The Book of Ruth, Part1

 

Hello John and Doves,

First of all, I want to apologize to everyone that this sharing will be quite long, but in order for us to understand what God is telling us in Scripture in this book, I could not make it shorter. Now I will deal with the book of Ruth, which deals with the marriage of the Israelite Boaz to the pagan woman Ruth. From the book of Ruth it is clear what importance God attaches to the marriage of His Son to the church, because the entire book is a type of this marriage. I do not see any instance in Scripture where the entire book is prophetically focused on one event that will happen in the future. That this is a type of the marriage of Jesus to the church is perceived by a relatively large number of Bible teachers. However, few have noticed that this book the period of the marriage, and this can only be discovered by a very close examination of every detail of the book. If you want to understand the period of the marriage shown here, it is necessary to study the following teachings with the Bible in hand and not just read quickly.

 

Now I will focus on the revelation of the period of the marriage from the book of Ruth. For each individual revelation from the book, I will attach the chapter and verse that discusses the given matter. It is a good idea to pick up  Bible and read these verses.

1. Naomi and Ruth returned from the land of Moab to Bethlehem, and arrived there in the spring at the beginning of the winter barley harvest, Ruth 1:22. Ruth went into the field to glean behind the reapers, and happened to be in the field belonging to Boaz, Ruth 2:3. That day she gleaned an ephah of barley, and that same day she first met Boaz.

2. The wedding of Boaz and Ruth could not have taken place at harvest time, but only at the very end  the barley and wheat harvests. Until then Ruth had been living with her mother-in-law Naomi, Ruth 2:23.

3. The winter barley harvest in Israel ended in the months of April-May, and the winter wheat harvest in the months of May-June. From the second chapter we know that the wedding took place after all the grain had been harvested. Since Boaz was winnowing barley on the threshing floor and it was already at the period of his marriage to Ruth, it must have been the harvest of the spring barley crop, which is harvested as the last crop, i.e. in the month of July, Ruth 3:2. The winter barley had already been in the granaries for about two months at that time. It was the last harvest, because Boaz gave Ruth six measures of spring barley, Ruth 3:15. From the above it is clear that all the grain harvest had already been completed and the last harvested crop, i.e. the spring barley, Boaz was winnowing on the threshing floor and processing it for storage in the granaries.

4. Preparation for the wedding. Ruth was instructed by Naomi what to do next, Ruth 3:4-6. Ruth did exactly as Naomi told her. The moment Boaz realized that there was a woman lying at his feet and it was midnight, and that it was Ruth, he decided to act. When Ruth returned home, Naomi prophesied to her that Boaz would finish her matterthat day, Ruth 3:18.

5. Wedding day. When Ruth left the threshing floor, Boaz immediately went to town, where he accepted his role as an advocate - a redeemer for Ruth. He met with the elders at the gate, resolved the situation in the legal manner then in force, with the final result that he declared Ruth his legal wife that very day. This marriage contract was confirmed by the elders, including all the people in the gate, Ruth 4:9-11.

 

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Blessings to all, Petr