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A Nation of Ruth's....Part IX  

Hiz4Ever
7/30/2006 5:23 am
 Because Ruth (the Church) adopted Naomi (Israel) and her people, Boaz (Messiah) bestows abundant blessings on Ruth. Her love and intercession are greatly rewarded.

When Ruth returns that evening to Naomi and shows her all of the grain she has received from Boaz and the favour he has shown her, they agree that Ruth should stay with Boaz until the end of the harvest. Therefore, because of Naomi, Ruth is directed into a blessing from the God of Israel.

Israel has provided the world with the Messiah, though she herself has not yet found Him. It is so interesting that Naomi does not simply go to Boaz directly, now that Naomi is again living in his town, but Naomi’s only contact with Boaz (Messiah) comes through Ruth. This demonstrates that Israel’s blindness to Messiah is destined to be removed by the Church through prayer and deeds.

Naomi counsels Ruth to seek Boaz as a husband under the Levirate law of the kinsman redeemer , where the nearest relative could redeem a widows
heritage by marrying the widow to raise up children and a name for the deceased relative’s husband. In this case, the lands of Elimelech, Naomi’s deceased husband, could be redeemed; and Ruth, the wife of Mahlon, Naomi’s son, could
be married. Boaz agrees and married Ruth, and she bears him a son named Obed, which means ‘servant,’ ‘service,’ or even ‘worship.’ Obed is the blessing to Ruth from Boaz. Yet when the women in Israel hear of Obed’s birth, they rejoice and say to Naomi:

"Blessed be the Lord, Who has not left you this day without a close relative (Boaz who represents Messiah); and may his name be famous in Israel! And may he be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him." (Ruth 4:14-15)

*To Be Continued*

With Great Love,

Hiz4Ever †


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