Shalom dear doves,
 

re.
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/jan2006/jim13.htm
 

Below ... are some items, taken from the above link,
that might be important to NOTE (for) now:
 
 

   "Watch the UAE, a sign will come"
 

Could the link below, (see ***), indicate the start of
this?
And if so ... Whow!  It didn't take long ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060104/ap_on_re_mi_ea/obit_dubai_emir

   Dubai TV interrupted its programs to show a picture
of the sheik smiling with the voice of a Muslim cleric
reading verses of the Quran, Islam's holy book.

   "The United Arab Emirates ( *** the UAE *** ) today
lost a historical leader who devoted his life to
establishing the United Arab Emirates and enhancing
its structure and the welfare of its people," the
government said.

   The secretary general of the Arab League, Amr
Moussa, expressed his condolences, praising Sheik
Maktoum for his "defense of Arab and Islamic causes."
 
 

We might also do well to NOW (RE)STUDY:

"I was told to read the following:

 Matt 23, Particularly the seven woes
 Ezekiel 40 43
 Jer 31
 And the book of Ruth"
 

Note especially the BLESSING upon Ruth for her
clinging to the God and children of Israel:

"It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done
unto thy mother in law since the death of thine
husband: and [how] thou hast left thy father and thy
mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come
unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The
LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be
given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose
wings thou art come to trust."
 
 

"Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his
disciples, Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit
in Moses' seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you
observe, [that] observe and do; but do not ye after
their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind
heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay [them]
on men's shoulders; but they [themselves] will not
move them with one of their fingers. But all their
works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad
their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their
garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and
the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in
the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master,
[even] Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no
[man] your father upon the earth: for one is your
Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called
masters: for one is your Master, [even] Christ. But he
that is greatest among you shall be your servant. And
whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he
that shall humble himself shall be exalted."

"But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for
ye neither go in [yourselves], neither suffer ye them
that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses,
and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye
shall receive the greater damnation. Woe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea
and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made,
ye make him twofold more the child of hell than
yourselves. Woe unto you, [ye] blind guides, which
say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is
nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the
temple, he is a debtor! [Ye] fools and blind: for
whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that
sanctifieth the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by
the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by
the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. [Ye] fools and
blind: for whether [is] greater, the gift, or the
altar that sanctifieth the gift? Whoso therefore shall
swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things
thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth
by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that
shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God,
and by him that sitteth thereon. Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint
and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier
[matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith:
these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the
other undone. [Ye] blind guides, which strain at a
gnat, and swallow a camel. Woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside
of the cup and of the platter, but within they are
full of extortion and excess. [Thou] blind Pharisee,
cleanse first that [which is] within the cup and
platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for
ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed
appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead
[men's] bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also
outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are
full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs
of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the
righteous, And say, If we had been in the days of our
fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in
the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses
unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them
which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure
of your fathers. [Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of
vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?"

"Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise
men, and scribes: and [some] of them ye shall kill and
crucify; and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your
synagogues, and persecute [them] from city to city:
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed
upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto
the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew
between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto
you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the
prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee,
how often would I have gathered thy children together,
even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her]
wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left
unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not
see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed [is] he
that cometh in the name of the Lord." (Mt 23:1-39 AV)
 

"In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in
the beginning of the year, in the tenth [day] of the
month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was
smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was
upon me, and brought me thither. In the visions of God
brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon
a very high mountain, by which [was] as the frame of a
city on the south. And he brought me thither, and,
behold, [there was] a man, whose appearance [was] like
the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his
hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with
thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine
heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the
intent that I might shew [them] unto thee [art] thou
brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the
house of Israel."

"And behold a wall on the outside of the house round
about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six
cubits [long] by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he
measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and
the height, one reed. Then came he unto the gate which
looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs
thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate,
[which was] one reed broad; and the other threshold
[of the gate, which was] one reed broad. And [every]
little chamber [was] one reed long, and one reed
broad; and between the little chambers [were] five
cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of
the gate within [was] one reed. He measured also the
porch of the gate within, one reed. Then measured he
the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts
thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate [was]
inward. And the little chambers of the gate eastward
[were] three on this side, and three on that side;
they three [were] of one measure: and the posts had
one measure on this side and on that side. And he
measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten
cubits; [and] the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
The space also before the little chambers [was] one
cubit [on this side], and the space [was] one cubit on
that side: and the little chambers [were] six cubits
on this side, and six cubits on that side. He measured
then the gate from the roof of [one] little chamber to
the roof of another: the breadth [was] five and twenty
cubits, door against door. He made also posts of
threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court
round about the gate. And from the face of the gate of
the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner
gate [were] fifty cubits. And [there were] narrow
windows to the little chambers, and to their posts
within the gate round about, and likewise to the
arches: and windows [were] round about inward: and
upon [each] post [were] palm trees. Then brought he me
into the outward court, and, lo, [there were]
chambers, and a pavement made for the court round
about: thirty chambers [were] upon the pavement. And
the pavement by the side of the gates over against the
length of the gates [was] the lower pavement. Then he
measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower
gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an
hundred cubits eastward and northward. And the gate of
the outward court that looked toward the north, he
measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
And the little chambers thereof [were] three on this
side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and
the arches thereof were after the measure of the first
gate: the length thereof [was] fifty cubits, and the
breadth five and twenty cubits. And their windows, and
their arches, and their palm trees, [were] after the
measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and
they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches
thereof [were] before them. And the gate of the inner
court [was] over against the gate toward the north,
and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate
an hundred cubits. After that he brought me toward the
south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he
measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof
according to these measures. And [there were] windows
in it and in the arches thereof round about, like
those windows: the length [was] fifty cubits, and the
breadth five and twenty cubits. And [there were] seven
steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof [were]
before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side,
and another on that side, upon the posts thereof."

"And [there was] a gate in the inner court toward the
south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the
south an hundred cubits. And he brought me to the
inner court by the south gate: and he measured the
south gate according to these measures; And the little
chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the
arches thereof, according to these measures: and
[there were] windows in it and in the arches thereof
round about: [it was] fifty cubits long, and five and
twenty cubits broad. And the arches round about [were]
five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.
And the arches thereof [were] toward the utter court;
and palm trees [were] upon the posts thereof: and the
going up to it [had] eight steps. And he brought me
into the inner court toward the east: and he measured
the gate according to these measures. And the little
chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the
arches thereof, [were] according to these measures:
and [there were] windows therein and in the arches
thereof round about: [it was] fifty cubits long, and
five and twenty cubits broad. And the arches thereof
[were] toward the outward court; and palm trees [were]
upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that
side: and the going up to it [had] eight steps. And he
brought me to the north gate, and measured [it]
according to these measures; The little chambers
thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof,
and the windows to it round about: the length [was]
fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
And the posts thereof [were] toward the utter court;
and palm trees [were] upon the posts thereof, on this
side, and on that side: and the going up to it [had]
eight steps. And the chambers and the entries thereof
[were] by the posts of the gates, where they washed
the burnt offering."

"And in the porch of the gate [were] two tables on
this side, and two tables on that side, to slay
thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and
the trespass offering. And at the side without, as one
goeth up to the entry of the north gate, [were] two
tables; and on the other side, which [was] at the
porch of the gate, [were] two tables. Four tables
[were] on this side, and four tables on that side, by
the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they
slew [their sacrifices]. And the four tables [were] of
hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an
half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one
cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments
wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the
sacrifice. And within [were] hooks, an hand broad,
fastened round about: and upon the tables [was] the
flesh of the offering. And without the inner gate
[were] the chambers of the singers in the inner court,
which [was] at the side of the north gate; and their
prospect [was] toward the south: one at the side of
the east gate [having] the prospect toward the north.
And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect [is]
toward the south, [is] for the priests, the keepers of
the charge of the house. And the chamber whose
prospect [is] toward the north [is] for the priests,
the keepers of the charge of the altar: these [are]
the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come
near to the LORD to minister unto him. So he measured
the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred
cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar [that was]
before the house. And he brought me to the porch of
the house, and measured [each] post of the porch, five
cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and
the breadth of the gate [was] three cubits on this
side, and three cubits on that side. The length of the
porch [was] twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven
cubits; and [he brought me] by the steps whereby they
went up to it: and [there were] pillars by the posts,
one on this side, and another on that side." (Eze
40:1-49 AV)
 

"Afterward he brought me to the gate, [even] the gate
that looketh toward the east: And, behold, the glory
of the God of Israel came from the way of the east:
and his voice [was] like a noise of many waters: and
the earth shined with his glory. And [it was]
according to the appearance of the vision which I saw,
[even] according to the vision that I saw when I came
to destroy the city: and the visions [were] like the
vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon
my face. And the glory of the LORD came into the house
by the way of the gate whose prospect [is] toward the
east. So the spirit took me up, and brought me into
the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD
filled the house. And I heard [him] speaking unto me
out of the house; and the man stood by me."

"And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my
throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I
will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for
ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no
more defile, [neither] they, nor their kings, by their
whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their
high places. In their setting of their threshold by my
thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall
between me and them, they have even defiled my holy
name by their abominations that they have committed:
wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. Now let
them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of
their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the
midst of them for ever. Thou son of man, shew the
house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed
of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.
And if they be ashamed of all that they have done,
shew them the form of the house, and the fashion
thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings
in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the
ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all
the laws thereof: and write [it] in their sight, that
they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the
ordinances thereof, and do them. This [is] the law of
the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole
limit thereof round about [shall be] most holy.
Behold, this [is] the law of the house."

"And these [are] the measures of the altar after the
cubits: The cubit [is] a cubit and an hand breadth;
even the bottom [shall be] a cubit, and the breadth a
cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof
round about [shall be] a span: and this [shall be] the
higher place of the altar. And from the bottom [upon]
the ground [even] to the lower settle [shall be] two
cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser
settle [even] to the greater settle [shall be] four
cubits, and the breadth [one] cubit. So the altar
[shall be] four cubits; and from the altar and upward
[shall be] four horns. And the altar [shall be] twelve
[cubits] long, twelve broad, square in the four
squares thereof. And the settle [shall be] fourteen
[cubits] long and fourteen broad in the four squares
thereof; and the border about it [shall be] half a
cubit; and the bottom thereof [shall be] a cubit
about; and his stairs shall look toward the east. And
he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD;
These [are] the ordinances of the altar in the day
when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings
thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. And thou shalt
give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of
Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me,
saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin
offering. And thou shalt take of the blood thereof,
and put [it] on the four horns of it, and on the four
corners of the settle, and upon the border round
about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it. Thou
shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and
he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house,
without the sanctuary. And on the second day thou
shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a
sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as
they did cleanse [it] with the bullock. When thou hast
made an end of cleansing [it], thou shalt offer a
young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the
flock without blemish. And thou shalt offer them
before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon
them, and they shall offer them up [for] a burnt
offering unto the LORD. Seven days shalt thou prepare
every day a goat [for] a sin offering: they shall also
prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock,
without blemish. Seven days shall they purge the altar
and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.
And when these days are expired, it shall be, [that]
upon the eighth day, and [so] forward, the priests
shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and
your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the
Lord GOD." (Eze 43:1-27 AV)
 

"At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God
of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my
people. Thus saith the LORD, The people [which were]
left of the sword found grace in the wilderness;
[even] Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. The
LORD hath appeared of old unto me, [saying], Yea, I
have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore
with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Again I will
build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of
Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets,
and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make
merry. Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains
of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat
[them] as common things. For there shall be a day,
[that] the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry,
Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our
God. For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for
Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations:
publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy
people, the remnant of Israel. Behold, I will bring
them from the north country, and gather them from the
coasts of the earth, [and] with them the blind and the
lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth
with child together: a great company shall return
thither. They shall come with weeping, and with
supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to
walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way,
wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to
Israel, and Ephraim [is] my firstborn."

"Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare
[it] in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered
Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd
[doth] his flock. For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob,
and ransomed him from the hand of [him that was]
stronger than he. Therefore they shall come and sing
in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the
goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for
oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd:
and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they
shall not sorrow any more at all. Then shall the
virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old
together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and
will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their
sorrow. And I will satiate the soul of the priests
with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my
goodness, saith the LORD. Thus saith the LORD; A voice
was heard in Ramah, lamentation, [and] bitter weeping;
Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted
for her children, because they [were] not. Thus saith
the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine
eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith
the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of
the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the
LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own
border."

"I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus];
Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a
bullock unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and
I shall be turned; for thou [art] the LORD my God.
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after
that I was instructed, I smote upon [my] thigh: I was
ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the
reproach of my youth. [Is] Ephraim my dear son? [is
he] a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I
do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels
are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon
him, saith the LORD. Set thee up waymarks, make thee
high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, [even]
the way [which] thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of
Israel, turn again to these thy cities. How long wilt
thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the
LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman
shall compass a man. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the
God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in
the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I
shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless
thee, O habitation of justice, [and] mountain of
holiness. And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and
in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and
they [that] go forth with flocks. For I have satiated
the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful
soul. Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was
sweet unto me."

"Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with
the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. And it
shall come to pass, [that] like as I have watched over
them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw
down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch
over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. In
those days they shall say no more, The fathers have
eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set
on edge. But every one shall die for his own iniquity:
every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall
be set on edge. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD,
that I will make a new covenant with the house of
Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to
the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day
[that] I took them by the hand to bring them out of
the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake,
although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with
the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD,
I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it
in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall
be my people. And they shall teach no more every man
his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know
the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least
of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for
I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember
their sin no more."

"Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light
by day, [and] the ordinances of the moon and of the
stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea
when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts [is]
his name: If those ordinances depart from before me,
saith the LORD, [then] the seed of Israel also shall
cease from being a nation before me for ever. Thus
saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and
the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I
will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that
they have done, saith the LORD. Behold, the days come,
saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the
LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the
corner. And the measuring line shall yet go forth over
against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass
about to Goath. And the whole valley of the dead
bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the
brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate
toward the east, [shall be] holy unto the LORD; it
shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for
ever." (Jer 31:1-40 AV)
 

"Now it came to pass in the days when the judges
ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a
certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the
country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
And the name of the man [was] Elimelech, and the name
of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon
and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they
came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left,
and her two sons. And they took them wives of the
women of Moab; the name of the one [was] Orpah, and
the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there
about ten years. And Mahlon and Chilion died also both
of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and
her husband."

"Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she
might return from the country of Moab: for she had
heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had
visited his people in giving them bread. Wherefore she
went forth out of the place where she was, and her two
daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to
return unto the land of Judah. And Naomi said unto her
two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's
house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt
with the dead, and with me. The LORD grant you that ye
may find rest, each [of you] in the house of her
husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up
their voice, and wept. And they said unto her, Surely
we will return with thee unto thy people. And Naomi
said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with
me? [are] there yet [any more] sons in my womb, that
they may be your husbands? Turn again, my daughters,
go [your way]; for I am too old to have an husband. If
I should say, I have hope, [if] I should have an
husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye
stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters;
for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand
of the LORD is gone out against me. 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. And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave
thee, [or] to return from following after thee: for
whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest,
I will lodge: thy people [shall be] my people, and thy
God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there
will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also,
[if ought] but death part thee and me. When she saw
that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then
she left speaking unto her."

"So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it
came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that
all the city was moved about them, and they said, [Is]
this Naomi? And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi,
call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very
bitterly with me. I went out full, and the LORD hath
brought me home again empty: why [then] call ye me
Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and
the Almighty hath afflicted me? So Naomi returned, and
Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her,
which returned out of the country of Moab: and they
came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest."
(Ru 1:1-22 AV)
 

"And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty
man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his
name [was] Boaz. And Ruth the Moabitess said unto
Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of
corn after [him] in whose sight I shall find grace.
And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. And she went,
and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers:
and her hap was to light on a part of the field
[belonging] unto Boaz, who [was] of the kindred of
Elimelech."

"And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto
the reapers, The LORD [be] with you. And they answered
him, The LORD bless thee. Then said Boaz unto his
servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel
[is] this? And the servant that was set over the
reapers answered and said, It [is] the Moabitish
damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of
Moab: And she said, I pray you, let me glean and
gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she
came, and hath continued even from the morning until
now, that she tarried a little in the house. Then said
Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not
to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but
abide here fast by my maidens: [Let] thine eyes [be]
on the field that they do reap, and go thou after
them: have I not charged the young men that they shall
not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the
vessels, and drink of [that] which the young men have
drawn. Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to
the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace
in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of
me, seeing I [am] a stranger? And Boaz answered and
said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that
thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death
of thine husband: and [how] thou hast left thy father
and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art
come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be
given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose
wings thou art come to trust. Then she said, Let me
find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast
comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly
unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of
thine handmaidens. And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime
come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy
morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers:
and he reached her parched [corn], and she did eat,
and was sufficed, and left. And when she was risen up
to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let
her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her
not: And let fall also [some] of the handfuls of
purpose for her, and leave [them], that she may glean
[them], and rebuke her not."

"So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out
that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of
barley. And she took [it] up, and went into the city:
and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and
she brought forth, and gave to her that she had
reserved after she was sufficed. And her mother in law
said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and
where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take
knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law
with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name
with whom I wrought to day [is] Boaz. And Naomi said
unto her daughter in law, Blessed [be] he of the LORD,
who hath not left off his kindness to the living and
to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man [is]
near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. And Ruth
the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt
keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all
my harvest. And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in
law, [It is] good, my daughter, that thou go out with
his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other
field. So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to
glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat
harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law." (Ru 2:1-23
AV)
 

"Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My
daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may
be well with thee? And now [is] not Boaz of our
kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he
winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor. Wash
thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy
raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor:
[but] make not thyself known unto the man, until he
shall have done eating and drinking. And it shall be,
when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place
where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover
his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee
what thou shalt do. And she said unto her, All that
thou sayest unto me I will do."

"And she went down unto the floor, and did according
to all that her mother in law bade her. And when Boaz
had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went
to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she
came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her
down. And it came to pass at midnight, that the man
was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman
lay at his feet. And he said, Who [art] thou? And she
answered, I [am] Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore
thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou [art] a near
kinsman. And he said, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD,
my daughter: [for] thou hast shewed more kindness in
the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou
followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. And
now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that
thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth
know that thou [art] a virtuous woman. And now it is
true that I [am thy] near kinsman: howbeit there is a
kinsman nearer than I. Tarry this night, and it shall
be in the morning, [that] if he will perform unto thee
the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's
part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to
thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee,
[as] the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning."

"And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she
rose up before one could know another. And he said,
Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
Also he said, Bring the vail that [thou hast] upon
thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured
six [measures] of barley, and laid [it] on her: and
she went into the city. And when she came to her
mother in law, she said, Who [art] thou, my daughter?
And she told her all that the man had done to her. And
she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me;
for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in
law. Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou
know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be
in rest, until he have finished the thing this day."
(Ru 3:1-18 AV)
 

"Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down
there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake
came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn
aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat
down. And he took ten men of the elders of the city,
and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. And he
said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out
of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land,
which [was] our brother Elimelech's: And I thought to
advertise thee, saying, Buy [it] before the
inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If
thou wilt redeem [it], redeem [it]: but if thou wilt
not redeem [it, then] tell me, that I may know: for
[there is] none to redeem [it] beside thee; and I [am]
after thee. And he said, I will redeem [it]. Then said
Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of
Naomi, thou must buy [it] also of Ruth the Moabitess,
the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead
upon his inheritance. And the kinsman said, I cannot
redeem [it] for myself, lest I mar mine own
inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I
cannot redeem [it]. Now this [was the manner] in
former time in Israel concerning redeeming and
concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man
plucked off his shoe, and gave [it] to his neighbour:
and this [was] a testimony in Israel. Therefore the
kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy [it] for thee. So he drew
off his shoe."

"And Boaz said unto the elders, and [unto] all the
people, Ye [are] witnesses this day, that I have
bought all that [was] Elimelech's, and all that [was]
Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi. Moreover
Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I
purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the
dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead
be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the
gate of his place: ye [are] witnesses this day. And
all the people that [were] in the gate, and the
elders, said, [We are] witnesses. The LORD make the
woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and
like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel:
and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in
Bethlehem: And let thy house be like the house of
Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which
the LORD shall give thee of this young woman."

"So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he
went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and
she bare a son. 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. And he shall be unto thee a restorer of [thy]
life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy
daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to
thee than seven sons, hath born him. And Naomi took
the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse
unto it. And the women her neighbours gave it a name,
saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called
his name Obed: he [is] the father of Jesse, the father
of David. Now these [are] the generations of Pharez:
Pharez begat Hezron, And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram
begat Amminadab, And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and
Nahshon begat Salmon, And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz
begat Obed, And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat
David." (Ru 4:1-22 AV)
 
 

Note especially the BLESSING upon Ruth for her
clinging to the God and children of Israel:

"It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done
unto thy mother in law since the death of thine
husband: and [how] thou hast left thy father and thy
mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come
unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The
LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be
given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose
wings thou art come to trust."
 
 

Note re. another possible example of prophetic
pattern:  7 + 7 then 'during this generation'

Boaz ... David = 1 ... 4;   Judah ... David = 1 ...
10;   Abraham ... David = 1 ... 15
Abraham ... Moses = 1 ... 7;   Abraham ... Ram = 1 ...
7;   Ram ... David = 1 ... 8)
 

1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto
Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy
shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.

2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me,
seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house
[is] this Eliezer of Damascus? 3  And Abram said,
Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one
born in my house is mine heir. 4  And, behold, the
word of the LORD [came] unto him, saying, This shall
not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of
thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5  And he
brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward
heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number
them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 6
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him
for righteousness.

7 And he said unto him, I [am] the LORD that brought
thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land
to inherit it. 8  And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall
I know that I shall inherit it? 9  And he said unto
him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she
goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old,
and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. 10  And he took
unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and
laid each piece one against another: but the birds
divided he not. 11  And when the fowls came down upon
the carcases, Abram drove them away.

12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell
upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell
upon him. 13  And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety
that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is]
not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall
afflict them four hundred years; 14  And also that
nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and
afterward shall they come out with great substance. 15
 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt
be buried in a good old age. 16  But in the fourth
generation they shall come hither again: for the
iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full.

17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down,
and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a
burning lamp that passed between those pieces. 18  In
the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram,
saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the
river of Egypt unto the great river, the river
Euphrates: 19  The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and
the Kadmonites, 20  And the Hittites, and the
Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 21  And the Amorites,
and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites. (Ge 15:1-21 AV)
 

Below are particular verses that suggest that Abraham
... Moses was 1 ... 7 generations:

Numbers 1

1  And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of
Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the
first day of the second month, in the second year
after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

5  And these are the names of the men that shall stand
with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of
Shedeur.

7  Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Note re. above verse 7, Nahshon was grandson Of Ram
per Ruth 4:22 above  ...  Moses is about 80 years old
here ... thus putting Moses and Ram in the same time
frame ... and since Abraham ... Ram = 1 ... 7, per Ru
4:22 above, so Moses looks then to have been born in
Egypt, the 7th generation from Abraham.

Note also that Ram was 4th generation from Judah ...
who went down into Egypt with Levi, so Ram being born
in Egypt in the same generation as Moses would also
fullfil ...  "in the fourth generation they shall come
hither again" as per Gen 15:16 above.
 

Note also ...

Matthew 1
1  The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son
of David, the son of Abraham.
2  Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and
Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
3  And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and
Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
 
   i.e. 'Ram'

4  And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat
Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
5  And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat
Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
6  And Jesse begat David the king;

So ... Abraham ... David = 1 ... 15  making David the
14th generation AFTER Abraham ... AND it was in THIS
generation that God raised up for Himself a King after
HIS OWN HEART.

Note also if (Sept 13, 1993 to Sept 3, 2000)  = 7
years = 7x360 days = 1st 7 of Jacob's troubles?

Then 2001 to 2007 = 2nd '7' of Jacob's troubles ...

SO ... during the next 6 years ... could this be THE
generation in which God will raise for Himself a King
after HIS OWN HEART?
 

Shalom shalom,

David
 
 

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