New Beginnings: Lesson 3

Overview

Eve: The Beginning We Long For

Eve's story in Genesis 2:18–24 shows us the beginning every human heart still longs for: man and woman in unbroken communion with God, with each other, and with all creation. But in Genesis 3 sin enters not as something obviously dark or grotesque but as something that "looked good," "was a delight to the eyes," and seemed to promise wisdom. Temptation rarely announces itself; it often appears desirable. When Adam and Eve realized their nakedness, they sewed fig leaves to cover themselves—a picture of how we still try to cover sin with our own efforts and good works. God was not fooled. He saw through the leaves, and in mercy He clothed them. So it is with us: we cannot stitch our way back to righteousness, but God Himself clothes us in Christ. Through Eve, the mother of all living, came the curse of sin—and also the promise of the Redeemer who would crush the serpent.

Ruth: The Outsider Brought In

Ruth's story unfolds against a stark legal backdrop. The Moabites descended from Lot's daughters' incestuous union Genesis 19:30–38, and Deuteronomy 23:3 explicitly barred Moabites from the assembly of the Lord. Yet when famine drove Naomi's family to Moab and tragedy left her widowed and childless Ruth 1, Ruth the Moabite clung to her mother-in-law and to Naomi's God. By every legal and cultural measure, Ruth did not belong.

Enter Boaz, a kinsman of Naomi's late husband Elimelech. In Ruth 2:8–16, Boaz extends extraordinary kindness to Ruth—protection, food, and abundant gleaning—generosity that goes far beyond duty. The story then turns on two specific provisions of the Law: levirate marriage Deuteronomy 25:5–6, in which a near relative raises up offspring for a deceased kinsman, and the redemption of land by a near kinsman Leviticus 25:23–25. In Ruth 4, Boaz goes to the city gate, confronts the nearer kinsman, and lawfully secures both the field and Ruth as his wife. The nearer relative refuses lest he damage his own inheritance—but Boaz willingly takes on the cost of redemption.

A Redeemer in the Line of David

Ruth bears Obed, who fathers Jesse, who fathers David—and from David's line comes Jesus. The Moabite outsider, by every reckoning excluded, becomes a great-grandmother of Israel's king and an ancestor of the Messiah. This is not coincidence; it is grace woven into the genealogy of salvation.

Paul makes the point explicit. In Romans 15:8–12, Christ becomes a servant to confirm God's promises and to bring the Gentiles to glorify God for His mercy. And in Galatians 3:23–29, Paul declares that in Christ Jesus there is no longer Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female—all who belong to Christ are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to the promise.

Pastoral Application

Eve's beginning is what we long for; Ruth's beginning is what we have received. Like Ruth, we were outsiders with no claim, no standing, no inheritance. Yet a Redeemer who was not obligated has paid the full cost to bring us in—not with fig leaves of our own works but with His righteousness. When you are tempted to think you must cover your own sin, or that your past, your bloodline, or your failures place you outside God's family, remember Ruth at Boaz's feet and Christ at the cross. The same God who wrote a Moabite widow into the line of the Messiah has written you into His family by faith. He has taken hold of you and will not let you go.

Transcript

Thank you so much. 3s

Lord, we thank you so much. 3s

We thank you for this beautiful day. 5s

We thank you for this blessed church that you have called us to be a part of. 7s

We thank you so much for your gracious word. 13s

We thank you that in you alone, we have every beginning and we are sustained by you alone. 17s

And we are promised eternal life with you alone. 24s

Lord, we ask that you would bless this time of study, that the previous saints who have gone before us, 28s

that we will study about today, that through their lives we will be drawn closer to you and know you better, 37s

and know how you are full of grace, full of forgiveness, and love us fully. 45s

Lord, we lift this all to you in the name of Jesus Christ. 53s

Amen. 56s

Okay, so we are going to talk about a couple of little bit of the Bible. 57s

So we are going to talk mostly about one, and I was debating on which way we would go. 64s

And so if you have not been in service yet this morning, 70s

Pastor Eibel is going to start his sermon setting a really high bar for the teacher. 75s

As he was preaching, I went, I have adult ed today. 80s

This is scary. 85s

But so we are going to start with the women of all women. 87s

We are going to start with Eve. 92s

We are going to start with Eve. 94s

So let's go ahead and go to Genesis chapter 2. 96s

And we are not going to spend a huge amount of time on Eve, 101s

but I feel like we have to at least go there since she is the first woman. 105s

So Genesis chapter 2, that's the first book in the Bible, the second chapter, verse 18. 113s

We are going to start with where it says, then the Lord God said, 120s

it is not good that the man should be alone. 124s

I will make him a helper as his partner. 126s

So then let's jump down to verse 21. 130s

So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man and closed, 133s

and he slept. 138s

Then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 138s

And the Lord God had taken from the man. 142s

He made into a woman and brought her to the man. 146s

Then the man said, this at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. 149s

This one shall be called woman for out of man this one was taken. 154s

Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife and they become one flesh. 158s

And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. 163s

So let's jump over, I guess actually it's not even jumping over. 167s

We're just going to the next chapter. 171s

Chapter 3. 174s

So man and woman are created and they are partners. 175s

Eve or woman is man's helpmate, partner. 179s

And they are given dominion over creation to serve the Lord in creation. 183s

So let's jump to chapter 3. 192s

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made. 194s

He said to the woman, did God say you shall not eat from any tree in the garden? 199s

The woman said to the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden. 205s

But God said you shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden. 210s

Nor shall you touch it or you shall die. 215s

But the serpent said to the woman, you will not die. 218s

For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God knowing good and evil. 221s

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired and make one wise, 228s

she took of its fruit and ate. 238s

And she also gave some to her husband who was with her and he ate. 240s

Then the eyes of both were opened and they knew that they were naked and they sowed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves. 244s

So, Eve, everything, everything was perfect, everything was good, man and woman, Adam and Eve living in the garden of Eden as life should be. 253s

Walking in the garden of Eden with God, there was no sin. 269s

Until. Until. Until Eve was tempted. 280s

And I find it really interesting that she is tempted not by, you know, we think of sin and we have this sort of mental picture of grossness and darkness and whatever, you know, that is in our minds or we think of the, every time I hear the word the devil, I still, 287s

and I try so hard not to, but John Loveitz as the devil on SNL pops into my head with his red costume and his horns. 305s

So, but we have these sort of pictures of what the devil is or what evil sin is and we think of bad things. 313s

But Eve is tempted and she sees that this is good or so it looks and that this is desirable and she partakes of the food of the fruit 325s

because it is so tempting. It looks so good and the serpent uses such crafty words. 341s

He doesn't sound wicked or evil. And so that's one of the things that I like to talk about with the Comfort Man's that when we sin, it's not always clear. 351s

It's not always clear like are you going to do good or bad, right? I mean we sometimes the bad looks really enticing and looks like it should be good, but it doesn't mean that it is. 365s

So, so she is named Eve, she is the mother of all living. And I find it really interesting that she and Adam when they sin, what do they do? 380s

They realize that they're naked and so they make for themselves coverings and they try to cover themselves up. 392s

And we can think of those big leaves as our good works too, right? Like we try to cover our sin up. 399s

We try to cover our sinful deeds up with better deeds, with good deeds. And so we're in this constant farce of trying to cover up for our own sin by weaving together these leaves of good works. 408s

And the matter is that God still sees them and he says, who told you you're naked? Who told you he sees right through them? He knows. 427s

And so he gives them garments, he gives them clothing and he clothes them. And we in our sin, we can try all we want to sow some leaves together, we can try all we want to make things right in our own power, but we're not going to get anywhere and we're not fooling God certainly. 436s

But it is God who clothes us with Christ. It is God who puts the righteousness, the garment of righteousness upon us. And so through Christ we have our redemption. 462s

So what's interesting to me about Eve in the scheme or the big picture of new beginnings is that really Eve was, her beginning was what we desire. 475s

Her beginning was exactly what we desire. She was in perfect relationship with man and with God and with all creation. So her beginning was what we seek. 493s

She also, through Eve, were promised our new beginning because through Eve were promised redemption through the man that would come through Jesus Christ. 508s

So Eve is kind of an interesting, interesting woman of the Bible when we think about new beginnings because her start was what we desire. 524s

She brought with Adam, they brought sin into this world. We have the curse of sin, but then our new beginning also comes through the redeemer who comes from her. 536s

So it's just kind of an interesting thing. But that's not, I mean, like that's Eve. We had to touch on her because I find it interesting, but we're going to spend most of our time on a different woman in scripture. 551s

Did you say Ruth? Yes, it is Ruth. I know. I know how many women. Okay, well we can Ruth, Esther, Mary, Magdalene. 564s

So Lydia, but yes, we are going to spend our time in Ruth. So let's go to Ruth. This is after the Pentateuch, after Joshua, after Judges. 577s

We're going to find Ruth. It's right before first Samuel. So it's just a short little book right in there tucked between Judges and first and second Samuel. 590s

So we're going to just start with Ruth 1 verse 1 where it says in the days when the Judges ruled there was a famine in the land and a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the country of Moab. 599s

So he and his wife and two sons. Okay, bless you. So there was an Israelite, a man of the tribe of Judah out of Bethlehem. There's a famine in the land and so he decides that he needs to take his wife and his two sons to Moab to a land where there is food he needs to provide for his family. 617s

So who are the Moabites? Who are the Moabites? Keep your hand in Ruth because we're going to spend most of our time in Ruth. Keep your hand in Ruth and let's go back to Genesis chapter 19. 644s

Okay, so I'm going to give you a little bit of backstory of what's going on and then we're going to read two verses. But in Genesis chapter 19, beginning in verse 30. 663s

So it's talking about Lot and remember Lot's wife turned back to look at Sodom and Gamora and she turned into a pillar of salt because she did not heed the word of the Lord. 682s

So Lot has two daughters. His wife has gone. The two daughters realize that they're not going to have any husbands but they want to have babies and so they get pregnant by their father. 696s

They get him drunk one night, the other night they get pregnant by their father and so then looking at verse 36, it says, thus both the daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father. 713s

The first born Boris son and named him Moab, he is the ancestor of the Moabites to this day. The younger also Boris son and named him Benami, he is the ancestor of the Ammonites to this day. 730s

So the Moabites are out of that perverse pregnancy and birth from Lot's daughter, tricking him, getting him drunk and getting impregnated by him. So the Moabites come out of that. 743s

Also when the Israelites are coming out of Egypt and going on their way, they stopped and they tried to receive refreshment, they tried to receive refuge from the Moabites in their journey and the Moabites denied them. 767s

They said no and then not only that but Balek or Balek, the king of Moab, he got a prophet, Baileum and the donkey, the Toxim. So Baileum is not a good prophet of the Lord but he tries to get Baileum to curse the Israelites and Baileum says I can only do what the Lord tells me. 787s

So long story short, the Moabite king wanted the Israelites to get cursed. The Moabites were not a part of God's people. 816s

Let's keep your hand at Ruth where it was. Go from Genesis over to Deuteronomy, chapter 23. So that's the last book in the Pentateuch. 830s

So you'll go past Exodus and Leviticus and Numbers, you'll find yourself at Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy chapter 23. 842s

And we're going to go directly to verse 3 where it says no Ammonite or Moabite shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord. 853s

Even to the 10th generation, none of their descendants shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord. 866s

So remember the Ammonites are out of that younger daughter of Lot, out of that son that was born by her father and her. 874s

And then the Moabites are out of that son born of the first daughter, the eldest daughter, neither of them. 884s

They are commanded that neither the Moabites or the Ammonites should be in the assembly of God's people. So absolutely not. 891s

So now we're going to go back to Ruth. So Naomi's husband took her, her two, or their two sons, two Moab to Sejorn during the famine. 901s

So there was food there, they were going to get food. Naomi's husband dies and then her two boys took Moabite wives. 912s

So they took wives of the people that they were commanded do not let these people into the assembly of God. 926s

Okay. Now there were no kids from those marriages, no kids were born. So now you have Naomi. 935s

And Naomi is both widowed and childless. She has no sons to take care of her. 944s

And we know that in that day a woman was really taken care of by her husband, by her father or by her sons if she was widowed. 952s

And so here she has, she's in a foreign land, she has no husband and she has no sons. And there's no one to care for her. 966s

So she hears through the grapevine and there's no pun intended, I promise. She hears that there is food once again in Judah. 977s

And so she decides that she's going to head back home, there's nothing for her in Moab. 987s

She's going to head back home to be with her, with her people. So both of her daughter-in-laws or daughters-in-law, she releases them. 994s

She says go and find, you know, go to your father's homes, find new husbands, live a good life. I'm going back. 1004s

They wept, they wanted to be with her. And I love that relationship. Every mother-in-law daughter-in-law should have that relationship. 1012s

And I know every mother-in-law daughter-in-law does, right? No, we should all have that loving relationship. 1025s

What a beautiful relationship that Naomi has with her daughters-in-law. 1032s

Let's go to, we're still in Ruth chapter 1. Let's go down to verse 10 where this is Orfa and Ruth. 1040s

They said to her to Naomi, no, we will return with you to your people. They're still that disconnect. They are still. 1052s

I know they are a different people. But Naomi said, turn back my daughters, why will you go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb that they may become your husbands? 1060s

Turn back my daughters, go your way for I am too old to have a husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me, even if I should have a husband tonight and bear sons, would you then wait until they were grown? 1072s

Would you then refrain from marrying? No, my daughters. It has been far more bitter for me than you because the hand of the Lord has turned against me. 1086s

Then they wept aloud again. Orfa kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. 1097s

Okay, so what is Naomi talking about here that she's saying, do I have any sons in my womb? 1103s

Keep your hand at Ruth. Let's go back to Deuteronomy. Deuteronomy chapter 25, so we're just going back a couple of books. 1112s

Deuteronomy chapter 25. And we're going to go to verses 5 and 6 where it says, when brothers reside together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not be married outside the house. 1121s

She will have the family to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go into her, taking her in marriage and performing the duty of a husband's brother to her. 1142s

And the first born born whom she bears shall succeed the name of the deceased brother so that his name may not be blotted out of Israel. 1152s

So the mosaic law is that if a man dies having no son, then the brother should marry that woman, the widow, and have a child with her. 1164s

And then that child would be given the deceased brother's name so that the name carries on. 1182s

This is when the Pharisees posed the question to Jesus and they say, well, what about the case where there are these seven brothers and they go through and all of the brothers die without having given a child for their dead brother. 1190s

And so the woman then dies and well, who is she married to? And he says there is no marriage in heaven. 1206s

That's what they're talking about. They're talking about this law that one brother should perform the duties of the brother who has died so that that name can carry on. 1213s

So Naomi is saying, I don't have any more kids. I don't have any sons for you to marry. I'm too old. And even if I got married tonight, got pregnant, had a son, are you really going to wait for, we're going to say for America's sake, 18, 19 years? 1228s

Are you really going to wait that long? And so she's trying to graciously give them an out and let them have and lead lives in their home country. 1251s

Naomi, though, orfa gives her a kiss and goes her way, still wept. So we know that the love is still there. It's not that orfa abandoned Naomi. 1270s

She's honoring Naomi's wishes and it makes sense. But Ruth will not let her go. She clung to Naomi, which is really interesting because Ruth did not belong. 1282s

She did not belong with Naomi. She was a Moabite, first of all, second of all, there was no one with Naomi, who she could marry, who would carry on her husband's name. 1299s

So it really should have been Ruth's end in connection with Israel. That should be done and over with. 1317s

Let's keep in Ruth chapter 1, verse 22, where it says, Naomi returned together with Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, who came back with her from the country of Moab. 1328s

They came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest. Let's continue. Now Naomi had a kinsman on her husband's side, a prominent rich man of the family of Elamellach, whose name was Boaz. 1341s

So, Emilamellach is the one who was Naomi's husband, who had died, who had taken them to the land of the Moabites, died there. 1358s

So when Naomi and Ruth come back, they come to Bethlehem, they come back into the tribe of Judah, and there is a kinsman. 1367s

There is a relative of the tribe of Naomi's husband, who has passed away. So Boaz, that's Boaz, and Boaz is very wealthy, and he has fields, and he has his servants who are taking part in the harvest, and Boaz is very, very kind. 1378s

He is very kind, and he offers a new beginning for Ruth and Naomi in Bethlehem. He offers a new beginning for those women in Judah. 1404s

So let's keep in Ruth chapter 2, go to verse 8, we're going to read 8 and 9, and then jump down to 14 through 16. 1418s

So Ruth 2, 8 through 9, then Boaz said to Ruth, now listen my daughter, do not go to glean in another field, or leave this one, but keep close to my young women. 1426s

Keep your eyes on the field that is being reaped and follow behind them. I have ordered the young men not to bother you. 1438s

If you get thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn. Let's go down to verse 14. 1445s

At Meal Time Boaz said to her, come here and eat some of this bread and dip your morsel in the sour wine. 1453s

So she sat beside the reapers, and he heaped up for her some parched grain. She ate until she was satisfied, and she had some leftover. 1460s

When she got up to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, let her glean even among the standing sheaves and do not reproach her. 1468s

You must also pull out some handfuls for her from the bundles and leave them for her to glean and do not rebuke her. 1476s

He is very, very generous. He's very generous, making sure that Naomi is really back in her fold, back amongst her people. 1483s

He's also very generous to Ruth who shouldn't be there in the first place. 1496s

And he is giving her right off the top, he is giving her protection, he is making sure that she and Naomi are fed, that they have food. 1504s

He is taking care of her needs, her earthly needs, and making sure that she does not have a concern. 1515s

It would have been dangerous for any woman to be gleaning, but certainly an outsider, she wouldn't be considered part of the fold or shouldn't be considered part of the fold, and he is offering every generosity to her. 1524s

Let's go to chapter 3 verse 1. 1542s

So Naomi, Ruth's mother-in-law said to her, my daughter, I need to seek some security for you so that it may be well with you. 1548s

I really, I love just as the book of Ruth goes on, these interactions between Naomi and Ruth. 1559s

It really is this picture of such a beautiful relationship, that Naomi could have ditched Ruth in Moab, but she didn't, and she tried to graciously give Ruth an out, and Ruth wanted to go with her, and so she brought Ruth into the tribe of Judah. 1568s

And she pointed out where to glean, Boaz saw, and so there is this kindness coming from Boaz, and then she is still not letting up for Ruth. 1592s

She still wants the best for Ruth, and so she is saying, I need to secure or make sure that there is security for you. 1607s

So let's go to verse 7, in Ruth, verse 7. 1616s

So Naomi gives Ruth some very, some instructions on how to approach Boaz, how to talk with him, how to approach him. 1624s

So, verse 7, when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and he was in a contented mood, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. 1636s

Then she, that's Ruth, came stealthily and uncovered his feet and lay down. 1646s

At midnight, the man was startled and turned over, and there, lying at his feet was a woman. 1651s

He said, who are you? And she answered, I am Ruth your servant. Spread your cloak over your servant for you are next of kin. 1656s

So she is pointing out that he is next of kin. They are, they have a connection here. 1664s

He said, may you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter. This last instance of your loyalty is better than the first. 1672s

You have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich. I want to make sure, okay, we continue. 1678s

And now my daughter, do not be afraid, I will do for you all that you ask for all the assembly of my people know that you are a worthy woman. 1686s

But now, though it is true that I am a near kinsman, there is another kinsman more closely related than I. 1694s

Remain this night, and in the morning, if he will act as next of kin for you, good. Let him do it. 1700s

If he is not willing to act as next of kin for you, then as the Lord lives, I will act as next of kin for you. 1705s

So this is again going back to that deuteronomy, deuteronomy called deuteronomy, where that next of kin is to perform the duty where that original husband's name will not die out. 1713s

So Boaz is saying, I am of kinship, but there is someone who is actually next in line before me. 1732s

So we are going to sort this out, we are going to make sure if this man wants to take you as his wife, then great. Let it be done. 1743s

Otherwise, I got you. 1753s

Ruth goes back and tells Naomi, and Naomi says, this is good, this is fine. Boaz will have this sorted out before the morning is over. 1757s

And indeed, Boaz does call to the next of kin. He says that this next of kin, Naomi is selling her field. 1767s

And if you want this field, you have the right. And so the guy says, well, yeah, I want that field. And he says, okay, but with that field, you also get Ruth. 1780s

We are going to get to that. So Boaz says that he will be her redeemer, but there is someone who is next in line for him. 1792s

So keep your hand at Ruth again, and go back to Leviticus. We are going to go back to Leviticus chapter 25. 1802s

And that is, we are going to go to verse 23. 1813s

And this kind of explains what is going on. So in the vertical law, there are certain laws of redemption for the land, for property. 1817s

There is the year of Jubilee, where you have the seven years where the land is worked. It has worked for six years and then the seventh year is supposed to be a Sabbath for the land. 1832s

And every 50 years, it is the Jubilee, and at the 50th year, anyone who has sold their land has a right to it, once again. They have a right to it. 1844s

We are not going to go into the full law of that, but let's go to verse 23 of Leviticus 25. 1858s

The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine, with me you are, but aliens and tenants. 1867s

Throughout the land that you hold, you shall provide for the redemption of the land. If any one of your kin falls into difficulty and sells a piece of property, then the next of kin shall come and redeem what the relative has sold. 1875s

So Naomi is selling this property, and the next of kin from her husband's line has the right to redeem it. He will be the redeemer. 1890s

So let's go back to Ruth chapter 4, verse 3, or beginning in verse 3. So he sees this next of kin walking and Boaz says, come and sit with me, let's chat. 1903s

So he then said to the next of kin Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that belonged to our kin's man, Elamellic. 1917s

So I thought I would tell you of it and say, buy it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people, if you will redeem it, redeem it. 1927s

But if you will not, tell me so that I may know for there is no one prior to you to redeem it and I come after you. 1936s

So he said, I will redeem it. Then Boaz said, the day you acquire the field from the hand of Naomi, you are also acquiring Ruth, the Moabite, the widow of the dead man, to maintain the dead man's name. 1943s

At this the next of kin said, I cannot redeem it for myself without damaging my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself for I cannot redeem it. 1958s

So Boaz follows the law. He's following the law and he's saying, you can be the redeemer. You have the right as next of kin. 1971s

and originally that redeemer, that next of kin, 1982s

wants to until he finds out that, 1986s

oh, okay, so the first born of Ruth 1988s

who comes with this land, can you imagine? 1991s

With this land, like selling your house with this land, 1995s

you get my pets. 1998s

I mean, I don't know, it's just kind of wild. 1999s

But with this comes Ruth and in, 2001s

according to the law, you need to have a baby with Ruth 2005s

so that her widow or her deceased husband's name will carry on. 2009s

And so this man says, I'm out. 2017s

No thanks, you go ahead and have it. 2020s

I need to protect my own inheritance. 2022s

So let's go down to verse 13. 2025s

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. 2029s

When they came together, the Lord made her conceive 2032s

and she bore a son. 2035s

Then the women said to Naomi, 2037s

blessed be the Lord who has not left you this day 2039s

without next of kin and may his name be renowned in Israel. 2042s

So it's a joy for Naomi, even though the baby 2047s

that is to be born is not her immediate grandchild 2053s

it is considered to be part of her line 2059s

because she is the wife of El-Emelic 2063s

and it is that name that is to be carried on. 2067s

So it's a rejoicing time for Naomi. 2071s

So she's receiving a new beginning. 2074s

She gets to have her husband's name carried through. 2077s

Her son's name carried through. 2081s

So she is not cut off. 2084s

Her family line is not cut off from Israel. 2086s

Let's jump down to verse 17. 2090s

The women of the neighborhood gave him a name. 2093s

That's the baby saying a son has been born to Naomi. 2096s

They named him Obed. 2100s

He became the father of Jesse, the father of David. 2101s

So cool. 2107s

So cool. 2109s

So we have in this family line, 2111s

we have Boaz, who then fathered Obed, 2115s

who then fathered Jesse, who then fathered David. 2120s

And out of the line of David comes... 2124s

Jesus. 2130s

Jesus. 2131s

Yes. 2132s

So let's go over. 2133s

We don't need to keep our hands at Ruth anymore. 2134s

Let's go over to Romans. 2137s

Romans. 2140s

We're going to go to Romans chapter 15. 2142s

Romans chapter 15. 2147s

Going to verse 8. 2150s

We're Paul. 2157s

Paul writes, I tell you that Christ has become a servant 2158s

of the circumcised on behalf of the truth of God 2161s

in order that he might confirm the promises 2165s

given to the patriarchs. 2167s

And in order that the Gentiles might glorify God 2170s

for his mercy. 2172s

As it is written, therefore I will confess you 2174s

among the Gentiles and sing praises to your name. 2177s

And again, he says, rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people. 2181s

And again, praise the Lord, all you Gentiles 2185s

and let all the people praise him. 2187s

And again, Isaiah says, the root of Jesse shall come. 2190s

The one who rises to rule the Gentiles in him, 2194s

the Gentiles shall hope. 2199s

Let's go over to Galatians. 2203s

So that's going to be after 1st and 2nd Corinthians. 2206s

Galatians chapter 3. 2209s

Starting in verse 23. 2214s

Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded 2218s

under the law until faith would be revealed. 2221s

Therefore the law was our disciplinarian 2226s

until Christ came so that we might be justified by faith. 2228s

But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject 2232s

to a disciplinarian. 2235s

For in Christ Jesus, you are all children of God 2237s

through faith. 2241s

There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave 2243s

or free, there is no longer male and female 2246s

for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. 2249s

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's 2252s

offspring, heirs, according to the promise. 2255s

What is so cool here is that Ruth's new beginning. 2259s

Here she is, a widow, a moa bite, not by the law 2264s

to be a in Israel, in the land of the Jew 2269s

or in the tribe of Judah. 2275s

And yet she is taken under Boaz's wing, 2276s

she is taken as his wife, she gets to have a child. 2280s

That for Ruth is a new beginning that she gets 2287s

to be a mother. 2291s

Ruth's new beginning then, as all these beginnings 2293s

that we've been studying in this series so far, 2296s

every single one leads to our beginning. 2300s

Ruth was an outsider and yet full redemption 2306s

in Jesus Christ comes from her line, 2314s

comes from her loins. 2317s

Jesus is out of the line of David, 2320s

who is out of Jesse, who is out of Obed, out of Boaz, 2324s

born to Ruth. 2330s

So this is such an amazing, amazing new beginning 2333s

because it again brings us right back to Jesus. 2337s

And we have our new beginning in Jesus. 2344s

And we are part of that, that offspring of Abraham 2347s

because we are all one in Christ. 2353s

I just think that's so exciting, so exciting 2359s

because Ruth was, by all accounts, 2363s

not supposed to be a part of this, 2366s

by all accounts, we should not be favored. 2368s

And yet Christ came and Christ died 2375s

and Christ rose again so that we can be called into faith. 2382s

And being called into faith, we are errors 2387s

of the inheritance, errors of the promise 2392s

that is forgiveness and eternal life in and through 2394s

and with him. 2398s

So, I mean, there's nothing more to say, 2402s

but yay, that's just good news. 2406s

So I just think what's really cool is that 2409s

in there are no coincidences. 2412s

And in every one of these new beginnings 2415s

that we've studied so far, 2418s

we just see such a direct line to Christ 2420s

and how we are led over and over in Scripture leads us 2424s

over and over again to the same conclusion 2430s

that we are forgiven and we have our new beginning in Christ. 2435s

And we do not lose that. 2440s

We do not lose that because Christ has taken hold of us 2442s

and will not let us go. 2447s

Make is sponsorship support to me, 2451s