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July 6 - Ruth 4 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it is Sean here. It is a Thursday, it is the 6th
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  of July and we have just so quickly come to the end of
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  another book. Yes, we spent about 19 years in
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  Exodus and only one week in the book of Ruth.
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  That's how it goes. But we're not over yet.
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  This is the big day today when we're going to find out what
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  happens when Boaz speaks to the person who has.
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  Well, it's not a nice way of saying it, but first dibs on
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  Ruth, because really, no one should ever have first dibs on
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  another human being. But that was the system at the
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  time. And this is what he did to make
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  sure that he was above reproach, faithful to the system, but also
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  faithful to Ruth. So join me as we hear the end of
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  the story reading together Ruth, Chapter 4.
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  Boaz went to the town gate and took a seat there.
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  Just then the family Redeemer he had mentioned came by, so Boaz
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  called out to him. Come over here and sit down
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  friend. I want to talk to you.
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  So they sat down together. Then Boaz called 10 leaders from
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  the town and asked them to sit as witnesses.
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  And Boaz said to the family member, you know Naomi who came
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  back from Moab. She is selling the land that
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  belongs to a relative, A limalek.
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  I thought I should speak to you about it so that you can redeem
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  it if you wish. If you want the land, then buy
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  it here in the presence of these witnesses.
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  But if you don't want it, let me know right away, because I'm
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  next in line to redeem it after you, the man replied.
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  All right, I'll redeem it then, Boaz told him.
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  Of, Of course, your purchase of the land from Naomi also
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  requires that you marry Ruth, the mower bite widow.
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  That way she can have children who will carry on her husband's
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  name and keep the land in the family.
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  Then I can't redeem it, the family Redeemer replied.
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  Because this might endanger my own estate.
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  You redeem the land. I cannot do it now.
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  In those days, it was the custom in Israel for anyone
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  transferring a ride of purchase to remove his sandal and hand it
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  to the other party. This publicly validated the
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  transaction, so the other family Redeemer drew off his sandal as
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  he said to Boaz. You buy the land then, Boaz said
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  to the elders and to the crowd standing around.
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  You are witnesses that today I have bought from Naomi all the
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  property of Aluminac, Killion and Marlon.
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  And with the land I have acquired Ruth the Mowerbyte
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  widow to Marlon to be my wife. This way she can have a son to
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  carry on the family name of her dead husband and to inherit the
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  family property here in his hometown.
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  You are all witnesses today. And the elders and all the
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  people standing in the gate replied, We are witnesses.
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  May the Lord make this woman who is coming into your home like
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  Rachel and Leah, from whom all the nation of Israel descended.
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  May you prosper in Ephrata and be famous in Bethlehem.
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  And may the Lord give you descendants by this young woman
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  who will be like those of our ancestor Perez, the son of Tamar
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  and Judah. So Boaz took Ruth into his home
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  and she became his wife. When he slept with her, the Lord
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  enabled her to become pregnant, and she gave birth to a son.
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  Then the women of the town said to Naomi, praised the Lord who
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  has now provided A Redeemer for your family.
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  May this child be famous in Israel.
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  May he restore your youth and care for you in your old age.
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  For he is the son of your daughterinlaw who loves you and
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  has been better to you than seven sons.
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  Naomi took the baby and cuddled him to a breast.
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  She cared for him as if he were her own, the neighbor women
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  said. Now at last Naomi has a son
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  again and then named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse
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  and the grandfather of David. This is the genealogical record
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  of their ancestor. Perez.
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  Perez was the father of Hezron. Hezron was the father of Ram.
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  Ram was the father of Aminidab. Aminidab was the father of
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  Nashon. Nashon was the father of Salman.
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  Salman was the father of Boaz. Boaz was the father of Obed.
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  Obed was the father of Jesse. Jesse was the father of David.
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  Oh God, you are indeed a faithful God, faithful to so
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  many generations. Here we are living our lives,
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  feeling as though each day is of momentous importance.
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  But you have our plans lined up in front of you.
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  From our generation to the next and to the next and to the next,
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  for 1000 generations, you are indeed an enormous and holy God.
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  Yet still you care for us. We praise you, our mighty and
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  wondrous God, with an intimate heart who cares for us in our
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  daily lives. You are the best and we don't
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  understand you. We can't understand you.
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  But we love you nonetheless. It's in your name that we pray
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  Jesus. Amen.