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Mystries in Ruth
Marlene:
Hi, To me Ruth sets the true example of humbleness. She could have thought of herself instead of others. I pray ,that I will always put others first and myself last.
So, true Beloved, When, things get tough we get bitter or feel like giving up. But, we need to remember who is in charge and he knows what is best. For sure we can see ourself in this book of Ruth. Hopefully, we will see ourself being made into the Image of God.
When, I look back on my life I have seen many times my life would have been a disaster if I would be having my way. We need to learn who, gives us the good and the trials in our life is doing all for our best. Being content in the storms are truly hard to do.
Look how blessed Namoi became from this selfless act of Ruths .
Ruth Chapter 4 verse 14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel
But in this verse 14 we see the hand of God in it all. Just, like his hand is in every life. If, we give up self we will receive more spiritual blessings. Spiritual blessings that are more valuable then anything material in this world. Many sacrifice there inheritance for things that are not lasting. The few will live for the Spiritual Blessings. The kinsman who did not redeem Ruth sure lost out.
I can remember when we were reading the Bible in a year in church. People were complaining about the names. The names are important for sure. God did not put the names in there for no reason at all. For sure Gods plan is the only plan that is going to happen. Now, after coming out of Babylon and reading the scriptures from OT show that God has a plan and he will accomplish his plan. Salvation For All the Bible is about life not death. Death will be destroyed. All Praise and Glory be to God!
In His Love,
Marlene
Beloved:
Oh Marques did you hit on a powerful line
v14-15 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
You said Orpah has chosen to kiss her mother in law goodbye and return to Moab in all it's idolatry...but Ruth 'cleaves' to Naomi; Naomi notes that Orpah returned to Moab so Ruth should do the same]
Ray discusses touches on this in his paper http://bible-truths.com/kiss.htm
Like Orpah the church and world is ready to lament and kiss each other but they do this symbolically act of love only. The Many are self centered.
Ruth on the other hand showed true loving kindness. This whole book is a focus on loving kindess the three central figures show it with Ruth and Boaz being the prime examples.it In Hebrew the word for this is Chesed
H2617 חסד chêsêd kheh'-sedFrom H2616; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opprobrium) reproof, or (subjectively) beauty: - favour, good deed (-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, to cause reproach or shame.
Without the Chesed of God we would be in extreme state
(Lam 3:20) My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
(Lam 3:21) This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
(Lam 3:22) It is of the LORD's mercies Chesed that we are not consumed, because his compassions chesed fail not.
(Lam 3:23) They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Not only is His total character loving (Chesed ) but he also makes sure that we remember that He is Loving (Chesed) How great is that!
(Psa 106:44) Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
(Psa 106:45) And He remembered for them His covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies Chesed .
The world was made with Chesed
(Psa 89:1) I will sing of the mercies (Chesed )of the LORD forever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
(Psa 89:2) For I have said, Mercy (Chesed) shall be built up forever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
Every line in Pslam 136 ends with For His Steadfast Love (CHESED) Endureth Forever
Psa 138:8 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy steadfast love (Chesed), O LORD, endureth forever: forsake not the works of thine own hands
Jesus of course is the Chesed of God incarnate. He embodies the Chesed of God
Total unselfish Love is the end goal of on the road to perfection that Peter expoused. The few His elect will need to develope that quality
(2Pe 1:5) But also [for] this very [reason], having applied all diligence, provide with your* faith moral excellence, and with moral excellence knowledge,
(2Pe 1:6) and with knowledge self-control, and with self-control patient endurance, and with patient endurance godliness,
(2Pe 1:7) and with godliness brotherly kindness [fig., affection for fellow-believers] (phileo), and with brotherly kindness (phileo ), (agape)tlove.
(2Pe 1:8) For [if] these [qualities] belong to you* and [are] abounding [or, increasing], it makes [you*] neither useless nor unfruitful in regard to the full [or, true] knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
And guess what is the greek word that is the equivalent....Grace
May we all be found in His House of Mercy (Bethesda)
Beloved
Beloved:
Marlene you said
Look how blessed Namoi became from this selfless act of Ruths .
Ruth Chapter 4 verse 14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel
But in this verse 14 we see the hand of God in it all. Just, like his hand is in every life. If, we give up self we will receive more spiritual blessings. Spiritual blessings that are more valuable then anything material in this world. Many sacrifice there inheritance for things that are not lasting. The few will live for the Spiritual Blessings. The kinsman who did not redeem Ruth sure lost out.
You are exactly right ...Naomi was the one redeemed. The levirite marriage gave her back the family name and the land. I hope I and others will be able elaborate more on this type of marriage and its significance.
And yes even the rabbinic literature refers to the other kinsman as Tov or Peloni Amoni (John Doe) they also see him as the one that lost out.
In a way he represents is a redeemer by Good Works rather than a Chesed kinsman redeemer. He had to have a good reason to do it. He probably thought that he would also die like Mahlon did Perhaps the story of tamar was still fresh in their minds. ...Boaz on the other hand was willing to take that chance. A willing sacrifice.
Beloved
Deborah-Leigh:
To take this to another angle consider the following:
Matt 10 : 34-35 Do not think that I come to bring peace ON EARTH. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. I come to DISSEVER a man from his father, and a daughter from her mother, and a daughter-in-law from her mother-in-law.
Note Christ DISSEVERs 1369 to make apart ie sunder (figurative alienate): set at varience. Ref Strongs.
This setting at varience is between carnal traditional unions of the flesh and not between the man and wifes spiritual bonds. Ie God floggs His children not His Bride.
Arc
Beloved:
Debrah It looks to me that you may be taking a verse and using it out of context. If you are implying that Ruth did not receive chastisement, read the verses carefully.
She married and her husband dies
She received a pretty good grilling and almost a rejection from Naomi
Naomi may not have very pleasant to live with
She left all and arrived in Bethlehem poor and destitute.
She had to submit herself to gleaning the fields
She had to take a huge risk and undergo an ordeal at midnight...with Boaz
While on earth WE ARE ALL Children (tecknon) of GOD ...the bride is a heavenly state it is not achieved in the physical.
Ruth and Naomi's first blessing came because they arrived at the time of the Barley and Wheat harvest....it was an opportunity to obtain food because God had laid down rules for his people to assist the poor...the mitzvah of gleaning is Divine Providence in action.
I do not know how these verse tie into this discussion
(Mat 10:34) Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
(Mat 10:35) For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
It has a match in Luke
(Luke 12:51) Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
(Luke 12:52) For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
(Luke 12:53) The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
These verses preceded the above
(Luke 12:49) I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
(Luke 12:50) But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Ruth appears to have cleaved to Naomi but she was actually cleaving to the Promises of God that she saw and heard. She was willing to leave ALL of her family and culture to find it...she was taking the first step toward buying her pearl of great price.
She was blessed in the physical and became a levirite bride and bore a son that made her the great grandmother of David and better yet became one in the physical lineage of the Messiah and also received the promise of a spiritual lineage.
God is not talking about division for division sake, he does not want spiritual division.....
(1Pe 3:8) Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
beloved
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