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APRIL 29
“You are witnesses this day that I have bought Psalm 52:6–9
all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was 6 The righteous also shall see and fear,
Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of And shall laugh at him, saying,
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Naomi. Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the 7 “Here is the man who did not make God
widow of Mahlon, I have acquired as my wife, his strength,
to perpetuate the name of the dead through But trusted in the abundance of his
his inheritance, that the name of the dead may riches,
not be cut off from among his brethren and And strengthened himself in his
from his position at the gate. You are witness- wickedness.”
es this day.”
11 And all the people who were at the gate, 8 But I am like a green olive tree in the
and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. The house of God;
LORD make the woman who is coming to your I trust in the mercy of God forever
house like Rachel and Leah, the two who built and ever.
the house of Israel; and may you prosper in
Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. May
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your house be like the house of Perez, whom
Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring
which the LORD will give you from this young 52:8 green olive tree. The psalmist exults
woman.” (through this simile) that the one who trusts in
13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his the mercy of God is productive and secure.
wife; and when he went in to her, the LORD
gave her conception, and she bore a son.
14 Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be 9 I will praise You forever,
the LORD, who has not left you this day without Because You have done it;
a close relative; and may his name be famous And in the presence of Your saints
in Israel! And may he be to you a restorer of I will wait on Your name,
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life and a nourisher of your old age; for your for it is good.
daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better
to you than seven sons, has borne him.” Proverbs 15:6–7
16 Then Naomi took the child and laid him on 6 In the house of the righteous
her bosom, and became a nurse to him. Also there is much treasure,
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the neighbor women gave him a name, saying, But in the revenue of the wicked
“There is a son born to Naomi.” And they is trouble.
called his name Obed. He is the father of
Jesse, the father of David. 7 The lips of the wise disperse
18 Now this is the genealogy of Perez: Perez knowledge,
begot Hezron; Hezron begot Ram, and Ram But the heart of the fool does not
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begot Amminadab; 20 Amminadab begot do so.
Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon; Luke 20:1–26
21 Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed;
22 Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David. Now it happened on one of those days,
20 as He taught the people in the temple
and preached the gospel, that the chief
priests and the scribes, together with the el-
ders, confronted Him and spoke to Him, say-
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ing, “Tell us, by what authority are You doing
4:22 David. Looking back at Ruth from a New these things? Or who is he who gave You this
Testament perspective,latent messianic impli- authority?”
cations become more apparent (see Matt.1:1). 3 But He answered and said to them, “I also
The fruit which is promised later on in the will ask you one thing, and answer Me: The
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Davidic Covenant (2 Sam. 7:1–17) finds its baptism of John—was it from heaven or from
seedbed here. The hope of a messianic king
and kingdom (2 Sam. 7:12–14) will be fulfilled men?”
5 And they reasoned among themselves, say-
in the Lord Jesus Christ (Rev. 19–20) through
the lineage of David’s grandfather Obed who ing, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say,
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was born to Boaz and Ruth the Moabitess. ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ But if we
say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for
they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”
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