11.920 was to marry Tamar 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:12.959 and raise up a son 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:13.620 in Er's name. 00:05:14.259 --> 00:05:15.120 But he refused. 00:05:15.740 --> 00:05:16.439 And he died 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:17.379 because of that refusal. 00:05:18.579 --> 00:05:19.740 Well, Judah had a third son. 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:21.659 His name was Shelah. 00:05:22.899 --> 00:05:24.040 But Judah was afraid 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:25.040 that he, too, would die. 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:27.159 He wanted to protect him, 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:28.120 so he sent Tamar 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:29.699 back to her family. 00:05:29.699 --> 00:05:32.000 But he promised her 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:33.060 the third son 00:05:33.060 --> 00:05:34.399 when the son was old enough 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:34.740 to marry. 00:05:36.060 --> 00:05:37.120 Well, time went by. 00:05:37.860 --> 00:05:38.860 Judah's wife died. 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:40.539 Shelah grew up. 00:05:41.259 --> 00:05:42.879 But Judah never called for Tamar. 00:05:43.899 --> 00:05:44.839 So Tamar took matters 00:05:44.839 --> 00:05:45.740 into her own hands. 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:47.779 She dressed in her finery 00:05:47.779 --> 00:05:49.060 and she waited 00:05:49.060 --> 00:05:49.899 at the side of the road 00:05:49.899 --> 00:05:50.939 for Judah to come by 00:05:50.939 --> 00:05:52.259 because she knew 00:05:52.259 --> 00:05:53.579 on that day 00:05:53.579 --> 00:05:54.419 he would be going up 00:05:54.419 --> 00:05:55.219 to shear his sheep. 00:05:55.220 --> 00:05:56.840 and she pretended 00:05:56.840 --> 00:05:58.020 to be a cult prostitute. 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:00.260 While not realizing 00:06:00.260 --> 00:06:01.000 who she was, 00:06:01.140 --> 00:06:01.800 Judah offered her 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:02.480 a young goat 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:03.440 in payment. 00:06:04.520 --> 00:06:05.460 But he didn't happen 00:06:05.460 --> 00:06:06.900 to have correct change 00:06:06.900 --> 00:06:07.460 of a young goat 00:06:07.460 --> 00:06:08.240 on him at the time. 00:06:09.840 --> 00:06:10.660 So he left 00:06:10.660 --> 00:06:11.460 his signet ring 00:06:11.460 --> 00:06:12.540 and a cord 00:06:12.540 --> 00:06:13.980 and his staff 00:06:13.980 --> 00:06:14.680 as a pledge. 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:16.640 Basically as collateral. 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:18.960 These were, 00:06:19.280 --> 00:06:19.960 in essence, 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:20.640 his identification. 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:23.779 But then Tamar disappeared. 00:06:25.939 --> 00:06:26.879 Sometime later, 00:06:27.419 --> 00:06:28.399 word reached Judah 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:30.019 that Tamar was pregnant. 00:06:31.159 --> 00:06:31.860 And Judah sought 00:06:31.860 --> 00:06:32.860 to have her executed 00:06:32.860 --> 00:06:33.639 for immorality. 00:06:36.219 --> 00:06:37.419 In her defense, 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:39.000 basically to prove 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:39.939 who the father was, 00:06:40.479 --> 00:06:41.159 she presented 00:06:41.159 --> 00:06:42.399 Judah's ring 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:43.839 and his cord 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:45.180 and his staff. 00:06:46.659 --> 00:06:47.860 Genesis 38 tells us 00:06:47.860 --> 00:06:48.860 that then Judah 00:06:48.860 --> 00:06:49.699 identified them 00:06:49.699 --> 00:06:50.139 and said, 00:06:50.139 --> 00:06:51.360 she is more righteous 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:51.879 than I 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:53.019 since I did not 00:06:53.019 --> 00:06:54.120 give her to my son 00:06:54.120 --> 00:06:54.500 Shelah. 00:06:55.719 --> 00:06:56.599 Tamar was deemed 00:06:56.599 --> 00:06:57.539 honorable in this 00:06:57.539 --> 00:06:58.800 by Judah, 00:06:59.500 --> 00:07:00.360 by the Lord 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:00.939 through Moses 00:07:00.939 --> 00:07:01.379 when he wrote 00:07:01.379 --> 00:07:02.539 the book of Genesis 00:07:02.539 --> 00:07:03.879 and by the tribe 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:04.259 of Judah. 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:06.479 She bore two sons, 00:07:06.599 --> 00:07:07.539 twins named Perez 00:07:07.539 --> 00:07:08.279 and Zerah 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:09.620 who became two 00:07:09.620 --> 00:07:10.459 of the three family 00:07:10.459 --> 00:07:11.839 heads in the tribe 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:12.219 of Judah. 00:07:13.899 --> 00:07:14.500 Now obviously 00:07:14.500 --> 00:07:15.819 this is a bizarre story. 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:17.360 Bizarre at least 00:07:17.360 --> 00:07:17.779 to us. 00:07:18.699 --> 00:07:19.379 But it would have 00:07:19.379 --> 00:07:20.120 been widely known 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:20.920 in the tribe of Judah 00:07:20.920 --> 00:07:21.500 at the time. 00:07:22.500 --> 00:07:23.340 A woman winning 00:07:23.340 --> 00:07:24.459 what was rightfully hers. 00:07:26.420 --> 00:07:27.420 And this may have 00:07:27.420 --> 00:07:28.040 given Naomi 00:07:28.040 --> 00:07:28.660 an idea. 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:32.360 Naomi had a number 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:32.939 of dilemmas. 00:07:34.660 --> 00:07:35.560 Ruth needed a husband 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:37.220 and yet Naomi 00:07:37.220 --> 00:07:37.800 was a widow, 00:07:38.500 --> 00:07:39.620 no money for a dowry. 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:41.720 Ruth was a Moabite, 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:42.720 an outsider 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:44.019 with few if any 00:07:44.019 --> 00:07:44.560 prospects 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:45.459 of marriage. 00:07:46.840 --> 00:07:47.480 Ruth and Naomi 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:48.280 needed a redeemer. 00:07:48.279 --> 00:07:50.299 one who could come 00:07:50.299 --> 00:07:51.339 along and pay 00:07:51.339 --> 00:07:51.779 the debt. 00:07:52.699 --> 00:07:53.359 One who could 00:07:53.359 --> 00:07:54.139 raise up an heir 00:07:54.139 --> 00:07:55.339 to Naomi 00:07:55.339 --> 00:07:56.099 and Ruth. 00:07:56.819 --> 00:07:57.500 One who would 00:07:57.500 --> 00:07:58.119 care for them. 00:07:59.699 --> 00:08:00.559 But who is 00:08:00.559 --> 00:08:01.099 their redeemer? 00:08:02.219 --> 00:08:03.179 As Naomi said, 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:04.319 Boaz is a redeemer, 00:08:05.539 --> 00:08:06.319 a near kinsman, 00:08:06.819 --> 00:08:07.399 but is he 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:08.159 the redeemer? 00:08:09.859 --> 00:08:10.859 Boaz possibly 00:08:10.859 --> 00:08:11.779 had an obligation 00:08:11.779 --> 00:08:12.659 to redeem the land. 00:08:12.660 --> 00:08:13.960 He was a near 00:08:13.960 --> 00:08:14.380 kinsman. 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:15.540 And the commandment 00:08:15.540 --> 00:08:16.500 to redeem the land 00:08:16.500 --> 00:08:17.800 is given to the 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:19.240 nearest kinsman. 00:08:20.260 --> 00:08:20.860 But then again, 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:21.420 what good would 00:08:21.420 --> 00:08:21.939 the land 00:08:21.939 --> 00:08:22.660 if there was no 00:08:22.660 --> 00:08:23.300 one there to work 00:08:23.300 --> 00:08:23.439 it? 00:08:25.440 --> 00:08:26.400 On the other hand, 00:08:26.460 --> 00:08:26.980 under the letter 00:08:26.980 --> 00:08:27.500 of the law, 00:08:27.640 --> 00:08:28.300 Boaz was under 00:08:28.300 --> 00:08:29.160 no obligation 00:08:29.160 --> 00:08:30.379 to marry 00:08:30.379 --> 00:08:31.060 Ruth. 00:08:32.560 --> 00:08:33.340 Deuteronomy 25 00:08:33.340 --> 00:08:33.660 said, 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:34.279 her husband's 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:34.840 brother shall 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:35.420 go into her 00:08:35.420 --> 00:08:36.340 and take her 00:08:36.340 --> 00:08:36.940 as his wife, 00:08:37.340 --> 00:08:37.840 that the name 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:38.279 may not be 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:38.720 blotted out 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:39.220 from Israel. 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:40.480 Well, 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:41.100 both Malon 00:08:41.100 --> 00:08:41.540 and Kilion 00:08:41.540 --> 00:08:42.060 were dead 00:08:42.060 --> 00:08:43.040 and there 00:08:43.040 --> 00:08:43.759 was no brother 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:44.680 to perpetuate 00:08:44.680 --> 00:08:45.080 the name. 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:47.139 Even if 00:08:47.139 --> 00:08:48.100 Boaz is the 00:08:48.100 --> 00:08:48.800 nearest kinsman 00:08:48.800 --> 00:08:49.240 redeemer, 00:08:49.740 --> 00:08:50.300 what would he 00:08:50.300 --> 00:08:50.920 be willing to 00:08:50.920 --> 00:08:51.220 do? 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:52.940 Would he 00:08:52.940 --> 00:08:53.740 marry Ruth? 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:55.220 Would he 00:08:55.220 --> 00:08:55.820 even act as 00:08:55.820 --> 00:08:56.379 a matchmaker 00:08:56.379 --> 00:08:56.899 for Ruth? 00:08:57.860 --> 00:08:58.379 Boaz had 00:08:58.379 --> 00:08:58.879 certainly cared 00:08:58.879 --> 00:08:59.420 for her and 00:08:59.420 --> 00:09:00.360 protected her 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:01.279 in the fields, 00:09:02.040 --> 00:09:02.700 but that's a 00:09:02.700 --> 00:09:03.220 far cry 00:09:03.220 --> 00:09:03.840 from marriage. 00:09:05.660 --> 00:09:06.660 And after all, 00:09:06.860 --> 00:09:07.259 this is the 00:09:07.259 --> 00:09:07.660 time of the 00:09:07.660 --> 00:09:07.980 judges, 00:09:08.500 --> 00:09:09.019 where each 00:09:09.019 --> 00:09:09.519 man did what 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:10.040 was right in 00:09:10.040 --> 00:09:10.340 his own 00:09:10.340 --> 00:09:10.680 eyes. 00:09:11.100 --> 00:09:14.279 Another 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:14.620 dilemma, 00:09:14.740 --> 00:09:14.820 though, 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:15.139 is how do 00:09:15.139 --> 00:09:15.659 you approach 00:09:15.659 --> 00:09:16.139 Boaz? 00:09:16.980 --> 00:09:17.580 In that 00:09:17.580 --> 00:09:17.920 culture, 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:18.279 a woman 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:19.620 really could 00:09:19.620 --> 00:09:20.159 not approach 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:20.580 a man 00:09:20.580 --> 00:09:21.720 without it 00:09:21.720 --> 00:09:22.100 being very 00:09:22.100 --> 00:09:22.399 awkward. 00:09:23.700 --> 00:09:23.920 And if 00:09:23.920 --> 00:09:24.379 either one 00:09:24.379 --> 00:09:24.700 of them, 00:09:25.019 --> 00:09:25.639 Naomi or 00:09:25.639 --> 00:09:26.040 Ruth, 00:09:26.540 --> 00:09:26.940 went to 00:09:26.940 --> 00:09:27.360 Boaz, 00:09:27.519 --> 00:09:27.960 the whole 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:28.360 town would 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:28.620 know. 00:09:29.879 --> 00:09:30.440 They would 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:30.680 know, 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:31.300 first of all, 00:09:31.379 --> 00:09:31.759 that she 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:32.040 went. 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:33.759 They would 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:34.279 know why 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:34.779 she went. 00:09:35.680 --> 00:09:36.100 And they 00:09:36.100 --> 00:09:36.440 would certainly 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:36.820 know the 00:09:36.820 --> 00:09:38.080 outcome of 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:38.440 any such 00:09:38.440 --> 00:09:38.700 meeting. 00:09:38.700 --> 00:09:41.220 And certainly 00:09:41.220 --> 00:09:42.480 a public 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:42.920 meeting like 00:09:42.920 --> 00:09:43.180 that would 00:09:43.180 --> 00:09:43.660 put Boaz 00:09:43.660 --> 00:09:44.120 in a very 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:44.460 awkward 00:09:44.460 --> 00:09:45.060 situation. 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:46.220 How would 00:09:46.220 --> 00:09:46.720 he react? 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:47.460 Would he 00:09:47.460 --> 00:09:48.000 feel pressured 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:48.620 into marriage? 00:09:49.720 --> 00:09:50.280 Would the 00:09:50.280 --> 00:09:51.020 awkwardness push 00:09:51.020 --> 00:09:51.780 him away from 00:09:51.780 --> 00:09:52.120 marriage? 00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:53.680 And how 00:09:53.680 --> 00:09:53.980 would the 00:09:53.980 --> 00:09:54.680 village react 00:09:54.680 --> 00:09:56.840 to Ruth, 00:09:57.220 --> 00:09:58.120 a Moabitess, 00:09:59.180 --> 00:09:59.800 an outsider? 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:02.079 Boaz said 00:10:02.079 --> 00:10:02.359 no? 00:10:03.599 --> 00:10:04.359 How could 00:10:04.359 --> 00:10:04.979 Naomi or 00:10:04.979 --> 00:10:05.620 Ruth recover 00:10:05.620 --> 00:10:06.679 from such 00:10:06.679 --> 00:10:07.159 a rejection? 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:08.359 From the 00:10:08.359 --> 00:10:08.919 humiliation? 00:10:09.179 --> 00:10:09.399 From the 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:09.740 shame? 00:10:10.159 --> 00:10:10.519 From the 00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:10.959 embarrassment? 00:10:12.379 --> 00:10:12.859 And certainly 00:10:12.859 --> 00:10:13.299 how would 00:10:13.299 --> 00:10:13.779 Boaz, who 00:10:13.779 --> 00:10:14.099 have been so 00:10:14.099 --> 00:10:14.620 kind to 00:10:14.620 --> 00:10:15.819 Ruth over 00:10:15.819 --> 00:10:16.159 the last 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:16.719 few months, 00:10:17.539 --> 00:10:18.079 treat them 00:10:18.079 --> 00:10:18.740 after that 00:10:18.740 --> 00:10:19.039 point? 00:10:20.459 --> 00:10:21.199 But Ruth 00:10:21.199 --> 00:10:21.899 needed a 00:10:21.899 --> 00:10:22.199 redeemer. 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:25.120 So Naomi 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:25.500 comes up 00:10:25.500 --> 00:10:25.679 with a 00:10:25.679 --> 00:10:25.959 plan. 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:26.879 She tells 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:27.059 Ruth, 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:27.379 prepare 00:10:27.379 --> 00:10:27.859 yourself. 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:28.879 Wash 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:29.179 up. 00:10:29.179 --> 00:10:30.179 Splash 00:10:30.179 --> 00:10:30.339 some 00:10:30.339 --> 00:10:30.719 perfume 00:10:30.719 --> 00:10:30.979 on 00:10:30.979 --> 00:10:31.339 yourself. 00:10:32.259 --> 00:10:32.379 Wear 00:10:32.379 --> 00:10:32.539 a 00:10:32.539 --> 00:10:32.859 cloak. 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:34.039 Now, 00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:34.719 the 00:10:34.719 --> 00:10:35.000 cloak, 00:10:35.079 --> 00:10:35.279 is that 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:35.639 because 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:35.879 it was 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:36.379 cold out? 00:10:37.039 --> 00:10:37.620 Or was 00:10:37.620 --> 00:10:37.839 it to 00:10:37.839 --> 00:10:38.439 hide who 00:10:38.439 --> 00:10:38.959 she was? 00:10:41.359 --> 00:10:41.959 Go to 00:10:41.959 --> 00:10:42.419 the winnowing 00:10:42.419 --> 00:10:42.719 floor, 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:43.439 and after 00:10:43.439 --> 00:10:43.819 all are 00:10:43.819 --> 00:10:44.219 asleep, 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:44.859 lay down 00:10:44.859 --> 00:10:45.139 at his 00:10:45.139 --> 00:10:46.079 feet and 00:10:46.079 --> 00:10:46.500 await his 00:10:46.500 --> 00:10:47.079 instructions. 00:10:48.739 --> 00:10:49.139 And Ruth 00:10:49.139 --> 00:10:49.559 obeyed her 00:10:49.559 --> 00:10:50.059 mother-in-law. 00:10:51.559 --> 00:10:52.239 She went 00:10:52.239 --> 00:10:52.439 to the 00:10:52.439 --> 00:10:52.759 winnowing 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:53.059 floor, 00:10:53.899 --> 00:10:54.259 because 00:10:54.259 --> 00:10:54.899 after all, 00:10:55.579 --> 00:10:55.799 Ruth 00:10:55.799 --> 00:10:56.259 needed a 00:10:56.259 --> 00:10:56.559 redeemer. 00:10:58.339 --> 00:10:58.959 So now 00:10:58.960 --> 00:10:59.320 the scene 00:10:59.320 --> 00:10:59.780 shifts. 00:11:01.540 --> 00:11:01.660 The 00:11:01.660 --> 00:11:01.980 midnight 00:11:01.980 --> 00:11:02.580 rendezvous. 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:04.340 Boaz 00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:04.620 has been 00:11:04.620 --> 00:11:04.920 hard at 00:11:04.920 --> 00:11:05.259 work all 00:11:05.259 --> 00:11:05.480 day. 00:11:06.340 --> 00:11:06.519 The 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:07.000 harvest is 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:07.280 over, 00:11:07.800 --> 00:11:08.139 the grain 00:11:08.139 --> 00:11:08.700 is dried, 00:11:09.420 --> 00:11:09.940 now is 00:11:09.940 --> 00:11:10.240 the time 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:10.920 to separate 00:11:10.920 --> 00:11:11.920 the grain 00:11:11.920 --> 00:11:12.259 from the 00:11:12.259 --> 00:11:12.580 chaff. 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:13.820 Last week 00:11:13.820 --> 00:11:14.120 we talked 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:14.720 about Ruth 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:16.019 separating the 00:11:16.019 --> 00:11:16.500 chaff by 00:11:16.500 --> 00:11:16.860 hand, 00:11:17.019 --> 00:11:17.480 beating on 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:19.100 the grain. 00:11:20.920 --> 00:11:21.379 Threshing 00:11:21.379 --> 00:11:22.120 and winnowing 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:22.500 are really 00:11:22.500 --> 00:11:23.160 larger scale 00:11:23.160 --> 00:11:24.019 operations for 00:11:24.019 --> 00:11:24.519 a full-size 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:24.879 farm. 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:26.240 See, 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:26.580 after the 00:11:26.580 --> 00:11:26.960 grain is 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:27.360 dried and 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:27.480 is 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:28.379 threshed, 00:11:29.019 --> 00:11:29.799 animals such 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:30.340 as oxen 00:11:30.340 --> 00:11:30.799 are driven 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:31.600 across the 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:31.899 grain, 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:32.740 across the 00:11:32.740 --> 00:11:33.240 sheaths, 00:11:33.620 --> 00:11:33.980 and their 00:11:33.980 --> 00:11:34.580 feet break 00:11:34.580 --> 00:11:35.200 up the 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:36.100 straw and 00:11:36.100 --> 00:11:36.460 free the 00:11:36.460 --> 00:11:36.820 grain from 00:11:36.820 --> 00:11:37.299 the chaff. 00:11:38.259 --> 00:11:38.899 After the 00:11:38.899 --> 00:11:39.240 threshing 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:39.639 comes the 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:40.019 winnowing. 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:41.259 That's where 00:11:41.259 --> 00:11:41.759 the winnowers 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:42.439 would take a 00:11:42.439 --> 00:11:43.539 pitchfork or 00:11:43.539 --> 00:11:44.559 a shovel and 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:45.820 toss the 00:11:45.820 --> 00:11:46.399 straw and 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:46.960 the chaff and 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:47.539 the grain into 00:11:47.539 --> 00:11:47.939 the air. 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:49.340 The heavier 00:11:49.340 --> 00:11:49.799 grain would 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:50.500 fall first, 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:51.500 and if it 00:11:51.500 --> 00:11:51.879 was done on 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:52.179 a windy 00:11:52.179 --> 00:11:52.539 day, 00:11:53.139 --> 00:11:53.740 the straw and 00:11:53.740 --> 00:11:54.259 the chaff would 00:11:54.259 --> 00:11:54.720 be blown to 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:55.340 one side, 00:11:56.399 --> 00:11:57.019 separating the 00:11:57.019 --> 00:11:57.279 wheat from 00:11:57.279 --> 00:11:57.700 the chaff. 00:11:59.320 --> 00:11:59.960 Now, I'm sure 00:11:59.960 --> 00:12:00.259 you've heard 00:12:00.259 --> 00:12:01.379 whole sermons 00:12:01.379 --> 00:12:02.960 written on 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:03.639 separating the 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:03.960 wheat from 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:04.480 the chaff. 00:12:04.899 --> 00:12:05.320 We won't go 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:05.639 into that 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:06.019 today. 00:12:08.440 --> 00:12:09.139 But Ruth 00:12:09.139 --> 00:12:09.580 does as 00:12:09.580 --> 00:12:10.539 Naomi commanded. 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:12.500 And when 00:12:12.500 --> 00:12:13.419 Boaz is asleep, 00:12:13.560 --> 00:12:14.159 she lays down 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:14.720 at his feet. 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:16.320 She does not 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:16.759 wake him. 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:18.220 She does not 00:12:18.220 --> 00:12:18.919 lay down beside 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:19.180 him. 00:12:20.340 --> 00:12:21.019 But she lays 00:12:21.019 --> 00:12:21.980 down where a 00:12:21.980 --> 00:12:22.500 servant would, 00:12:22.700 --> 00:12:23.259 at his feet. 00:12:23.740 --> 00:12:24.680 And she 00:12:24.680 --> 00:12:25.039 waits. 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:28.019 Naomi had 00:12:28.019 --> 00:12:29.460 given Ruth no 00:12:29.460 --> 00:12:30.320 further instructions 00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:30.960 other than 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:32.560 simply, he will 00:12:32.560 --> 00:12:33.220 tell you what to 00:12:33.220 --> 00:12:33.419 do. 00:12:35.460 --> 00:12:36.240 Now, what was 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:36.840 Naomi trying to 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:37.039 do? 00:12:37.259 --> 00:12:39.600 Was she telling 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:40.340 Ruth to approach 00:12:40.340 --> 00:12:41.200 Boaz in secret 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:41.840 under cover of 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:42.440 darkness to 00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:43.440 avoid an 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:43.919 appearance of 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:46.159 impropriety or 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:47.740 confrontation? 00:12:49.259 --> 00:12:49.919 Was she 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:50.960 trusting Boaz to 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:51.680 be honorable and 00:12:51.680 --> 00:12:52.060 respectful? 00:12:53.740 --> 00:12:54.279 Or was she 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:54.620 trying to 00:12:54.620 --> 00:12:55.259 copy Tamar? 00:12:55.820 --> 00:12:56.240 Was she 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:56.740 intentionally 00:12:56.740 --> 00:12:57.720 placing Boaz 00:12:57.720 --> 00:12:58.700 into a 00:12:58.700 --> 00:12:59.180 compromising 00:12:59.180 --> 00:12:59.639 position? 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:00.759 Was she 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:01.120 trying to 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:01.940 extract Boaz? 00:13:03.860 --> 00:13:04.620 All of these 00:13:04.620 --> 00:13:05.340 possibilities have 00:13:05.340 --> 00:13:05.960 been posed. 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:06.960 And the 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:07.759 answer is, 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:09.879 the text 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:10.500 doesn't tell us. 00:13:11.620 --> 00:13:12.639 We don't know 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:13.320 what the intent 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:13.639 was. 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:14.840 But in the 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:15.220 middle of the 00:13:15.220 --> 00:13:16.740 night, Boaz 00:13:16.740 --> 00:13:17.080 wakes. 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:18.680 And he's 00:13:18.680 --> 00:13:19.100 startled to 00:13:19.100 --> 00:13:19.500 find a woman 00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:20.060 at his feet. 00:13:20.059 --> 00:13:21.759 It's too 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:22.179 dark to 00:13:22.179 --> 00:13:23.019 recognize anyone, 00:13:23.359 --> 00:13:24.139 but suddenly, 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:25.459 my guess is 00:13:25.459 --> 00:13:25.859 he's wide 00:13:25.859 --> 00:13:26.159 awake. 00:13:28.019 --> 00:13:28.579 There's a 00:13:28.579 --> 00:13:29.059 woman there. 00:13:29.179 --> 00:13:29.559 You can tell 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:30.139 by the perfume 00:13:30.139 --> 00:13:30.500 if nothing 00:13:30.500 --> 00:13:30.839 else. 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:33.399 And here we 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:33.959 begin to 00:13:33.959 --> 00:13:34.299 wonder if 00:13:34.299 --> 00:13:34.759 maybe the 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:35.779 author is 00:13:35.779 --> 00:13:36.199 trying to 00:13:36.199 --> 00:13:36.559 give us a 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:37.299 parallel picture 00:13:37.299 --> 00:13:38.799 to another 00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:39.799 image from 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:40.159 Genesis. 00:13:42.239 --> 00:13:42.839 Parallels to 00:13:42.839 --> 00:13:43.439 a different 00:13:43.439 --> 00:13:44.000 story that 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:44.179 would have 00:13:44.179 --> 00:13:44.559 been quite 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:45.039 familiar to 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:45.519 the Israelites, 00:13:46.059 --> 00:13:46.419 a picture 00:13:46.419 --> 00:13:46.739 from the 00:13:46.739 --> 00:13:47.079 Garden of 00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:47.300 Eden. 00:13:49.160 --> 00:13:49.860 For Adam, 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:50.540 alone in 00:13:50.540 --> 00:13:50.960 the garden, 00:13:52.800 --> 00:13:53.560 is contrasted 00:13:53.560 --> 00:13:54.139 with Boaz, 00:13:54.300 --> 00:13:54.720 alone in 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:55.180 his fields. 00:13:56.379 --> 00:13:56.700 Adam, 00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:57.360 lying down 00:13:57.360 --> 00:13:58.020 surrounded by 00:13:58.020 --> 00:13:58.540 the bounty 00:13:58.540 --> 00:13:59.540 of God's 00:13:59.540 --> 00:13:59.800 garden. 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:01.680 Adam, 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:02.820 or Boaz, 00:14:02.940 --> 00:14:03.160 rather, 00:14:03.520 --> 00:14:03.900 going to 00:14:03.900 --> 00:14:04.860 sleep next 00:14:04.860 --> 00:14:05.139 to his 00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:05.600 piles of 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:05.940 grain, 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:07.440 symbols of 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:07.860 the bounty 00:14:07.860 --> 00:14:08.320 of God. 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:10.700 Adam, 00:14:10.780 --> 00:14:11.040 going to 00:14:11.040 --> 00:14:11.600 sleep alone, 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:12.080 waking up 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:12.440 to find 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:12.860 Eve, 00:14:13.540 --> 00:14:14.040 the woman 00:14:14.040 --> 00:14:14.540 specifically 00:14:14.540 --> 00:14:15.220 designed for 00:14:15.220 --> 00:14:15.440 him. 00:14:16.379 --> 00:14:16.820 The one 00:14:16.820 --> 00:14:17.180 element 00:14:17.180 --> 00:14:17.480 that he 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:17.800 knew was 00:14:17.800 --> 00:14:18.060 missing 00:14:18.060 --> 00:14:18.340 in his 00:14:18.340 --> 00:14:18.660 life. 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:20.580 Boaz, 00:14:21.060 --> 00:14:21.480 going to 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:22.040 sleep alone, 00:14:22.800 --> 00:14:23.320 waking to 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:23.920 find Ruth, 00:14:25.020 --> 00:14:25.240 and of 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:25.379 course, 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:25.680 in both 00:14:25.680 --> 00:14:26.000 cases, 00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:26.620 God knowing 00:14:26.620 --> 00:14:27.379 that it 00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:27.700 was not 00:14:27.700 --> 00:14:28.300 right for 00:14:28.300 --> 00:14:28.560 man to 00:14:28.560 --> 00:14:28.960 be alone. 00:14:30.220 --> 00:14:30.600 Of course, 00:14:30.660 --> 00:14:30.840 there are 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:31.140 differences 00:14:31.140 --> 00:14:31.700 between those 00:14:31.700 --> 00:14:31.980 stories, 00:14:32.140 --> 00:14:32.260 too. 00:14:33.620 --> 00:14:33.980 Adam 00:14:33.980 --> 00:14:34.460 names the 00:14:34.460 --> 00:14:34.700 woman, 00:14:35.140 --> 00:14:35.520 immediately 00:14:35.520 --> 00:14:36.120 claiming her 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:36.460 as bone 00:14:36.460 --> 00:14:36.720 of my 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:37.120 bone and 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:37.420 flesh of 00:14:37.420 --> 00:14:37.580 my 00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:37.940 flesh, 00:14:38.740 --> 00:14:39.000 knowing 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:39.280 that the 00:14:39.280 --> 00:14:39.680 woman was 00:14:39.680 --> 00:14:40.180 specifically 00:14:40.180 --> 00:14:40.640 made for 00:14:40.640 --> 00:14:40.900 him. 00:14:42.100 --> 00:14:42.540 Boaz, 00:14:42.740 --> 00:14:43.260 on the 00:14:43.260 --> 00:14:43.580 other hand, 00:14:43.640 --> 00:14:44.060 doesn't know 00:14:44.060 --> 00:14:44.360 this. 00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:46.280 He asks, 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:46.740 who are 00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:46.980 you? 00:14:47.839 --> 00:14:48.199 And by 00:14:48.199 --> 00:14:48.799 implication, 00:14:49.059 --> 00:14:49.419 what are 00:14:49.419 --> 00:14:49.779 you doing 00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:50.059 here? 00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:52.019 And Ruth 00:14:52.019 --> 00:14:52.459 responds, 00:14:52.579 --> 00:14:52.839 I am 00:14:52.839 --> 00:14:53.159 Ruth, 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:53.699 your servant. 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:54.839 Spread your 00:14:54.839 --> 00:14:55.399 wings over 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:55.919 your servant, 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:56.500 for you are 00:14:56.500 --> 00:14:57.139 a redeemer, 00:14:58.139 --> 00:14:59.319 a redeemer, 00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:00.220 a rescuer, 00:15:00.539 --> 00:15:00.939 one who 00:15:00.939 --> 00:15:01.439 could provide 00:15:01.439 --> 00:15:01.799 what she 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:02.279 could not, 00:15:03.139 --> 00:15:03.779 an inheritance, 00:15:04.459 --> 00:15:04.959 a husband, 00:15:06.079 --> 00:15:06.759 the rest. 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:09.939 Ruth, 00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:10.360 remember, 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:11.419 needs a 00:15:11.419 --> 00:15:11.759 redeemer. 00:15:13.319 --> 00:15:13.819 But Boaz 00:15:13.819 --> 00:15:14.259 responds 00:15:14.259 --> 00:15:14.779 honorably 00:15:14.779 --> 00:15:15.439 and gently. 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:16.819 He does 00:15:16.819 --> 00:15:17.419 not immediately 00:15:17.419 --> 00:15:17.919 take Ruth 00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:18.240 as his 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:18.539 wife. 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:19.539 He doesn't 00:15:19.539 --> 00:15:20.059 take advantage 00:15:20.059 --> 00:15:20.379 of her. 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:22.059 He doesn't 00:15:22.059 --> 00:15:22.720 chastise her 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:23.319 for coming 00:15:23.319 --> 00:15:23.580 to the 00:15:23.580 --> 00:15:23.879 thretching 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:24.179 floor. 00:15:25.139 --> 00:15:25.439 He does 00:15:25.439 --> 00:15:25.840 not chase 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:26.259 her away, 00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:26.620 but he 00:15:26.620 --> 00:15:27.120 listens to 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:27.559 her plea, 00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:28.819 and he 00:15:28.819 --> 00:15:29.399 praises her, 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:30.340 and he 00:15:30.340 --> 00:15:30.840 blesses her. 00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:32.580 He calls 00:15:32.580 --> 00:15:32.840 her a 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:33.039 worthy 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:33.379 woman, 00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:33.799 in verse 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:34.120 11. 00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:35.419 That word 00:15:35.419 --> 00:15:35.740 again, 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:36.120 kail, 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:38.019 used in 00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:38.620 chapter 2 00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:39.340 to describe 00:15:39.340 --> 00:15:39.820 Boaz, 00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:40.919 a man of 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:41.139 worth, 00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:41.539 a man of 00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:41.879 value. 00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:42.519 And now 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:43.360 Boaz uses 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:44.419 it to 00:15:44.419 --> 00:15:44.820 describe 00:15:44.820 --> 00:15:45.200 Ruth in 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:45.519 the same 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:45.840 way, 00:15:46.419 --> 00:15:46.779 a woman 00:15:46.779 --> 00:15:47.279 of worth, 00:15:47.700 --> 00:15:48.179 an honorable 00:15:48.179 --> 00:15:48.519 woman, 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:49.779 a virtuous 00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:50.200 woman, 00:15:50.659 --> 00:15:51.399 as it's 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:52.039 translated in 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:52.360 Proverbs 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:52.759 31. 00:15:54.419 --> 00:15:55.039 Ruth had 00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:55.480 not chased 00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:55.879 after the 00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:56.279 young man 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:56.480 of the 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:57.879 town to 00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:58.159 seek a 00:15:58.159 --> 00:15:58.419 husband. 00:15:58.919 --> 00:15:59.460 She had 00:15:59.460 --> 00:15:59.960 trusted the 00:15:59.960 --> 00:16:00.220 Lord. 00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:01.700 She had 00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:02.220 trusted her 00:16:02.220 --> 00:16:02.720 mother-in-law, 00:16:03.560 --> 00:16:04.100 and now 00:16:04.100 --> 00:16:04.840 she was 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:05.120 trusting 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:05.560 Boaz. 00:16:07.680 --> 00:16:08.200 Apparently, 00:16:08.300 --> 00:16:08.440 though, 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:09.080 Boaz had 00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:09.379 already 00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:09.920 researched 00:16:09.920 --> 00:16:10.180 the 00:16:10.180 --> 00:16:10.680 situation. 00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:12.580 He 00:16:12.580 --> 00:16:12.840 certainly 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:13.159 knew the 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:13.800 responsibilities 00:16:13.800 --> 00:16:14.580 of a 00:16:14.580 --> 00:16:15.019 kinsman 00:16:15.019 --> 00:16:15.440 redeemer, 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:16.899 but he 00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:17.340 also knew 00:16:17.340 --> 00:16:17.600 that there 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:18.080 was another 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:18.759 kinsman 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:19.659 who was 00:16:19.659 --> 00:16:21.800 closer to 00:16:21.800 --> 00:16:22.139 Naomi, 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:22.740 a closer 00:16:22.740 --> 00:16:23.120 relative. 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.060 And as 00:16:25.060 --> 00:16:25.279 such, 00:16:25.340 --> 00:16:25.560 he knew 00:16:25.560 --> 00:16:25.920 that this 00:16:25.920 --> 00:16:26.240 other 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:26.840 kinsman 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:27.639 had both 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:28.060 the rights 00:16:28.060 --> 00:16:28.460 and the 00:16:28.460 --> 00:16:29.120 responsibilities 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:30.120 to be 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:30.300 the 00:16:30.300 --> 00:16:30.620 redeemer 00:16:30.620 --> 00:16:31.180 for Ruth. 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:32.560 Boaz 00:16:32.560 --> 00:16:32.840 didn't 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:33.240 jump the 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:33.480 queue, 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:34.720 he 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:34.960 didn't 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:35.240 claim 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:35.480 Ruth 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:35.659 as 00:16:35.659 --> 00:16:35.820 his 00:16:35.820 --> 00:16:36.080 own, 00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:37.120 but he 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:37.440 promised 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:38.080 to ensure 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:38.519 that Ruth 00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:38.759 would be 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:39.159 cared for 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:39.580 properly. 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:41.320 So he 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:41.879 told Ruth 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:42.639 to remain 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:43.200 until early 00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:43.560 morning, 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:44.899 to leave 00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.360 before it 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:45.700 was light 00:16:45.700 --> 00:16:46.080 enough for 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:46.480 anyone to 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.100 recognize her. 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:49.120 He protected 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:49.379 her, 00:16:50.180 --> 00:16:50.800 as it wasn't 00:16:50.800 --> 00:16:51.620 safe for a 00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:52.060 woman to be 00:16:52.060 --> 00:16:52.779 wandering around 00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:53.159 out in the 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:54.420 fields alone 00:16:54.420 --> 00:16:54.879 at night. 00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:58.559 But he 00:16:58.559 --> 00:16:59.159 also protected 00:16:59.159 --> 00:16:59.840 her reputation. 00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:01.159 He said, 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:01.759 let it not 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.220 be known 00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:02.519 that a 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:02.960 woman came 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:03.200 to the 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:03.519 threshing 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:03.840 floor. 00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:05.180 Now, 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:06.259 it was likely 00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:06.539 that he 00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:07.039 said this 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:07.740 to his 00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:08.099 workmen 00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:08.380 that might 00:17:08.380 --> 00:17:08.559 have been 00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:08.839 around. 00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:10.559 If he 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:10.880 was saying 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:11.160 it to 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:11.339 Ruth, 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:11.579 I don't 00:17:11.579 --> 00:17:11.839 think he 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:12.079 would have 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:12.259 said, 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:12.539 let it 00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:12.819 not be 00:17:12.819 --> 00:17:12.960 known 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.299 that the 00:17:13.299 --> 00:17:13.579 woman 00:17:13.579 --> 00:17:14.460 came to 00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:14.579 the 00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:14.859 threshing 00:17:14.859 --> 00:17:15.160 floor. 00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:17.140 And he 00:17:17.140 --> 00:17:17.519 gave her 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:18.079 a promise, 00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:18.779 a pledge, 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:20.380 six measures 00:17:20.380 --> 00:17:20.820 of barley. 00:17:21.840 --> 00:17:22.020 Now, 00:17:22.080 --> 00:17:22.360 a measure 00:17:22.360 --> 00:17:22.680 is a 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:22.940 generic 00:17:22.940 --> 00:17:23.280 term. 00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:24.640 Sometimes 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:25.340 it equates 00:17:25.340 --> 00:17:25.660 to an 00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:25.940 ephah, 00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:26.460 which we 00:17:26.460 --> 00:17:26.920 talked about 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:27.680 a couple 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:27.960 of weeks 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:28.240 ago. 00:17:29.360 --> 00:17:29.780 Sometimes 00:17:29.780 --> 00:17:30.180 it's an 00:17:30.180 --> 00:17:30.400 omer, 00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:31.060 a tenth 00:17:31.060 --> 00:17:31.280 of an 00:17:31.280 --> 00:17:31.520 ephah. 00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:32.380 Now, 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:32.880 unless the 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:33.440 author was 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:34.500 exaggerating 00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:35.080 for effect, 00:17:35.360 --> 00:17:36.040 it's not 00:17:36.040 --> 00:17:36.600 likely that 00:17:36.600 --> 00:17:36.940 this was 00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:37.620 six ephah, 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:38.980 because that 00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:39.160 would have 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:39.400 been about 00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:40.100 90 kilos. 00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:41.760 You can 00:17:41.760 --> 00:17:42.220 imagine the 00:17:42.220 --> 00:17:42.720 picture of 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.400 her trying 00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:43.900 to drag 00:17:43.900 --> 00:17:44.600 90 kilos 00:17:44.600 --> 00:17:45.020 down the 00:17:45.020 --> 00:17:45.260 road. 00:17:47.040 --> 00:17:47.640 She would 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:47.860 have needed 00:17:47.860 --> 00:17:48.240 a wagon. 00:17:49.700 --> 00:17:50.140 It's more 00:17:50.140 --> 00:17:50.780 likely then 00:17:50.780 --> 00:17:51.180 that it 00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:51.540 was six 00:17:51.540 --> 00:17:51.860 omer, 00:17:51.940 --> 00:17:52.180 or about 00:17:52.180 --> 00:17:52.800 nine kilos. 00:17:54.320 --> 00:17:54.960 Still a 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:55.240 lot of 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:55.540 grain, 00:17:56.280 --> 00:17:56.820 and an 00:17:56.820 --> 00:17:57.220 amount that 00:17:57.220 --> 00:17:57.660 would fit 00:17:57.660 --> 00:17:58.240 within her 00:17:58.240 --> 00:17:58.820 cloak that 00:17:58.820 --> 00:17:59.080 she could 00:17:59.080 --> 00:17:59.540 carry and 00:17:59.540 --> 00:17:59.880 put over 00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:01.020 her shoulder. 00:18:02.420 --> 00:18:03.000 Boaz tells 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:03.220 Ruth, 00:18:03.320 --> 00:18:03.640 you must 00:18:03.640 --> 00:18:04.040 not go 00:18:04.040 --> 00:18:04.620 back empty 00:18:04.620 --> 00:18:05.440 handed to 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:06.120 your mother-in-law. 00:18:07.380 --> 00:18:07.560 Now, 00:18:07.580 --> 00:18:07.820 you have to 00:18:07.820 --> 00:18:08.120 wonder if 00:18:08.120 --> 00:18:08.480 this was a 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:09.320 message that 00:18:09.320 --> 00:18:09.600 he was 00:18:09.600 --> 00:18:10.060 sending to 00:18:10.060 --> 00:18:10.360 Naomi. 00:18:11.360 --> 00:18:12.000 You may 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:12.340 have gone 00:18:12.340 --> 00:18:12.960 away full 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:14.960 and returned 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:15.320 empty, 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:16.740 but you're 00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.180 not empty 00:18:17.180 --> 00:18:17.500 now. 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:18.560 I will 00:18:18.560 --> 00:18:19.120 see to it 00:18:19.120 --> 00:18:19.759 that Ruth 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:20.359 is redeemed 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:21.599 because Boaz 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:22.920 knew that 00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:23.440 Ruth needs 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:23.879 a redeemer. 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:28.200 Ruth asks 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:28.779 Boaz to 00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:29.200 spread his 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:29.740 wings over 00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:29.960 her. 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:31.240 Now, 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:31.599 over and 00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:32.079 over again 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:32.259 in the 00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:32.779 Old Testament, 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:33.720 wings are 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:34.079 used to 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:34.740 depict God's 00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.500 protection and 00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:36.039 redemption of 00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:36.400 his people. 00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:38.259 God redeemed 00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:38.660 them from 00:18:38.660 --> 00:18:40.059 Egypt on 00:18:40.059 --> 00:18:40.420 eagles' 00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:40.859 wings, 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:41.759 as it says 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:42.099 in Exodus 00:18:42.099 --> 00:18:42.539 19. 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:43.759 And David 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.319 throughout the 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:45.339 Psalms talks 00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:46.160 about being in 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:46.799 the shadow of 00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:47.420 God's wings, 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:48.420 a place of 00:18:48.420 --> 00:18:48.740 love, 00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.620 a place of 00:18:49.620 --> 00:18:50.079 refuge, 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:51.019 a place of 00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:51.400 protection. 00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:53.599 And Jesus 00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:54.059 in Matthew 00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:54.539 23, 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:55.039 and repeated 00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:55.779 again in 00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:56.599 Luke 13, 00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:57.779 weeps over 00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.319 Jerusalem, 00:18:58.779 --> 00:18:59.120 saying, 00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.819 O Jerusalem, 00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:00.420 Jerusalem, 00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:01.539 the city that 00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:01.960 kills the 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.519 prophets and 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:03.099 stones those 00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:03.519 who are sent 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:03.859 to it, 00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:04.839 how often 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:05.319 would I have 00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:07.140 gathered your 00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:07.940 children together 00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:09.039 as a hen 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:09.680 gathers her 00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:10.200 brood under 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:10.799 her wings, 00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:11.440 that you 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:11.740 were not 00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:12.000 willing. 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:14.740 But we also 00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.460 think about 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:15.740 wings, 00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:16.339 think about the 00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:16.779 picture of the 00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.140 Ark of the 00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:17.400 Covenant. 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:19.000 Sometimes 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:19.440 called the 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:19.700 Ark of 00:19:19.700 --> 00:19:20.240 Testimony. 00:19:21.040 --> 00:19:21.560 Covered in 00:19:21.560 --> 00:19:21.880 gold, 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.560 this box 00:19:22.560 --> 00:19:23.460 contained the 00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:24.200 Ten Commandments, 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:25.440 it contained 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:27.000 Aaron's rod 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:28.060 that bloomed, 00:19:28.860 --> 00:19:29.700 it contains the 00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.080 bowl of 00:19:30.080 --> 00:19:30.380 manna, 00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:31.660 all reminders 00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:32.160 of God's 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:32.700 covenant with 00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.040 Israel, 00:19:34.040 --> 00:19:34.560 kept in the 00:19:34.560 --> 00:19:35.040 most holy 00:19:35.040 --> 00:19:35.880 place in the 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:36.400 tabernacle, 00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:37.740 a testimony 00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:39.019 of God's 00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:39.540 grace and 00:19:39.540 --> 00:19:39.800 mercy. 00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.560 On either 00:19:41.560 --> 00:19:42.040 side of the 00:19:42.040 --> 00:19:43.040 lid was a 00:19:43.040 --> 00:19:43.360 cherub. 00:19:43.840 --> 00:19:44.000 Now, 00:19:44.080 --> 00:19:44.540 when we think 00:19:44.540 --> 00:19:45.100 of cherubs, 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:46.160 what do we 00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:46.540 think of? 00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:46.720 Well, 00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:47.279 normally we 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:47.779 think of 00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.200 cute, 00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:48.779 chubby little 00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:49.059 baby 00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:49.519 cubits, 00:19:49.619 --> 00:19:49.799 right? 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:51.720 Well, 00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.180 that couldn't 00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:52.759 be further 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:53.659 from reality. 00:19:54.899 --> 00:19:55.539 The cherubim, 00:19:55.899 --> 00:19:56.480 plural of 00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:56.819 cherub, 00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:58.220 were the 00:19:58.220 --> 00:19:59.039 warrior angels. 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:00.879 They were 00:20:00.879 --> 00:20:01.399 the powerful 00:20:01.399 --> 00:20:02.359 guard angels 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:03.240 that stood 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:04.379 around the 00:20:04.379 --> 00:20:04.740 throne of 00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.019 God. 00:20:06.159 --> 00:20:06.559 And after 00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.059 the fall, 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:08.240 cherubim 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:08.700 were placed 00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:09.059 at the 00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.500 edges of 00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:09.799 the Garden 00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.159 of Eden 00:20:10.159 --> 00:20:10.720 with flaming 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:12.180 swords to 00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:12.559 guard the 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:12.899 tree of 00:20:12.899 --> 00:20:13.799 life and 00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:14.079 to keep 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:14.539 out sinful 00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:14.879 man. 00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:16.660 On the 00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:16.900 Ark of 00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.020 the 00:20:17.020 --> 00:20:17.300 Covenant, 00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:17.700 two 00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.160 cherubim 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:18.480 faced 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:18.900 each other 00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.980 and spread 00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.540 their wings 00:20:20.540 --> 00:20:21.280 over the 00:20:21.280 --> 00:20:21.820 mercy seat. 00:20:23.340 --> 00:20:23.760 The 00:20:23.760 --> 00:20:24.320 mercy seat 00:20:24.320 --> 00:20:24.560 at the 00:20:24.560 --> 00:20:24.900 center of 00:20:24.900 --> 00:20:25.240 the lid, 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:26.580 where the 00:20:26.580 --> 00:20:26.960 grace of 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:27.340 God was 00:20:27.340 --> 00:20:27.920 extended to 00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:28.360 his people. 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:29.300 For every 00:20:29.300 --> 00:20:30.180 year on 00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:30.420 the Day 00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:30.980 of Atonement, 00:20:31.800 --> 00:20:32.440 the high 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:32.880 priest would 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:33.180 bring the 00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:33.480 blood of 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:34.120 the sacrifice 00:20:34.120 --> 00:20:35.180 and pour 00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:35.940 it out on 00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.260 the mercy 00:20:36.260 --> 00:20:37.240 seat to 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:37.640 cover the 00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:37.960 sins of 00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.320 the people. 00:20:39.820 --> 00:20:40.400 As the 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:40.700 cherubim 00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:41.140 spread their 00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:41.600 wings over 00:20:41.600 --> 00:20:41.960 the mercy 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:42.260 seat, 00:20:42.360 --> 00:20:42.760 so God 00:20:42.760 --> 00:20:43.360 spreads his 00:20:43.360 --> 00:20:44.260 wings over 00:20:44.260 --> 00:20:44.720 his people. 00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.020 Providing 00:20:46.020 --> 00:20:47.180 refuge and 00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:47.620 protection, 00:20:48.020 --> 00:20:48.660 reminding them 00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:48.900 of the 00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:49.400 promise of 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:49.900 a Redeemer 00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.920 who would 00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.260 come, 00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:52.240 the seed 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.480 of the 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:52.700 woman, 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:53.760 who would 00:20:53.760 --> 00:20:54.160 crush the 00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:54.380 head of 00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:54.780 the serpent, 00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:55.860 who would 00:20:55.860 --> 00:20:56.600 restore a 00:20:56.600 --> 00:20:57.320 right relationship 00:20:57.320 --> 00:20:58.000 between God 00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.440 and man. 00:20:59.620 --> 00:20:59.860 At 00:20:59.860 --> 00:21:00.340 Sinai, 00:21:00.780 --> 00:21:01.200 God had 00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:01.540 given the 00:21:01.540 --> 00:21:01.840 law and 00:21:01.840 --> 00:21:02.520 the sacrifices 00:21:02.520 --> 00:21:03.420 to show 00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:03.900 that sin 00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:04.280 led to 00:21:04.280 --> 00:21:04.620 death, 00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.080 that without 00:21:06.080 --> 00:21:06.500 the shedding 00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:06.860 of blood 00:21:06.860 --> 00:21:07.160 there could 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.500 be no 00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:07.820 forgiveness 00:21:07.820 --> 00:21:08.320 of sin, 00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:10.419 and to 00:21:10.419 --> 00:21:10.879 act as a 00:21:10.879 --> 00:21:11.720 reminder that 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.019 the blood 00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:12.460 of goats 00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.039 and bulls 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.519 and sheep 00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.679 was not 00:21:14.679 --> 00:21:15.059 enough, 00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:16.980 to teach 00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.399 the people 00:21:17.399 --> 00:21:17.720 of their 00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.619 need for 00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:19.019 redemption, 00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:20.379 for a 00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:20.679 Redeemer. 00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:22.019 In Psalm 00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.659 19, 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:24.399 David refers 00:21:24.399 --> 00:21:24.700 to the 00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:25.619 Lord as 00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:26.179 my rock 00:21:26.179 --> 00:21:26.919 and my 00:21:26.919 --> 00:21:27.279 Redeemer. 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:29.339 a 00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:29.740 Redeemer 00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.720 to free 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.059 us from 00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.480 the slavery 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.980 of sin, 00:21:32.639 --> 00:21:33.319 to restore 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:33.700 that right 00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.240 relationship. 00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:34.639 Yes, 00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.819 Ruth needed 00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:36.319 a Redeemer, 00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:38.359 but also 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:38.759 we need 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.220 a Redeemer. 00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:40.899 And God 00:21:40.899 --> 00:21:41.240 the Father 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:41.639 sent His 00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:42.240 eternal Son 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.559 as our 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:42.920 Redeemer 00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.799 to live 00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.299 that perfect 00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:45.099 obedient life, 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.299 to die 00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:46.720 an atoning 00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.099 death, 00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:47.839 to pour 00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:48.319 His own 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:48.619 blood 00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:49.759 onto the 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.019 heavenly 00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.339 mercy 00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:50.779 seat 00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:52.480 to cover 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:53.039 our sins. 00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:55.680 Isaiah 00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.200 53 00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:57.139 says He 00:21:57.140 --> 00:21:57.660 was pierced 00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:57.980 for our 00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.720 transgressions. 00:21:59.440 --> 00:21:59.700 He was 00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.020 crushed 00:22:00.020 --> 00:22:00.500 for our 00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.040 iniquities. 00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:02.259 Upon Him 00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.580 was the 00:22:02.580 --> 00:22:03.160 chastisement 00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:03.540 that brought 00:22:03.540 --> 00:22:04.120 us peace, 00:22:04.520 --> 00:22:04.960 and with 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.480 His wounds 00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.800 we are 00:22:05.800 --> 00:22:06.080 healed. 00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.540 Peace 00:22:07.540 --> 00:22:09.100 and rest 00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:09.940 through a 00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:10.280 Redeemer. 00:22:12.080 --> 00:22:12.920 Ruth returned 00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:13.400 home with 00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:13.780 them with a 00:22:13.780 --> 00:22:14.180 promise, 00:22:14.780 --> 00:22:15.560 a promise 00:22:15.560 --> 00:22:15.980 backed up 00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.259 by a 00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.540 token, 00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.080 the barley 00:22:20.080 --> 00:22:20.560 itself. 00:22:21.780 --> 00:22:22.120 And Naomi 00:22:22.120 --> 00:22:22.840 sees this 00:22:22.840 --> 00:22:23.180 as a 00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:24.540 pledge and 00:22:24.540 --> 00:22:24.880 says He 00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:25.240 will not 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:26.320 rest until 00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:26.680 the matter 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.120 is settled. 00:22:28.040 --> 00:22:28.660 In the 00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:29.120 final two 00:22:29.120 --> 00:22:29.840 weeks of 00:22:29.840 --> 00:22:30.180 our study 00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.520 of Ruth 00:22:30.520 --> 00:22:30.780 we will 00:22:30.780 --> 00:22:31.920 see how 00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.320 Boaz, 00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:32.960 this kinsman 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.340 redeemer, 00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.000 fulfilled this 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.400 promise, 00:22:35.120 --> 00:22:36.259 but also how 00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:37.560 this story of 00:22:37.560 --> 00:22:38.480 Boaz as a 00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:38.780 kinsman 00:22:38.780 --> 00:22:39.800 redeemer fits 00:22:39.800 --> 00:22:40.200 into the 00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.960 overall story 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.220 of the 00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.500 Bible, 00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:42.720 of the 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.080 Lord who 00:22:43.080 --> 00:22:43.780 provides a 00:22:43.780 --> 00:22:44.020 true 00:22:44.020 --> 00:22:44.640 redeemer for 00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:44.940 us, 00:22:45.580 --> 00:22:45.820 and how 00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:46.280 because of 00:22:46.280 --> 00:22:46.980 His steadfast 00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:48.040 love and 00:22:48.040 --> 00:22:48.660 faithfulness we 00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:49.220 can trust our 00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:49.600 redeemer. 00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:51.520 We can trust 00:22:51.520 --> 00:22:52.160 that redeemer in 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:52.500 our daily 00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:52.960 struggles, 00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.160 in our 00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.460 waiting, 00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:55.800 in our 00:22:55.800 --> 00:22:56.340 wondering what's 00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:56.519 going to 00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.099 happen next. 00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.179 And we 00:22:59.179 --> 00:23:01.240 can wait 00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:02.199 and see how 00:23:02.199 --> 00:23:02.539 God will 00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.019 work it out. 00:23:03.699 --> 00:23:04.240 We can 00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:05.179 trust that He 00:23:05.179 --> 00:23:05.899 cares for us. 00:23:06.859 --> 00:23:07.579 Let's pray. 00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.159 Let's pray. 00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.159 00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.159 00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.159 00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.159 00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.159 00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.159 00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.159 00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.159 00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.159 00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.159 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