Here Comes the Bride (Ruth 4:11-12)

4/7/2010 8:06 AM

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY

 

My Worship Time                                        Focus:  The Bride

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                        Reference:  Ruth 4:11-12

 

          Message of the verses:  “11  All the people who were in the court, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and may you achieve wealth in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem. 12  ‘Moreover, may your house be like the house of Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring which the LORD will give you by this young woman.’”

            The men who were at the gate and were wittiness of all that happened began to speak some words that surely were from the Lord.  Marriage was something that the people of Israel loved and they wanted the marriage of Boaz and Ruth to be something special and so they named some names from people in their history whom they wanted Boaz and Ruth to be like.  They spoke of Perez, who was the son of Tamar and Judah and was related to Boaz, and they spoke of Rachel, who was buried in Bethlehem, and Leah as both of these women bore a total of eight sons to Jacob, sons who were leaders of the main tribes in Israel.  They used the word “Ephrathah” which means faithful, and they wished faithfulness to Boaz and Ruth.

Boaz and Ruth are surely in the bloodline of Jesus Christ and so the things that were said of these men came true in that respect.  Ruth was related to Jessie as she was the great-grandmother to David, and thus is in the line of the Messiah.

            Dr. Wiersbe writes of Ruth:  “She went from loneliness to love, from toil to rest, from poverty to wealth, from worry to assurance, and from despair to hope.”  She even lost the name “Ruth the Moabites” and became Ruth the wife of Boaz.

            Wiersbe also writes concerning Jesus Christ:  “He died for the church (past), He cleanses and nourishes the church through the Word (present), and He will one day present the church in glory (future).  Christ is preparing a beautiful home for His bride and one day will celebrate His wedding (Rev. 19:1-10; 21-22).

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  I believe that praise is due to the Lord Jesus Christ today and everyday for all that He has done, is doing, and will do for the church of which I am a part of.  May I never forget these wonderful truths that are written above.

 

My Steps of Faith for Today:

 

1. Praise the Lord for what He has done, for what He is doing, and for what He will do for me as a part of His church, His bride.

 

4/7/2010 8:35 AM