WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.280 Kept close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvest, about two months. 00:00:07.020 --> 00:00:09.160 ! And she lived with her mother-in-law. 00:00:10.200 --> 00:00:16.080 So beginning in the final verse of chapter 1 to the final verse of chapter 2, we see that God has provided. 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:20.359 He has been providential in his care for Naomi and Ruth. 00:00:21.080 --> 00:00:26.859 Now they have some temporal provision, but how long will this last? 00:00:26.859 --> 00:00:32.759 I have no idea how much grain she may have gleaned and how long that may have lasted, but it's finite. 00:00:32.899 --> 00:00:34.659 It's not going to last forever. 00:00:35.060 --> 00:00:41.560 How are Naomi and Ruth, these two widows, to be cared for long term? 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:47.659 Now, we don't tend to read the narrative this way, but original readers of it, and for many centuries beyond, 00:00:47.659 --> 00:00:57.099 would have been concerned what happens next for these two women who are without a livelihood because they have no husbands. 00:00:58.140 --> 00:01:04.439 Chapter 3 begins with a plan hatched by Naomi to see Ruth married. 00:01:05.259 --> 00:01:11.280 She gives Ruth very careful instructions, and Ruth agrees to do exactly what she says. 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:17.000 And so we see a short little summary of that in Ruth chapter 3 and verse 7. 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:24.299 When Boaz had eaten and drunk, he's at the threshing floor dealing with, processing the harvest. 00:01:24.960 --> 00:01:26.019 And his heart was merry. 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:29.340 He went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. 00:01:29.939 --> 00:01:33.599 Then she came softly and uncovered his feet and lay down. 00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:36.539 Now, a brief note at this point. 00:01:36.780 --> 00:01:42.119 Last week, I stated that this was not a salacious act, is the word that I used, 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:47.419 by which I meant that we should not think that anything suspect was happening here. 00:01:48.419 --> 00:01:53.719 A problem that I find being an avid reader is that sometimes I write with words 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:58.939 that I realize in the moment of saying them out loud may not be the clearest word. 00:01:59.079 --> 00:02:00.319 This happens to me very often. 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:05.159 I read a word and I go, oh, I could have used a better, simpler word in that place. 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:08.199 So I seek to quickly insert a synonym to give the meaning. 00:02:08.659 --> 00:02:11.879 If you ever see me fumbling and like my brain is shutting down, 00:02:11.919 --> 00:02:15.379 it's because I'm Rolodexing through words that I want to insert into that spot instead. 00:02:15.500 --> 00:02:16.379 I'm going, no, not that one. 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:17.340 That's less clear. 00:02:17.740 --> 00:02:23.319 And finally, something comes out of my mouth, which is sometimes helpful and sometimes not. 00:02:24.620 --> 00:02:28.699 Last week, as I was searching for a word synonymous with salacious, 00:02:28.699 --> 00:02:33.519 I grabbed the word, hear me carefully, hinky with an H. 00:02:34.459 --> 00:02:38.819 Hinky from somewhere in the recesses of my mind. 00:02:39.039 --> 00:02:40.899 And it's a word that means suspect. 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:45.120 And I think I picked it up from Scooby-Doo back in the days. 00:02:47.679 --> 00:02:50.280 Fred used that word a lot in that cartoon. 00:02:50.280 --> 00:03:00.000 Some of you thought I said kinky with a K, which means sexually deviant. 00:03:00.259 --> 00:03:06.219 So it sort of applies, but wasn't at all what I intended to communicate. 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:12.620 I would never use that word in a sermon or perhaps ever, 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:16.120 unless, of course, I am using it to tell you that I wouldn't use it. 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:23.740 Now, that said, if you know me well, you likely assumed I wouldn't use such an odd word in a sermon, 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:25.719 if you know me well. 00:03:27.700 --> 00:03:32.300 If so, you may even know me better than my own wife, 00:03:32.420 --> 00:03:37.240 who did not hear me say hinky and thought it was a strange word choice. 00:03:37.700 --> 00:03:40.620 So anyway, my apologies for the lack of clarity. 00:03:40.620 --> 00:03:44.480 I do want to use my words very, very carefully. 00:03:44.740 --> 00:03:46.000 So, hinky. 00:03:46.259 --> 00:03:47.800 It was not hinky. 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:49.480 All right, back to our summary. 00:03:50.920 --> 00:03:56.020 So we see in chapter 3, verse 8, that Boaz wakes up. 00:03:56.099 --> 00:03:56.980 He's startled. 00:03:57.280 --> 00:04:00.319 I think the fair assumption is that his feet are cold. 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:03.040 So he pulls him underneath his blanket, 00:04:03.340 --> 00:04:04.840 and it startles him awake. 00:04:04.900 --> 00:04:08.900 And he turns over, and a woman is laying at his feet. 00:04:08.900 --> 00:04:10.240 And he says in verse 9, 00:04:10.340 --> 00:04:11.060 Who are you? 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:11.800 And she answered, 00:04:11.920 --> 00:04:14.060 I am Ruth, your servant. 00:04:14.420 --> 00:04:17.180 Spread your wings over your servant, 00:04:17.420 --> 00:04:19.340 for you are a redeemer. 00:04:19.420 --> 00:04:20.939 She calls back to chapter 2, 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:24.000 to that blessing that he had uttered over her. 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:27.600 She had come for the protection of the Lord under his wings, 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:28.579 and she says to him, 00:04:28.660 --> 00:04:31.240 Spread your wings over me. 00:04:31.300 --> 00:04:36.340 Again, she's seeing that God's providence uses human agency, 00:04:36.339 --> 00:04:39.399 and she's bringing his own words to mind. 00:04:40.659 --> 00:04:43.779 Boaz promises that she will be redeemed, 00:04:43.859 --> 00:04:48.579 but that he first must address a man that has a closer right to redemption, 00:04:48.759 --> 00:04:52.039 a closer relative to Naomi. 00:04:52.719 --> 00:04:55.719 The chapter concludes with Naomi's assurance 00:04:55.720 --> 00:05:00.160 that Boaz will settle the matter that very day, 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:03.360 which is exactly what he will do in chapter 4. 00:05:03.440 --> 00:05:08.940 So chapter 3 sets up the stage for the next scene in chapter 4. 00:05:09.960 --> 00:05:12.720 Rather than read the entirety of the chapter at once, 00:05:12.780 --> 00:05:13.680 and then make comments, 00:05:13.780 --> 00:05:15.400 I want to just walk through the text. 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:19.640 It has a really nice and clear, distinct outline to it, 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:21.639 and kind of make notes. 00:05:21.919 --> 00:05:24.759 And I'm going to do that in the following outline. 00:05:24.919 --> 00:05:29.919 In chapter 4, we see four redeemers. 00:05:31.099 --> 00:05:32.560 So this is the outline we'll follow. 00:05:32.699 --> 00:05:35.919 Number 1, the nearest redeemer. 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:40.060 Number 2, Boaz the redeemer. 00:05:41.180 --> 00:05:44.939 Number 3, Obed the redeemer. 00:05:44.939 --> 00:05:49.139 And number 4, I know you can't see my notes, 00:05:49.300 --> 00:05:52.100 but all capital letters, the redeemer. 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:54.040 The redeemer. 00:05:54.860 --> 00:05:57.680 So let's begin chapter 4 in verse 1. 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:00.319 Before I start to read, let me remind you, beloved, 00:06:00.420 --> 00:06:01.639 this is God's word to us, 00:06:01.779 --> 00:06:04.000 written for his glory and our good. 00:06:04.819 --> 00:06:06.740 So we all do well to listen to it 00:06:06.740 --> 00:06:09.879 in order to believe its promises and obey its commands. 00:06:10.699 --> 00:06:12.560 So the first point, nearest redeemer, 00:06:12.980 --> 00:06:13.899 verses 1 through 6. 00:06:13.899 --> 00:06:17.739 Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. 00:06:18.419 --> 00:06:21.939 And behold, the redeemer of whom Boaz had spoken came by. 00:06:22.659 --> 00:06:23.699 So Boaz said, 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:25.659 Turn aside, friend, sit down here. 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:28.079 And he turned aside and sat down. 00:06:28.979 --> 00:06:31.599 And he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, 00:06:31.719 --> 00:06:32.479 Sit down here. 00:06:32.699 --> 00:06:33.519 So they sat down. 00:06:34.299 --> 00:06:35.539 Then he said to the redeemer, 00:06:36.239 --> 00:06:38.560 Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, 00:06:38.659 --> 00:06:41.560 is selling the parcel of land that belonged to our relative, 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:42.399 Elimelech. 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:45.339 So I thought I would tell you of it and say, 00:06:46.060 --> 00:06:47.879 Buy it in the presence of those sitting here 00:06:47.879 --> 00:06:50.139 and in the presence of the elders of my people. 00:06:51.060 --> 00:06:53.199 If you will redeem it, redeem it. 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:56.419 But if you will not, tell me that I may know, 00:06:56.599 --> 00:06:58.719 for there is no one besides you to redeem it, 00:06:58.779 --> 00:07:00.539 and I come after you. 00:07:00.540 --> 00:07:02.460 And he said, 00:07:02.600 --> 00:07:03.960 I will redeem it. 00:07:04.939 --> 00:07:06.200 Then Boaz said, 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:08.520 The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:11.040 you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, 00:07:11.340 --> 00:07:12.560 the widow of the dead, 00:07:12.640 --> 00:07:14.860 in order to perpetuate the name of the dead 00:07:14.860 --> 00:07:15.960 in his inheritance. 00:07:17.220 --> 00:07:18.400 Then the redeemer said, 00:07:18.980 --> 00:07:20.820 I cannot redeem it for myself, 00:07:20.920 --> 00:07:23.220 lest I impair my own inheritance. 00:07:23.220 --> 00:07:26.280 Take my right of redemption yourself, 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:29.180 for I cannot redeem it. 00:07:29.700 --> 00:07:32.760 So the very first redeemer that we're looking at, 00:07:32.820 --> 00:07:34.100 the nearest redeemer, 00:07:34.340 --> 00:07:38.040 is a rather poor redeemer altogether. 00:07:38.280 --> 00:07:41.920 In fact, he doesn't do the work of a redeemer. 00:07:42.420 --> 00:07:45.020 He seems to be juxtaposed against Boaz. 00:07:45.100 --> 00:07:47.560 Boaz is presented to us as an honorable man, 00:07:47.740 --> 00:07:50.680 and his character continues to be put on display 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:52.460 in chapter 4. 00:07:53.400 --> 00:07:56.540 First, we see him keeping his promise to Ruth. 00:07:56.800 --> 00:07:58.540 He told Ruth he was going to do something, 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:00.180 and he did it immediately. 00:08:00.520 --> 00:08:02.700 He goes to the gate, 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:05.120 and if that seems like a strange place for him to go 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:06.060 and to have such a meeting, 00:08:06.060 --> 00:08:09.560 it was a common place that these types of affairs were transacted, 00:08:09.580 --> 00:08:11.139 because people came in and out. 00:08:11.139 --> 00:08:13.379 It was a place you would run into people, 00:08:13.699 --> 00:08:15.819 and this kind of thing could take place. 00:08:16.159 --> 00:08:16.839 So he does it. 00:08:16.919 --> 00:08:19.279 He does the very thing he said he would do. 00:08:19.479 --> 00:08:22.680 Naomi's confidence at the end of chapter 3 in him 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:24.259 is not unfounded. 00:08:25.500 --> 00:08:29.120 Secondly, we see him following the law and customs 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:30.639 of the Israelites. 00:08:31.819 --> 00:08:34.439 This nearest redeemer, right? 00:08:34.439 --> 00:08:35.919 This unnamed man. 00:08:35.980 --> 00:08:37.500 He's not even given a name in the text. 00:08:37.580 --> 00:08:40.460 He's just simply called friend, right? 00:08:40.460 --> 00:08:43.379 He doesn't take up the right, 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:45.400 the privilege, I would suggest, 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:48.340 the thing that he was meant to do, 00:08:48.379 --> 00:08:51.500 but rather passes it on to Boaz. 00:08:52.340 --> 00:08:56.740 At first, he is glad to have the benefit of Elimelech's land. 00:08:57.480 --> 00:09:01.759 But when Boaz informs him of the further obligation to Ruth, 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:04.720 he is unwilling to be financially sacrificial 00:09:04.720 --> 00:09:08.000 for the sake of these two widows. 00:09:08.160 --> 00:09:11.100 Now, I am no expert on all of these laws, 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:13.899 and a lot of commentators have different ideas. 00:09:14.040 --> 00:09:14.860 Most of them say, 00:09:15.060 --> 00:09:17.500 we're not exactly sure what's happening here. 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:20.100 So it's helpful not to get bogged down in the details 00:09:20.100 --> 00:09:21.779 of exactly what's going on. 00:09:21.779 --> 00:09:25.699 But what's probable is that this would have been 00:09:25.699 --> 00:09:27.299 a temporary redeeming, 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:31.039 so it would have gone back into the ownership of the family, 00:09:31.179 --> 00:09:34.339 and that if he were to have a son with Ruth, 00:09:34.459 --> 00:09:36.500 then that son would have been entitled to the land. 00:09:36.579 --> 00:09:39.379 So he would have spent something of his estate 00:09:39.379 --> 00:09:42.379 to gain some temporary benefit of this land, 00:09:42.419 --> 00:09:44.059 but then that land would have left him. 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:47.079 And so he doesn't want to put that in jeopardy. 00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:50.280 He is entirely financially driven, right? 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:53.660 Not willing to be sacrificial for the sake of these two women, 00:09:53.900 --> 00:09:57.900 as Boaz has expressed that he is, right? 00:09:58.540 --> 00:10:02.480 So a few things about these redemption laws, 00:10:02.639 --> 00:10:06.160 as well as, we can read about those in Leviticus 25, 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:09.700 as well as some laws about leverite marriage, 00:10:09.940 --> 00:10:13.040 which is a Latin word which means brother marriage. 00:10:13.140 --> 00:10:15.980 It had to do with when somebody was widowed, 00:10:15.980 --> 00:10:18.240 the brother was obligated to marry the widow 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:21.000 to keep the line of his brother going on. 00:10:22.139 --> 00:10:24.039 I want to just read a quick little short summary. 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:25.240 I read this to you last week, 00:10:25.300 --> 00:10:26.700 but again, it's helpful to us. 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:30.220 Some things that we can understand about this. 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:33.639 Firstly, when an Ezrealite family became very poor 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:35.800 and had to sell their land to survive, 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:39.740 the nearest male relative, called the kinsman redeemer, 00:10:40.279 --> 00:10:43.200 had the responsibility of rescuing them from poverty 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:46.660 by buying their land back and restoring it to the family. 00:10:47.040 --> 00:10:50.800 And this was called the redemption of property. 00:10:51.860 --> 00:10:53.560 If they become so poor 00:10:53.560 --> 00:10:55.879 that they've had to sell themselves into slavery, 00:10:56.500 --> 00:11:00.259 a rich relative had to rescue them by buying their freedom. 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:02.540 This is the main thing we think about 00:11:02.540 --> 00:11:03.560 when we think about redemption, 00:11:03.660 --> 00:11:05.040 the redemption of Christ, 00:11:05.500 --> 00:11:08.740 because it's called that also in Leviticus chapter 25. 00:11:08.740 --> 00:11:11.539 Also, which I just mentioned, 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:14.419 if a man died leaving his widow without children, 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:17.279 which is where we found Ruth and Naomi, 00:11:18.100 --> 00:11:21.120 their nearest male relative had to step in and marry his widow 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:23.259 and enable her to have children 00:11:23.259 --> 00:11:25.379 so they could inherit their father's property 00:11:25.379 --> 00:11:27.580 and keep it in the family. 00:11:27.899 --> 00:11:31.019 Also, this was called redemption. 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:34.039 But nowhere in the Old Testament 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:36.919 are the redemption property laws 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:40.219 connected to the Leverite laws. 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:43.899 So it had either become customary 00:11:43.899 --> 00:11:48.240 or, and this is the explanation I most like, 00:11:48.500 --> 00:11:50.120 because it just feeds the story well, 00:11:51.139 --> 00:11:54.899 Boaz was extending the spirit of both laws 00:11:54.899 --> 00:11:58.879 to ensure the care of Ruth and Naomi. 00:11:59.599 --> 00:12:01.899 I just imagine there's a bit of tone, 00:12:01.899 --> 00:12:03.919 and hear me clearly, this is imagination, 00:12:04.819 --> 00:12:07.199 but a bit of tone in his response 00:12:07.199 --> 00:12:10.480 when this Redeemer is willing to take the land, 00:12:10.579 --> 00:12:10.939 and he says, 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:12.519 yeah, but you're also going to be obligated 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:15.199 to take Ruth as your wife. 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:16.279 And the Redeemer says, 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:18.399 oh, well then, well then, I won't. 00:12:18.459 --> 00:12:23.120 But perhaps it was baked into their custom of the day. 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:26.659 Boaz very, very masterfully, right, 00:12:26.980 --> 00:12:29.220 leads this negotiation to the result 00:12:29.220 --> 00:12:30.279 that he's looking for. 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:32.480 He doesn't desire for this Redeemer 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:34.799 to redeem the land and to marry Ruth. 00:12:34.919 --> 00:12:37.079 He desires to do this. 00:12:37.539 --> 00:12:41.919 He is finding himself loving this woman, Ruth. 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:46.519 So it brings us to our second Redeemer, Boaz. 00:12:46.860 --> 00:12:51.579 We see this in verses 7 down through the first part of 13. 00:12:52.659 --> 00:12:54.620 So remember, the initial Redeemer, 00:12:54.740 --> 00:12:55.600 the nearest Redeemer, 00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:58.279 has refused to redeem, 00:12:58.279 --> 00:12:59.559 and has said, 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:01.500 take my right of redemption yourself, 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:04.360 for I cannot redeem it. 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:08.759 Now, this was the custom in former times in Israel 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:11.120 concerning redeeming and exchanging. 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:13.079 To confirm a transaction, 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:14.720 the one drew off his sandal 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:15.759 and gave it to the other, 00:13:16.319 --> 00:13:19.139 and this was the manner of attesting in Israel. 00:13:19.139 --> 00:13:21.840 So when the Redeemer said to Boaz, 00:13:22.100 --> 00:13:23.100 buy it for yourself, 00:13:23.659 --> 00:13:24.740 he drew off his sandal. 00:13:25.259 --> 00:13:27.480 Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, 00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:28.960 you are witnesses this day 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:30.899 that I have brought from the hand of Naomi 00:13:30.899 --> 00:13:32.779 all that belonged to Elimelech 00:13:32.779 --> 00:13:36.139 and all that belonged to Chilion and Malon. 00:13:37.139 --> 00:13:39.120 Also Ruth, the Moabite, 00:13:39.500 --> 00:13:40.519 the widow of Malon, 00:13:40.580 --> 00:13:42.120 I have bought to be my wife, 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:45.039 to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, 00:13:45.220 --> 00:13:47.019 that the name of the dead may not be cut off 00:13:47.019 --> 00:13:47.840 from among his brothers 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:50.299 and from the gate of his native place. 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:52.699 You are witnesses this day. 00:13:52.819 --> 00:13:54.600 So in their day, 00:13:54.699 --> 00:13:56.379 this was the legal transaction, right? 00:13:56.480 --> 00:13:59.819 The paper is drawn up and it is signed, 00:13:59.899 --> 00:14:02.539 is what we're seeing happen here. 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:04.460 Verse 11 says, 00:14:04.460 --> 00:14:06.279 Then all the people who were at the gate 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:07.379 and the elders said, 00:14:07.939 --> 00:14:09.299 We are witnesses. 00:14:10.179 --> 00:14:11.740 May the Lord make the woman 00:14:11.740 --> 00:14:13.139 who is coming into your house 00:14:13.139 --> 00:14:14.600 like Rachel and Leah, 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:16.679 who together built up the house 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:17.259 of Israel. 00:14:18.099 --> 00:14:20.259 May you act worthily in Ephrathah 00:14:20.259 --> 00:14:22.199 and be renowned in Bethlehem. 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:25.019 And may your house be like the house of Perez, 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:26.559 whom Tamar bore to Judah 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:28.439 because of the offspring of the Lord 00:14:28.439 --> 00:14:31.279 will give you by this young woman. 00:14:31.379 --> 00:14:32.939 So they utter blessing, right? 00:14:32.959 --> 00:14:34.179 That there would be a family 00:14:34.179 --> 00:14:37.479 that would come from this marriage. 00:14:38.019 --> 00:14:39.899 And the first part of verse 13 says, 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:41.659 So Boaz took Ruth 00:14:41.659 --> 00:14:44.199 and she became his wife. 00:14:44.200 --> 00:14:48.360 Now, Boaz, I believe, 00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:51.420 should be understood typologically 00:14:51.420 --> 00:14:55.379 to teach us something of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:58.520 So whenever you hear us use this kind of language, 00:14:58.900 --> 00:15:00.960 typology is the looking at things 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:02.140 in the Old Testament 00:15:02.140 --> 00:15:03.780 that prefigure, 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:04.900 that give us shadows, 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:06.420 some reflection, 00:15:06.680 --> 00:15:10.280 some hints of the antitype, 00:15:10.340 --> 00:15:11.500 which is the fulfillment. 00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:13.100 So there's type and antitype. 00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:14.120 The type is the, 00:15:14.460 --> 00:15:16.039 the antitype is the fulfillment 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:17.799 of the type. 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:21.179 It wants to show us something of Christ. 00:15:22.299 --> 00:15:24.539 Now, many preachers make this 00:15:24.539 --> 00:15:26.480 the entire point of the book of Ruth, 00:15:26.539 --> 00:15:28.580 and I don't think that it is. 00:15:28.659 --> 00:15:29.600 The entire point. 00:15:30.139 --> 00:15:31.000 As I have said, 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:32.460 I believe that God means for us 00:15:32.460 --> 00:15:34.220 to carefully consider his providence 00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:37.139 as the major theme of this book. 00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:39.500 But we should not miss 00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:41.899 what the inspired author is doing 00:15:41.899 --> 00:15:43.199 with Boaz. 00:15:43.319 --> 00:15:44.019 Remember, this author, 00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:45.000 we're not sure who he is, 00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:47.019 but this narrator is sitting down 00:15:47.019 --> 00:15:48.620 and under the inspiration of the Spirit 00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:50.379 is carefully recording 00:15:50.379 --> 00:15:52.639 some interesting facts 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:55.120 about the life of Boaz. 00:15:56.679 --> 00:15:58.679 Typology can be a bit tricky, 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:01.299 and it should be done carefully. 00:16:02.259 --> 00:16:03.759 While all roads in the Bible 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:05.059 lead to Christ, 00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:06.599 we want to be careful 00:16:06.599 --> 00:16:07.699 not to find him 00:16:07.699 --> 00:16:09.899 where he is not found. 00:16:10.819 --> 00:16:12.379 Some critics of typology 00:16:12.379 --> 00:16:13.579 will say that we should only 00:16:13.579 --> 00:16:15.359 understand something typologically 00:16:15.359 --> 00:16:18.359 when the New Testament writers do so, 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:20.219 and there's many cases of this. 00:16:20.579 --> 00:16:21.240 These instances, 00:16:22.019 --> 00:16:22.639 without a doubt, 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:24.139 are the clearest, 00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:25.840 but I do think 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:27.600 we can reasonably draw 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:30.639 additional typological connections. 00:16:31.580 --> 00:16:33.500 I think we see one here. 00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:36.460 Boaz serves as a shadow 00:16:36.460 --> 00:16:40.279 of the ultimate Redeemer 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:42.840 for a handful of reasons. 00:16:43.379 --> 00:16:44.580 Just think together. 00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:48.600 First, he is from the tribe of Judah, 00:16:49.179 --> 00:16:51.159 just as Jesus is. 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:53.620 He is from Bethlehem, 00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:55.980 just as Jesus is. 00:16:57.220 --> 00:16:58.620 He is honorable. 00:16:59.139 --> 00:17:01.379 Now, we know, to be sure, 00:17:01.539 --> 00:17:03.000 that Boaz was not a perfect man. 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:05.220 He didn't keep the law perfectly. 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:06.819 Only Jesus Christ 00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:09.220 has ever kept the law perfectly. 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:11.759 But he's presented in this text 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:13.359 as an honorable man. 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:15.720 We don't see any of his failures 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:16.720 in the text, 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:19.220 and I think that's by design. 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:20.539 Not that we would think of him 00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:21.440 as perfect, 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:22.319 but that our gaze 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:25.319 would go to the perfect one. 00:17:25.859 --> 00:17:26.779 Not only is he 00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:28.500 keeper of the law, 00:17:28.579 --> 00:17:29.980 he's also gracious 00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:30.899 in his provision. 00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:33.220 He not only keeps it, 00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:34.339 but he goes beyond it. 00:17:34.379 --> 00:17:35.659 He's abundant in the way 00:17:35.659 --> 00:17:37.420 that he cares for Ruth 00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:38.539 and Naomi. 00:17:39.579 --> 00:17:41.500 He rescues Naomi and Ruth 00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:43.539 from certain destitution. 00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:45.519 They would have found themselves 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:47.440 as slaves of some sort 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:49.759 just to survive. 00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:51.440 And at his own expense, 00:17:51.639 --> 00:17:54.299 he keeps them from that. 00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:55.940 And then lastly, 00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:57.799 he makes for himself. 00:17:57.839 --> 00:17:58.259 He says, 00:17:58.420 --> 00:17:58.859 also, 00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:01.200 Ruth the Moabite. 00:18:01.379 --> 00:18:02.420 He calls her that, 00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:03.659 and he's clear about it. 00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:06.000 The narrator shows us this, 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:06.659 and I think we're meant 00:18:06.659 --> 00:18:08.680 to see that connection. 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:11.899 Now, we have the clearer picture 00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:12.980 of Christ. 00:18:13.140 --> 00:18:15.720 So, how does a faint picture 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:17.240 serve us? 00:18:17.280 --> 00:18:18.200 What are we to do 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:20.100 with this information? 00:18:20.800 --> 00:18:20.960 Well, 00:18:21.580 --> 00:18:22.800 as we admire 00:18:22.800 --> 00:18:25.240 a man like Boaz, 00:18:25.300 --> 00:18:26.240 and I think we have reason 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:28.880 to admire a man like Boaz, 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:29.720 we should, 00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:31.300 in higher measure, 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:33.560 set our affections 00:18:33.560 --> 00:18:35.000 on Jesus Christ. 00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:36.200 As we think about, 00:18:36.340 --> 00:18:38.800 oh, this man, Boaz, 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:41.000 who is so very generous, 00:18:41.639 --> 00:18:43.159 and does this rescuing, 00:18:43.299 --> 00:18:44.779 this redeeming work 00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:46.339 on behalf of Naomi 00:18:46.339 --> 00:18:48.500 and of Ruth. 00:18:50.099 --> 00:18:51.799 We have a greater redeemer, 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:54.039 which we'll think about together 00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:55.579 in just a few moments. 00:18:55.619 --> 00:18:56.579 I think this is what it's meant 00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:57.639 to do for us 00:18:57.639 --> 00:19:00.099 as we are warmed 00:19:00.099 --> 00:19:01.839 by this kind of activity. 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:02.799 It's supposed to then 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:04.659 turn red hot 00:19:04.659 --> 00:19:05.680 in affection 00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:07.299 for Jesus Christ. 00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:09.460 So, that's Boaz, 00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:10.460 the redeemer. 00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:12.379 Thirdly, 00:19:13.159 --> 00:19:14.500 we see Obed, 00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:16.079 the redeemer. 00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:18.259 The last part of verse 13 00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:20.759 and into verse 17. 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:24.039 After Boaz has taken Ruth 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:24.980 as his wife, 00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:26.299 verse 13 says, 00:19:26.379 --> 00:19:27.659 and he went into her, 00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:30.319 and the Lord gave her conception, 00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:32.119 and she bore a son. 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:34.399 Then the women said to Naomi, 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.799 Blessed be the Lord 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:37.200 who has not left you this day 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:38.460 without a redeemer, 00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:40.000 and may his name 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:41.419 be renowned in Israel. 00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:43.119 He shall be to you 00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:44.159 a restorer of life 00:19:44.159 --> 00:19:44.980 and a nourisher 00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:46.240 of your old age, 00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:47.659 for your daughter-in-law 00:19:47.659 --> 00:19:48.399 who loves you, 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.659 who is more to you 00:19:49.659 --> 00:19:50.720 than seven sons, 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:52.559 has given birth to him. 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:54.960 Then Naomi took the child 00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:56.440 and laid him on her lap 00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:57.819 and became his nurse. 00:19:58.359 --> 00:19:59.619 And the women of the neighborhood 00:19:59.619 --> 00:20:00.480 gave him a name, 00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:00.960 saying, 00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:02.319 A son has been born 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:03.419 to Naomi. 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:05.079 They named him 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:06.259 Obed. 00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.639 This narrative 00:20:08.639 --> 00:20:10.159 does not make much 00:20:10.159 --> 00:20:10.819 of the fact 00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:12.720 that Ruth and Malon 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.339 had been married 00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:14.519 for ten years, 00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:15.379 about ten years, 00:20:15.439 --> 00:20:16.139 the text says, 00:20:16.639 --> 00:20:17.819 before his death, 00:20:17.899 --> 00:20:18.899 and they had 00:20:18.899 --> 00:20:20.200 no children. 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:22.460 Perhaps he was unable 00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:23.359 to impregnate her, 00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:25.819 his name means sickly, 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:26.619 after all, 00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:29.240 or perhaps she was unable 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:30.240 to conceive 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:31.759 his original audience. 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:32.920 That would have been 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:34.319 an oddity to them 00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:36.259 as they read it. 00:20:37.140 --> 00:20:38.339 Many couples in our day 00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:40.720 decide not to have children. 00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.759 That's just a decision 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:42.880 that they make. 00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.660 They're not going 00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:44.579 to have kids, 00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:46.220 but this was not so 00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:47.880 in Ruth's day. 00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.660 Ruth and Malon 00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:50.299 would have been trying 00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:51.500 to have children, 00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:52.279 progeny, 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:53.880 from the very first days 00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:55.339 of their betrothal, 00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:57.500 and yet they had none. 00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:59.039 And it would have been assumed 00:20:59.039 --> 00:21:01.240 that Ruth was unable 00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:02.839 to conceive, 00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:05.119 that she was barren. 00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:07.920 So, Obed's conception 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:09.339 is meant to be seen 00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:11.879 as especially blessed. 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:14.059 In a long line 00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:15.039 of barren women 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:16.319 conceiving children 00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:18.139 that play a very important part 00:21:18.139 --> 00:21:20.680 in God's redemptive plan, 00:21:21.619 --> 00:21:23.039 God here clearly intervened 00:21:23.659 --> 00:21:25.680 in this child's birth. 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.099 In fact, 00:21:26.639 --> 00:21:27.980 the narrator says there 00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:29.000 in verse 13, 00:21:29.120 --> 00:21:30.019 and the Lord 00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:32.240 gave her conception. 00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.779 We also see 00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:37.000 that Boaz and Ruth 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:40.360 do not name Obed, 00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:42.120 but rather the women 00:21:42.120 --> 00:21:43.900 of Bethlehem 00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:44.940 name him. 00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:45.900 It highlights 00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:47.460 the significance 00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:48.779 of this little boy 00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.980 and God's work 00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:51.559 in the life 00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.640 of this little family 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:53.460 for the sake 00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:55.840 of his people. 00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.480 So how is it 00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:58.700 that he's a redeemer? 00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.799 We're not reading 00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:01.039 that into the text. 00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:02.240 It says it right there. 00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:03.100 The women say 00:22:03.100 --> 00:22:04.740 that Naomi 00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.700 has not been left 00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:07.740 without a redeemer. 00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:09.600 Obed is a redeemer 00:22:09.600 --> 00:22:11.039 to her. 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:12.579 He's rescuing her 00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.579 from that emptiness 00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:14.539 that she declares 00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:15.120 to have 00:22:15.120 --> 00:22:15.940 when she shows up 00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:17.360 in chapter 1. 00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:19.180 Her family 00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:19.960 had all. 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:20.680 Her family 00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:21.660 carries on. 00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:22.120 And she's now 00:22:22.120 --> 00:22:23.100 a grandmother. 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:23.640 And we see 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.340 this beautiful 00:22:24.340 --> 00:22:25.240 little picture 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:26.100 of affection, 00:22:26.360 --> 00:22:27.200 the child being 00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:28.720 laid in her lap 00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.980 and her caring 00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:31.460 for him. 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:33.360 This little boy 00:22:33.360 --> 00:22:34.460 is significant 00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:35.000 and we're going 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.700 to see why 00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.100 the narrator 00:22:36.100 --> 00:22:36.920 takes us right 00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:38.640 to why 00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:39.800 his name 00:22:39.800 --> 00:22:41.660 means worshiper 00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:43.220 or servant 00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:44.300 of God. 00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:44.940 The women 00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:45.820 of Bethlehem 00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:46.360 name him. 00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.640 So that's 00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.220 the third 00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.940 redeemer 00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.560 in the text. 00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.420 Obed, 00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:51.820 the redeemer. 00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.340 And now 00:22:52.340 --> 00:22:53.200 we arrive 00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:53.680 at the 00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:55.220 most important 00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.940 redeemer. 00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:56.759 So number four, 00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:57.700 the, 00:22:57.820 --> 00:22:58.759 all caps, 00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.120 redeemer. 00:23:01.580 --> 00:23:02.200 Beginning in 00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:02.800 verse 17 00:23:02.800 --> 00:23:03.340 and to the end 00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:04.060 of the chapter 00:23:04.060 --> 00:23:04.840 we see this 00:23:04.840 --> 00:23:05.960 kind of double 00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.640 announcement. 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.400 He was 00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:08.779 the father 00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.400 of Jesse, 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:11.080 the father 00:23:11.080 --> 00:23:12.740 of David. 00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.000 Obed 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.960 is the 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.380 grandfather 00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:16.560 of King 00:23:16.560 --> 00:23:17.880 David. 00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:19.160 And then 00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:19.440 again, 00:23:19.540 --> 00:23:19.880 it launches 00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.400 back into 00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:20.580 it. 00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.320 Verse 18 00:23:21.320 --> 00:23:22.340 and expanded 00:23:22.340 --> 00:23:23.420 a ten 00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:23.980 person 00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:25.340 genealogy. 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:25.840 Now these 00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:26.100 are the 00:23:26.100 --> 00:23:26.680 generations 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.260 of 00:23:27.260 --> 00:23:28.520 Perez. 00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.000 Perez 00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.740 fathered 00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.180 Hezron. 00:23:30.280 --> 00:23:30.600 Hezron 00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:31.220 fathered 00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.580 Ram. 00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:31.960 Ram 00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.520 fathered 00:23:32.520 --> 00:23:33.240 Amenadab. 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.300 Amenadab 00:23:34.300 --> 00:23:35.160 fathered 00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:35.760 Nashon. 00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:36.360 Nashon 00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:37.020 fathered 00:23:37.020 --> 00:23:37.480 Salmon. 00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:37.980 Salmon 00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.980 fathered 00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.500 Boaz. 00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:40.040 Boaz 00:23:40.040 --> 00:23:41.100 fathered 00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:41.640 Obed. 00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.320 Obed 00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:42.880 fathered 00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.220 Jesse. 00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.160 And Jesse 00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:46.160 fathered 00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:46.600 David. 00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.640 And the 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.140 book ends 00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.920 at that 00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.300 point. 00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.740 This is not 00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.019 the only 00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.680 genealogy in 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:52.900 the Old 00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.200 Testament, 00:23:53.360 --> 00:23:53.620 but it's 00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:54.080 the only 00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:54.480 book in 00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:54.660 the Old 00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:54.900 Testament 00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.860 that ends 00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:56.140 with the 00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.759 genealogy. 00:23:57.060 --> 00:23:57.340 And it's 00:23:57.340 --> 00:23:58.380 leaving us 00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:59.400 hanging there 00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:00.100 at that 00:24:00.100 --> 00:24:01.220 point. 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.019 We know 00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.460 why. 00:24:03.560 --> 00:24:03.820 That's a 00:24:03.820 --> 00:24:04.200 wonderful 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.519 thing. 00:24:04.580 --> 00:24:04.779 I'm so 00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.440 glad that 00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:06.440 we know 00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:07.340 why. 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:07.740 Early 00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.240 readers of 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.540 this, 00:24:08.820 --> 00:24:09.480 pre-Christ 00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.920 readers of 00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.440 this would 00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:11.820 have seen 00:24:11.820 --> 00:24:12.000 the 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.560 significance 00:24:12.560 --> 00:24:14.140 end with 00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:14.840 King 00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:15.700 David. 00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.299 Oh, 00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.100 Obed is 00:24:17.100 --> 00:24:17.319 the 00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.019 grandfather 00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.480 of 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:18.819 King 00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:20.100 David. 00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:21.279 Naomi, 00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:21.700 poor 00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.180 Naomi, 00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:24.059 taken off 00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.500 with her 00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.279 husband and 00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:25.920 two sons, 00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:26.799 widowed, 00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.480 returns with 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.819 her daughter-in-law. 00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.360 The story 00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:31.000 unfolds, 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.500 this love 00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:31.960 story that 00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.460 we see, 00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.400 and oh, 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:33.819 look at 00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.220 this. 00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:35.600 She gets 00:24:35.600 --> 00:24:36.279 to be the 00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:37.299 great-grandmother 00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.799 of King 00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:40.100 David. 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:41.900 But there's 00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.580 something so 00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:43.160 much more 00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:44.360 significant going 00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:45.740 on here that 00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.519 we have the 00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.619 privilege of 00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.199 understanding. 00:24:50.179 --> 00:24:50.619 You see, 00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.539 in 2 Samuel 00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.399 chapter 7, 00:24:53.219 --> 00:24:54.159 in verse 16, 00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:55.339 just to keep 00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.679 it brief, 00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.059 there's much 00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.459 to be read 00:24:56.459 --> 00:24:56.639 there, 00:24:56.679 --> 00:24:56.839 and I 00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.399 encourage you 00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:58.479 to do 00:24:58.479 --> 00:24:58.839 so. 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.559 Nathan, 00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.339 the prophet, 00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.539 says to 00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.119 King David, 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:03.759 on behalf 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.359 of God, 00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.959 your house 00:25:05.959 --> 00:25:07.059 and your 00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.539 kingdom 00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.259 shall be 00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.939 made sure 00:25:08.939 --> 00:25:09.559 forever 00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:10.579 before me. 00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:12.279 Your throne 00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.240 shall be 00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.980 established 00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:15.559 forever. 00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.079 And we 00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.960 understand that 00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.879 the Davidic 00:25:18.879 --> 00:25:19.720 covenant is 00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:21.379 fulfilled by 00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:22.019 Jesus Christ. 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:22.819 One that 00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.779 came from 00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.759 King David 00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:26.119 would be the 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:26.720 ruler that 00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.279 would rule 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.099 forever and 00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:29.240 ever and 00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.500 ever. 00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.980 That one is 00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:32.359 King Jesus 00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:33.220 who sits on 00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:34.279 a throne now 00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:35.079 ruling over 00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:36.200 all things. 00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.559 It's what we 00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.139 call his 00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:38.139 session. 00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:39.359 Seated at the 00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:39.859 right hand of 00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.279 the Father 00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.480 and nothing 00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.420 escapes his 00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.599 attention or 00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.660 control. 00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:46.059 All things. 00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:46.399 I think we're 00:25:46.399 --> 00:25:47.359 singing a couple 00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:47.879 of songs this 00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:48.559 morning about 00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:50.139 that. 00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.339 He reigns 00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:53.240 even now. 00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:54.059 So we see 00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:55.420 the Redeemer 00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.339 at the end 00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:58.500 of chapter 00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:58.980 four. 00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.319 And the 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:00.940 redemption that 00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.579 he brings to 00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:02.440 us is not 00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.420 just a temporal 00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.740 redemption, 00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.500 although God 00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.559 is caring for 00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.500 us as well. 00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:07.980 In his 00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.700 providence, 00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.319 he cares for 00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:10.700 every detail 00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.779 of our 00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.200 days. 00:26:12.419 --> 00:26:12.720 But it's a 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.639 much grander, 00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.399 much more 00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:15.919 important redemption 00:26:15.919 --> 00:26:16.419 that's being 00:26:16.419 --> 00:26:17.279 accomplished by 00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.700 the Lord 00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:19.159 Jesus Christ. 00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.839 Paul says in 00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.339 Ephesians 00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:22.359 chapter 1 00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:22.799 and verse 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.119 7, 00:26:23.399 --> 00:26:23.980 in Jesus 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:25.200 we have 00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.779 redemption 00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.859 through his 00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.279 blood, 00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.619 the forgiveness 00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.740 of our 00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.500 trespasses 00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.619 according to 00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:32.179 the riches 00:26:32.179 --> 00:26:33.460 of his 00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:33.859 grace. 00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.659 We are 00:26:35.659 --> 00:26:37.159 delivered from 00:26:37.159 --> 00:26:38.059 slavery, 00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:39.619 from destitution, 00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.960 from lostness 00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:42.619 in sin, 00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.079 from being 00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:44.159 utterly cut 00:26:44.159 --> 00:26:44.759 off from the 00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:46.059 blessings of 00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.419 God. 00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:48.440 This picture of 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.119 these two 00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:49.940 widows not 00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.639 knowing where 00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.440 their next meal 00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.759 may come from, 00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:54.299 the possibility 00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:55.399 that they become 00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:56.679 slaves is only a 00:26:56.679 --> 00:26:57.720 little tiny picture 00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.559 of the reality 00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.779 of who we are 00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:01.440 apart from 00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:01.899 the redemption 00:27:01.899 --> 00:27:03.480 of Jesus Christ. 00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:03.559 Christ. 00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:05.000 We needed 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:06.140 him to 00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.720 offer up 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.380 himself 00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:08.700 to pay 00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.799 that eternal 00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.519 debt 00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.539 that we 00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:11.960 owed 00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.720 because of 00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.920 our sin. 00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.299 Paul says 00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:15.539 here in 00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:15.920 Ephesians 00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.680 1 00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.519 7 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:17.960 that we 00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.440 have 00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:19.140 the 00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.900 forgiveness 00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:21.299 of our 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.860 trespasses, 00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.559 that debt 00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.700 taken 00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.799 away. 00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.640 By faith 00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.420 in Christ, 00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:29.360 the church 00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:30.440 is wed 00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.980 to Christ. 00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.279 We are 00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.580 delivered 00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:33.960 from our 00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.259 spiritual 00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.980 destitution 00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.720 and final 00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.880 destruction. 00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.200 We are 00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.840 cared for 00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:39.580 spiritually 00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.920 and 00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:42.160 temporally. 00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.799 The book 00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.180 of Ruth 00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:45.140 reminds us 00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:46.039 to look 00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.380 to the 00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.039 loving kindness 00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.380 of our 00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:47.700 God 00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.000 in the 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.380 person 00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:49.080 and work 00:27:49.080 --> 00:27:49.980 of Jesus 00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.519 Christ, 00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.840 regardless 00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:52.559 of the 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.220 circumstances 00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:54.059 that we 00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.580 walk in. 00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.299 He loves 00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.559 you, 00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.660 and he 00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.160 is working 00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:59.360 providentially 00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:01.179 for you. 00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:03.379 Now, 00:28:03.419 --> 00:28:03.579 at the 00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.299 beginning of 00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:04.939 our study 00:28:04.939 --> 00:28:05.579 of Ruth, 00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:06.679 I did 00:28:06.679 --> 00:28:07.279 something so 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.879 shocking, 00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.019 so many 00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.339 of you 00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:10.219 said, 00:28:10.719 --> 00:28:11.599 by having 00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.119 a visual 00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:13.179 image. 00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.500 I pulled 00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.799 out of the 00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.099 front of my 00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:16.240 Bible a 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.879 little origami 00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:17.319 sparrow. 00:28:19.199 --> 00:28:19.959 I promise 00:28:19.959 --> 00:28:20.279 I'm not 00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.399 going to 00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:20.819 become this 00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.119 guy. 00:28:22.459 --> 00:28:23.059 There will 00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.359 be no 00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:23.819 multimedia 00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.479 presentations. 00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.019 This is as 00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.599 fancy as it 00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:26.959 gets for 00:28:26.959 --> 00:28:27.199 me. 00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:28.879 But I 00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.099 have this 00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:29.279 little 00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.740 origami 00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.139 sparrow 00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:31.119 in the 00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.500 front of 00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:31.619 my 00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:31.920 Bible, 00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:32.180 which 00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:33.519 reminds 00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:33.980 me, 00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:34.599 I told 00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:34.819 you, 00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.039 and I'll 00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.319 tell you 00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.700 again, 00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.720 to look 00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.639 at the 00:28:37.639 --> 00:28:38.660 birds of 00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.139 the air 00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:40.000 in the 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.579 Sermon on 00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:40.960 the Mount. 00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.799 You can 00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.160 see in 00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.700 this creased 00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:45.200 paper the 00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:46.059 form of a 00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.399 sparrow, 00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:46.980 assuming that 00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.359 you can see 00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.639 it from 00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.779 where you 00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.039 are. 00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.379 It's 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:51.420 formish, 00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:51.799 the best 00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.180 form I 00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.579 could make 00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:53.460 of a 00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:53.799 sparrow. 00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:54.920 But how 00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:55.359 it takes 00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:55.940 this form 00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.639 is not 00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:57.519 quite 00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.180 clear. 00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:59.220 Some 00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.460 of the 00:28:59.460 --> 00:28:59.720 folds 00:28:59.720 --> 00:28:59.960 just 00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.299 don't 00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.620 make 00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:01.180 sense 00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.500 as 00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:01.779 you're 00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.500 making 00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:02.860 them. 00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.600 It 00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:04.980 comes off 00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.400 odd, 00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:05.779 some of 00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:05.960 these 00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.340 folds, 00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:06.680 but then 00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.160 they become 00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:08.440 more and 00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:08.779 more 00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.960 clear, 00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.840 and it 00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:11.320 becomes the 00:29:11.320 --> 00:29:11.680 shape of 00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.140 a 00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:13.279 sparrow. 00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:13.720 If you 00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.220 were to 00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.660 take it 00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.360 and carefully 00:29:15.360 --> 00:29:16.259 unfold it 00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.820 and fold 00:29:16.820 --> 00:29:17.299 it back 00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.779 again, 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:18.880 you would 00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.600 begin to 00:29:19.600 --> 00:29:20.299 understand 00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.920 how it 00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.360 is that 00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:21.779 it comes 00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.320 to take 00:29:22.320 --> 00:29:23.560 this 00:29:23.560 --> 00:29:23.920 shape. 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:25.740 how we 00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.740 understand 00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.300 providence 00:29:27.300 --> 00:29:27.680 is a 00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:27.920 bit 00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.600 like 00:29:28.600 --> 00:29:29.360 this. 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.279 We 00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.519 don't 00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:30.940 often 00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.500 understand 00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:31.800 how 00:29:31.800 --> 00:29:32.039 God 00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.180 is 00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:32.560 working 00:29:32.560 --> 00:29:33.220 in 00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.360 the 00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:33.960 circumstances 00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.980 of our 00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.380 life, 00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.320 but often, 00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.620 not always, 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.480 but often, 00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.460 we are allowed 00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:40.640 glimpses of 00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.580 how all 00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:41.900 that he 00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:42.360 does 00:29:42.360 --> 00:29:43.420 is for 00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:43.960 our good 00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:45.160 and his 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.460 glory. 00:29:46.300 --> 00:29:46.720 When we 00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.700 don't get 00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.000 to see 00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.519 those glimpses 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.360 for ourselves, 00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.360 we get 00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:50.980 the benefit 00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.800 of seeing 00:29:51.800 --> 00:29:52.360 them in 00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:52.980 the lives 00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.799 of others 00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:55.000 like 00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.640 Naomi 00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:56.640 and Ruth 00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:58.620 and Boaz 00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:59.120 and the 00:29:59.120 --> 00:29:59.660 lineage 00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:01.039 that 00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.519 follows. 00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.299 So just 00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:05.000 for the 00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.539 comfort of 00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.019 your own 00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.620 soul, 00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.380 we think 00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:07.700 about 00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.559 providence 00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.579 being unfolded. 00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:09.839 I want to 00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.140 take you 00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:10.779 to two 00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.279 texts, 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:11.839 just a 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.140 brief 00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:13.240 closing. 00:30:13.360 --> 00:30:13.519 So if 00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:13.740 you will 00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.180 please join 00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.519 me in 00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:14.860 Matthew 00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.339 chapter 00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:15.819 10. 00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:31.240 I want 00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.420 to show 00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:31.519 you 00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:31.720 something 00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.240 rather 00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.940 astounding 00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:36.259 in parallel 00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.000 recordings 00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:38.940 of what I 00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.279 want to 00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.259 assume is 00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:40.700 the same 00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.180 teaching, 00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:41.539 but it 00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:41.940 could be 00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:43.079 that Jesus 00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:44.539 taught this 00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.440 way multiple 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:46.220 times and 00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.759 in multiple 00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.420 ways and 00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:47.980 therefore it's 00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.799 recorded that 00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.200 way, 00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.200 but any 00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.640 way you want 00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.060 to slice 00:30:52.060 --> 00:30:52.340 it, 00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.840 these are 00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.480 inspired 00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.120 texts and 00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.500 so we can 00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:55.920 know that 00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.480 it's recorded 00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.160 this way 00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:58.540 on purpose. 00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:58.960 Let me show 00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.240 you this. 00:30:59.320 --> 00:30:59.740 He says in 00:30:59.740 --> 00:30:59.940 Matthew 00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.480 chapter 10 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.920 beginning in 00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.700 verse 29, 00:31:03.040 --> 00:31:03.600 this is Jesus 00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:04.040 speaking, 00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.600 are not 00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:06.240 two sparrows 00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:07.820 sold for 00:31:07.820 --> 00:31:08.220 a penny? 00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.020 This would 00:31:09.020 --> 00:31:09.180 have been 00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.940 for sacrifice 00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.640 in the 00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:10.880 temple. 00:31:11.320 --> 00:31:11.660 Are not 00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.720 two sparrows 00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:14.060 sold for 00:31:14.060 --> 00:31:14.460 a penny? 00:31:14.600 --> 00:31:15.660 The least 00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.220 of all of 00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.800 the sacrifices 00:31:16.800 --> 00:31:17.140 that could 00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.440 be bought. 00:31:17.520 --> 00:31:17.680 There was 00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.160 an allowance 00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.759 for this 00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.360 for the 00:31:19.360 --> 00:31:19.960 poorest of 00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.340 people. 00:31:20.780 --> 00:31:21.020 They could 00:31:21.020 --> 00:31:21.380 buy two 00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:21.840 sparrows 00:31:21.840 --> 00:31:22.760 for a 00:31:22.760 --> 00:31:22.960 penny. 00:31:23.820 --> 00:31:24.280 And not 00:31:24.280 --> 00:31:24.840 one of 00:31:24.840 --> 00:31:24.980 them, 00:31:25.060 --> 00:31:25.460 Jesus says, 00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:25.920 will fall 00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.200 to the 00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.600 ground 00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:28.320 apart from 00:31:28.320 --> 00:31:28.800 your father, 00:31:29.060 --> 00:31:30.200 his providence, 00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:31.380 his control. 00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.760 But even 00:31:32.760 --> 00:31:33.380 the hairs 00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:33.780 of your 00:31:33.780 --> 00:31:34.380 head are 00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:36.080 all numbered. 00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.360 Fear not, 00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:37.760 therefore, 00:31:38.320 --> 00:31:39.100 you are of 00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:40.480 more value 00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.680 than many 00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:43.040 sparrows. 00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.180 So this 00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:45.300 cheap bird 00:31:45.300 --> 00:31:45.860 that's being 00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:47.240 sold is 00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:48.860 cared for 00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:50.099 by the 00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.419 father. 00:31:51.179 --> 00:31:51.919 We are 00:31:51.919 --> 00:31:53.059 much more 00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.639 than that 00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:53.919 is what 00:31:53.919 --> 00:31:54.539 Jesus is 00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:55.059 teaching us 00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.459 here. 00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.199 Now, 00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:57.459 Matthew 10, 00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:57.859 keep your 00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.319 hand marked 00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.779 there and 00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.159 turn to 00:31:59.159 --> 00:32:00.039 Luke chapter 00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:01.419 12. 00:32:07.959 --> 00:32:08.740 The record 00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.059 here is 00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:10.039 almost identical 00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.639 so I won't 00:32:10.639 --> 00:32:11.299 read it in 00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.359 its entirety, 00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.959 but there's 00:32:13.959 --> 00:32:15.379 one very 00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:15.899 notable 00:32:15.899 --> 00:32:16.879 difference. 00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.520 Remember 00:32:17.520 --> 00:32:18.200 Matthew 10, 00:32:18.260 --> 00:32:18.860 29 says, 00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.340 are not 00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:20.360 two sparrows 00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:21.840 sold for 00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:22.240 a penny? 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:24.040 Luke 12, 00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:25.480 6 says, 00:32:25.860 --> 00:32:27.020 are not 00:32:27.020 --> 00:32:28.760 five sparrows 00:32:28.760 --> 00:32:30.900 sold for 00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.780 two pennies? 00:32:33.760 --> 00:32:34.640 So we have 00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:35.020 in the one 00:32:35.020 --> 00:32:35.420 case, 00:32:35.800 --> 00:32:37.160 two sparrows 00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:37.640 for a penny, 00:32:37.760 --> 00:32:38.120 in the other 00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:38.520 case, 00:32:39.100 --> 00:32:39.980 five sparrows 00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:41.400 for two 00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:41.820 pennies. 00:32:42.320 --> 00:32:42.700 And so, 00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.340 if you do 00:32:43.340 --> 00:32:43.700 the grocery 00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.160 shopping in 00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:44.420 your home, 00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:44.920 you already 00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.340 know, 00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.599 there's a 00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.359 free sparrow. 00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:49.740 There's one 00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.519 thrown in. 00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:52.740 Two for 00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.139 one, 00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:54.259 or five 00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.779 for two. 00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:55.939 There's an 00:32:55.939 --> 00:32:57.240 odd sparrow. 00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.919 Even 00:32:59.919 --> 00:33:01.079 that sparrow, 00:33:01.439 --> 00:33:01.699 right, 00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:02.839 the God 00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:03.980 providentially 00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:05.639 cares for. 00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.179 Do you ever 00:33:07.179 --> 00:33:07.619 feel like the 00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:08.199 odd sparrow? 00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:10.000 I do. 00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.439 I do. 00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:13.039 The story 00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.259 of the 00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:13.539 book of 00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:14.400 Ruth is 00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:15.080 a glimpse 00:33:15.080 --> 00:33:16.840 of God's 00:33:16.840 --> 00:33:17.660 providence 00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:18.440 for even 00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:19.779 the odd 00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.360 sparrow 00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:22.039 unfolded. 00:33:23.100 --> 00:33:23.519 May we 00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.100 remember it, 00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.440 recognize 00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.860 its grand 00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.460 significance, 00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.740 and take 00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.740 great courage 00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:31.220 from it. 00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:31.840 I hope it's 00:33:31.840 --> 00:33:32.559 been good for 00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:32.980 your soul 00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.740 as it has 00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.720 been for 00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:34.980 mine. 00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.920 Let's pray 00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.220 together. 00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.380 here.