THE FOUR LEVELS OF PROGRESSION OF FAVOUR ON RUTH.
Gods FAVOUR increases on you when you move in faith,Ruth had no idea that she was going to glean in the field of BOAZ,she just went in faith.
LEVEL ONE
THE FIRST LEVEL OF FAVOUR ON RUTH SHE HOPES FOR DROPPINGS TO FALL FROM THE GLEANERS
AFTER SHE STUMBLES ON THE FIELD THAT BELONGS TO BOAZ KINSMAN REDEEMER:
Ruth 2:33: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.
Ruth came as a ordinary gleaner trusting in gods favour as she went on she found the reapers that were reaping in a field that belong to BOAZ. And she PICK THE DROPPINGS WHICH FELL FROM THE GLEANERS; SHE HAD TO HOPE FOR DROPPINGS TO FALL FROM THE GLEANERS:
Ruth 2:1010: Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace( FAVOUR) in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
falling down is worship :we also worship the master WHEN WE FALL AT HIS FEET.
Ruth 2v14 now BOAZ said to her at mealtime come here,and eat of the bread,and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar(wine)
At noontime when the sun is at its hottest when you start feeling the heat OF LIFE come to Jesus he will prepare a table BEFORE YOU in the presence of your enemies :WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS BOAZ IS BESTOWING GRACE UPON RUTH.This is a typology of the last supper.It seems that BOAZ is ignoring his own workers and concentrating on Ruth,a gentile.When our SAVIOUR INSTITUDED the last supper the disciples had no idea that the gentile bride the church,is becoming the bride of Christ,so it is with BOAZ workers they got no idea that this gentile is going to become the wife of BOAZ
Ruth 2v14 so she sat besides the reapers and he (boaz) passed parched grain to her
Notice boaz pass the bread to her,Jesus passes the bread to his disciples
BOAZ SO TO SPEAK IS IGNORING HIS
WORKERS AND SPOILING THIS GENTILE WIDOW.
AFTER BREAKING BREAD WITH BOAZ LOOK WHAT HAPPENS:
LEVEL TWO;
GOD INCREASES THE FAVOUR LEVEL ON RUTH;
LETS LOOK AT
RUTH 2v15; AND WHEN SHE WAS RISEN UP TO GLEAN,BOAZ COMMANDED (NOT SUGGESTED)HIS YOUNG MEN,SAYING, LET HER GLEAN EVEN AMONG THE SHEAVES AND REPROACH HER NOT:
Before she is hoping for droppings,now after lunch at BOAZS table he commands the young men saying let her glean even among the sheaves and leave her alone.
NOW THE SHEAVES IS NOT THE FIELD THE SHEAVES IS A PLACE WHERE ALL THE GRAIN IS STAKE AFTER IT IS HAVESTED.THATS THE PLACE WHERE THE BEST DROPPINGS ARE FOUND GLEANERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GO THERE.THERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE FIELD BEHIND THE HARVESTERS. AND THIS FAVOUR HAPPENED TO RUTH AFTER SHE BROKE BREAD WITH BOAZ AND SHE ATE AND WAS SATISFIED AND HAD A DOGGIE BAG FOR NAOMI.GOD WANTS TO KEEP ON GIVING US THE BREAD OF LIFE AS MUCH AS WE WANT THE WORD OF GOD IS INEXHAUSTABLE: GREAT THINGS HAPPEN AT THE LORDS TABLE; LETS REVISIT THE WORDS OF BOAZ(GAOL) KINSMAN REDEEMER IN
RUTH 2v9:LET THINE EYES BE ON THE FIELD THAT THEY DO REAP AND GO AFTER THEM:
BOAZ IS TELLING RUTH ALL YOU EVER NEED IS IN THIS FIELD.LET ME EXPLAIN .JESUS SAID IN
MATTHEW 5V6; BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUS; FOR THEY SHALL BE FILLED:
WHAT JESUS IS SAYING IS VERY SIGNIFICANT THE CONTINUOUS HUNGER AND THIRSTING NOT THE ONE TIME OR CASUAL OBSERVER (BUT THE CONTINUOUS PINING)YOU MISS THE WORD OF GOD SO MUCH YOU CONTINUE TO PINE AFTER IT; MANY CHRISTINES GO AFTER MANY SUPPLYMENTS BUT THE WORD OF GOD.BOAZ IS TELLING RUTH KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE FIELD(WORD)WHICH IS JESUS CHRIST KEEP YOUR EYES ON HIM;AND YOU WILL LACK NOTHING
REMEMBER WHAT HAPPEN TO PETER WHEN HE TOOK HIS EYES OF JESUS;THE CONTINUOUS FEEDING ON HIM JESUS THEN YOU SHALL BE FILLED.JESUS SAID I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE WHAT DO YOU DO WITH BREAD YOU DON'T LOOK OR ADMIRE IT YOU EAT IT .SO KEEP ON FEEDING ON THE WORD DON'T TAKE YOUR EYES OF THE WORD
RUTH2v17; SO SHE GLEAN IN THE FIELD UNTIL EVEN,AND BEAT OUT THAT SHE HAD GLEAN; AND IT WAS ABOUT AN EPHAH OF BARLEY.
LEVEL THREE of FAVOUR on Ruth
AND EPHAH OF BARLEY IS TEN DAYS SUPPLY THAT'S A WHOLE LOT FOR A GLEANER.GLEANERS MAKE ONLY A DAYS SUPPLY THE MOST TWO DAYS RUTH GOT TEN DAYS SUPPLY;WOW GOD WILL ALWAYS GIVE MORE THAN YOU NEED;AND THE BIBLE SAYS SHE STAYED FROM MORNING TILL EVEN IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ (KINSMAN REDEEMER)
RUTH3v15:ALSO HE SAID,BRING THE SHAWL THAT IS ON YOU AND HOLD IT,AND WHEN SHE HELD IT HE MEASURED SIX EPHAHS OF BARLEY,AND LAID IT ON HER.AND SHE WENT INTO THE CITY.
1:SHE STARTED AS A ORDINARY GLEANING HOPING FOR LEFT OVER DROPPINGS AND PROGRESS
2:TO AN EPHAH OF BARLEY IS TEN DAYS SUPPLY AND THEN WENT ONTO
3: SIX EPHAHS WHICH IS SIXTY DAYS SUPPLY WOW WHAT A GOD WE SERVE
Luke 15v17 :but when he came to himself,he said,how many of my FARTHERS hired servants have bread enough and to spare,and I perish with hunger!
OUT OF ALL THE THINGS THE PRODIGAL SON COULD HAVE HE LONGS FOR BREAD ;HIS FARTHER WAS RICH HE OWNED CATTLE,I WOULD HAVE LONGED FOR A STEAK,NO THE PRODIGAL SON LONGED FOR BREAD;OUTSIDE THE FARTHER HOUSE THERE IS FAMINE INSIDE THERE IS BREAD ENOUGH AND TO SPARE SPRITUAL AND PHYSICAL BREAD .GOD DOESNT UNDERSTAND SCARCITY.ONCE I LISTENED TO THE LATE WALTER SISULU BEING INTERVIEWED ON TV.HE WAS ASK THIS QUESTION,WHAT DID YOU LONG FOR THE MOST WHEN YOU WERE IN PRISON (ROBBIN ISLAND)?WITHOUT HESTITION HE SAID BREAD THEY NEVER GAVE US BREAD.WHEN THE PRODIGAL SON LEFT THE FARTHER HOUSE,HE LEFT WITH THE WORDS (GIVE ME)WHEN HE RETURNED HE SAID (MAKE ME) FRIEND MOST CHRISTIANS WANT THE GIVE ME PART OF CHRISTIANITY,BUT NOT THE MAKE ME,BECAUSE THE MAKE ME INVOLVES DISCIPLINE.
RUTH OBEYED EVERY WORD OF NAOMI SHE SAID ALL THAT YOU SAY I WILL DO,NOT SOME BUT ALL.RUTH REMAINED DISCIPLINED TO NAOMI.
THE ADVICE BOAZ GAVE RUTH LET YOUR EYES BE ON THIS FIELD.
(THE WORD IS JESUS)
BREAD IS A VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT IN THE BIBLE.THERE ARE FIVE TYPES OF BREAD MENTION IN THE BIBLE
1.NATURAL BREAD
2.MIRACLE BREAD
3. SHEW BREAD
4.UNLEAVEN BREAD
5.LIVING BREAD JESUS SAID I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE.
WHEN BOAZ SAYS TO RUTH DIP YOUR BREAD IN THE WINE HE IS BESTOWING GRACE UPON RUTH AND CHURCH ARE YOU SEEING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.RUTH IS A OUTSIDER INVITED IN TO SIT WITH THE REAPERS AND DINE WITH THE BOAZ AT HIS TABLE ; THE BIBLE SAYS WE GENTILES WERE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF ISREAL. BUT NOW WE ARE DRAFTED IN THROUGH CHRIST. RUTH WAS AN OUTSIDER (TEN GENERATIONS AWAY) BUT BOAZ DRAFTED HER IN; This is also a typology of the last supper.
NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO
THE FOUTH LEVEL OF FAVOUR ON RUTH.
BOAZ MAKES PLANS TO MARRY RUTH
AND RUTH BECOMES OWNER OF THE FIELD THAT SHE ONCE BEG FROM!!
Ruth 4:9-11
9: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. 10 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.
11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses.
RUTH BECOMES MRS BOAZ AND OWNS THE ENTIRE FIELD.
RUTH 3V2:BEHOLD HE WINNOWETH BARLEY TONIGHT IN THE THRESHING FLOOR.
THE THRESHING FLOOR IS A HIGH PLACE LIKE A HILL AND THRESHING IS DONE AT NIGHT SO THE WIND CAN BLOW THE CHAFF AWAY. HE WILL THRESH THE BARLEY AFTER HE HAS DONE THAT : HE WILL TAKE A FORK AND THROW THE WHEAT OR BARLEY IN THE AIR AND THE WIND WILL BLOW AWAY THE CHAFF AND WHAT FALLS DOWN IS THE WHEAT BECAUSE THE WHEAT IS HEAVIER THAN THE CHAFF THE CHAFF IS BLOWN AWAY;THE BIBLE SAYS JESUS WILL SEPARATE THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF: MEANING THE GOATS FROM THE SHEEP;
RUTH3v4; AND UNCOVER HIS FEET,AND LAY THEE DOWN,AND HE WILL TELL THEE WHAT THOU SHALT DO ;
RUTH3v8; AND IT CAME TO PASS AT MIDNIGHT,THAT THE MAN WAS AFRAID,AND TURNED TO
HIMSELF,AND,A WOMEN LAY AT HIS FEET.
BOAZ IS A PICTURE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.GREAT THINGS HAPPEN AT JESUS FEET IT IS AN ACT OF WORSHIP. EVERYTIME SOMEBODY FELL AT JESUS FEET THEY RECEIVED THEY MIRACLE THEY RECEIVED HIS REDEEMING POWER.
E.G.
1:JARIUS RULER OF THE SYNOGUE FELL AT HIS JESUS FEET HIS DAUGHTER WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD.
2:THE GREEK WOMEN WHOS DAUGHTER WAS VEXED WITH A DEVIL RECEIVED HER MIRACLE BEFORE HER TIME JUST BY WORSHIPPING JESUS AT HIS FEET
3:THE ALABASTER BOX WOMEN WASH HIS FEET AND DRIED THEM WITH HER HAIR.THE BIBLE SAYS A WOMEN HAIR IS HER GLORY SHE GAVE JESUS THE GLORY BY DRYING HIS FEET WITH HER HAIR; SHE RECEIVED THE MIRACLE OF THE NEW BIRTH,BEFORE THE DEATH OF CHRIST.
MATTHEW 28v9;AND AS THEY WENT TO TELL HIS DISCIPLES,BEHOLD JESUS MET THEM,SAYING,ALL HAIL.AND THEY CAME AND HELD HIM BY THE FEET, AND WORSHIPPED HIM:
RUTH3v9; AND HE SAID,WHO ARE YOU;SO SHE ANSWERED,I AM RUTH,YOUR MAIDSERVANT.TAKE YOUR MAIDSERVANT UNDER YOUR WING, FOR YOU ARE A CLOSE RELATIVE;
LET ME EXPLAIN WHATS THE WING,THE TALIF OR THE PRAY SHOAL THAT JEWISH PEOPLE COVER THEMSELVES WITH when they pray ;THEY CALL THE STRINGS FROM THE TALIF WINGS THE BIBLE SAYS THE SON OF RIGHTEOUS WILL ARISE WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS; WHEN YOU TOUCH HIS RIGHTEOUS THERE IS HEALING IN HIS WINGS:EVERY JEWISH MAN HAS A PRAY SHOAL;WHEN HE WOKE UP RUTH SAID TO HIM (BOAZ) TAKE YOUR MANTLE(SHAOL) AND COVER ME OR MARRY ME BECAUSE WHEN JEWISH MEN GET MARRIED,A JEWISH MAN GIVES HIS PRAY SHOAL TO HIS BRIDE; IT'S A PICTURE OF WHAT EVER HE COVERS HE REDEEMS.
RUTH 4v9; YOU ARE WITNESSES THIS DAY THAT I HAVE BOUGHT ALL THAT WAS ELIMELECHS( MY GOD IS KING)AND ALL THAT WAS CHILION(pining and wasting away)AND MAHLON(SICKLY),FROM THE HAND OF NAOMI.
WHAT IS BOAZ BUYING BACK OR REDEEMING AND SICKNESS AND POVERTY,JESUS CHRIST HAS REDEEM YOU AND ME AND HAS MADE THE KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD BECOME THE KINGDOMS OF GOD AND REDEEMED US FROM SICKNESS FROM WASTING AWAY AND POVERTY
LUKE 22v19 : AND HE TOOK BREAD,AND GAVE THANKS,AND BRAKE IT,AND GAVE IT UNTO THEM,SAYING,THIS IS MY BODY WHICH IS GIVEN FOR YOU: THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME:
BOAZ IS SHOWING MERCY AND LOVE TO HIS FUTURE GENTILE BRIDE RUTH AT HIS TABLE ; AND CHRIST ALSO SHOWED US MERCY AND LOVE TO HIS FUTURE BRIDE THE GENTILE CHURCH AT HIS TABLE. BOAZ MADE RUTH A FRUITFUL BRIDE SO CHRIST HAS MADE HIS CHURCH A FRUITFUL BRIDE;AND HIS HEART IS HE IS NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH BUT ALL SHOULD COME TO EVERLASTING LIFE; NOW IT'S SEEMS LIKE NAOMI IS FORGOTTEN IN THIS STORY BUT GOD HAS NEVER FORGOTTEN HIS JEWISH PEOPLE : JUST LIKE NAOMI WAS NOT FORGOTTEN
RUTH 4v15 SAYS AND MY HE BE TO YOU A RESTORER OF LIFE AND A NOURISHER AND SUPPORTER IN YOUR OLD AGE, FOR YOUR DAUGHTER IN LAW WHO LOVES YOU,WHO IS BETTER TO YOU THAN SEVEN SONS,HAS BORNE HIM,
RUTH4v21 22:
AND BOAZ BEGOT OBED22;OBED BEGOT JESSIE,AND JESSE BEGOT DAVID
NAMES IN THE BIBLE CARRY POWERFUL MEANINGS
BOAZ MEANS (IN HIM IS STRENGH)
OBED MEANS (SERVE)
JESSE MEANS (WEALTH)
DAVID MEANS (BELOVED)
SOLOMAN ( beloved of the lord)
So Ruth starts of as a penniless widow and ends up owing the field,and is great, great,great-grandmother to wealthiest man that ever lived SOLOMAN
Amen
