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 Good morning. Join me, if you would please, in your Bibles, in the book of Ruth.

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 The book of Ruth, four short chapters after the book of Judges, just before 1 Samuel.

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 Before we begin today's study of Ruth 1, I want to give you some brief background on

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 the book and a brief explanation of the reasoning for spending the next four weeks, Lord willing,

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 in this book.

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 And I wrote that sentence before I wrote the rest of the introduction, so we'll see

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 how brief it is.

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 Both the authorship and the date of authorship are uncertain concerning Ruth.

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 I most like the tradition that holds Solomon as its author because, as we will see, he

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 may have written it as a telling of his family's story.

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 However, regardless of who or when the book was written, the reason for its writing can

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 be clearly ascertained.

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 Verse 1 sets the scene for the book.

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 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land.

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 We have studied in great brevity the book of Judges the past two weeks.

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 We did an overview of it.

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 We looked at a single story in it.

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 Perhaps we'll revisit it sometime soon.

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 But in that time that we spent in it, I noted a pattern for us in the book.

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 And you may recall, first the people rebel, then God hands them over to the people of the

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 land.

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 Then God shows them mercy by raising up a judge.

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 And then the judge, by God's help, delivers the Israelites, and they have rest.

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 And finally, the judge dies, and the people return to their wickedness.

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 So this occurs over and over and over again.

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 So when the events we will study over the next month occur, this is God's dealing with

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 the nation of Israel.

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 Wickedness, judgment, mercy, rest, wickedness over and over.

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 In the midst of all the stories of turmoil that occur across a 300-year span in the book

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 of Judges, we get this little gem of a story.

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 It happens in the days when the judges ruled.

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 The bulk of this story takes place across a single harvest season.

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 And it zooms our attention in on a widow and her daughter-in-law.

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 And the sovereign kindness of God towards them.

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 It is proper for us to understand God as sovereign.

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 Absolutely powerful.

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 If you don't believe that God is sovereign, I'm not sure that we worship the same God.

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 The scripture is replete with the expressions of God's absolute power.

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 It is also proper for us to understand that his sovereignty takes action.

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 It's not just something he possesses, but he actually works sovereignly.

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 He is not idle, but he is working at all times in the affairs of men.

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 This is a great comfort to those who know God and who belong to him.

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 Take, just as an example, the possibility that you have been troubled in this election season

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 by who may be our next president.

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 I think we have reason to be troubled.

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 Either way, to be frank.

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 But Daniel chapter 2 and verse 21 says that God changes times and seasons.

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 He removes kings and sets up kings.

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 As sure as the summer gives way to fall.

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 Did we all doubt that this year?

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 I did at times.

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 And here it is.

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 Finally, in November, fall seems to have arrived.

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 God is ordering the matters of the world.

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 This doesn't always happen in a way that we understand.

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 But we do well when we remember that God has the good of his people in mind as he acts.

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 It's not always felt as good.

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 But if we remember God does, in fact, work for the good of his people, we really do well.

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 I want to show you this from two places in the Bible.

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 One in the Old Testament and one in the New.

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 Briefly, you can mark Ruth and go there or you can just listen to me.

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 The first is in Psalm 84, verse 11.

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 This is the last half of it.

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 There the psalmist says,

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 No good thing does God withhold from those who walk uprightly.

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 If we are in Christ, then we walk uprightly before God.

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 And this psalm tells us that God doesn't withhold anything good from us.

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 I don't believe that this means that we are just waiting to receive the good things and the bad things are in a different category.

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 But this means that God, in everything he gives us, is working good.

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 And I believe this because of a more clear text that we see in the New Testament.

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 Romans 8, verse 28 and following.

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 There Paul writes,

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 And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good.

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 For those who are called according to his purpose.

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 And then he carefully defines the good that God is working in the first half of verse 29.

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 For those who before knew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son.

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 We see in these texts that God is working, that we would be more like Christ.

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 That we could be with Paul in his writing to the Philippians from a Roman jail.

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 That for him to live is Christ and to die is gain.

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 We call God's sovereign ordering of the world for the good of his people, his providence.

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 Most of you likely know that your elders have proposed a name change for our church.

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 And were present at or have listened to the proposal and accompanying explanation.

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 But allow me a moment more to repeat some of what was said there concerning the word providence.

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 In Latin, this word literally means to foresee.

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 Pro, before.

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 Vite, to see.

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 If you put those together, you have simply the English word provide.

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 However, to foresee doesn't quite get at how the word is used.

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 It will be helpful for you to think of the English idiom, I'll see to it.

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 If I say this, I am saying that I will accomplish what needs to be accomplished.

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 I'll do everything that's necessary to do the thing I'm promising to do.

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 And this is what is meant by God's providence.

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 God will see to it.

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 What is the it that he will see to?

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 All the good that he has promised us in order that we would look like Jesus Christ.

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 Recall Romans 8, 28, and 29.

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 And stay with me just a bit longer and look with me at one more text.

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 And then we will begin looking at Ruth.

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 I want you to see a place where we readily see both providential work and the language itself of providence.

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 This is Genesis chapter 22, verse 7 and 8.

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 God has commanded Abraham to make a sacrifice of his son Isaac.

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 And they have traveled to Mount Moriah and have left behind the servants that went with them.

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 And verse 7 says,

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 And Isaac said to his father Abraham,

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 My father, here I am.

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 He says that my son.

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 He said, behold the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

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 Abraham said, he responds to Isaac,

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 God will provide or see.

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 The literal translation of the Hebrew word is,

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 God will see for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.

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 So they went both of them together.

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 And then in verse 14, there's a ram that's provided to be sacrificed in the place of, instead of Isaac.

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 And then verse 14, Abraham called the name of that place,

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 The Lord will provide or see to it.

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 And it is said to this day on the mount of the Lord,

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 It shall be provided or seen to.

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 God provides.

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 He is providential.

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 In the giving of the ram as a replacement for Isaac for Abraham's sacrifice.

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 This episode is typologically rich as we know that the ram foreshadows the provision of Jesus Christ to die in our place.

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 God's providence includes the means of our salvation,

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 the subsequent sanctification and glorification,

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 but it also includes all the minutia in between.

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 Regardless of what troubles you this day,

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 if you belong to God in Christ,

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 if you are one of his people,

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 you can rest in the fact that God is working all things for your good.

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 Your highest good.

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 That you would look more like Christ.

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 In union with your creator.

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 A life that is full of peace that surpasses understanding,

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 regardless of your circumstances.

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 Thankfulness in your heart.

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 Confidence in your future glory.

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 Now, I have folded in the front of my Bible an origami sparrow.

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 Thanks to YouTube, I learned how to make this origami sparrow.

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 It serves to remind me to look at the birds of the air.

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 They neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns,

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 and yet my heavenly Father feeds them.

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 Am I not more valuable than they?

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 Matthew 6 and verse 26.

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 Now, assuming that you can see what I am holding,

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 this little origami sparrow,

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 you can see in this creased paper,

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 this form of a sparrow,

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 but how it takes this form is not discernible.

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 Maybe you are one of those people who do origami,

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 and you know how this was created.

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 The average person has no idea how this shape was made.

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 I had grand plans to unfold it and refold it for you,

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 but I am so nervous I will not get it back together,

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 that I am not going to.

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 It might go terribly wrong if I were to do that,

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 but if you were to take it,

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 and carefully unfold it,

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 and fold it back again,

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 perhaps you would begin to understand

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 how it has come to take this shape.

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 How we understand providence can be a bit like

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 this origami sparrow.

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 We often don't understand how God is working

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 in the circumstances of our lives,

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 but often, not always,

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 but often we are allowed glimpses

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 of how all that he does is for our good

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 and for his glory.

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 We get to look back and say,

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 oh, I see now what he was doing

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 on my behalf and for his glory.

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 The book of Ruth is a love story.

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 I want to be clear on the front end.

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 It is that, but it is not only that.

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 It is also a story about suffering

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 and survival.

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 So much more is packed into it

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 than the story between Ruth and Boaz.

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 The theme of it is not wait on your Boaz,

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 to be clear.

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 Ruth presents to us the providential work of God

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 unfolded and should be of great comfort

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 and encouragement to our souls.

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 God works in the lives of the characters

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 of this narrative,

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 in congruence with their human agency,

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 to bring about astonishing things.

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 Let me show you that by looking at the first five verses

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 of chapter one,

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 and then I'm going to rush us to the end.

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 We're going to look at the end

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 before we read the entirety of chapter one together.

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 So let me just show you the first five verses

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 of chapter one.

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 chapter one.

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 In the days when the judges ruled,

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 there was a famine in the land,

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 and a man of Bethlehem in Judah

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 went to sojourn in the country of Moab,

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 he and his wife and his two sons.

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 The name of the man was Elimelech,

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 and the name of his wife Naomi,

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 and the names of his two sons

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 were Malon and Chulion.

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 They were Ephraphites from Bethlehem in Judah.

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 They went into the country of Moab

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 and remained there.

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 But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi,

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 died, and she was left with her two sons.

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 These took Moabite wives.

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 The name of the one was Orpah,

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 and the name of the other, Ruth.

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 They lived there about ten years,

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 and both Malon and Chulion died

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 so that the woman was left

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 without her two sons and her husband.

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 So it begins tragically, right?

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 Nothing very good is going on

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 in these first five verses,

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 and we'll see a bit today

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 and then in the coming weeks

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 how the story unfolds,

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 if you're familiar with it.

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 But I want to take you to the end,

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 the first part of this double ending

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 of the book,

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 to chapter 4 and verse 17.

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 We see that there's a child

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 born to Ruth.

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 So to be clear,

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 a child was born to Ruth.

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 Verse 17 says,

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 And the women of the neighborhood

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 gave him a name,

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 saying,

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 A son has been born to Naomi.

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 They named him Obed.

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 He was the father of Jesse,

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 the father of David.

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 So incapped, right?

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 Here's a thing going on

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 at the beginning,

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 this great tragedy,

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 and we can see

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 where it's headed already.

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 In the days when the judges ruled,

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 there was a promise of a king

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 whose reign would last forever.

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 This promise is temporally fulfilled

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 in King David

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 and eternally fulfilled

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 in King Jesus.

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 What an incredible providence.

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 We get to see the full display of it

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 in these four chapters.

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 We have the joy of spending

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 the next four weeks

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 considering it.

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 So let's look at Ruth,

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 chapter 1 together.

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 Before I read it in its entirety,

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 let me remind you, beloved,

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 this is God's word to us,

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 written for his glory

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 and our good.

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 And so we would all do well

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 to listen to it

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 in order to believe its promises

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 and obey its commands.

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 In the days when the judges ruled,

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 there was a famine in the land

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 and a man of Bethlehem in Judah

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 went to sojourn

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 in the country of Moab,

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 he and his wife

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 and his two sons.

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 The name of the man was Elimelech

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 and the name of his wife, Naomi,

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 and the names of his two sons

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 were Malon and Chilion.

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 They were Ephraphites

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 from Bethlehem in Judah.

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 They went into the country of Moab

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 and remained there.

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 But Elimelech,

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 the husband of Naomi,

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 died,

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 and she was left

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 with her two sons.

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 These took Moabite wives.

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 The name of the one was Orpah

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 and the name of the other Ruth.

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 They lived there about ten years.

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 And both Malon and Chilion died,

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 so that the woman was left

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 without her two sons

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 and her husband.

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 Then she arose with her daughters-in-law

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 to return from the country of Moab,

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 for she had heard in the fields of Moab

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 that the Lord had visited his people

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 and given them food.

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 So she set out from the place

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 where she was with her two daughters-in-law,

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 and they went on the way

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 to return to the land of Judah.

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 But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law,

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 Go, return each of you

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 to her mother's house.

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 May the Lord deal kindly with you

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 as you have dealt with the dead

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 and with me.

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 Lord, grant that you may find rest,

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 each of you,

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 in the house of her husband.

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 Then she kissed them,

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 and they lifted up their voices

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 and wept.

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 And they said to her,

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 No, we will return with you

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 to your people.

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 But Naomi said,

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 Turn back, my daughters.

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 Why will you go with me?

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 Have I yet sons in my womb

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 that they may become your husbands?

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 Turn back, my daughters.

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 Go your way,

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 for I am too old to have a husband.

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 If I should say I have hope,

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 even if I should have a husband this night

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 and should bear sons,

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 would you therefore wait

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 till they were grown?

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 Would you therefore refrain from marrying?

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 No, my daughters,

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 for it is exceedingly bitter to me

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 for your sake

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 that the hand of the Lord

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 has gone out against me.

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 Then they lifted up their voices

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 and wept again.

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 See, your sister-in-law

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 has gone back to her people

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 and to her gods.

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 Return after your sister-in-law.

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 But Ruth said,

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 Do not urge me to leave you

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 or to return from following you.

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 For where you go, I will go.

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 And where you lodge, I will lodge.

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 Your people shall be my people

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 and your God, my God.

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 Where you die, I will die.

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 And there will I be buried.

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 May the Lord do so to me

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 and more also

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 if anything but death

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 parts me from you.

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 And when Naomi saw

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 that she was determined

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 to go with her,

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 she said no more.

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 So the two of them went on

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 until they came to Bethlehem.

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 And when they came to Bethlehem,

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 the whole town was stirred

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 because of them.

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 And the women said,

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 Is this Naomi?

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 She said to them,

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 Do not call me Naomi.

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 Call me Mara.

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 For the Almighty has dealt

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 very bitterly with me.

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 I went away full

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 and the Lord has brought me back empty.

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 Why call me Naomi

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 when the Lord has testified against me

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 and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?

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 So Naomi returned

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 and Ruth the Moabite

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 and her daughter-in-law with her

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 who returned from the country of Moab.

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 And they came to Bethlehem

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 at the beginning of barley harvest.

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 Now, I just want to observe

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 two things briefly

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 from the text today.

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 As we go on in our study,

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 I'm sure we'll have to access

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 chapter one a bit more.

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 But I want you to see two things.

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 Number one,

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 a bitter providence.

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 A bitter providence.

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 And number two,

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 an exceptional faith.

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 So verse one begins with tragedy,

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 as I've mentioned already before.

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 In the days of the judges,

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 there was a famine in the land.

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 And a man from Bethlehem in Judah

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 went to another country,

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 went to Moab,

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 which is modern-day Jordan,

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 so out east of Jerusalem.

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 he and his wife

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 and his two sons.

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 So right at the very outset

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 of the book,

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 a famine is taking place.

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 And for the sake of survival,

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 one would presume

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 they leave their land

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 and they go off

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 to another land.

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 And then we begin,

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 we learn at the beginning

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 of verse two,

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 the names of those

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 in Naomi's family.

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 Of significance,

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 Naomi means pleasant.

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 Perhaps this is why

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 her daughters-in-law

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 love her so.

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 There's a name to her.

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 Children,

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 Malon and Chilion.

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 Malon,

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 her oldest son,

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 means sickly.

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 And Chilion means wasting.

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 Sickly and wasting.

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 So,

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 if we were readers of Hebrew,

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 this is not off

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 to a very good start

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 just in verse two.

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 And so the tragedy continues

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 in verse three.

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 We see that Elimelech,

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 the husband of Naomi,

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 dies.

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 We don't know how much time passes,

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 but it doesn't seem to be

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 much time at all

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 when they've relocated

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 in Moab

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 and she's left

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 with her two sons.

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 And then in verse four,

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 these two sons

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 take Moabite wives,

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 one named Orpah

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 and the other named Ruth.

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 Ruth, interestingly,

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 is a Hebrew name,

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 so it could have been a name

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 that was given to her.

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 Orpah,

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 which my computer

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 tried to autocorrect

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 to Oprah again

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 and again

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 and again.

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 the people of Israel

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 had been commanded

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 not to intermarry

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 with foreigners.

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 Not for ethnic purity,

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 I don't believe,

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 but because

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 of the potential

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 for idolatry.

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 Listen to this command

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 from Deuteronomy chapter seven,

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 verse two and following.

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 You shall make no covenant

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 with them

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 and show no mercy

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 to them.

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 You shall not intermarry

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 with them,

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 giving your daughters

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 to their sons

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 or taking their daughters

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 for your sons,

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 for they would turn away

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 your sons

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 from following me

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 to serve other gods.

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 Then the anger of the Lord

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 would be kindled against you

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 and he would destroy you

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 quickly.

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 They were commanded

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 not to intermarry

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 being compounded upon us.

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 Like,

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 think of Jewish readers

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 of this text.

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 They're saying

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 you had to move

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 from the land

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 that was promised to you

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 and then your husband dies

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 and then your sons

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 took foreign wives.

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 What tragedy

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 is being added upon

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 and added upon

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 here

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 in just these first

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 few verses.

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 Now,

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 some have said

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 that perhaps

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 these men died

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 because of this,

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 that it was a judgment

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 on them.

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 I'm not sure.

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 Certainly,

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 Naomi seems to think so

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 later on

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 in the text.

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 The way she's reading it

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 and understanding it.

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 Of interest,

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 the name Orpah

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 means stubborn.

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 Maybe she stays with her

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 for a bit

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 because she had decided to

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 and then she turns back

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 and the name Ruth

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 means friendship.

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 So,

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 Naomi now,

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.180
 at this point

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.980
 in our text,

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 has moved to another country,

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 a foreign land.

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 She's lost her husband.

00:23:01.840 --> 00:23:02.380
 Her sons

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 have married

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 Moabite

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 wives

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 and then added

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.340
 to that

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 both Malon

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 and Chilion

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 die.

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 So,

00:23:13.060 --> 00:23:13.680
 verse 5 says,

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 the woman

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 was left

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 without her two sons

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 and her husband.

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 And I'm just

00:23:20.820 --> 00:23:22.140
 guessing at this point.

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:23.460
 I don't know for sure.

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 But it seems to me

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.420
 that the author

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:26.180
 could have said

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 that Naomi

00:23:27.840 --> 00:23:28.400
 was left

00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:29.519
 without her two sons

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 and her husband

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 but doesn't use

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 the word

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 pleasant there

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 because we don't

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 want to see her

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 in a pleasant state.

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 Right?

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 Great

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:39.799
 tragedy

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:41.019
 upon tragedy.

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:43.620
 The patristic laws

00:23:43.620 --> 00:23:44.279
 of the day

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 meant that

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:46.460
 Naomi's livelihood

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.279
 was tied

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.480
 to that of her husband

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.579
 and or

00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:50.920
 her sons.

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 So,

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:53.220
 with all of them

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 gone

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 and hearing the news

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 that her hometown

00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:57.220
 is no longer

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:58.819
 suffering a famine,

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 she decides

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.259
 to return.

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.900
 We discover

00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:03.660
 later that

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.259
 she holds

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:04.819
 the rights

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.319
 of the land

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:05.920
 of her husband

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.980
 slash sons

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 if a relative

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 will redeem

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.519
 the land

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:09.980
 which we'll

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.860
 talk a bit

00:24:10.860 --> 00:24:11.519
 more about

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.279
 in the coming

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.660
 weeks.

00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:15.519
 The first five

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.539
 verses of this story,

00:24:17.100 --> 00:24:17.880
 what you need

00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:18.519
 to be clear about

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.880
 are nothing

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.799
 but

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:22.460
 tragedy.

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.740
 And note

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.559
 how Naomi

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.559
 feels

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.920
 about this.

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.779
 Look at

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:29.240
 verse 19

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:31.120
 through 21.

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:32.839
 So the two

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.299
 of them,

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:34.019
 this is her

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.600
 and Ruth,

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.420
 went on

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:35.759
 until they

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.160
 came

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:37.759
 to Bethlehem.

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:38.900
 And when they

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.740
 came to Bethlehem

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.519
 the whole town

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.160
 was stirred

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.880
 because of them

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.660
 and the woman

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.079
 said,

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.980
 is this

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.920
 Naomi?

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:45.680
 She's been

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.120
 gone now

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.720
 for years

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.240
 and years

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.579
 and so

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.500
 they're abuzz

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.600
 about this.

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.500
 Is this

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:51.299
 Naomi?

00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:51.600
 And her

00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:52.360
 response to

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:52.940
 them is,

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:54.100
 do not

00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:54.740
 call me

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.380
 Naomi.

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:55.880
 Do not

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.420
 call me

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.440
 pleasant.

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:59.460
 Call me

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.700
 Mara,

00:25:00.840 --> 00:25:01.420
 which means

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.200
 bitter.

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.300
 For the

00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:03.900
 Almighty

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:05.420
 has dealt

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:06.700
 very bitterly

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.680
 with me.

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:08.880
 I went

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.780
 away full

00:25:09.780 --> 00:25:10.940
 and the

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.240
 Lord has

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.600
 brought me

00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:11.980
 back

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.980
 empty.

00:25:13.840 --> 00:25:14.380
 Why

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:15.080
 call me

00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:15.660
 Naomi

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.180
 or pleasant

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:16.500
 when the

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:16.840
 Lord has

00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:17.420
 testified

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:18.060
 against me

00:25:18.060 --> 00:25:18.360
 and the

00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:18.720
 Almighty

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.640
 has brought

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:20.660
 calamity

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:22.259
 upon me.

00:25:23.840 --> 00:25:24.120
 Naomi

00:25:24.120 --> 00:25:24.800
 rightly

00:25:24.800 --> 00:25:25.720
 recognizes

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.500
 God's

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.100
 hand

00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:28.120
 in her

00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:28.740
 circumstances

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:30.180
 but she

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:31.000
 has failed

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.700
 to remember

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.840
 God's

00:25:32.840 --> 00:25:33.880
 promised

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:35.080
 goodness.

00:25:37.300 --> 00:25:37.820
 No one

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.320
 will argue

00:25:38.320 --> 00:25:38.680
 that the

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.200
 loss of a

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.519
 husband

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.200
 and two

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.640
 sons

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.500
 is in

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.180
 itself

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:43.340
 a good.

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:45.140
 But we

00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:45.540
 now have

00:25:45.540 --> 00:25:46.480
 the insight

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.820
 an insight

00:25:47.820 --> 00:25:48.519
 that Naomi

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.160
 didn't possess

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:50.019
 that helps

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:51.080
 us to

00:25:51.080 --> 00:25:52.000
 call this

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:53.360
 a bitter

00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:55.060
 providence.

00:25:56.580 --> 00:25:56.860
 Naomi

00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:57.480
 doesn't call

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.180
 it providence

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:59.100
 at all

00:25:59.100 --> 00:26:00.240
 in chapter

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.620
 one.

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.180
 She is

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.560
 just

00:26:01.560 --> 00:26:03.060
 embittered

00:26:03.060 --> 00:26:03.740
 toward God.

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.259
 She herself

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:06.000
 has become

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:07.259
 bitter.

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:09.460
 She arrives

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.360
 home

00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:11.360
 weak

00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:13.060
 in faith.

00:26:14.580 --> 00:26:15.180
 I think

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.700
 that each

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.240
 of us

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:17.440
 can relate

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:18.259
 in some

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.820
 measure

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:20.659
 to Naomi.

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.500
 You may

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:22.759
 have

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.379
 experienced

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:24.079
 this

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.559
 measure

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.439
 of loss

00:26:25.439 --> 00:26:25.899
 or

00:26:25.899 --> 00:26:26.939
 something

00:26:26.939 --> 00:26:28.720
 near it.

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.139
 You may

00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:30.539
 not be

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:30.980
 able to

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.700
 imagine

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.059
 what this

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.419
 kind of

00:26:32.419 --> 00:26:32.819
 loss

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:34.119
 would feel

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:34.500
 like.

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:36.339
 Either way

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:36.919
 in some

00:26:36.919 --> 00:26:37.379
 measure

00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:37.960
 we have

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.559
 felt

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.639
 what Naomi

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.319
 feels

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:40.919
 in the

00:26:40.919 --> 00:26:41.379
 phrase

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:42.019
 I went

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.359
 away

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.039
 full

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:43.659
 and the

00:26:43.659 --> 00:26:44.079
 Lord

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.899
 has

00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:45.240
 mopped

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.359
 me

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:45.819
 back

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:47.399
 empty.

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:49.259
 Now

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:50.040
 if you're

00:26:50.040 --> 00:26:50.360
 here

00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:50.680
 I think

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.240
 most of

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.860
 you resonate

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.540
 you could

00:26:52.540 --> 00:26:53.019
 say yes

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.460
 I have

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:53.940
 felt this

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.280
 way

00:26:54.280 --> 00:26:55.420
 at times

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.300
 I have

00:26:56.300 --> 00:26:57.080
 at times

00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:58.300
 been embittered

00:26:58.300 --> 00:26:59.019
 toward God

00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:00.019
 and I have

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:01.120
 been weak

00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:02.519
 in faith

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.839
 perhaps you

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.940
 have no

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.359
 idea

00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:06.079
 and I will

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.359
 just say

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:06.700
 to you

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:06.920
 and you're

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.480
 probably a

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.299
 young person

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:09.039
 if that's

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.960
 true

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:11.000
 hang on

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:12.359
 things are

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:12.519
 going to

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:12.920
 happen in

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.539
 your life

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:13.859
 they're going

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.339
 to tempt

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.619
 you to

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.420
 turn away

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:17.259
 and have

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.440
 weak faith

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:19.080
 and to

00:27:19.080 --> 00:27:19.539
 become

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.720
 embittered

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.759
 to

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.240
 experience

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.720
 things

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.019
 and say

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.500
 how could

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.019
 this

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.740
 thing

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.220
 how could

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.740
 this

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.779
 possibly

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:28.259
 be good

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:31.700
 they can

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.059
 be

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:33.299
 beloved

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.740
 because

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:35.240
 God's

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.900
 promises

00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:37.340
 are

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:37.880
 sure

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:40.279
 we need

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.360
 a rich

00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:41.640
 we need

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.380
 a thick

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:43.120
 theology

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:44.480
 of suffering

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.400
 to bear up

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:46.299
 in this

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:46.640
 world

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.640
 you will

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:48.340
 at times

00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:48.640
 in your

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.060
 life

00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:50.200
 have to

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.820
 really

00:27:50.820 --> 00:27:52.020
 understand

00:27:52.020 --> 00:27:53.400
 God's

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:54.540
 providence

00:27:54.540 --> 00:27:56.120
 you don't

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:56.480
 need to be

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.080
 told that

00:27:57.080 --> 00:27:57.460
 if you just

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:57.900
 have enough

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.300
 faith

00:27:58.300 --> 00:27:58.740
 the difficult

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.120
 things in

00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.460
 your life

00:27:59.460 --> 00:27:59.780
 are going

00:27:59.780 --> 00:28:00.100
 to go

00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:00.480
 away

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.080
 oh no

00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:01.720
 not at

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.200
 all

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:03.920
 you need

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.140
 to be

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.420
 told

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:05.020
 that if

00:28:05.020 --> 00:28:05.320
 you have

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:05.600
 enough

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:06.200
 faith

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.720
 you will

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.280
 understand

00:28:07.280 --> 00:28:08.520
 that God

00:28:08.520 --> 00:28:09.100
 is working

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:10.580
 all of

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:11.080
 these trials

00:28:11.080 --> 00:28:11.420
 in your

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:11.759
 life

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.520
 for

00:28:12.520 --> 00:28:13.560
 your good

00:28:13.560 --> 00:28:14.560
 and his

00:28:14.560 --> 00:28:14.960
 glory

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:16.799
 he is

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.160
 working

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:18.079
 for you

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.559
 even

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.259
 when the

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.799
 providence

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.500
 tastes

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.680
 bitter

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:23.519
 so hold

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:25.000
 believe

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:26.400
 persevere

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:28.160
 one day

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.460
 we will

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.380
 all see

00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:30.259
 the full

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:31.019
 reality

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.860
 of his

00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:32.279
 purposes

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:33.579
 for us

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:35.299
 Paul says

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.940
 that he

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.279
 doesn't even

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.840
 consider

00:28:36.840 --> 00:28:37.940
 current

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.440
 suffering

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:38.900
 worth

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.680
 comparing

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.180
 to the

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:40.680
 eternal

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.340
 weight

00:28:41.340 --> 00:28:42.259
 of glory

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.079
 that's

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.319
 going to

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:43.840
 be revealed

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.819
 to us

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:46.899
 Thomas

00:28:46.899 --> 00:28:47.299
 Watson

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.720
 the Puritan

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.079
 preacher

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.819
 once said

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.220
 this is the

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:50.179
 quotation on

00:28:50.179 --> 00:28:50.619
 your bulletin

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.439
 this morning

00:28:51.439 --> 00:28:52.500
 God is to be

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.899
 trusted

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:54.059
 when his

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.639
 providences

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:55.939
 seem to run

00:28:55.939 --> 00:28:56.679
 contrary

00:28:56.679 --> 00:28:58.199
 to his

00:28:58.199 --> 00:28:58.720
 promises

00:28:58.720 --> 00:29:01.079
 so this is

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:02.179
 a bitter

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:03.179
 providence

00:29:03.179 --> 00:29:03.839
 that we see

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.500
 in the life

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.559
 of Ruth

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.359
 excuse me

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:06.839
 of Naomi

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.879
 not

00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:08.819
 not meant

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.720
 to embitter

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.240
 Naomi

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.899
 toward God

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.600
 but it

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:13.040
 is a

00:29:13.040 --> 00:29:13.460
 providence

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:13.780
 that would

00:29:13.780 --> 00:29:13.940
 be

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.660
 difficult

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.460
 to bear

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.759
 up

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:17.120
 under

00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:17.500
 I'm so

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:17.940
 grateful

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.280
 that we

00:29:18.280 --> 00:29:18.700
 have the

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.280
 fuller

00:29:19.280 --> 00:29:19.640
 view

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:20.160
 of what

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:20.400
 God

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:20.880
 is doing

00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:22.440
 in these

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:22.820
 affairs

00:29:22.820 --> 00:29:24.620
 so we

00:29:24.620 --> 00:29:24.840
 see a

00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:24.960
 bitter

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.440
 providence

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:25.900
 we also

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.259
 see

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.060
 in chapter

00:29:27.060 --> 00:29:27.519
 one

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.220
 an

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.900
 exceptional

00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:30.220
 faith

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:31.160
 we turn

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:31.519
 your attention

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:31.880
 to verse

00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:32.600
 sixteen

00:29:32.600 --> 00:29:33.960
 and seventeen

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:36.600
 so Orpah

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:37.400
 has gone

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:37.880
 back

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:39.160
 returned to

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:39.660
 her people

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:40.240
 and to

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.420
 her

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:41.080
 people's

00:29:41.080 --> 00:29:42.400
 gods

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.920
 but Ruth

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.680
 says this

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.960
 do not

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.380
 urge me

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:46.740
 to leave

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:46.960
 you

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.460
 or return

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:48.040
 from following

00:29:48.040 --> 00:29:48.440
 you

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.500
 for where

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.060
 you go

00:29:50.060 --> 00:29:50.460
 I will

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.880
 go

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.660
 and where

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.400
 you lodge

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:52.779
 I will

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.220
 lodge

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.900
 your people

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.320
 shall be

00:29:54.320 --> 00:29:54.880
 my people

00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.340
 and your

00:29:55.340 --> 00:29:55.779
 God

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:57.060
 my God

00:29:57.060 --> 00:29:57.960
 where you

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.259
 die

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.580
 I will

00:29:58.580 --> 00:29:58.840
 die

00:29:58.840 --> 00:29:59.320
 and there

00:29:59.320 --> 00:29:59.640
 will I

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:00.019
 be buried

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.320
 may the

00:30:00.320 --> 00:30:00.560
 Lord

00:30:00.560 --> 00:30:01.180
 do so

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.779
 to me

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.460
 and more

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:02.980
 also

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.860
 if anything

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:05.060
 but death

00:30:05.060 --> 00:30:05.980
 parts me

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.340
 from you

00:30:06.340 --> 00:30:06.660
 may God

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.180
 kill me

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.600
 if anything

00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:08.000
 but death

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.640
 parts me

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:10.360
 from you

00:30:10.360 --> 00:30:12.480
 I suggest

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:12.940
 to you

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.960
 even though

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.240
 we have

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.920
 seen the

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.420
 weakness

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:16.640
 of Naomi's

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.280
 faith

00:30:17.280 --> 00:30:18.580
 something

00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:19.120
 of her

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.560
 faith

00:30:19.560 --> 00:30:20.600
 is compelling

00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:21.880
 to Ruth

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:23.400
 across those

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:24.460
 years that she

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:24.880
 was part

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.920
 of her family

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.660
 perhaps

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.520
 the journey

00:30:27.520 --> 00:30:28.220
 itself

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.920
 something

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.660
 about

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.900
 Naomi's

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.420
 faith

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.020
 has

00:30:32.020 --> 00:30:32.860
 compelled

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:34.100
 Ruth

00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:34.900
 to turn

00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:35.580
 her attention

00:30:35.580 --> 00:30:37.100
 to Yahweh

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:39.119
 Ruth

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.419
 has been

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:39.819
 exposed

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.119
 to the

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:40.359
 worship

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:40.959
 of Yahweh

00:30:40.959 --> 00:30:41.799
 in Naomi's

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.179
 house

00:30:42.179 --> 00:30:43.079
 and we

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.579
 see here

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:44.359
 this expression

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:45.579
 of desire

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.459
 to worship

00:30:46.459 --> 00:30:47.819
 the God

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.919
 of Israel

00:30:48.919 --> 00:30:50.019
 she declares

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.759
 that Naomi's

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.319
 God will be

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:52.159
 her God

00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:52.980
 in verse 16

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.619
 and then notice

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.659
 in verse 17

00:30:54.659 --> 00:30:56.319
 she calls him

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.859
 Lord

00:30:57.859 --> 00:31:00.039
 perhaps

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:01.579
 just maybe

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.699
 we witness

00:31:02.699 --> 00:31:03.419
 the conversion

00:31:03.419 --> 00:31:03.919
 of Naomi

00:31:03.919 --> 00:31:04.539
 in between

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:05.259
 verse 16

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.439
 and 17

00:31:06.439 --> 00:31:07.099
 as she is

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:07.359
 being

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:08.519
 pressed to

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.939
 depart

00:31:08.939 --> 00:31:09.679
 and a

00:31:09.679 --> 00:31:10.199
 devotion

00:31:10.199 --> 00:31:11.019
 to Naomi

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:12.299
 and Israel

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:13.480
 and God

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.480
 well up

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.599
 inside her

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:17.379
 perhaps

00:31:17.379 --> 00:31:19.399
 whether or not

00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:19.759
 that's what

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.539
 happens here

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.399
 we can

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:22.399
 see her

00:31:22.399 --> 00:31:22.839
 faith

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:24.399
 in this

00:31:24.399 --> 00:31:24.799
 text

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:26.740
 so why

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:26.960
 do I

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.639
 call it

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.899
 exceptional

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:30.960
 well first

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:32.620
 all faith

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.519
 is exceptional

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.120
 faith

00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:35.259
 because the

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:36.060
 natural bend

00:31:36.060 --> 00:31:36.519
 of mankind

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:37.200
 is not

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.180
 towards God

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:39.320
 but away

00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:39.720
 from him

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.840
 we are all

00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:41.820
 born in sin

00:31:41.820 --> 00:31:42.120
 with the

00:31:42.120 --> 00:31:42.740
 inclination

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.560
 to sin

00:31:43.560 --> 00:31:44.060
 this is the

00:31:44.060 --> 00:31:44.460
 direction

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:44.920
 that every

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.580
 one of us

00:31:45.580 --> 00:31:46.860
 is headed

00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:47.820
 in

00:31:47.820 --> 00:31:49.660
 all faith

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.420
 is given

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:51.860
 as a gift

00:31:51.860 --> 00:31:53.040
 therefore

00:31:53.040 --> 00:31:54.320
 all faith

00:31:54.320 --> 00:31:55.000
 is

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:56.240
 exceptional

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:57.580
 you or I

00:31:57.580 --> 00:31:58.220
 possess faith

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.740
 this morning

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.740
 we should

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.079
 humbly

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.779
 praise God

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.120
 for it

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:01.380
 because it

00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:01.720
 was given

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.400
 to us

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:03.859
 by him

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:06.120
 additionally

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:07.579
 in addition

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:08.620
 to that

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:09.299
 reality

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:10.980
 Ruth

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.980
 was a

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.420
 Moabite

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.960
 here

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.160
 what

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.839
 Deuteronomy

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.819
 chapter 23

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:16.640
 and verse

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.980
 3 says

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:19.019
 concerning

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.940
 her

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:21.940
 no

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.759
 Ammonite

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:24.140
 or Moabite

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:25.120
 may enter

00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:25.880
 the assembly

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.799
 of the

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.160
 Lord

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:28.460
 even

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.460


00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.900
 to the

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.220
 tenth

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.860
 generation

00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:30.259
 none

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.560
 of them

00:32:30.560 --> 00:32:31.100
 may enter

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:31.320
 the

00:32:31.320 --> 00:32:31.800
 assembly

00:32:31.800 --> 00:32:32.700
 of the

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:33.120
 Lord

00:32:33.120 --> 00:32:34.320
 forever

00:32:34.320 --> 00:32:36.240
 this was a

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.500
 judgment

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.300
 because of

00:32:37.300 --> 00:32:37.700
 what the

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.200
 Ammonites

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.480
 and the

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.000
 Moabites

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.560
 had done

00:32:39.560 --> 00:32:39.860
 they had

00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:40.080
 dealt

00:32:40.080 --> 00:32:40.720
 treacherously

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:42.560
 with Israel

00:32:42.560 --> 00:32:44.500
 now I cannot

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:44.980
 be sure

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.380
 that Ruth

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:45.900
 was familiar

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:46.980
 with this

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.820
 text

00:32:47.820 --> 00:32:48.740
 but I imagine

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.900
 that she

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.380
 was

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:51.080
 she had

00:32:51.080 --> 00:32:51.460
 spent some

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.040
 years

00:32:52.040 --> 00:32:52.800
 under the

00:32:52.800 --> 00:32:53.519
 tutelage

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:55.259
 of Naomi's

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.819
 house

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:57.980
 exceptional

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:59.460
 faith

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:01.079
 no

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.740
 Moabite

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.599
 may enter

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:03.599
 the assembly

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:04.220
 of the

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.440
 Lord

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:05.599
 even

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.000
 to the

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.099
 tenth

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.299
 generation

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.819
 none

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.079
 of them

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.740
 forever

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.440
 may enter

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.160
 the assembly

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:09.879
 of the

00:33:09.879 --> 00:33:10.079
 Lord

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.440
 and yet

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.160
 she declares

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.559
 in verse

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.259
 16

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:13.339
 Naomi's

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:13.660
 God

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.420
 will be

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:15.119
 my

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:15.940
 God

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.319
 and then

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.740
 she calls

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.039
 him

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:18.240
 Lord

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.460
 she

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:19.960
 believed

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.980
 she

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.360
 believed

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:21.539
 that

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:21.779
 God

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:21.980
 could

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.299
 be

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:23.079
 her

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:24.680
 God

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.680
 we

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:25.840
 have

00:33:25.840 --> 00:33:26.279
 seen

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:26.460
 that

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:26.640
 God

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:27.259
 sets

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.420
 her

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:27.759
 in the

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.160
 middle

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.460
 of his

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.180
 redemptive

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:30.079
 narrative

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:31.140
 as the

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:31.900
 great

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:33.079
 grandmother

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:34.440
 of King

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:34.779
 David

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:36.220
 he certainly

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.640
 does

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:37.860
 accept her

00:33:37.860 --> 00:33:39.180
 perhaps

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:40.059
 even in

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.860
 spite of

00:33:40.860 --> 00:33:41.620
 what her

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:42.180
 former

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.579
 husband

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:43.860
 had done

00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:45.039
 he

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.860
 grafts

00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:46.180
 her

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.740
 in

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.720
 to this

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.140
 family

00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:49.079
 and does

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:50.019
 a significant

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.740
 thing

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.539
 with her

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.119
 she's the

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:52.379
 great

00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:52.779
 grandmother

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:54.220
 of King

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:55.139
 David

00:33:55.139 --> 00:33:55.819
 and then

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:57.259
 more clearly

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.899
 in the line

00:33:57.899 --> 00:33:58.259
 of King

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.659
 Jesus

00:33:58.659 --> 00:33:59.579
 and Matthew's

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:00.480
 genealogy

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.779
 of Jesus

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.240
 and I think

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.779
 you'll appreciate

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.579
 flipping with me

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:04.119
 to Matthew

00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:05.639
 chapter 1

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:22.280
 this is the

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:22.860
 most extensive

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.500
 genealogy

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:23.940
 that we have

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.160
 in the

00:34:24.160 --> 00:34:24.440
 gospel

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.980
 accounts

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:26.460
 I'm just

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:26.700
 going to

00:34:26.700 --> 00:34:27.000
 read

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:28.460
 one verse

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:28.660
 and

00:34:28.660 --> 00:34:29.920
 half

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.440
 of another

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.119
 so Matthew

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.760
 chapter 1

00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:33.280
 verse 5

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:34.180
 and then

00:34:34.180 --> 00:34:36.060
 verse 6

00:34:36.060 --> 00:34:36.660
 and we

00:34:36.660 --> 00:34:37.180
 see the

00:34:37.180 --> 00:34:37.660
 addition

00:34:37.660 --> 00:34:39.700
 of two

00:34:39.700 --> 00:34:40.040
 women

00:34:40.040 --> 00:34:42.140
 in verse 5

00:34:42.140 --> 00:34:42.820
 this

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.740
 additional

00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:44.120
 piece

00:34:44.120 --> 00:34:44.400
 there's a

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:44.720
 pattern

00:34:44.720 --> 00:34:45.380
 being followed

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.440
 of so

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.740
 and so

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.019
 was the

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.420
 father of

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:47.820
 so and so

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:48.060
 was the

00:34:48.060 --> 00:34:48.440
 father of

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.880
 so and so

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.160
 but then

00:34:49.160 --> 00:34:49.380
 we see

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:50.040
 this addition

00:34:50.040 --> 00:34:50.540
 of who

00:34:50.540 --> 00:34:50.740
 their

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:51.720
 wife

00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:53.140
 was

00:34:53.140 --> 00:34:53.820
 so verse 5

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.180
 says

00:34:54.180 --> 00:34:55.019
 and Sammon

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.519
 the father

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.100
 of

00:34:56.100 --> 00:34:57.760
 Boaz

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.960
 play prominently

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.519
 in the book

00:34:59.519 --> 00:34:59.920
 of Ruth

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:02.460
 by Rahab

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:03.260
 who was

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:04.019
 the Jericho

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.659
 prostitute

00:35:04.659 --> 00:35:05.180
 who helped

00:35:05.180 --> 00:35:05.820
 the spies

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.460
 in Joshua

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:07.720
 6

00:35:07.720 --> 00:35:10.300
 and Boaz

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:10.920
 the father

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:12.780
 of Obed

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:15.340
 by Ruth

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:16.519
 and Obed

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.920
 the father

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.360
 of Jesse

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:17.980
 and Jesse

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.639
 the father

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.320
 of David

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:20.559
 the king

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.019
 and then Matthew

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.619
 goes on

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:22.340
 to talk about

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:23.599
 this is where

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.139
 the Christ

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:24.559
 this is the

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.659
 lineage of

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:27.880
 the Christ

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.440
 and we see

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:29.079
 this beautiful

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.860
 insertion

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.420
 of her

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.440
 in this

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:32.700
 genealogy

00:35:32.700 --> 00:35:33.500
 this Moabite

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:33.860
 woman

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.780
 should have

00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:35.440
 been outside

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:36.200
 of the

00:35:36.200 --> 00:35:36.519
 graces

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.120
 of God

00:35:37.120 --> 00:35:37.440
 God

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:38.480
 kindly

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.539
 brings

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.180
 in

00:35:40.180 --> 00:35:41.840
 she expresses

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.460
 her devotion

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:44.079
 to Naomi

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:45.059
 and comes

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.820
 and says

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:47.019
 your God

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.940
 will be my

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.340
 God

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:48.640
 and she

00:35:48.640 --> 00:35:49.579
 calls him

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:50.880
 Lord

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:52.160
 exceptional

00:35:52.160 --> 00:35:53.480
 faith

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.800
 isn't it

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.340
 cool

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:55.640
 that we

00:35:55.640 --> 00:35:55.880
 get to

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.599
 zoom back

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.099
 and see

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:58.140
 the story

00:35:58.140 --> 00:35:59.099
 in its

00:35:59.099 --> 00:36:00.460
 entirety

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:01.019
 and then

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.299
 try to

00:36:01.299 --> 00:36:02.000
 understand

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.579
 them

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:02.940
 living

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.360
 in

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:04.179
 this

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:05.460
 day

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:07.239
 we see

00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:08.319
 an improper

00:36:08.319 --> 00:36:09.179
 application

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:09.519
 of an

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.000
 understanding

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.599
 of God's

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:11.699
 good promises

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.099
 and his

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.860
 sovereign work

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.679
 in them

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:14.319
 on behalf

00:36:14.319 --> 00:36:15.380
 of Naomi

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:16.140
 she is

00:36:16.140 --> 00:36:17.380
 embittered

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:18.019
 towards

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:19.119
 God

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:20.579
 glad to

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:20.840
 see the

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.260
 resolve

00:36:21.260 --> 00:36:21.579
 of the

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:21.860
 story

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.380
 even in

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.740
 brief

00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:23.680
 this

00:36:23.680 --> 00:36:24.000
 morning

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.260
 and then

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:24.599
 we get to

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:24.980
 view this

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.860
 exceptional

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:26.820
 faith

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:28.019
 of Ruth

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.340
 as she

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:28.640
 travels

00:36:28.640 --> 00:36:28.920
 back

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.080
 with

00:36:29.080 --> 00:36:29.380
 Naomi

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:30.440
 to

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:30.940
 Bethlehem

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:32.160
 the

00:36:32.160 --> 00:36:32.519
 story

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:32.740
 of

00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:33.100
 Ruth

00:36:33.100 --> 00:36:34.039
 is a

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.420
 story

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:34.680
 of

00:36:34.680 --> 00:36:35.519
 providence

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.980
 unfolded

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:38.120
 for our

00:36:38.120 --> 00:36:38.380
 good

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:39.300
 and for

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:39.820
 God's

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.680
 glory

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:41.760
 let's

00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:41.900
 pray

00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:42.260
 together