WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.240 --> 00:00:04.639 Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Sunday Service, episode forty seven. 2 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:07.480 This is brought to you by Cult of Conspiracy Podcasts. 3 00:00:07.519 --> 00:00:09.199 I'm your host, Josh my Day. If you know me, 4 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:12.640 I'm a Christian rapper, a voter, husband, father, and Army veteran. 5 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:15.560 Then I really appreciate you guys joining me and I 6 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:17.600 got a few shout outs to make you guys came 7 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:20.719 through on Sunday Service with six comments. Thank you so much. 8 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:26.879 MDMP twenty two, Whiskers White, Josh, Fashing, j Con forty 9 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:30.039 four to twenty, Angela, Kelly, and Stavo. Thank you so much. 10 00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:33.640 I really appreciate it. When I did record Wednesday Service 11 00:00:33.679 --> 00:00:35.880 last week, I think I think I only had two comments, 12 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:38.240 so you guys ended up going in and filling it in. 13 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:41.880 Thank you, Stavo, thank you, Josh, Thank you, Angela, Whiskers White, 14 00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:44.439 and Mitch thank you so much. In MDMP twenty two, 15 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:48.200 thank you for the comments. I really appreciate you. If 16 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:51.600 you guys do enjoy this show once again, we're gonna 17 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:54.000 be going over the Book of Ruth once again. If 18 00:00:54.039 --> 00:00:55.880 you guys could just leave a comment, Like I said, 19 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:58.479 what it does is it pushes the show up the algorithm. Also, 20 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:01.280 let's cult the conspiracy know that I am doing my job. 21 00:01:01.799 --> 00:01:04.519 So thank you very much for the comments. You guys 22 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:07.560 have no idea how much I appreciate that. All glory 23 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:10.480 to God. So all right, so let me just go 24 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:14.680 over like a little intro to Ruth. So the Ruth's Story. 25 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:17.159 The Book of Ruth tells the story of Ruth, a 26 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:21.439 Moabite woman who, after the death of her husband, chooses 27 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:24.079 to remain with her Israelite mother in law, Naomi, rather 28 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:29.840 than returning to her own people. Ruth's loyalty and kindness 29 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:33.680 led her to meet and Mary Boaz, relative of Naomi, 30 00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:36.879 which we're going to kind of go over. So one 31 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:41.680 thing I wanted to point out about this book is 32 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:46.799 Ruth is actually mentioned in the lineage of Jesus Christ. 33 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:50.359 She is one of the women specifically named in the 34 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:54.359 genealogy found in the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew one verses 35 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:57.760 five through six. Ruth, a Mobite woman, is a great 36 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:01.959 grandmother of Dick King David, and through David becomes an 37 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:04.200 ancestor of Jesus. So I just want to let you 38 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:08.879 guys know that Matthew's line actually goes through Joseph, and 39 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:13.599 then Luke's line goes through Mary. Okay, So Joseph obviously 40 00:02:13.639 --> 00:02:17.159 is not his real father, but in Jewish lineage, if 41 00:02:17.199 --> 00:02:22.080 you are adopted like Jesus would be to him, then 42 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:27.840 his lineage is also important, right, because he basically adopted Jesus, right, 43 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:31.759 So that is in the Jewish history, that's how they 44 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:35.919 do it. So all right, so we will go ahead 45 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:41.039 and kick off today's study with Ruth. Chapter one. Let 46 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:44.360 me go ahead and go there real quick. Yeah, and 47 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:47.719 this is not just a love story or anything like that. 48 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:52.360 The most important part is that you understand that through 49 00:02:52.439 --> 00:02:55.520 all this stuff that happens in this book, jesus Is 50 00:02:55.560 --> 00:03:01.000 lineage comes through David. Okay, that's very important. So you've 51 00:03:01.039 --> 00:03:03.639 been seeing basically everything everything in the Old Testament that 52 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:07.039 we've been reading about is all leading up to Jesus's 53 00:03:07.199 --> 00:03:09.479 birth right, So everything that was it that we're talking 54 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:12.199 about is all leading towards that. And you're and you're 55 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:16.319 seeing all these things, interchanging things happening, But the lineage 56 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:20.599 is there. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, all these different people are 57 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:23.680 through this lineage, and Ruth is also part of this lineage, 58 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:27.240 and it's very important. You even see Judah right through 59 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:34.400 his daughter in law and that to Perez. Then you go, 60 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:37.400 I mean, all these this, all this stuff that's explained 61 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:44.000 in Matthew and Luke, these lineages are all interwoven through 62 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:46.599 the Old Testament. So it's all preparing for Jesus to 63 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:49.800 be born through King David's lineage. So it's really really 64 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:52.879 awesome and amazing. So let's go ahead and start. I'll 65 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:56.000 just do a little intro to Ruth chapter one. Ruth 66 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:59.520 Chapter one beautifully encapsulates the human struggle with loss, the 67 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:03.120 courage of courage to make difficult decisions, and the power 68 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:07.280 of loyalty. Ruth's unwavering commitment to Naomi is an inspiration 69 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:13.639 demonstrating the faith and loyalty can't create Demonstrating that faith 70 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:16.399 and loyalty can't create an unbreakable bond even in the 71 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:19.279 face of hardship. It reminds us that even in the 72 00:04:19.279 --> 00:04:22.560 midst of bitterness and despair, the seeds of hope can 73 00:04:22.600 --> 00:04:28.800 be sown, foreshadowing God's providential care. Okay, so let's go 74 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:30.959 ahead and get right into it. So we're gonna be 75 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:33.759 in Ruth chapter one, and I'm just gonna let you 76 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:37.279 guys know, I went over these three chapters and I 77 00:04:37.319 --> 00:04:40.639 thoroughly enjoyed it. I really enjoyed going over these chapters, 78 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:44.000 and I hope you guys do too. All of it's important. 79 00:04:44.040 --> 00:04:47.040 The whole Old Testament is important. So let's go ahead 80 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:50.240 and go over that. So Ruth chapter one, verse one, 81 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:56.120 it's Alimolex family goes to Moab, is the title. So 82 00:04:56.519 --> 00:04:59.199 now it came to pass. This is Ruth chapter one, 83 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:01.879 verse one. Now it came to pass in the days 84 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:04.920 when judges ruled. There was a famine in the land, 85 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:08.600 and a certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to dwell 86 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:11.959 in the country of Moab. He and his wife and 87 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:15.079 his two sons. The name of the man was Alimelech, 88 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:18.199 the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names 89 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:27.240 of his two sons were Milan and Chilean. If Ephriytes 90 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:34.639 it's Ephratites Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah, and they went to 91 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:38.480 the country of Moab and remained there. Okay, so we 92 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:40.720 have that. Let's go ahead and stop real quick. So 93 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:45.079 there's the context of famine and departure. So Ruth one, 94 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:48.920 verse one and two introduces the time of famine in Bethlehem, 95 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:52.319 promoting Elimelech and his family to move to Moab. This 96 00:05:52.480 --> 00:05:56.480 decision sets the states for the unfolding drama and highlights 97 00:05:56.519 --> 00:06:01.120 of the theme of display, displacement and survival. And one 98 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:03.639 thing I want to go over before we continue is 99 00:06:04.040 --> 00:06:09.920 that the way the Moabites came about. Okay, we have 100 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:13.639 the Ammonites, not to be mistaken with the Amorites, but 101 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:18.360 we had the Ammonites and the Moabites. Okay, So what 102 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:25.160 happened was a lot from the story of Sodomgamora took 103 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:28.000 his two daughters up to the mountains because he was 104 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:30.519 afraid for them to come down the mountain. So they 105 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:31.959 thought that they were going to be stuck up there 106 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:33.680 on the mountain and not be able to have children. 107 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:36.879 So what do they do there? Used to being in Soadomegamore, 108 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:40.360 they're used to sin. They get their father drunk, They 109 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:45.519 hook up with their father, each one, and they both 110 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:49.720 get pregnant, and they have the Moabites, the oldest, the 111 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:54.160 eldest has the Moabites, the youngest has the Ammonites. And 112 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:58.439 throughout throughout the Old Testament, as we've been reading, we've 113 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:02.079 been reading this war has been happening between the Mobites. 114 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:06.800 Sometimes the Ammonites are involved the Mobites, between the Israelites 115 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:12.279 their enemies. Okay, even to the point where they were 116 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:15.720 asking to go through the land of the Mobites, just 117 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:18.000 to walk through. They're not going to drink any of 118 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:19.920 their water, They're not gonna eat any of their food, 119 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:21.639 they're not gonna take any of their animals. They're just 120 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:24.680 gonna walk straight through. And they denied them, and they 121 00:07:24.680 --> 00:07:28.519 told them to go around. Okay, So they were beefing. Okay, 122 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:30.319 So just want to let you guys know that history 123 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:35.879 before we continue. Ruth one, verse three. Then Alimelech, Naomi's 124 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:40.360 husband died and she was left. She was left and 125 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:44.199 her two sons. Now they took wives of women of Moab. 126 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:48.720 The name of the one was Oprah and the name 127 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:52.680 of the other Ruth. And they dwelt about ten years. 128 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:56.480 Then both Molan and Chilean also died, so the women 129 00:07:56.560 --> 00:08:01.160 survived under two sons and her husband. Then both Mohon 130 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:03.959 and Chillan also died, so the woman survived her two 131 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:09.399 sons and her husband. So we have Naomi alive, her 132 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:14.319 husband passes away, her two sons pass away. All you 133 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:19.879 have left is Naomi, Oprah and Ruth. Now so they 134 00:08:19.920 --> 00:08:25.920 are widows, okay, all three of them. So let's go 135 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:32.039 ahead and continue. So in my notes it says tragedy 136 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:35.240 and loss Verses three through five describes the death of 137 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:39.559 Alimelech and his sons, leaving Naomi and her daughters in 138 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:44.120 laws as widows. This passage underscores the vulnerability and grief 139 00:08:44.240 --> 00:08:51.720 experienced by these women. Okay, so let's go ahead and continue. 140 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:58.960 Naomi returns with Ruth. That's the title. This is Ruth 141 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:01.639 one verse six. And then she arose with their daughters 142 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:04.000 in laws, and she might return to the country of Moab. 143 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:06.480 For she had heard in the country of Moab that 144 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:09.519 the Lord had visited his people by giving them bread. 145 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:12.639 Therefore she went out from the place where she was, 146 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:15.399 and her daughters and daughters and her two daughters in 147 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:18.320 law with her, and they went out of the way 148 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:20.559 to the land of Judah. And Miaomi said to her 149 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:24.279 two daughters in laws, go returned to her mother's house. 150 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:29.039 Go return each to your mother's house. The Lord deal 151 00:09:29.159 --> 00:09:31.840 kindly with you, as they have dwelt with the dead 152 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:34.600 and with me. And the Lord grant you may find 153 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:41.480 rest in each of these houses of her husband. Naomi's 154 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:46.440 telling them, go back to your parents' house. You know, 155 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:49.639 we lost my two sons. You were now released. You know. 156 00:09:49.720 --> 00:09:54.320 She wants them to go back, and it continues and says, 157 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:56.519 So she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices 158 00:09:56.519 --> 00:09:59.039 and wept, and they said to her, surely we will 159 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:03.120 return with you to your people. By Naomi said, turn back, 160 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:05.840 my daughters. Why will you go with me? Are there 161 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:09.480 still sons in my womb that they may be your 162 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:12.600 husband's Turn back, my daughters, go for I am too 163 00:10:12.679 --> 00:10:15.240 old to have a husband. If I should say that, 164 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:18.919 I have hope. If I should have a husband tonight, 165 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:22.080 should also bear sons? Would you wait for them till 166 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:25.519 they were grown? Would you restrain yourselves from having husbands? No, 167 00:10:25.600 --> 00:10:28.919 my daughter's for it grees me very much, for your sakes, 168 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:31.559 that the hand of the Lord has gone out against me. 169 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:35.519 So you see what's happening. She's basically saying, you know, 170 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:38.799 I had my two sons, they both passed away, or 171 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:40.320 what are you gonna do? Wait for me to get 172 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:43.360 remarried and then have two new sons when they turn 173 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:46.840 you know older eighteen sixteen whatever, however old that they 174 00:10:47.080 --> 00:10:48.799 used to marry back then, are you gonna wait all 175 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:52.919 that time? No, she said, it grieves me for you 176 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:55.799 to stay with me and be loyal to me, but 177 00:10:55.960 --> 00:10:58.639 when you should be going out and finding and basically 178 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:04.679 a new husband, right. So that's and then also you're 179 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:11.120 noticing that Naomi is talking about that the hand of 180 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:14.240 the Lord has gone out against me, right, because she 181 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:19.000 lost her husband and she lost her two sons, So 182 00:11:19.039 --> 00:11:21.639 she's feeling like something is going on, right, that the 183 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:24.639 Lord is against her. And obviously she even though they 184 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:28.840 were in the land of the country of Moab, you know, 185 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:30.919 because of the famine that was going on at the time. 186 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:33.600 That's that's kind of why they ended up going there. 187 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:40.480 But you're noticing that, you know, her Lord is the 188 00:11:40.480 --> 00:11:43.840 Lord God right of the Bible's yeahweh right, so God 189 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:49.759 the father right. So the Moabites, they primarily worshiped the 190 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:54.360 god Chimash. He was a national deity and considered the 191 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:58.200 patreon god of the Moabite people. The Misha steel On 192 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:02.759 inscription around a forty provides historical evidence of the Shamasa's 193 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:07.200 significance to the Moabites. Okay, so that's the god that 194 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:11.080 they were worshiping. So you're gonna notice here something very 195 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:13.559 interesting about Ruth what she says, even though that she 196 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:21.320 was a mobite. Okay, so let's continue Ruth one verse fourteen. 197 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:24.679 Then they lifted up their voices and wet and Oprah 198 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:27.000 kissed her mother in law. But Ruth clung to her, 199 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:29.360 and she said, look, your sister in law has gone 200 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:32.840 back to her people and her gods return after her 201 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:39.679 sister in law. Right, Rex Coral. Sorry, my dogs are 202 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:46.759 being very loud. They're fighting. Sorry, guys, if you guys 203 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:52.200 hear that in the background, I do apologize. Look, your 204 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:54.320 sisters in law has gone back to the people. Okay, 205 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:56.679 So it says Oprah kissed her mother in law, but 206 00:12:56.759 --> 00:12:58.840 Ruth clung to her, and she said, look, your sister 207 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:01.240 in law has gone back to her people and to 208 00:13:01.679 --> 00:13:05.480 her gods return after her sister in law. Give me 209 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:09.960 one second, cap all right, let's go back. Sorry guys, 210 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:17.000 you probably didn't notice the pause, but okay, you're sharing screen. 211 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:22.080 Let's go ahead and continue. Okay, let's continue to share screen. 212 00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:28.360 Hold on, guys, I want to go back to my screen. Sorry. 213 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:30.519 I had to put one of my dogs away. They'd 214 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:32.679 be doing that for hours. And I don't want you 215 00:13:32.679 --> 00:13:36.240 guys to hear that in the background. That sound if 216 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:39.360 you could hear it, and let's go ahead and continue. 217 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:44.320 So all right, so you're noticing that. Ruth clung to her. 218 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:46.279 She said, look, your sister in law has gone back 219 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:49.600 to her people and her gods return after your sister 220 00:13:49.639 --> 00:13:51.840 in law. You see you see what she's saying there. 221 00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:54.159 She's like, hey, you know, you know I'm gonna be 222 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:57.519 going to Jerusalem to Judah says, right, Judah, I think 223 00:13:57.679 --> 00:14:00.480 she's gonna be going back to her land where you 224 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:02.759 know we're they going to be worsiping yahweight. She said, 225 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:04.919 you know your sister in law has gone back to 226 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:07.360 her people and to her God's return after your sister 227 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:11.919 in law. But Ruth said, and treat me to entreat 228 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:14.279 me not to leave you or to turn back from you, 229 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:17.360 following after you. For wherever you go, I will go, 230 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:20.639 and wherever you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall 231 00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:24.600 be my people, and your god my god. Very interesting. 232 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:28.960 Where you die, I will die, and there will I 233 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:32.679 be buried? The Lord do to me? And more also, 234 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:37.000 if anything but death parts you in me, so if 235 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:40.960 anything but death parts you in me, so very very interesting. 236 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:45.279 So in sixteen and through eighteen it contains Ruth's famous 237 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:49.440 declaration of loyalty Dioma Naomi, where she says, where you go, 238 00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:51.759 I will go, where you stay, I will stay. Your 239 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:53.679 people will be my people, and your God will be 240 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:58.399 my God. This commitment exemplifies the steadfast love and faithfulness. 241 00:14:59.240 --> 00:15:02.279 So I'll go over a little bit more notes here, 242 00:15:02.720 --> 00:15:04.639 look at it. Let's look at it a little more deep. 243 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:07.799 Ruth's loyalty is a central theme of the Book of Ruth, 244 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:09.960 a narrative found in the Old Testament. Her account is 245 00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:16.080 profound example of faithfulness, devotion, and providence of God. Ruth, 246 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:19.440 a Mobi woman, becomes an ancestor of King David and 247 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:23.320 ultimately Jesus Christ. Her and wavering loyalty to her mother 248 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:25.799 in law Naomi, and her commitment to God of Israel 249 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:30.720 are celebrated throughout scripture. Ruth live, Well, we already we 250 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:33.080 already kind of went over that. So Ruth's loyalty is 251 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:36.679 the most vividly expressed in her response to Naomi urgently 252 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:40.080 to stay in Moab and Ruth one sixteen through seventeen, 253 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:43.480 we kind of already went through the declaration. This declaration 254 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:46.799 is a testament to steadfast commitment, and only to Naomi, 255 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:49.559 but also to the God of Israel. You know. So 256 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:53.759 you say that part where she says, and you're God, 257 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:57.240 not God's, but God will be my God. You see 258 00:15:57.279 --> 00:16:01.000 how she doesn't say God's. She knows that there's only 259 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:04.559 one true God, and she's declaring it here, and she's 260 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:08.240 declaring that she wants to worship yahweh right, So very 261 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:10.879 very good man, interesting stuff. So let's go ahead and 262 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:19.840 go back. And it says when she saw that she 263 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:23.639 was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her. Now, 264 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:25.879 the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem, 265 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:28.639 and it happened when they had come to Bethlehem that 266 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:31.039 all the city was excited because of them. And the 267 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:33.960 women said, is that Naomi? But she said to them, 268 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:37.840 do not call me Naomi, but call me Mara. Mara, 269 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:43.840 it actually means hold on. Let me see, I think 270 00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:48.919 it means man. I can't remember. I was studying that. 271 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:54.679 I forgot what it meant, something about something. Let's see 272 00:16:54.799 --> 00:17:05.920 maara in Hebrew bitter or bitterness. So don't call me Naomi. 273 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:20.279 Let's see what Naomi means, Naomi Naomi okay. So Naomi 274 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:28.200 means pleasantness, delight, or beauty okay, and Mara means bitterness. Okay. 275 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:32.079 So you notice that since her her husband died and 276 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:36.079 her two kids now, she's filled with bitterness. Okay. So 277 00:17:36.119 --> 00:17:39.440 it says, for the Almighty has dealt very bitter with me, 278 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:43.079 bitterly with me. That's why she calls maraa and then 279 00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:46.119 Ruth one one says, I went out full and the 280 00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:49.200 Lord has brought me home again empty. Why do you 281 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:52.000 call me Naomi? Since the Lord has testified against me 282 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:56.119 and the Almighty has afflicted me. You see, she's just 283 00:17:56.160 --> 00:18:01.079 going through a time right now of grief, very tough. 284 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:03.880 You know, she lost her husband for ten years and 285 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:05.839 then she and then she lost her two sons now, 286 00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:08.319 so that's a very tough thing for a woman, obviously, 287 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:11.119 anybody to go through. If a man lost his wife 288 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:13.960 and two sons, or wife and two daughters, I'm sure 289 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:17.039 he would feel pretty bitter. Also, you know, I don't 290 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:20.000 think you should feel bitter towards God, but you probably 291 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:27.559 will just be feeling bitter. So in in my notes, 292 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:30.440 it says in verses twenty through twenty one, Naomi expresses 293 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:34.039 her bitterness, feeling the Almighty has dealt harshy with her. 294 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:38.119 Her honesty about her pain invites us to bring our 295 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:41.960 own struggles before God. Right, So she's saying it out loud, 296 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:44.279 she's expressing it. And you know that God can hear 297 00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:48.880 everything that you say, right, So let's go let's go 298 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:51.279 ahead and look at to this topic a little deeper. Naomi, 299 00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:53.079 a central figure in the Book of Ruth, is a 300 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:57.160 poignant example of human suffering and divine providence. Her account 301 00:18:57.240 --> 00:19:00.319 unfolds during the time of the Judges, a period marked 302 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:04.960 by social and spiritual upheaval in Israel. Noami's journey from 303 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:07.680 Bethlehem to Mohab went back as a narrative loss of 304 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:10.599 bitterness and ventual restoration. Why do you think they're going 305 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:14.920 through a famine at that time? Because they because of 306 00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:19.480 their upheaval and the spiritual upheaval. It's because they're worshiping 307 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:21.920 other gods. It's because just like we read in the 308 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:25.720 very end of Judges, what do we read? We read 309 00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:28.480 the guy that the boy with the telling his mom 310 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:31.480 that he's the one that took the thousand pieces of silver, 311 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:33.960 gives a thousand pieces of silver back to her. She 312 00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:36.960 praises Yahweh and says, Okay, I'll take two hundred of 313 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:39.799 these silvers and I'll build an idol. You see, they're mixing. 314 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:45.200 They're mixing religions, right, they're mixing like what the pagans do, 315 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:48.480 mixed with what God wants, how God wants to be worshiped. 316 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:55.039 And you see when that happens, then what happens. The 317 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:58.680 disobedience caused us a famine in the land. Okay, so 318 00:19:58.720 --> 00:20:01.559 that's what's happening. That's probably why she's bitter, because she 319 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:04.359 feels like it's God's fault, but really it's her own 320 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:10.799 people's fault. That's the reason why it's happening. So Nowami's 321 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:14.240 bitterness is the most vividly expressed upon her return to Bethlehem. 322 00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:16.160 That's where they're coming back to Bethham. Sorry, I said 323 00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:19.160 you when the women of the town recognize her, she 324 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:21.279 responded to you do not call me Naomi, call me Mara, 325 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:24.799 because the Almighty has dealt with me bitterly. The name 326 00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:27.440 Mara means bitter, which I talked about, reflecting her deep 327 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:31.839 sense of loss and a perceived divine judgment upon her life. 328 00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:36.839 What's the theological implications. Well, Niaomi's experience raises profound theological 329 00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:41.440 questions about suffering, divine sovereignty, and the human response. Her 330 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:45.920 lamentation acknowledges God, God's hand in her circumstances, yet it 331 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:50.000 also reveals a struggle to understand his purposes. Naomi's bitterness 332 00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:53.720 is not merely personal grief. It is a theological crisis, 333 00:20:53.799 --> 00:21:02.759 questioning the goodness and faithfulness of God amidst adversity. And 334 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:13.559 we will see later that her biddenness does turn to joy. Okay, okay, 335 00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:16.359 And that's a testament of God's faithfulness. You'll see that later. 336 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:18.480 But I don't want to ruin any of that part 337 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:20.720 for you guys. Let's go ahead and go back to 338 00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:28.640 my notes and let's continue. So let's go ahead and 339 00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:31.319 go to Ruth one verse twenty two. We have we 340 00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:34.400 still have another verse to go. So Naomi returned and 341 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:37.880 Ruth the moabites her daughter in law with her. Ruth 342 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:42.599 the mobiteists her daughter in law with her, who returned 343 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:46.119 from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem 344 00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:51.240 at the beginning of the Barley Harvest. Okay, So let's 345 00:21:51.279 --> 00:22:03.240 go ahead and look up that what so In the 346 00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:07.119 Bible of barley harvest is a significant agricultural event, typically 347 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:10.240 occurring in the spring around the time of Passover. It 348 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:12.799 was the first major grain harvest of the year and 349 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:16.480 was often associated with the Feast of First Fruits. Barley 350 00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:19.920 was a staple food, particularly for the poor, and was 351 00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:24.480 used for animal feed. The key aspects of the barley 352 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:27.160 harvest and the Bible timing. The barley harvest usually began 353 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:30.839 in the spring around Passover late March or April, and 354 00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:35.200 marked the start of the agricultural calendar. The wheat harvest followed. 355 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:41.480 The wheat harvest followed a few weeks later. The barley 356 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:44.759 harvest was important for sustenance, especially when the winter months. 357 00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:47.720 It was also religiously significant for the Feast of First Fruits, 358 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:51.799 involving offering the first sheaf of the barley harvest to God. 359 00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:55.920 Spiritual symbolism, the barley harvest is the first harvest was 360 00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:59.279 seen as the foreshadowing of the first resurrection in Christ. 361 00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:03.240 Resurrection very interesting why barley was a common food, especially 362 00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:05.680 for the poor. It was also used for feeding animals 363 00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:09.200 like horses and donkeys. The Book of ruth It says 364 00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:11.079 it right here. The story of Ruth was connected to 365 00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:12.920 the barley harvest. But I know me and Ruth arriving 366 00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:17.640 in Bethlehem in the beginning of the barley harvest. Harvesting process. 367 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:23.599 The harvest involved cutting the barley with sickles, threshing, crushing 368 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:27.240 the grain, and win win a wing, separating the grain 369 00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:30.759 from the chaff. Okay, So I just wanted to go 370 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:33.680 over that with you guys, so you knew what's going 371 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:36.599 on with the barley harvests, all right, So let's go 372 00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:41.519 ahead and check out some let me see if there's 373 00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:49.240 anything I'm missing here, Okay, So all right, let's go 374 00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:54.720 ahead and check out some teaching, are some practical applications. 375 00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:59.200 So first, trust in God's provision even in times of 376 00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:02.559 famine or loss. Trust that God is working behind the 377 00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:06.359 scenes to provide for your needs. So God is definitely 378 00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:10.039 working behind the scenes. There's things happening in this spiritual 379 00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:12.359 world which I always tell you guys, that we don't see. 380 00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:15.799 There could be an attack happening, a spiritual attack that's 381 00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:19.119 preventing you from doing something, and God might go and 382 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:22.200 intervene and take that spiritual attack away. You don't know 383 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:24.839 because you're feeling a spiritual attack and then you start 384 00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:27.920 maybe you're praying, or maybe you're trying to maybe fight 385 00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:30.480 it off by using scripture, or you might just be 386 00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:33.079 going along with it and doing it whatever they're being 387 00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:36.720 attacked about. And God intervenes and we don't even know 388 00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:41.039 when he intervenes or when he doesn't. And when it 389 00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:44.519 comes to famine or loss, God's also intervening because God 390 00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:48.200 is assisting you emotionally and you don't even know it. Okay, 391 00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:52.880 the Holy Spirit is assisting you because he's guiding you on. 392 00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:57.839 You know, he's like I said, he's like a he 393 00:24:58.000 --> 00:25:01.559 is like our compass, right, he's showing the way right, 394 00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:06.640 he's on moral compass, and he's also guiding you. So yeah, 395 00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:11.680 definitely providing for your needs. Commitment to relationships like Ruth 396 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:15.640 demonstrates loyalty and commitment to those God has placed in 397 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:21.559 your life, even when it requires sacrifice. And then honesty 398 00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:25.200 and prayer follow Ninewies example by being honest with God 399 00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:27.759 about your feelings, trusting that He can handle your pain 400 00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:31.759 and bitterness. Obviously, God is going to understand you just 401 00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:34.160