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A discussion on how Ruth, a righteous convert, became the matriarch of kings and the Messianic Dynasty.
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[music] >> Chapter 4 in Megillahs Ruth, we start off with an overview of the first three chapters. Chapter 1, we see is it's a background of what's happening the Megillah of Ruth. The The book of Ruth was co- and codified by Samuel the prophet. He wrote it in a a prophetic spirit and it's brings the background of what was going on in Israel after Joshua's death. When Moses took the people out of Egypt and Moses died right at the end of 40 years before they came into the land of Israel. Moses was not allowed to enter the land of Israel. Joshua brought the people into Israel. For 7 years they fought wars with the locals. The Canaanite nations were very mighty nations capturing the land of Israel and for that 7 years they settled it. Okay. During these 7 years of settlement, the 7 years of settlement, uh each tribe became very self-centered and people worried about establishing their own estate, their own farm. And we say with every person was under his grapevine or under his fig tree and he didn't even particularly care about another clan within the same tribe. It was it was very self-centered. So, what happens when they get self-centered is they lose compassion and the compassionate spirit, the charitable spirit, which is something that the people of Israel are known for. So, this brought on a famine
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- 0:05[music] >> Chapter 4 in Megillahs Ruth, we start off with an overview of the first…
- 4:41you two are daughters of king. Go back to the palace, you don't have to live…
- 9:47laws of the laws of were observed and that the amount proper amount was given to…
- 14:27and he doesn't have children, then a younger brother steps up to bat and marries the…
- 19:37Imagine this. Ruth is so modest. She knows she won't let her wrist be seen. And…
- 24:46day. And it ends up in chapter three where Naomi says to Ruth, "Boaz will not…
- 29:22Naomi, she came back with tremendous sacrifice. She didn't care about her status. She came back…
- 34:29you have IT. YOU TAKE IT because I can't.'" Oh, he right away throws it away…
- 39:06Okay. So, by this time, people are gathering, and and they see there's all this drama…
- 44:12selflessness. The way we're going to recognize Messiah is we're going to see he's compassionate, he's…
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