Know In Part Podcast - Episode 106 - Ruth A Love Story - Kindness

“You will listen, my daughter, will you not? 
Do not go to glean in another field, 
nor go from here, but stay close by my young women"
- Boaz

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SPEAKER_00 0:00

Welcome to KIP. That's what I'm gonna call it. I don't like I don't like that. That's what I'm gonna call it for now. The acronym. This is the acronym season. KIP. What's KIP stand for? Chill, chill, child. No. What up, everyone? It'll be the KIP season. Yeah, it'll be the KIP season.

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I don't think we done popping against shadow banned. The Google probably be like, man, yeah, man. Taking up these. What they got?

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Matter of fact, promote it a little bit. Give them some views, B. They they they starving over there, dog. What's up, y'all? Good man? Yeah, man.

SPEAKER_00 1:08

How do how the week been? Yo, man. Regular dagula?

SPEAKER_03 1:14

Yeah, man.

SPEAKER_00 1:16

You work, work, work, work, work.

SPEAKER_03 1:20

Actually, I gotta let me hear a work story, Rafa.

SPEAKER_05 1:23

Uncle Ralph! Uncle Ralph!

SPEAKER_01 1:25

I got an interesting story, man. Um, and it kind of like goes a uh along, well, it's kind of like anti-Ruth, I guess. So it was funny that um Karen and I and uh our friend, you know, one of our uh our friends, we we went out to um this this Thai restaurant, and um so we got there, we're about to eat or whatever, and then the owner comes because she knows us. Um I think she's she's Vietnamese. Um she comes um and she always she loves us, you know. We always you know speak to her, we've shared the gospel with her multiple times. I've given her tracks. We always talk about Jesus, and you know, uh you know, she's like you know, Buddhist from that Asian, you know, she's in, you know, into that type of stuff, right? And um, so we always kind of like share with it. She'll she just loves to be like she so she don't want to deal with Jesus, but she loves our company, she loves what we talk about, but she's like she still can't separate from her culture because that's her culture. You know what I'm saying? Orpah. Orpah, right? Interesting thing is that she has uh uh one of her employees. Uh okay, so she so the owner came. She came, she was talking to us, having a whole conversation. She's like, Um, I need you to talk to my employee because she keeps talking about you guys, because you guys actually shared, you know, shared your faith with her. You gave her the track, and she actually walks with this little track I gave her. She keeps it on her phone or whatever. And and I need because like she's been really homesick because uh, you know, all her family is. I think I think she's also in Vietnam or somewhere else. I forget exactly. Her family's not around, having issues with her husband, and you know, um, well, all this stuff that happens, she's been really down. And I was like, Yeah, uh, you need to talk to Ralph and his family because my my my my Buddha can't do anything for you. I think you need to talk to him about about his Jesus because I think Jesus can help you. So, you guys, so when she comes to wait on you on the table, please talk to her because I can't help her. Wow, and yo, she straight up she said, My Buddha can't help her. Talk to him about Jesus, yo. Yo, how is it that you could even make a statement like that? That's big, but you yourself have not come to the point, it's like, yo, why don't I surrender and learn more about this Jesus? Because obviously, my Buddha's not helping her. I can't do anything, but these guys, every time they come, they talk, and you know, she gets better if she feels admitted that your God is powerless. You know what I mean? And it was interesting. I was like, glory be to God, man.

SPEAKER_00 3:59

Yeah, well, at least she's aware. Yeah, yeah. Because, you know, it's it's it's when you get to the point where you can't help yourself. Yeah, right. So now it's like, all right, let me go to the supernatural to help me. Yeah. But at least you know that you know her supernatural resources can't help. So hopefully, you know, not not wishing anything bad on her, but hopefully, you know, her heart'll turn to the true and living God. Yeah. Um, so yeah, we're in Ruth chapter two. Yes, sir. What's some of the stuff in one that jumped out at you guys before we jump into this chapter?

SPEAKER_03 4:36

Just uh Ruth's devotion, you know, her loyalty, her resilience. Loyalty, you know, her loyalty and her resilience was just it stuck out to me, you know. Just uh where she, you know, she she makes that uh confession, that declaration, like wherever you go, I'm gonna go. Your God is gonna be my God. Um, you know, only death, she says only death is gonna part this, right? This relationship. So it's like she had those characteristics of you know, um, just of this person of God, man. Like you could tell God really touched her life and changed her. And I just love the resilience because even her own mother-in-law was telling her, you know, go back to your gods, go back to your people, go back to your mother's house, you know. And we saw the decision that her sister-in-law made to go back, but her resilience, the scripture says it she clung, you know. So you could just imagine, you know, her her mother-in-law is like, nah, go. And she's grabbing her mother-in-law, like, no, wherever you go, I'm going. Like, this is forever. This is forever. And she's like, you know, I'm and that same devotion that she had to Naomi, she had to God. You know, so her devotion, her loyalty, and her resilience, those, those things, those parts of her character is just amazing to me. You know, that was amazing.

SPEAKER_00 5:57

And I would even argue to say that the reason she had that devotion to Naomi is because she had that devotion with God. But it was introduced through Naomi. But as we read it, I think that's something that we're starting to see, right? These character traits of these individuals. So you said Ruth, like loyalty jumps out. Um she has this, she's sure about her decision. Like Naomi couldn't sway her and and the decision that she was gonna make. In terms of Naomi, I see this caring, loving, selflessness that she has towards her daughter-in-law. Even though she's going through a hard time, she's still thinking about others before herself. Where you know it's easy for us in a bad situation to, oh, whoever is me, Pete me, give me, you know, to be more self-centered, because we feel like uh we're going through something bad, so everybody owe us something. But it was the opposite for her. So, you know, her love and her her caring was real genuine. So now you're seeing these characters, so we could like kind of check these boxes off with these people.

SPEAKER_03 7:13

And that's crazy, like, you know, it's like even because they they're all three widows, right? You know what I'm saying? And you know, it's like she like like you said with Naomi, she could have been like, like you said, like I'm messed up in the game, I ain't got nothing. You know, I don't care. Be like me. Right. Misery loves company. Misery love company, you know. I think I said that uh last week. It's like, you know, she could be like me. I'm single, I ain't got no husband, I ain't got no kids, be like me. Let's all be single and miserable together. Let's all be single and miserable together. And let's be single. You know what? Let's take this girl's trip to the house of bread. You know, let's just have this big girl's trip to the house of bread. You know what I'm saying? But it wasn't that. You understand what I'm saying? It was, nah, you know, my situation is messed up, but y'all still young. Y'all still got life in y'all. Y'all still could get a husband. That's why it was beautiful to the point where she was like, yo, if she could, she was like, I would produce two more sons for you. Yeah, right. That's how much love, that's how much she wanted her daughter-in-laws to be married and have children and have a family because she understood the importance of that. Right, right. How important that was to have, like you said, to have a man's covering, to have that rest. Because she she experienced that. And they all three experienced that. And she's like, if I could, I'd do it again. But she's like, I can't. I'm in a situation where I can't, you know, I'm I'm I'm finished. But you two, and it was beautiful. She didn't, you know, because of her situation, she didn't bring everybody down to hell with her, you know, to sort of say. It was like, nah, go live life. And I love that because you know, you live in this world now where, you know, especially when it comes to single people, it's like, I'm single, everybody should be single like me. You know what I mean? You're not encouraging your friends to go out there and to get married, and you're not checking them and to go out there to, you know, live their life. It's more like, nah, you know, yeah, everybody, you know, everybody be like me. You know, I'm the party animal, I'm out here, I'm living this reckless life. Everybody come and be like me. You know what I'm saying? And it's I love that about Naomi. That showed me so much about her character, bro.

SPEAKER_00 9:20

You know what I mean? You you know what's dope in that, and listening to you just brought it to mind, how important it is for young women to have older women. Older, mature women to disciple them in their life and in their walk. That's extremely liking. Right. Right? So that the example you bought, right, where it could have been easy that I could make a selfish decision that would hurt you, but she was thinking about them, thinking about what's best for you guys, you know, in your life, that you need a husband, you need this. So I'm seeing a picture of discipleship, right? Where you have the older, mature women discipling the younger, you know, fresh young women coming in to this new life, right? As you're you're leaving your old life and coming to your your new life, you have somebody that's able to walk with you to disciple you, and it's genuine because she loves her, and and we're seeing that, and we'll see that develop, right? Imparting wisdom, imparting instructions. Yo, this is what you should do, and this is to help you not to hurt you, because it's not rooted in envy, it's not rooted in jealousy, it's not, it's not rooted in these negative things because it's genuine. Right, there's no ulterior motives, no ulterior motives. So I I see that it's important in young women that they have older women, and older women should look to you know, disciple young women and impart these treasures and these wisdoms on them.

SPEAKER_03 11:04

It says it in Titus 2 and 6, it says, Older women are to teach the young women to love their husbands and children. Yeah, they are to teach them to think before they act, to be pure, to be workers at home, to be kind, and to obey their own husbands. In this way, the word of God is honored. Also teach young men to be wise. So, like you said, that decided, you know, Naomi really took that on. And you and Ruth was a testament to that. Yep. You know, like even when the husbands died, she was still, you can see she was discipling these women, and that's why they didn't want to leave her. You know, they didn't want to leave her, but she was really pouring into her daughter-in-laws, and you know, that that decision to have them go out there was genuine, bro. It was genuine. Like, I really want to see you guys have lives and move on. And like you said, it's so important. I think, and and even on the men part too. You know what I'm saying? It's so important, young men, young women to have older people, all the people who are wise, all the people who are in the Lord, all the people who are, you know, um have that wisdom and and all of that, to be an example also, to cat to kind of put them under the wing. And you're seeing that, you're gonna see that with Naomi just taking Woof under her wing.

SPEAKER_01 12:19

Yeah, and because I've seen the greatest growth in my wife because of that, because there were older women, seasoned older women walking with the Lord that really poured into her and took her, like where they would meet regularly for prayer. And I remember one of them, she she got a book for for Karen, and was like, I got you this book, and that's what and I want you to read it. And that's what Karen said, Alright. And it went like a month, and then she'll call. Did you read it yet? I didn't. Okay, uh, we'll talk about it. Read it, and like until the point where my wife felt so precious, she's like, Yo, dad, she gave me this book and I have it ready. I'm gonna have to read because she keeps asking me about the book. Right, pressed up. She pressed on her, and like, yo, Karen read it, and they had discussions about it, and like I just seen how she grew and flourished because she was just gaining wisdom from this older woman. Because she'd been walking, she was like walking the law for like 30, 40 years or whatever it was, but like just really was consistent in calling her, praying with her, reading with her, and and I've seen, and she really took that time right because she has so much wisdom to impart to her.

SPEAKER_00 13:22

So, all right, let's get into uh chapter two. Let's go from one to five.

SPEAKER_04 13:29

There was a relative of Naomi's husband, a man of great wealth of the family of Elimelech. His name was Boaz. So Ruth the Moabitis said to Naomi, Please let me go to the field and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor. And she said to her, Go, my daughter. Then she left and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless you. Then Boaz said to his servant who was in the charge of the reapers, Whose young woman is this? Alright.

SPEAKER_00 14:17

So we're introduced to this new character, Boaz, and he was a man of great wealth. So um, yeah, Boaz was still in Bethlehem in the same t town. That was the famine, right? And he didn't die. And he had great wealth, and he had great wealth, so he survived. So they were people that survived and endured during that time, right? Um so he's he's also a relative to Naomi's deceased husband. It doesn't tell us exactly how they are related, but the author makes it a point to um to highlight that. Um so Ruth is like, again, we we're gonna see more about Ruth's character, but what I see is the respect she has for Naomi. Yeah. Where she even asks for permission. Like, yo, let me let me do this. So now you're seeing her coming, her still recognizing Naomi as you know, kind of leading her, right? Like the head of the household. It's just two of them in the house. Naomi came back to um an inheritance that's probably has to be sold because it was it was probably mortgaged to somebody else, right? So that's the situation. So time is running out for them to say, you know, but you can still see that that reverence and that respect that Ruth has for Naomi. So she comes to her. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 15:54

You see the that commandment, honor your mother and father.

SPEAKER_00 15:56

So she comes to her and asks for permission. Hey, we gotta eat. You know, let me go out and let me do this. Give me your blessing.

unknown 16:06

Right.

SPEAKER_00 16:06

And also, like, yo, this is your this this is your hood. How do y'all move? Like, what's going on? And I'm sure like Naomi kind of told her, like, this is the culture. Now it's kind of reverse, where you know, Ruth probably heard about it in the 10 years. Now she's actually gonna, she's in the environment, now she has to live it.

SPEAKER_04 16:28

Yeah, I love I love God's timing and everything, right? They just so happened to come back to Bethlehem during the beginning of the barley harvest, right? And when you think about the sovereignty of God and how he knows everything, you think about in Leviticus, right? Where he talks about the beginning of of this sort of welfare system for for the nation of Israel, how he he tells them, You the owners of the field, you can go and you can and you know harvest, but never go through it a second time. You leave what's there left on the field for the poor people, right? So it usually wound up where like 25% of their harvest would be left on the ground, and then the poor people would be able to come and glean. And it's so important because yeah, it was a welfare system, but these people still worked for it. They didn't they didn't go and get handouts, they were still they still had to put in the effort, and that's just how the Lord is just gracious. Like he was thinking about Ruth before the beginning of time when he implemented this system. He's like, Ruth is one day gonna be in these fields, and she's gonna meet Boaz like this, and then you and God, the love story that we keep talking about, you see how God strategically places people where they need to be, and his timing is always perfect. So I love that part. So no handouts for the immigrants?

SPEAKER_03 17:46

Nah. Oh, okay. So you gotta work. I'm just saying, bruh. Wolf was a roof was considered an immigrant. He's a foreigner. Right. And her mind frame was like, Dog, I'm gonna go out, I'm gonna get up, I'm gonna go out, I'm gonna follow the laws. What's the laws here? This is the law, I'm gonna follow the law, but I'm gonna get up and I'm gonna go out and I'm gonna work.

SPEAKER_04 18:07

There was there was even like a humility in her hustle. The fact that she even asked for permission to go to provide for her mother-in-law because the mother-in-law wasn't making no money, so she was she knew I have to do, I have to be industrious. What can I do to provide? Yes, that's the word. That's another character. Are you an industrious woman that will do whatever it takes? Because even going into the fields and looking for scraps keeps you humble. You know what I mean? Like somebody don't want to work at McDonald's because they think they're too good for it. You know what I mean? Even you used to work at McDonald's. I was employee of the month.

SPEAKER_03 18:45

I'm gonna work at McDonald's.

SPEAKER_04 18:48

I got to pull up right to prove it.

SPEAKER_03 18:53

I used to flip it.

SPEAKER_04 18:54

That was one of my favorite jobs. I'm not even gonna lie. But think about it, you know what I'm saying? People think they're too good to go through things. And as me, me looking for a wife, I want that that hustle, but I want it to be in humility. You know what I mean?

SPEAKER_00 19:10

And that is a character trait you don't see, you know. Right, right. So so you're going into the field, right? So now another character of uh Ruth, she's industrious. Yes. I'm not just gonna sit in the crib, I'm gonna go out and get it. Like, I gotta do something in order for us to survive. Right. Right? I'm still young, I got the energy. Now you'll be you're older. Yo, give me the permission. Let me know. Let me go over there. Alright, go ahead. Um, but that industrious character is good, where a woman is willing to work, right? Um, nothing is beneath her. You you could tell, like, Ruth, there was nothing beneath her. I'ma just do what we have to do, right? How could I put my my hands are not gonna be idle while we're over here? Right. I already made a commitment to you, I already pledged my loyalties to you, so now I'm gonna put it to work, you know what I'm saying? And I see that.

SPEAKER_03 20:04

And the crazy thing about it is like these are the time of the judges where it was reckless out there, of course. You know what I'm saying? So she could have it's dangerous, she probably could have gone to prostitution, if you're thinking about it. Like, there's probably prostitution was around, it's probably women that was making money at that time. She came from that, right? And that's why I'm saying, like, she comes here and she's like, now I'm gonna get up, like you said, and I'm gonna do according to the law, honest work, bro. You understand what I'm saying? Like, it's like she could she could like she could have gone that route of just saying, you know what? In my culture, that's what we do, that's what we do. We go sell our matter of fact.

SPEAKER_00 20:38

My people did that to your people and have all y'all dudes caught up all day.

SPEAKER_03 20:44

Right. She she could have easily said that. Like, I come from that, that's nothing. I could hit the streets and be a street walker, yeah. You understand what I'm saying, and make the bread, you understand? So that's why it's like when we're saying that nothing wasn't Benefa, still in morality, right? Yeah, you understand what I'm saying? With morals, with respect, you know what I'm saying? Because that's what they did, like you said, that was the welfare system, and everybody respected that to the point where the Lord was like, nah, you gotta leave that behind for them. Yeah, so she was like, you know what? I'm gonna, you know, roll up my sleeves, and you know, like if you see, like sometimes you see a woman, uh, a woman as a garbage man, you understand what I'm saying, or a woman police officer, or a woman, and sometimes you'll look at that, you'll be like, ah, I wouldn't do that job. But again, like you're saying, it's like she could have gone another route, right? She could have just easily been a street walker, been a prostitute, but it's like, nah, I still gonna do something respectable, right? And that's what I I appreciate about her gleaning. Yeah, she because as a woman, she could have sold herself, you know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_01 21:43

And you know what's the awesome thing about that is that you're still seeing the discipleship of Naomi. Because how did she know about gleaning? She's not from that culture, she doesn't understand that culture. She came from a culture of street walking, you know what I'm saying? Of selling the buns, right? Right, so now she He's over here, and what is Naomi still teaching about the laws of God? So there's a law in place to help us people like us, to help the widows, to help those that are less fortunate. It's called the law of gleaning, where those that are generous, you know, those who have wealth should be generous, and those who are poor work hard, and everybody has the means to survive and eat. So she's teaching her about these things because she's because she knows the word of God. So because she's in the word, she's able to teach it and and be, you know what I'm saying, and be taken care of through the providence of God. Honest work, bro.

SPEAKER_04 22:33

And what's crazy though, remember, she was still a foreigner. She said that I may find favor. It wasn't guaranteed that she was gonna be go over there and be able to glean. You know, she still went there in faith, you know, knowing that um one, she like you said, she was a foreigner. So we read later on that the dudes there were aggressive, they could have done whatever they wanted to her in those streets and nothing would have happened. But but um, but yeah, we're seeing ridiculous character. I love how focused we are. She was, she wasn't double-minded, right? When she made that decision to go after God, she made that decision. Her family, where she could have had comfort in staying with her family in her own land, she was like, Nah, I'm chasing after God. And that's a characteristic that unfortunately we don't see it that often. A lot of people double-minded, a lot of Christians, you know what I mean? Like they're doing things on Sundays, but then they're also mingling with the world. And she wasn't like that. Her character was legit for God.

SPEAKER_00 23:30

So as we keep tabs on her character, you said that I may find favor and I see that humility in her knowing that I want to go out there and hopefully somebody has grace upon me to allow me to come into their property and glean. So, you know, we're seeing all of these characters with Ruth. It wasn't guaranteed.

SPEAKER_01 23:53

Right. See, I like that point when you uh uh what you brought out with with Ruth, how she wasn't um double-minded, especially because when you see now um how people put culture over God, you know what I'm saying? Easy to like, oh, I'm African American first, then God comes after you. You know what I'm saying? Or all these things.

SPEAKER_00 24:15

The African-Americanized God.

SPEAKER_01 24:16

Oh, you're right. It's it's all you know, you're a rapper first, and then I'm a rapper first, then I'm a Christian, right? Put God in black face. All these different, you know, little categories because God don't come first. Exactly. You know, so she was like, she gave up a culture, she gave up a family. How willing are people to give up their culture, you know, their urban culture, or whatever culture it is, to follow God and say God comes first.

SPEAKER_04 24:40

Amen.

SPEAKER_00 24:41

So Boaz, how how are we introduced to Boaz? What do we know about him so far? He was a high value man now. High value man, he was that dude, he was that dude.

SPEAKER_02 24:55

Listen, it says he was a man of great wealth, baby.

SPEAKER_00 24:58

Great wealth, great fame.

SPEAKER_04 25:00

Your word just says, yo, behold. Boaz. You know what I'm saying? When I walk into the room, that's that's what I'm saying. Behold. Filthy. Yeah. You know what I'm saying, bro?

SPEAKER_00 25:13

So so it says, right, and this is just a hint towards the sovereignty of God, where it says, Oh, it just so happened that she ended up going to his field, right? She doesn't know, she doesn't know Boaz. Uh Naomi doesn't know that whose field she's going to. Exactly. Right. We're privy to it, they're not, but we know there's no uh coincidences with God. Yes. We're seeing his sovereignty, right? Even the timing of when they got there during a time where there's, you know, um the crops are ready, the harvest is ready to be to be plucked. She's there, she realized she has to go out and be industrious, and she just so happened to end up in Boaz's field. So we introduced no coincidence of the word of God. God is in the back orchestrating everything, and we're Boaz, he's he's a man of great wealth, um he's also industrious himself. Yes. Um, you know, people know him. People know him in the community, you know, and what are his first words? The Lord be with you. And who is he talking to? His workers. He's talking to his workers. So now you see the interaction of how this man, you know, once he comes in, how he greets the people that worked for him. Yeah. And their response is is the same.

SPEAKER_04 26:41

And I think it's it it's also we as Christians, we have to make our work environment pleasant for those people around us. You know what I mean? If we're coming into work with attitudes, throwing things on because you had a bad day, you're not being an ambassador of Christ. You know what I mean? So um I love how those people who worked for him, who he could have been, you know, one of these bosses that were like, oh, you can't ever have a lunch break, you have to work 24-7. You know what I mean? No, but he was like, yo, the Lord bless you, the Lord be with you. And the fact that they responded to him the same way said that they also had a heart for their boss. You know, so like we're seeing another person with tremendous character.

SPEAKER_03 27:21

We're starting to see his character, and you're seeing the relationship, that's the relationship he had with his workers. It was it was godly. You understand what I'm saying? Because he starts off with the Lord be with you, and it's like the way he said it is like the way he greeted them was like how a priest would greet them. You know, like the language is like how the priest would greet you. So it was like you could tell he had like a priestly vibe about him. You understand what I'm saying? Like they knew this was a man of God, and that's the first words that come out of his mouth. It's like how much, how much y'all gleaned, what's going on, what's the tally? You know, it wasn't business first, right? It was yo, baby. How how you guys doing? Compassion, right? The Lord be with you. Like, what's going on? It was the Lord, you, it was about us first. It wasn't about the gleaning, it wasn't about the job. That was that wasn't his first interaction. The Lord be with you, and then like you said, the workers blessed him back because that's the relationship they had. And as we go on, you're gonna see how he was just thought this guy was really a down-to-earth, he was a real dude. So you know, even being a man of wealth, which is so important, right? You gotta be able to get it. Like he didn't, his wealth didn't get to his head where he's like, Yo, I'm rich, I'm a boss, you know, y'all see me, I better stand up straight. It wasn't like that. You understand what I'm saying? Salute me. He he greeted them first. He had virtue, right? You know how many people are in charge and are bosses, and when they like you said, when they come in, the workers gotta greet them. Everybody gotta nah. He was a he was you could tell his character. He walked in the room with his workers and he greeted them first. It was respect. He had respect for his workers. Where was he?

SPEAKER_04 28:58

He was in the field with them, right? Yeah, you know what I'm saying? He was in the field with his workers, and you think he was just watching? Nah, he was in there helping, lending a hand, doing this, this, and that.

SPEAKER_03 29:07

You sure there wasn't no whips, B? Field, could be workers. I'm just saying, dog. Trick trigger, trigger.

SPEAKER_02 29:14

When I hear field and workers be, I just you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_00 29:18

So he wasn't he wasn't able to, he wasn't scared to pull up his sleeve and get to work, and that shows humility because he didn't see that as being beneath him either. Right. Just like he didn't see him blessing his workers as being beneath him. And I think just like how Mike um brought up, certain people they they reach a status of you know, finance and they feel like certain things are beneath me. I can't talk to you. Who are you? Right? There's a whole culture, you know, celebrity culture, influencer culture, where that's the attitude, like yo, dog, you beneath me.

SPEAKER_04 29:55

Yeah, being wealthy is in a sense, you know what I mean? Like God uses wealthy, he blesses people all the time. So the way how you use that money to help people, which we see Boaz does, I mean that's important.

SPEAKER_00 30:07

So he comes in, and obviously listen, I gotta know what's going on in my territory. So he sees a new face, he sees somebody he probably doesn't recognize. So he's like, yo, who is this person? Right? You want me to read that? Yeah, let's let's read uh where you stop at five. Let's read five to nine.

SPEAKER_04 30:33

Alright, then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, whose young woman is this? So the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered and said, It is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab. And she said, Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came and has continued from morning until now, though she rested a little in the house. Then Boaz said to Ruth, You will listen, my daughter, will you not? Do not go to glean in another field, nor go from here, but stay close by my young women. Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Have I not commanded the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.

SPEAKER_00 31:29

So um he he knows what's going on. He's concerned, and he sees a new face, so he he inquires, Who's that? So um what did they say? This is this is the young mobile woman that came with Ruth. So now, obviously, this is something that's gone out, right? Maybe small community word gets around, you know, somebody reposted it, it goes viral.

SPEAKER_03 31:54

So everybody knows, you know, everybody knows it got retweeted everybody knows what's going on, they know who she is, right?

SPEAKER_00 32:02

Um and she acts, she acts, she came to them and asked for permission, right? So you see you see that uh that humility and that respect extends outside of the people you know, right? It's easy to respect and be humble to somebody that you know, you know, Ruth to be that to Naomi, but now she's coming. Remember, she's an alien, she's a stranger. Now she's coming in a strange land, people that she doesn't know, and she extends that. That shows you that's just who she is, her character. She's asking for permission. Yo, could I glean over here? You know what I'm saying? And the fact that there is gleaning on Boaz's territory shows you that Boaz is obedient to the word of God. To the word. There was a problem where you had men that were wealthy and had fields and had possession, and they didn't do this. Right. Yeah, they would take everything for themselves and not leave you know the outer crops so that gleaning could happen on their field. Or if people come in their field, they'll chase them out. And that was a problem with Israel, and then the Lord got mad. I think there was a something happened.

SPEAKER_03 33:15

I think he blasts them in one of the what minor prophet was that? He blasts.

SPEAKER_00 33:19

Yeah, he was like, Yo, y'all supposed to do this. This is this is the way I set it up so that those that are less fortunate, they'll be able to survive. So you could see the fact that on Boaz's, you know, on his territory, he was doing this. So this guy was obedient to what God said. You know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_04 33:37

Yeah, I love um when you when you trust in God, there's always gonna be enough. You know what I mean? Like he left the 25% or whatever it was for the for the poor people, but he was still wealthy. And then the one thing that I really love is how her her reputation, her character, her sacrifice went before her. People that she never even spoke to knew about her sacrifice and her love for her mother-in-law. You know what I mean? And to me, your reputation will always supersede you, whether it's good or whether it's bad. You know what I mean? So as Christians, we have to do a better job knowing that wherever we're at, even if it's in church, work, school, waiting for the bus, you know, people are watching you. They're watching for your character, they're watching for your reputation, and it won't go unnoticed if you're either you have a good reputation or you have a bad one. It's people are gonna know about it.

SPEAKER_01 34:30

You know, um that's a great point. I I love that. And I've heard one of the um preachers mention that uh as long as you don't worry about your character, but focus on God and God will fix your character. Keep your eyes on God, and God will continuously transform your character, and that will precede you, like you said. Yeah, but one of the problems I have is that you know, we don't get tone or inflection in the scriptures. So I was wondering, like, when Bo has said who that shorty over yo, who's that shorty? I knew that's when he was agent. So do you think he was like yo who's that shorty? Like, yo, yo, that shorty's kind of pop.

SPEAKER_00 35:12

Yo, who that be? I don't I don't think so. I don't think so.

SPEAKER_01 35:16

You don't think so?

SPEAKER_03 35:16

You don't think I'll tell you later on?

SPEAKER_00 35:18

And I'll tell I'll tell you why later. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 35:20

The thing about it is I think he's like you said, he saw a young woman, you know, um, like a new face, he's out there. And the thing about it is the way he reacts is concerned about her safety. You understand what I'm saying? Like, if you see the way he reacts, because she's young, so he he could tell, like you young, you like listen, he's been out there for a while. He knows the workers, he knows how people so you put she. I don't think Ruth got it the first time she did it. You understand what I'm saying? She's just new out there. You understand what I'm saying? So he probably saw, like, ah, you you fresh. This is your first time out here, you don't really know. And I think certain things stood out where he was like, nah, she's a young woman, and but it's just the way he reacted. It was just um, the guy's responsible.

SPEAKER_00 36:08

Yeah, but I mean he was like, yo, you're in my property. Who is that? Yeah, who is that? So it seems like he has he cares. Yeah, he cares. He's somebody that cares about his workers. And he, if he sees somebody new, listen, I gotta know what's happening. Right. So he was like, yo, you know, natural response. If you come someplace, you'd be like, yo, who's that? Obviously, she looked different than the other people. So you could tell that she's a stranger. Exactly. But she's from dress, she's from another. Right. So he was like, yo, who's that? And then they told her, yo, this is this person that, you know, obviously her her her reputation was was already, you know, throughout the community. Like people just knew about her. But he didn't connect the two when he saw her.

SPEAKER_04 36:50

I do agree that he he probably saw an attractive woman. You know what I mean? I don't know. I don't know. I think, yeah, because I think that her name means beauty or something in that aspect. But I think he saw an attractive woman. I think she was member. That's probably. I think she was bust up, but I don't think I don't think he why do you think he had to go out of his way to tell the dude don't touch her?

SPEAKER_03 37:15

Because she was no, because she was young, bro. I know, though.

SPEAKER_00 37:21

Wait, wait, first of all, there's nothing in the story that describes her physical appearance.

SPEAKER_04 37:25

So we know nothing about what her name means.

SPEAKER_00 37:28

We can't be talking about that's debatable.

SPEAKER_04 37:30

We can't be talking about everybody else's name means something back there, but hers doesn't. But that's debatable.

SPEAKER_00 37:35

Yeah. I went into it. I went into it. They weren't sure about the root word and what her name means.

SPEAKER_01 37:42

But I still think but most of the people agree that she it meant pleasant, though. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 37:46

But we just don't know what pleasant was Naomi. No, no, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, Roof is not sure.

SPEAKER_00 37:53

They weren't sure about what her name really is.

SPEAKER_03 37:56

Either way, yeah, and that's what it is. No, it's fine. To me, I think he saw a young woman. He cares. That's what he said, right? He saw a young woman, and the first thing he saw is a young woman out here gleaning. I know how the workers could get safety. That's why he you see what mode he went into. He called a daughter. Exactly. And that's why I said again, I think it was an age thing.

SPEAKER_00 38:19

So let me ask you, how do you think what I'm saying? How do you think Ruth was moving? She was probably doing it by herself. They was like, Yo, dog, she's been out here grinding from morning till night. That's what you know that she only rested for a little. And then he came to her. So they tell him who she is. Then he was like, Oh, that's when he realized who she is. Because Boas also hurt. No, no, no. I don't I don't know if yeah. He knew he was he also heard about her reputation and her character. So now he went to her and he starts speaking to her. So now he elevates her from this morbite alien, and he he kind of calls her daughter, and he says, Yo, stick to these other women over here in the clan. Right. Like, be safe, do things a certain way, right? Because it's dangerous out there. And then he was like, Yo, didn't you hear me tell the guys not to mess with you? So he probably told he probably gave instructions in a way where she would hear. So now, you know, obviously, as we get into the story, we're seeing that, yo, I'm gonna provide protection for you. Right? So now he's showing, now he his character is coming out about what type of dude he is. Like, yo, I'm a I'm a pro I'm a provider, I'm gonna provide protection for you. Yes, yo, you could glean, I'm gonna provide provision for you. So now he's communicating to her, right? And I think he's doing this to her. That's just cuz who he is. I don't know if there's any ulterior motives in it, but that's just the type of man he was.

SPEAKER_04 39:57

I just think you notice a young attractive woman with guilt.

SPEAKER_00 39:59

Why do you keep saying she's attractive? She was busted.

SPEAKER_04 40:02

She wasn't busted. She probably was like a five. And but I think it's important to know that a lot of the reason why he was like, a lot of the reason why he brought her in though was because of who Naomi was. Naomi was his was fat.

SPEAKER_00 40:17

Well, he he says why. And we're gonna read we're gonna read it too. Yo, me and my my daughter, we get into it all the time because she was bust. Like the only thing she wasn't was fat because she worked.

SPEAKER_03 40:31

She wasn't low, because it said she was young. She was just tender, younger, athletic, industrious, but she was busted.

SPEAKER_00 40:40

She gets upset when I see that. I don't know how Ruth looks. Yeah, we don't know how to read it. But I know, listen, we got stories of uh Abraham and Sarah. And I think it's on purpose. And he makes the I think the Lord doesn't say how she looked on purpose. Because he wants to highlight something else. Sarah, we know Sarah was attractive. Rachel. What happened? Yeah. Abraham got in trouble. Rachel. Or could have gotten her in trouble because of her beauty. Uh Rachel. Yep. With um Jacob. Jacob. Also, and Rebecca. And Rebecca. Right. And what's where's the other one where the the servant went? Even with that, she was attractive. No, was she attractive? Yeah, Rebecca.

SPEAKER_03 41:21

Rebecca, Rachel, and Sadie. Those are going to call out their beauty. Esther, Esther two.

SPEAKER_00 41:27

This one talk about how it's done on purpose. I think it's for a purpose.

SPEAKER_03 41:33

That's why I said because she was mid. Because I'm gonna show you, because I'm gonna show you something. When he asked the workers about her, the first thing he said, and she said, Please let me glean and gather. The first thing they talk about is her work.

unknown 41:44

Right.

SPEAKER_03 41:44

That's the first, they don't be like, oh, she, you know, the first thing they talk about is always so she came and has continued from mourning until now. It showed who she was. And though she rested a little, like you said, she was a hard worker. The part I love, then Boaz said to Roof, Will you listen, my daughter? Will you not? I love that's the first words he says to her. The first words he says to her is, Are you gonna listen?

SPEAKER_00 42:13

So that takes what?

SPEAKER_03 42:15

Dog, that takes humility, bro.

SPEAKER_00 42:17

Submission, right?

SPEAKER_03 42:18

And submission, but I love the fact that was the first, that's why I'm saying, like, looks-wise, his that wasn't who he was. That's not how he was looking. Right. You understand? The first thing he says to her is go, he goes, Will you listen? Will he looks at her, he says, my daughter, because she's a young woman, and the first question he asks her, the first words that come out board's mouth to Ruth is, will you listen? Because that's gonna tell me everything I need to know about you as a young woman. Will you listen? She was teachable. Will you she was boom? That's another word, that's another word. Uh teachable. Are you teachable? That's teachable. You ain't looking as a like as a man. I you'll be um when I read it, the first I was like, that's the first words that come out your mouth. Will you listen? Because if you listen, it'll tell me everything I need to know about your category.

SPEAKER_00 43:11

And on her side, based on what he says, it'll tell you everything that she needs to know about who he is. Right. She's able to do it. So that's how both sides work. So now he's saying, Will you listen? He's not gonna kick some game.

SPEAKER_05 43:25

Right, right, right, right.

SPEAKER_00 43:26

Or talk some madness. Right. He ain't um, you know what I'm saying? It ain't that. But he was like, yo, you're gonna listen because the things that I'm telling you is gonna be beneficial to you, right? Right. Because I'm I'm telling you things that are gonna bless you. I'm I'm gonna pour grace on you. Are you gonna accept it? Yep. So I think on both sides, they're seeing how they're recognizing these characters in each other. Yes, right. Because she's she's seeing, like, all right, because she don't have to listen.

SPEAKER_03 43:54

Yep.

SPEAKER_00 43:55

Let's like let's be real. Real talk. Like she didn't have to listen, be like, all right, but what are you saying? Right, right. But what is he saying? Right, right. He's talking about protection. He's talking about provision. That's something good. And of course, she should receive that.

SPEAKER_03 44:10

Right.

SPEAKER_00 44:10

You know what I'm saying? And on his end, he's like, all right, are you going to listen to what I'm saying? Because I'm saying it for your good. So now, are you going to stick with these women for your protection? Are you going to believe me when I say that yo, nobody over here is going to touch you because I already gave the order to these guys. Not to harass you, right? Not to try to holl at you. Not to treat you for your good.

SPEAKER_01 44:36

For your good, bro.

SPEAKER_00 44:37

Not to treat you poorly, not to treat you bad. And I think that's what he was saying.

SPEAKER_01 44:41

You know what? Quick little story. I mean, it's slightly off topic, but on topic. No, but like, this is one of the things like I um that when I was with Karen, I realized that I was in a I was gonna remain in a relationship with her. And mind you, uh, this was before we got saved. Um, and I remember we had gotten into an argument or we had some type of discussion, and then she actually, after the whole our conversation, whatever, I don't I don't remember what it exactly it was, but she apologized to me because she realized she was wrong. And that was the first woman out of all the women I dated in my unsaved life, right? All the women, and I was dumping people, you know, I was reckless. She was the first woman that apologized to me. And like the that's the first time I ever heard a woman say, I'm sorry, you are right. Because she actually listened to me. Yo, she actually listened to me, and that showed great humility because all the other women I've ever dated, there was always justifying things, and I probably could have, I mean, I'm usually yeah, I'm a dirt bag, you know what I'm saying? But they always justified, argued, and you know, I'm totally wrong, and they were always perfect, you don't get it, and all this. But she was the first one that actually owned up and said, I was wrong, forgive me. And she was the first woman ever to apologize to me, and that stuck with me, and that's how I'm like we remained together for so long because of that because I realized, yo, this woman actually listened.

SPEAKER_03 46:10

Yo, bro. And that changed everything for me. I'm telling you, it's like when I read it, it jumped off the page to me because I'm like, this is the first interaction that he's having with this woman. And the thing about it is he don't bark the orders, he's like, Will you listen? Like, it's like kind of like in this rhetorical question, you know what I'm saying? But it's like, will you listen? And and the thing he was just respect, right? Right, he even approached her and respect, right? And and he approached, like you said, it was showing his character because the way he he gave it to her, he gave it to her correctly, but it was just so important to him looking at her, is like, will you listen? You know, like that's important, that was important to him. You understand what I'm saying? And like you said, it's like even when you're dealing with women, you know, as men, those things is not that's why that's why I'm glad we had the argument about the beauty. They don't talk about the beauty when you're reading this. You're I'm looking at the things the Lord is highlighting, and he's highlighting this conversation, this back and forth. And I'm like, the first thing that came out your mouth was, Will you listen? Because that wasn't that's important, you know, especially like like like when we read about Adam and Eve, you know, it's like with Adam and Eve, we we know that Eve fell, and um, she didn't get it from the Lord, she got it from Adam. And the thing about it is that you didn't listen to what Adam relayed to you. You understand what I'm saying? You went and listened to the serpent. That's why you you got deceived. You understand what I'm saying? And then when you see the Lord later on, his beef with Adam is like, dog, my beef with you is that you listen to her. You know, that's what the Lord says in the New Testament. He said, Yo, you listened to her, you didn't listen to me. You know, so the thing about it is when it comes to the Lord, be we got his word, but will you listen? Right, will you listen when the voice of God speaks to you through his word? When the voice of God speaks to you to somebody else, will you listen? And this man was a voice of God for her at the time. And it was like when I saw it, I saw kind of like the Lord, like, even with me, like Mike, will you listen? You know, so it's so important, just you know, especially she was young, she's a young woman. You understand what I'm saying? And the thing about it is just something that I say to young women, like Dora, will you listen? When you hear from God, when you hear the word of God, when you hear correction, like you said, or or somebody's reproving you, or even um something to benefit you, something to help you out. Because that's that was what Boaz's stance was. He was like, I'm giving you this information to help you out. Will you listen, though? Will you listen?

SPEAKER_01 48:43

That's the question. Because that's the true faith. Because that's true faith, is trusting in the word. You listen and you trust in it, and you obey the word. That's that faith. Because if you don't listen, then you don't have faith. You don't trust in the word of God, you don't trust, you know.

SPEAKER_00 48:58

So that was it. Alright, so let's let's uh go from 10 to 13?

SPEAKER_04 49:04

Uh yeah. So she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner? And Boaz answered and said to her, It has been fully reported to me all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people whom you did not know before. The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge. Keep going, no, no. Oh, then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my Lord, for you have comforted me and have spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your maidservants. I think you should you can keep going. Now Boaz said to her at mealtime, Come here and eat of the bread, and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar. So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed parched grain to her, and she ate and was satisfied, and kept some back. And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her, and let grain from the bundles fall purposely for her, leave it that she may glean and do not rebuke her. So she gleaned in the field until evening and beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an epa of barley. Then she took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned, so she brought out and gave to her what she had kept back after she had been satisfied.

SPEAKER_00 50:51

So um, what what is Boaz attracted to? Because now again, you know, we're we're seeing these uh uh these characters, she falls on her face. It's humility, humility. She's like, you know, like why? Why are you I I don't even deserve this. I'm grateful, right? So you see the gratefulness in her.

SPEAKER_01 51:16

And she says she's she's also seeing that she's she's being dealt with by grace. Because she says, I found favor in your eyes, I found grace, like I don't deserve this because I'm a like you said earlier, I'm an alien. Now you're treating me as a citizen. As one of your own. As one of your own. And then what does he say? He was like, I heard your rep.

SPEAKER_03 51:36

Your reputation. Your reputation, Ma. I heard it. I heard about you. That's it. It wasn't, it wasn't, and the thing, but the thing she didn't know that.

SPEAKER_00 51:46

Nah.

SPEAKER_03 51:46

That's why I like how he stepped to her. You know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_00 51:50

But that's why he stepped to her.

SPEAKER_03 51:51

Right, that's why he stepped to her, but the way he stepped, that's why, that's why I'm like, he didn't come off the off the rip, like, yo, I heard about you. Da da da da da da da. It wasn't, it was like, I heard about you. Will you listen? All right, go do da da da da da da da da. Let me see if it match up from what I heard. You understand what I'm saying? That was because he was a real dude. He was like, Yeah, yeah, I heard about it, but let me, I'm seeing it now. You understand what I'm saying? And when she bowed down, the humility, he was like, Yeah, you are exactly what I heard. Everything that I heard is real, it's matching up. You understand what I'm saying? It's really matching up because you could have heard all of that, and when you saw her, it was you know what I mean? It's you know, my mom here, my city girl. He's like, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. I got bad information, I got bad information. Things ain't matching up. That's why I love the way he stepped to her. Will you listen? Let me see if it matches up. And my thing is I think they matched up.

SPEAKER_00 52:54

Once she bowed down the humility, he was like, I think that the reason that he even engaged was because of that. He probably been like, who's that? Oh, some widow. Uh make sure she died. Right. Yo, I don't want no lawsuits, make sure nothing happened to her. Oh, my problem.

SPEAKER_03 53:13

Make sure she don't meet. That's why he probably was like, yo, go sleep with the young woman. I don't want no me too cased up in the house.

SPEAKER_00 53:19

You know what's it my business is running good, baby. So it seems like me too. As soon as they said, yo, this is this is Ruth, he engaged with her. No, definitely. And then she's like, This is confusing. I'm an alien. I don't understand why I'm getting all this grace. And he answers her and says, Yo, this is why. Because I heard about you.

SPEAKER_03 53:41

Right.

SPEAKER_00 53:41

And I think that's what attracted him. No, definitely, you know, to who she is. And I think that's a big reason why, you know, her description isn't described in the story. Yes. So again, now when if we're putting this in the context of, you know, boy meets girl and relationships and finding um somebody to be with, right? Yep. And marriage, because that's how the story ends. What are you communicating, you know, to that person? And what is that person communicating to you? Like, we're seeing this, right? And and we're seeing how Boaz Um is moving off of her reputation, off of a character, off of what he did, that he was so intrigued. And I don't even think it's on a romance, like a romance. No, no, it's kind of like he was like, I'm trying to get with you. It wasn't even that. He was like a character. Yo, you're special. Right. Going back to, you know, in the beginning last week, when I was talking about, all right, why did God even decide to, you know, give us four chapters about this boy meets girl story? God is looking at Ruth like you're special. And Boaz recognized that. Right? And you're special because of this relationship that you have with God. Because you left and you came over to live with the people that are following the true and living God, and Boaz sees that. So Boaz is seeing her spirituality, and he's attracted to that. So now, you know, again, so if you want to, you know, application into you know the world, what are you attracted to? You know, is it a big butt and a smile? And hopefully she's Christian. Nah, that's poison, D. That's poison. That's poison.

SPEAKER_04 55:32

Bell bit of the bell. Yo, bro. You know what I'm saying? Verse 10 to me, like destroyed me when I was reading it, whatever, a week or two ago, just because I see I see Jesus in that, right? When we as Christians come to the point in our walks where the grace of God thrust us on our knees and on our face, and we asked this question to Jesus, why have I found favor in your eyes? You know, uh, what did you say? Um, since I am a foreigner. And what does the word tell us? While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us, right? While I was a foreigner, while I was not part of his family, he still died for me. And when you finally come to that that that place in your walk where you the grace of God just overwhelms you, it's the best place to be. And I love when the Lord breaks me every now and then when I forget about his grace. But yeah, verse 10 to me was was extremely powerful in this chapter.

SPEAKER_03 56:27

Yeah, I mean, that was the ultimate, like seeing it in the scriptures, though, that was like the ultimate act of humility, bro. Like, you know, it says she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground. You know, like you can't get more humble, you can't, like, it's just straight to the floor, face to the floor. Like, yo, she was really grateful, really humble, like just like you said, is this her character. And you know, again, like when you get saved, that's what happens. You understand what I'm saying? Because you understood where you came from, you understood the gods you were serving, you understood that land you came from. You was you came from the streets, and you know the streets don't love nobody. Right. Streets is cold, bro. The streets don't love you. You understand what I'm saying? And when you come into the house of bread and you meet, you know, you meet Jesus, right? The God of the house, and you meet Jesus, who's just just so much full of grace and and like, you know, just humility of who he is, you know, just how he dealt with with Ruth. You you you know, his character is what flawed her. Right. You understand? It wasn't the fact that he was wealthy, it wasn't the fact that he owned all of this stuff, it wasn't the fact that he had workers listening to him. Nah, B. It was his character that flawed her. You know, and it's the same thing with God. Uh it's God's character that floors us.

SPEAKER_00 57:53

So so he says, you know, he answers her question, and then after that, he even, you know, he blesses her. All right, he he prays to God to, you know, in verse 12, the Lord repay your work, and a full reward will be given to you by the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge. So he even pronounced a blessing to her for her actions, for what you did. Like, yo, double. May the Lord give you double. So we see that interaction, and then afterwards, um, obviously he elevates her. Come sit down and eat with us, right?

SPEAKER_03 58:32

I like the fact that he said, you know, it's the Lord that's blessing you, it ain't me. Right. This ain't coming from me. And mind you, this was his wealth, but when he was giving it to her, he was like, This is God's, bro. And it shows you how he thought about his wealth. Right. He didn't think about his wealth like, you know, I'm a hard worker, and this is I I own all of this. I made this, look what my hands produced. It was like, nah, this is coming from God, and that's why I'm able to bless you.

SPEAKER_01 58:56

And I like it because the when he specifically says, Under whose wings you have come for refuge, that's exactly out of um Psalms 91 and 4 where he says, He shall cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you shall take refuge. So it's showing you that this is a man of God, you know, he's in his word, and that's the same statement that Jesus said when he walked into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, right? He's like, I wish, you know, that you guys would listen to me and known the day of your visitation. I would have loved to gather you as a hand-gathered, you know, it's his kids, you know what I'm saying? Talking about that refuge, you know, when you come and you serve God and believe in God. So he's showing, you know, he's telling you this, yo, that may the Lord bless you, pronouncing this amazing blessing because she left all to follow the one and true living God.

SPEAKER_00 59:41

So as as she um now as she put his word to the test, right, because he said all these things, all right. Sounds good. Sounds good. So now what? He invites her to come and and have supper with them. So she eats to the point where she's satisfied and there's left over that she's able to save up for later, right? And then she's gonna even bring it back to her mother-in-law, and not only that, he says to the young men, yo, leave extra. Like, leave extra for her. So now you see, yo, this guy is going above and beyond what he has to do, right? Right? Like, you said, okay, you guys had to leave the 25%. Nah, he was like, yo, I'm gonna put an extra 15, I'm gonna put an extra 20 on there. So now just to see his obedience to God, of yeah, I'm not just doing the basics, like he goes above and beyond. So now he's really showing you, he's really backing up his words. Right, he's putting his money where his mouth is. You know what I'm saying? So this is this is real, it's not, it's not for show. He's not talking to her just to try to game her. That I don't even think that's his intention. Nah, that's not who he is, but he's just a virtuous man, he's just a man of God, and you see that in his character. And he he pronounces a blessing on her, but then you see the Lord using him to fulfill that blessing. Where he's like, Yo, give her extra, where at the end she has a whole epha of barley, which is like a week of food, right?

SPEAKER_03 1:01:22

Yeah, it's like because even before the food, you know, again, what was portrayed to him was humility, was was gratefulness, and then in return, you see, then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, for my lord has comforted me. It was, you know, the interaction, the first interaction was real, it was spiritual, right? And then came the provision. You understand what I'm saying? So it was like their first interaction with each other was character, it was spiritual, it was real, it was mental, it was the it was the intangibles. And then, you know, like you said, that it that's gonna be the fruit of what's real. You understand what I'm saying? And the fruit because he's really that dude, like you said, his character showed where he was like, yo, leave extra. Make sure you drop extra for her, you know, and even the part where he says, now Boaz said to her at me at mealtime, come here and eat the bread. And like I was reading something, it was like, because she was a foreigner, she probably stayed away a little bit. Yeah, yeah. Because it's like, yo, I'm not really Israel, I'm not really part of y'all. But the way he was like, come here, was like, nah, you part of what you're welcome. You welcome, come sit down to the point where he was like, yo, dip your bread in that vinegar, like, you know, instructing her still, but still in a sense, like, nah, you part. Because she probably had reserve because she was so respectful, she was so humble, she probably was, you know, had that fear there, but Boaz was removing all that, all that uh uh reservation that she probably had, like, yo, nah, be free, you know. It says, and she ate and was satisfied and kept some back, like fill her up, like take seconds, take thirds. So overflow, overflow. It was an overflow.

SPEAKER_04 1:03:04

What I love about that part right there is that even in the midst of her blessing, she was thinking about um Naomi. When I see that she she was satisfied, I don't think that she was ridiculously full, but she even then she was like, Let me save some for Naomi. You know what I mean? And to me, like, how how amazing does this woman sound? We keep saying character, character, character, but that's what she had was an amazing character. Just to always in the middle of her blessing, she was still thinking about other people.

SPEAKER_03 1:03:35

Yo, son, you ever be in the house and a woman come home with a plate from the function? How good does that feel, B? Because you was right, it's not about the food, it's the you thought of me. You was over there filling your better for when you just sitting in the crib, you chilling, and a woman brings home a plate from the function she came from. Like, like, you know how much, and you know, I always thought about that. I was like, you know how much humility that takes? Like uh, yeah, you understand what I'm saying? Yeah, I mean, I mean, people do it because they just greedy sometimes, but you know the ones that's like, nah, I ain't. I'm thinking about my husband. You know what I'm saying? I'm thinking about my man, I'm thinking about my son, like what that kind of woman who's like, nah, I gotta bring home, and then you get that function plate. That little libby function, you like the mac and that's why you that I love that.

SPEAKER_04 1:04:41

I love that I'm gonna send it to a barbecue by the cell.

SPEAKER_02 1:04:56

Let me the test. I'll be an upstream. Let me see if you come home with a function. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:05:06

See how much you love me.

SPEAKER_01 1:05:08

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's a test, that's a test, but let's go. Yeah, but you know, I I really, I really love how you're talking about Boaz, how he goes above and beyond the law. And he's um he is demonstrating like Michael 6.8 when he says, when God says to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk with me, right? Um, to be humble to your God, humble with your God. Like he not only did the justice in terms of like, I'm gonna follow the laws of gleamy, but he says, But I'm gonna show mercy because I'm gonna go above and beyond the law because I know you're a widow. So you see this man's stellar character.

SPEAKER_04 1:05:44

Who else goes above and beyond God? God named Jesus, right? We don't deserve a percentage of the of the kindness.

SPEAKER_03 1:05:53

And the crazy thing about Jesus, Jesus be like, I got everything.

SPEAKER_04 1:05:56

Yeah, yo, and we haven't even seen what. He really has to do that. Until we get into eternity, you know?

SPEAKER_00 1:06:03

Right. Alright, so let's finish the chapter. 19 to 23.

SPEAKER_04 1:06:08

And her mother-in-law said to her, Where have you gleaned today? And where did you work? Blessed be the one who took notice of you. So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, The man's name with whom I work today is Boaz. Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of the Lord who has not forsaken his kindness to the living and the dead. And Naomi said to her, This man is a relation of ours, one of our close relatives. Ruth the Moabites said, He also said to me, You shall stay close by my young men until they have finished all my harvests. And Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, and that people do not meet you in any other field. So she stayed close by the young women of Boaz to glean until the end of barley harvest and wheat harvest, and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:09

So Naomi seemed surprised, like, yo, where'd you where you got all of this from? Right. Just from one day's work and you bring in, you bringing in all this barley, all this food, uh man, he was like, Yo, who, who, um, bless is the one who took notice of you. Like, somebody actually hooked you up. Right? So, um, so you know, Ruth is just like, oh yeah, I just, you know, this guy, Boaz's field, you know, and he he actually treated me good, right?

SPEAKER_04 1:07:40

And I think that we gave her a little a little slack for blaming God when things were bad. But here, yeah, she thanked God when things were good. You know, she didn't thank, she didn't say, Oh, uh, you know, Ruth, you did an amazing job. She was like, This was the Lord's kindness, you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_00 1:07:58

And she said the Lord is blessing the living, right? She's blessing her and Ruth by providing provision and the dead. So now Naomi's already thinking about, all right, you know, this inheritance that we potentially could lose. Boaz is a kingsman redeemer to be able to, you know, get that back and continue the name of her son that day. Yes, that was the motive, dog. That's why she was so surprised because now she's hearing Boaz and she was like, wait, he hooked you up. So now her mind is already, you know, Naomi, her mind is already moving. And again, with the whole um the advice. Now she gives her advice, right? Again, with the with the older seasoned women, you know, leading and pouring in wisdom into the young woman. She was like, yo, don't let nobody see you in any other field. You're gonna continue going over there. To me, I'm reading the story. Ruth is probably clueless, like, yeah, yeah. I just went out. Matter of fact, I'm tired. Ruth is like, yo, I'm tired. I'm tired and I'm fooled. Here's the rest of the food. I got the itis, b. I just yo, this guy filled. I gotta, I'm gonna go back out there and work. Because Ruth is like a hustle, ready to work. Dog, and you know, you you can see Naomi, she's able to figure it out and help her. Because Naomi's still like, I need you to be situated for the rest of your life. I need you secure for the rest of your life. And to me, as I read it, she's still figuring it out, and now she's realizing the Lord is involved.

SPEAKER_01 1:09:41

Yo, and that's the thing. That's what it's about. I think like when she said this, when she said, blessed be the Lord, yeah. I think she was like shocked, amazement, and awe. And she realized, yo, we really do have the true and living God. It ain't coincidence to put this together like this. You know what I'm saying? Because you see it in our lives, like things when things happen, you're like, yo, that was the Lord. And I think she was in total shock, awe, and amazement at that moment.

SPEAKER_03 1:10:09

Yeah, no, definitely. It's it's um like even like Naomi, she quickly went into that mode. You understand what I'm saying? Because you gotta understand, when before they left for Bethlehem, that was the motive. You understand? Because again, like we let's not forget, like, when she was like, Your dog, I don't have nothing to give you guys. I want you guys to have husbands, I want you guys to have provision, protection. Like, she was constantly, that was something that was on her mind for her young daughter-in-law. You understand what I'm saying? So as soon as she heard Boaz, she was like, Oh, this is how it's gonna happen. You understand what I'm saying? Right, like, so you could tell that even when Ruth clung to her and moved with her, that wasn't something that she let go. She probably was constantly still praying for that, right? You understand? Like, yo, I need to find a husband for yo, because she's getting up seeing her daughter-in-law go out, work, right? You know, she's like, Yo, bro, I want rest for you. Exactly. That's my goal for you as a woman. I want rest with for you, and for me to have rest for you, you need a man. Yep, I gotta get you a man. You understand what I'm saying? So that's why she's watching um Ruth get up and work. Like, like you gotta understand how the worker says, Yo, she started from morning, little rest.

SPEAKER_02 1:11:27

You know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_03 1:11:28

You come in smelling like the field, she's you know what I mean? She's coming in tired, and she's she's like, I don't want this life for you. I don't want you to be a single woman out here working like a dog. There's no rest in it, and there's no rest in that, and no protection, no protection, an easier, better life for you is to get a husband, to get a man. You could do it.

SPEAKER_04 1:11:49

And Naomi Physically, you could do it, but there ain't no rest in this.

SPEAKER_03 1:11:52

No, but she was she was like, she understood the situation, like, okay, this is a temporal situation. She's like, but I don't want this to be your life, right? I want your life to be that you have somebody, you know, to be a rat race in chapter one, verse nine.

SPEAKER_00 1:12:07

Naomi said, The Lord grant that you may find rest each in the house of her husband. She realized that the Lord is gonna answer that prayer right now, right? She's seeing it. Yep, she's seeing the finish line. She's seeing now, she's seeing how this is gonna all work out, right? Because she came in, yo, who blessed you? And she was like, Oh, yeah, and this guy named Boaz. Oh, yeah, and he was great, he was nice. You know, he said this, he said protection. Though you think Naomi's like, she she knows she OG, Naomi OG status. Yeah, so in her mind, she's like, the Lord, you're gonna bless the living, and you're gonna can my son's name is gonna continue, the family's name is gonna be able to continue. Cause now Boaz is a relative and he's gonna be our redeemer. You'll be her mind just moved, and you know, is it's dope.

SPEAKER_03 1:12:57

They need to put Naomi on the view, big. You think if Naomi was on the view, they would they would be there would be a lot of there would be a lot uh young women out here be getting saved. I'm just saying.

SPEAKER_01 1:13:09

She probably needs to cancel the view. So, but I mean, quick little thing. I mean, just for us to like, so we've been throwing the word out around, the kinsman, you know, redeemer. Like, so Naomi understand that and um and the whole law behind it and the meaning behind it. So the kinsman redeemer, so um Did Did she say that yet? No, well, she said she said he's a a close relative, he was our relative, yeah, close relative relationship. Which the word that is actually used as a kinsman is go out, right? Which means kinsman redeemer. Yeah, um, so it's so now the kinsman redeemer is a person that's um responsible to buy uh a fellow Israelite out of slavery. So that's one of the responsibilities of a kinsman redeemer. He's also responsible to be an avenger of blood, um, to make sure that uh the murder of a family member answers to the crime, right? So pursue criminal with justice. He's also responsible to buy back family land that had been forfeited, like you had mentioned earlier. And he's also responsible to carry on the family name by marrying a childless widow, right? Um, so so it is to safeguard the person, the property, and the posterity. Right, the legacy, right? The legacy. So he's thinking about that, right? So that's the whole purpose of, and God put that in place, you know, to protect, you know, the the widows and things like that, and to protect the land. Because like you even see it in in Jeremiah. I'm currently reading Jeremiah, and he had God said, Yo, buy this land. And like generally, you know, because he was going to go into captivity. But the purpose is that, yo, after captivity, that his relatives, you know, would be able to come and reclaim that land so that Israel still has a portion of this inheritance. So we're seeing this.

SPEAKER_03 1:14:55

And it's crazy because her husband's dead, her sons is dead, but she's still thinking about the legacy of this family, right? You know, she didn't just wash it off. It was like, nah, this this is a way that my my young bird with one star.

SPEAKER_00 1:15:08

Right, my young daughter-in-law could get her husband and get provided for and find some rest, and we could still have this legacy, and it would have been that's dope, it would have helped her out too, because now she's like, All right, I'll be able to have support until I'm put in the ground.

SPEAKER_04 1:15:23

Yeah, I don't think um, I don't get the feeling that she was thinking about herself.

SPEAKER_00 1:15:27

No, she wasn't thinking about herself, but she but uh in her mind it was like she blessed the Lord.

SPEAKER_04 1:15:33

She loved her like a daughter, you know?

SPEAKER_00 1:15:35

So she was like, yo, the Lord is in this, right? So now he's seeing it. So now, you know, the way the author put in, it just so happened. Like these are coincidences. Like, we know it's not any coincidence, we know that this is you know God working in the background, but the light bulb just went off in Naomi's head. Yeah, right. So now she's kind of seeing it and putting it together.

SPEAKER_04 1:15:57

But quick question that you guys in 23 it says she stayed with till the end of the barley and the in the wheat harvest. Do you guys know how much time that was? I don't know. I'm just asking. Three months. Three months? Yeah. So three months of her being in the field and and Boaz and her sort of communicating, right? So three months and then they got married.

SPEAKER_01 1:16:18

So it's it's three three months, three months pain. Are you looking for a timeline on when you should get married? When you start kicking into Shorty, when you start going back and forth in the movie, we're gonna we're gonna get into that.

SPEAKER_00 1:16:30

Next week in the next chapter, we'll get into it.

SPEAKER_04 1:16:33

So Shorty's been on let's wait four years.

SPEAKER_00 1:16:36

But that that's actual the time span. So you know, there was just every like she came in, she had enough for a week. You know, maybe when it started going out, she went back out. I don't know if she was going out every single day, but yeah, that one barley was enough for like a week. Like a week of weed, a week of grain. Yeah, but then when it ran out, she would go by. So it was a three month, like when it says she continued, this the time span was three months.

SPEAKER_03 1:17:06

And the reason why I think she was thinking about the legacy because it says in 20, then my Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of the Lord who has not forsaken his kindness to the living and the dead. And the dead yeah, I know that's what right. So that's why I'm like, she she really wanted, you know, her her daughter-in-law to be provided for and protected. So she was like, I need to get this young woman a man, but she understood when it was Boaz, she like, like you said, it clicked. Kingsman Redema, the legacy, she knew all of that, you know. So she's like, even my dead husband, this is a close relative of his, he can carry on, like you said, that that is it, right? The Leverett marriage, you know what I mean? He can carry on the card.

SPEAKER_04 1:17:49

Why wasn't it to Naomi that he should have got married? She probably was in menopause.

SPEAKER_00 1:17:57

No, uh because she uh her son. So that's why the character, the relation is not described, like we don't know exactly how Boaz is related.

SPEAKER_03 1:18:06

I think it was related to her husband. But it shouldn't have mattered, even if it was a close brother, he still could have. Yeah, because the thing is she couldn't, she couldn't. I think it was because she was like she said, my womb is done.

SPEAKER_01 1:18:16

Yeah, remember she had a child. And she was thinking about the legacy, yeah. And Ruth was married to Malan, and Malan is a direct son of Elimelech. So Elimelech, Malan, and then the next would be Malan's son, right?

SPEAKER_00 1:18:29

So it has to continue from the through that line and not up. You're going up one.

SPEAKER_04 1:18:34

Okay, okay.

SPEAKER_00 1:18:36

If Naomi had no kids, no kids, then he would have had to say. Okay, I see what you're saying. Yeah, right. Yeah, but but to the point that you made, you see how you know her prayers, like the Lord, he blessed, he overblessed. Overblessed, right? Just like, you know, the character of um Boaz, yeah, where he overblessed Ruth and gave her extra, I went above and beyond. Even in uh Naomi's statement, he was like, yo, you bless the living and the dead. Right. Like once I word up. You know what I'm saying? Like, how do you do that? You could have been like, You just blessed the living, like good, like nah. Right. He's gone. And you see. But I'm still gonna get his name to come. So now you're seeing the characters and you're seeing how Boaz's character, he's a man of God. He's a godly man. Because God is the same way. He overdo it, he overblesses.

SPEAKER_03 1:19:30

And the thing about that, what's so beautiful, it shows that dog, God is over death. Yeah. Yes. Dog, you understand what I'm saying? Like dead, like death is not gonna stop him from doing what he's doing because he has power over death, bro.

SPEAKER_04 1:19:47

If I had a family and I was dead, I ain't gonna be no angel watching over them. God's gonna be taking care of them. You know what I'm saying? Like, oh, this guardian angel. So the RIP shirts don't make you no RIP shirts. You know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_03 1:19:59

I was gonna make you a dope one too.

SPEAKER_01 1:20:01

But and you know what? What I what I keep thinking about though is that how um how God, dang, I just my frame of thought just got lost. Yeah, because the episode's done. Let's go. Matter of fact, pray. That's what you said. The Lord's like, pray, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:20:20

You're about to go jibber.

SPEAKER_01 1:20:21

Oh, Heavenly Father, you remember it next week. We thank you so very much for this opportunity to just um just get into your word and to see uh how you look in the characters of men and women um and how you love us so dearly by sending your son Jesus, Lord God. Lord, we pray for the same character to be in us, Lord God, so that we may be constantly be transformed and conformed to the image of your son. And we pray to all so that um to you that whoever is listening, Lord God, that they may understand how you go above and beyond, so far above and beyond that you went to the cross, to the point of death, so that you could save us who are lost sinners headed straight to hell. But your love and your grace went above and beyond to the cross so that you may save us. Lord, and we thank you for that and we glorify you for that. And we just pray that all those who are listening that they come to that point, come to the foot of the cross, so that they may receive that same abundant blessing, to be born again, and to be able to worship you and enter into your rest. We thank you and we glorify you in the mighty name of your son Jesus.

SPEAKER_05 1:21:25

Amen.