Boaz 4
Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there.
And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, “Turn aside, friend; sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down. 2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down. 3 Then he said to the redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that belonged to our relative Elimelech. 4 So I thought I would tell you of it and say, ‘Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it. But if you will not, tell me, that I may know, for there is no one besides you to redeem it, and I come after you.” And he said, “I will redeem it.”
5 Then Boaz said, “The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance.”
6 Then the redeemer said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I impair my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it.” 7 Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging: to confirm a transaction, the one drew off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was the manner of attesting in Israel
. 8 So when the redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” he drew off his sandal.
9 Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses this day that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and to Mahlon.
10 Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native place. You are witnesses this day.”
11 Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem, 12 and may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman.”
13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.
14 Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel! 15 He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
16 Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her lap and became his nurse. 17 And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18 Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron, 19 Hezron fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminadab, 20 Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon, 21 Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed, 22 Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.
The events of this Bible Chapter caused the Temple Pillars to be called Boaz. A Pillar of all God's Heart and Love.
If you combine Ruth 4, the story of a foreigner God chose to be Jesus' ancestor, this would complete the command of go forth and be Fruitful. To die with leaving Love behind. To hope for Reunion. Having the Fruit of the Spirit. Love, Joy, Peace, Patience.
God the Nourisher. Begins with an older woman who calls herself Worthy. No. The woman who calls herself 'Blessed' among His people. Absolutely the opposite, she calls herself "Mara", Bitter. And wouldn't we do well to say:
James 1:20
For man's anger does not accomplish God's righteousness.
I was speaking to a man who doesn't consider himself to be part of mainstream, what he calls "Religion." He says to be in a star filled, quiet sky is to know the weight of the History of the world and to the vast mystery of the Universe. To know you are God's Child. Bitterness would cut you off from feeling so Blessed.
And here trudges Mara, actually Naomi. She has lost what she has Loved. Surrendered her husband, her sons, most of their wives. Starved out of Israel, starved out of Moab and selling her family lands. Without Ruth, she would have no one.
The Scriptures being alive, repeat and repeat. Where would we find Ruth 4?
We often picture Jesus as the Lamb of God and think of the lost Sheep as being a Lamb. Not so. Even a Mara aged Sheep.
Luke 15:3–7
Then Jesus told them this parable:
“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’"
God has worked past Mara/Naomi's Bitterness. God has a policy. Save the world in Jesus Christ. God has a policy. Prayer - Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 12 Gates of Heaven, 12 Huge Single Pearls, Open at all times. God gives us His only Son, Jesus Christ. God sees us coming Home and runs to us, to put a Robe of His Righteousness on us and the ring of His Finger.
She walks past the desert. Mara/Naomi waits to announce she is Bitter upon walking past the farms and houses of women she has known all her life with husband, children, grandchildren. She had tried to save Ruth from the desert and to send her home with people and opportunities. Mara/Naomi has announced she is weary. And does not prepare in herself to find Good Deeds. Or a Hope or a Future.
Galatians 6:9
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time
we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Mara/Naomi has shown Mercy at a crucial time to Ruth. Even if it was in hopelessness and depression of mourning her lost family. She has done so with goodness and without thought of her reward. Like The Gospel of Matthew, a personal God is revealed from generations of Fathers, the Nativity Story is just a personal story of a worldwide Salvation.
Matthew 24:40-41
Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left.
Two women will be grinding oat at the mill; one will be taken and one left.
Where else would this Bible set of events point us?
The widow of Nain.
Jesus was followed by a great crowd on a walk in the wilderness. And Jesus reached out and touched the bier of the dead son. He didn't even put His body on the dead one as Elijah had done. Jesus is proving Life, even when only death seems possible. The joy of the widow of Nain doesn't just merely flip to the Next Chapter of the Gospels. The widow of Nain was given Salvation. God said it is not good in His Good Creation to walk alone. The situation in Ruth explains the joy of the widow of Nain.
Despite her Bitterness, Naomi has given Mercy.
Micah 6
With what shall I come before the Lord
and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?
Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly
and
to love mercy
and
to walk humbly with your God.
Deuteronomy 10:12
And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God
by walking in all His ways,
to love Him,
to serve the LORD your God
with all your heart and with all your soul
Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity,
whose name is Holy:
"I dwell in a high and holy place,
and
with the oppressed and humble in spirit,
to restore the spirit of the lowly
and
revive the heart of the contrite.
Hosea 6:6
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
and the knowledge of God
rather than burnt offerings.
Hosea 12:6
But you must return to your God,
maintaining love and justice,
and
always waiting on your God.
Amos 5:24
But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Zechariah 7:9
This is what the LORD Almighty said: 'Administer true justice;
show mercy
and
compassion to one another.'
To what will we relate this Miracle?
Matthew 1
1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David the king.
And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph, 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son.
And he called his name Jesus.
Dwell in us richly, daily and fill us.
When we are weary, walking in the desert of our lives
help us find more Heaven to give on earth.
To be more Heaven on earth.
We invite You, Father God,
to know us and dwell in us.
You are the Way, the Truth and the Life.
Know all of us completely.
Help the Light of mankind, Jesus Christ to Shine.
To calm and heal the enormous upset in the world of Covid minds.
To renew our mind and spirit
to be Your Holy Spirit.
Fill us with the Love found in Jesus Christ,
every day of our lives to eternity.
We Thank You for the Glories we have seen in our Life Time.
Draw us in to Gratitude each day.
Lift us from worries to
Worship and Love You
to Spread Love to all of Your Good Creation.
Delight in us as You have delighted to look into mankind
Jesus delights in His Father for His Master Workmanship.
In Your Mercy, forgive us what is Trespass
and we forgive Trespass.
And in the Highest Name of Jesus,
we will expect Your Willing Mercies and Wonders.
Bless our Families,
the Office of the Presidency this Day
President Donald Trump and his Administration
and President Joe Biden and this Administration
May God Bless the United States
and all of His Good Creation.
Heal our Nation
Your Healing Love in all Your Good Creation.
Heal frayed and upset souls making upset.
Teach us to get out of Trouble as you did the man who saw mankind like trees walking.
Lead us out of Trouble in the Unity of ALL wanting
Jesus Christ
and Peace.
Justice and Freedom.
We Thank You, Dee and her family have healed.
We pray for Elliott to have his complete healing in You.
Thank You for their faith and Love.
In the Highest Name of Jesus,
Amen.
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