WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:13.480 practical ways. Well, good morning, everybody. My name is Chris. 4 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:15.359 It's good to be back. Chris. Jeff. 5 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:19.239 Yeah, you're Jeff. We are the Bible Guys. We want 6 00:00:19.239 --> 00:00:21.559 to welcome you. Thank you for tuning in and or 7 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:29.519 you know watching. Yes, Yes, this big day today is 8 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:30.359 going to be awesome. 9 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:33.679 And the reason is we have a repeat of a 10 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:35.320 really cool game that we played. 11 00:00:35.399 --> 00:00:37.719 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, it says. Actually this the way 12 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:39.719 that Desiree wrote it says, she says. A couple of 13 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:43.520 weeks ago, we introduced a different segment called wrong Answers Only, 14 00:00:43.560 --> 00:00:47.240 where Jeff had to intentionally give wrong answers to Chris's questions. 15 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:49.280 This time, Jeff is going to ask questions and we'll 16 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:53.159 see how out there Chris can be with his answers. Right, So, 17 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:54.399 I think challenge, I think. 18 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:57.359 I think one of your questions last time was something 19 00:00:57.479 --> 00:01:01.000 like what's a good gift to give your wife on 20 00:01:01.039 --> 00:01:05.480 the anniversary or something scale. So that's the kind of 21 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:07.959 thing you're looking for. So it's it's an absurd answer 22 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:10.760 to it's a terrible answer to a legitimate question. 23 00:01:10.879 --> 00:01:13.159 Yes, yeah, which is why it's called wrong answers only 24 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:14.799 you know it's so appropriately titled. 25 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:19.079 Yes, okay, okay, So so you're looking for absurdly wrong answers. 26 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:21.200 And by the way, just so everybody knows, you have 27 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:22.439 not even thought about the question. 28 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:26.680 No, so I just with questions. Yeah, I'm struggling. So 29 00:01:27.359 --> 00:01:31.560 here we go. What is the most impressive thing you 30 00:01:31.599 --> 00:01:35.920 could think to say? Yeah, at dinner with Zach Effron. 31 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:50.040 Ever since your car wreck, you look terrible? Oh wow? 32 00:01:50.560 --> 00:01:53.480 Really yeah. People think he has like botox and like 33 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:56.159 he had worked one, but he actually gotten a massive 34 00:01:56.159 --> 00:01:59.079 car wreck and had had to reconstructive surgery. 35 00:01:59.359 --> 00:02:01.680 He looks terrib So he looks terrible. So you're telling 36 00:02:01.760 --> 00:02:03.879 him the truth. But you feel like, I feel like 37 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:06.359 that's the best answer, the best worst answer you can 38 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:06.799 come up with. 39 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:11.199 Okay, I mean, it's the one thing. It's the gaping thing. 40 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:13.039 I mean, it's it's the it's the elephant in the room. 41 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:17.919 Yeah that's true. Uh, if you could add one incredible 42 00:02:17.960 --> 00:02:21.319 talent to your to your list of talents, what would it. 43 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:27.319 Be, huzow, Because I mean, you you're. 44 00:02:27.159 --> 00:02:30.960 An incredibly talented person. I mean, just loads and loads 45 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:31.560 of talent. 46 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:35.919 To master the art of doing nothing. 47 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:40.560 Yeah, listen, go like, oh no, he's got that one down. 48 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:44.879 I just need more practice. 49 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:46.719 Just honey, leave me alone. 50 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:47.360 I'm practicing. 51 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:51.599 You're breaking my concentration. 52 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:55.080 I got to be better than the breakdancers from Australia. 53 00:02:55.240 --> 00:03:00.919 Okay, Oh, what would be the the best thing you 54 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:05.919 could think to text to our our entire text group 55 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:12.960 for fantasy football? Because you are texting like a fiend 56 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:16.520 right now to the fantasy football Yeah, everybody sends us. 57 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:19.240 Somebody sends out a message and is the first one 58 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:19.759 to respond. 59 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:22.800 Yeah. The best thing you text the fantasy football league 60 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:23.719 is this. 61 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:26.000 That Jeff's probably gonna win again this year? 62 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:35.719 No, No, the NFL is rigged and it doesn't matter anyway. 63 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:42.039 Okay, Okay, this is hard, Yeah it is uh Okay. 64 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:44.800 And then if you had the name your pet after 65 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:46.479 the last thing you ate, what would it be called? 66 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:52.800 The squirts? Did you have? 67 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:55.120 Did is that? Did you have a pop? Then? 68 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:56.719 Is that it? 69 00:03:57.919 --> 00:03:58.159 Okay? 70 00:03:58.240 --> 00:03:59.840 Yeah? 71 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:02.759 Okay, okay, those are hard. It's hard to come up 72 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:05.520 with good questions along those lines. Do you need another one? 73 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:09.599 Yeah? You know what to be honest with you. I 74 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:12.759 thought your answers were great last time, but on the 75 00:04:12.759 --> 00:04:14.599 receipt being on the receiving end of this, this is 76 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:18.360 really tough. They're hard to come up with absurd answers 77 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:22.040 that aren't like, yeah, it's just hard. 78 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:27.879 It's just difficult. How about this one, what is the 79 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:30.639 best if if you had to change your voice to 80 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:34.439 a movie character's voice, what's the best movie character voice? 81 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:36.920 Maybe you have to answer with a bad answer. 82 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:41.839 See that's like I can't then I can't do an 83 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:45.199 impressive movie character's voice. Okay, but that's correct. How about 84 00:04:45.480 --> 00:04:49.879 uh bueller bueler. 85 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:53.639 Okay, there you go. Or I would think as far 86 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:58.160 as like a terrible movie will be like pee wee herman. 87 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:00.319 Oh my word, terrible terrible. 88 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:08.759 Yeah, that'd be terrible. Okay, it's cherry. Okay. Well, hey, 89 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:11.600 that's a hard one. That is really a tough yes segment. 90 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:12.079 I'm not sure. 91 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:14.120 I like you should ask all the questions from now 92 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:14.839 on and I'll answer. 93 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:17.439 I don't. I don't know why my brain didn't work 94 00:05:17.480 --> 00:05:17.759 to no. 95 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:20.519 No. It's a hard one, man, It's I wasn't asking 96 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:21.399 great questions either. 97 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:23.680 Well, yesterday I went to work and we were in 98 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:31.199 meetings and I was getting everything good, good for you, good, good, yeah, good, 99 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:35.000 But I was I was getting everything wrong. And Trey's like, 100 00:05:35.079 --> 00:05:36.959 Tree goes, what's the matter with you today? And I 101 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:39.040 was like, I don't know. And then I'd come out 102 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:40.920 and then then I'd like somebody would say something, and 103 00:05:40.920 --> 00:05:43.079 I would like talk for like ten minutes and say no, 104 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:45.839 let's no, don't do that. And then Trey goes, I 105 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:48.680 was just meaning this, and I was like, oh, He's like, 106 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:49.360 what's the matter with you? 107 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:51.720 I'm like, I don't know. Poor Chris, and you did 108 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:54.720 like eat well, listeners, pray for Chris. Mine comes and goes. 109 00:05:54.759 --> 00:05:55.680 At this age, my. 110 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:59.360 Wife bought me gummies for h adhd oh really yeah, 111 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:03.759 these little uh natural all natural something apparently not good. 112 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:09.839 I needed double I need up my doses gummy. All right. 113 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:15.959 So we have been in the Book of Ruth and 114 00:06:17.519 --> 00:06:19.279 just to really, if you missed last week, I think 115 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:21.079 it'd be worth going back and catching up on a 116 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:22.959 few of those. It's just a few, I think, what 117 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:29.959 three episodes last week. But such a beautiful story of well, 118 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:32.720 quite honestly, you're gonna find out today, a beautiful story 119 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:36.120 of redemption. So we're gonna look at Ruth chapter four. 120 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:41.519 And Ruth has approached the guy that could be what 121 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:45.199 is called the Kinsman Redeemer, which we'll talk about. He 122 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:48.240 is very interested in her and is trying to find 123 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:52.279 a way to marry He's a cousin, a cousin of 124 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:55.240 her deceased husband. 125 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:58.519 Deceased husband, and so yeah, and so she was she 126 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:03.600 was picking corn from his from his brain, and then 127 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:06.079 he actually said no, no, no, no, no, come come with me. 128 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:07.920 You can have anything you want, right, and he sends 129 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:10.439 her home with gifts, with extravagance. 130 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:12.279 And this is where we pick up too, and she 131 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:14.600 lets him know, Hey, if you asked, I'd probably say 132 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:17.959 yes to marriage. Yes, And so he goes, hey, let 133 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:21.000 me go sort this out with because there was somebody 134 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:25.839 else that was closer to her in the opportunity to 135 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:27.920 marry her. Right, So they had this whole hierarchy. We'll 136 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:29.720 talk about it as to how people can get married. 137 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:32.680 But anyways, so in Ruth chapter four, verse one, it 138 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:35.079 says Boaz went to the town gate and took a 139 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:38.160 seat there. Just then the family redeemer he had mentioned 140 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:40.480 came by. So Boaz called out to him. Come over 141 00:07:40.519 --> 00:07:42.040 here and sit down, friend, I want to talk to you. 142 00:07:42.600 --> 00:07:44.879 So they sat down together, and then Boaz called ten 143 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:47.519 leaders from the town and asked them to sit as witnesses. 144 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:51.000 And Boa said to the family redeemer, you know Naomi 145 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:54.160 who came back from Moab. She's selling the land that 146 00:07:54.199 --> 00:07:56.839 belonged to her relative Alimelech, and I thought I should 147 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:58.600 speak to you about it so that you can redeem 148 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:00.759 it if you wish. If you want the land, than 149 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:03.279 by it here in the presence of these witnesses. But 150 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:05.000 if you don't want it, let me know right away, 151 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:07.360 because I am next in line to redeem it after you. 152 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:09.000 And the man replied, all right, I'll redeem it, and 153 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:11.199 then Boas told him, of course, your purchase of the 154 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:13.639 land from Naomi also requires that you marry Ruth, the 155 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:16.319 Moabite widow. That way she can have children who will 156 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:17.959 carry on her husband's name and keep the land in 157 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:22.079 the family. Then I can't redeem it, the family redeemer replied, 158 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:25.240 because this might endanger my own estate. You redeem the land, 159 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:27.160 I cannot do it now. In those days, it was 160 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:29.720 custom in Israel for anyone transferring a right of purchase 161 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:32.120 to remove his sandal and hand it to the other party, 162 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:35.960 and this publicly validated the transactions. So the other family 163 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:40.279 redeemer drew off his sandal, as he said to boas 164 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:42.000 you by the land. And then Boaz said to the 165 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:44.600 elders and to the crowd standing around, you are witnesses 166 00:08:44.679 --> 00:08:47.080 that today I have bought from Naomi all the property 167 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:50.399 of a Limelech Kilian and Malan, and the land I 168 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:52.960 have acquired. And with the land I have acquired Ruth, 169 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:55.679 the Moabite widow of Malan, to be my wife. This 170 00:08:55.759 --> 00:08:57.320 way she can have a son to carry on the 171 00:08:57.360 --> 00:08:59.720 family name of her dead husband, and to inherit the 172 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:02.960 family only property here in his hometown. You're all witnesses today. 173 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:05.600 Then the elders and all the people standing in the 174 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:08.399 gate replied, we are witnesses. May the Lord make this 175 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:11.320 woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, 176 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:14.000 from whom all the nation of Israel descended. May you 177 00:09:14.039 --> 00:09:17.679 prosper at ephra Hath and be famous in Bethlehem. And 178 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:20.159 may the Lord give you descendance by this young woman, 179 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:23.000 who will be like those of our ancestor Perez, the 180 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:26.440 son of Tamar, and Judah. There you go. That's a 181 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:27.240 big long speech. 182 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:31.919 Yeah, well what weird traditions. Yeah, it was customary for 183 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:34.120 him to take off the sandal and hand it to 184 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:37.679 the person. Like what is that about? Why the sandal? 185 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:38.320 I don't know. 186 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:41.320 Yeah, And he's like and he's like, you're all witnesses. 187 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:44.399 I'm holding the sandal. You see it. 188 00:09:44.720 --> 00:09:45.399 You see the sand? 189 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:48.799 So weird. I'm sure there's a good reason for it. 190 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:50.919 I'm sure there is smart enough to know it. 191 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:53.480 Well, everything was so symbolic, everything was so you're right there. 192 00:09:53.639 --> 00:09:57.080 You want you want to ask Ai seriously? Yeah, yeah, 193 00:09:57.159 --> 00:10:00.200 I'll ask right now. Oh wow, let me see in 194 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:10.399 Ruth Wow four, why did Boaz exchange sandals. 195 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:12.519 With the Redeemer? 196 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:18.039 With the Redeemer? There you go, let's see what it says. 197 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:25.759 It was a symbolic act that was customary in ancient 198 00:10:25.799 --> 00:10:28.279 Israel as a way to confirm and legalize the transfer 199 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:30.600 of property or rights. Right, But they don't say one 200 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:33.960 in the contact of this story. It just explains what 201 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:37.440 he was doing. The sandal likely symbolized walking on or 202 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:40.559 owning the land, so giving it away was a way 203 00:10:40.559 --> 00:10:42.440 of saying, I give up my right to walk on 204 00:10:42.440 --> 00:10:44.519 this land or to own it, and I give that 205 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:45.720 right to you. 206 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:48.840 You know what, AI, isn't that smart? I don't believe that. 207 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:50.480 That's pretty slick. It is pretty slight. 208 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:53.200 That makes sense, right, So this act was a public 209 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:55.840 legal gesture witnessed by the elders and the people at 210 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:58.159 the city gate, making the transaction official and binding. 211 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:01.639 I mean, I figured it had something to do with walking. 212 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:03.399 I wasn't really thinking about walking. 213 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:05.440 Somehow, I'm giving up my right to walk on this land. 214 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:08.000 And now it had something to do with like symbolizing 215 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:09.799 the journey of life or something. Right. 216 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:12.200 So I'm not saying I think the AI is always right, 217 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:17.840 but it's that's a pretty good if you're listening, you 218 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:19.279 know what they say. 219 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:20.759 If you don't, if you can't make it, fake it. 220 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:21.799 Yeah, yeah, there you go. 221 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:22.399 It's funny. 222 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:24.879 So that that might be it. Yeah, it's right to 223 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:25.679 walk on the lane. 224 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:28.360 So so a kinsman redeemer. 225 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:29.879 Right, yeah, so this is so important. 226 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:33.360 Yeah, this, it really is. So when I was looking 227 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:37.399 up the Kinsman Redeemer, many of us know that Jesus 228 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:40.360 is called the kinsman redeemer, right, So it actually gave 229 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:43.159 me a reference to Hebrews Chapter two verses eleven through 230 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:47.559 eighteen is sort of you know, a good passion that 231 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:52.200 talks about that also references Psalm one eleven nine, like, 232 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:54.559 for instance, Some one eleven nine says he has sent 233 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:57.120 redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. 234 00:11:57.200 --> 00:12:00.480 Holly and awesome is his name. And there were four 235 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:04.559 requirements of a kinsman redeemer. This was the law of 236 00:12:04.559 --> 00:12:07.960 the kinsman redeemer. If it is listed for qualifications which 237 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:10.559 were necessary for a man to fulfill the role of 238 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:13.279 a kinsman redeemer, it was only when a man possessed 239 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:15.399 these four qualities. Blah blah blah. Okay. Number one, he 240 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:18.200 must be a kinsman. The passage is very explicit that 241 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:22.080 this redeemer must be related to the one whom he 242 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:26.399 is going to help or buy out or assist. Number two, 243 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:29.960 he must be free himself. Number three he must be 244 00:12:29.960 --> 00:12:32.919 able to pay the price. And number four he must 245 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:38.080 be willing to pay the price. Right, and so Jesus 246 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:39.679 then you know, buys us. 247 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:44.559 Yeah, So let me just clarify, this passage didn't use 248 00:12:44.600 --> 00:12:48.720 the word kinsman redeemer said family and it's the same, right, 249 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:50.519 So you and I we grew up with King James. 250 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:53.639 And so we think of that theologically with the phrase 251 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:55.399 kinsman redeemer. 252 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:57.559 And all the songs that talked about it. That's right, but. 253 00:12:57.919 --> 00:13:01.759 Kinsman just means family member, right, So this is a 254 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:05.440 family redeemer. And so in that context, then using those 255 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:09.519 four things that Jesus was the is our kinsman redeemer. 256 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:14.840 The idea being so if you don't know, Ruth's husband died, 257 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:19.240 she's a Moabite, she's not a Jewish woman. Her husband 258 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:22.480 had died. Naomi is her mother in law. Naomi decides 259 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:26.000 to move back from Moab back to Bethlehem. In Bethlehem, 260 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:33.120 Ruth notices this guy, Boaz, and she starts harvesting the extras, 261 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:35.120 the leftovers in his field, which was part of the 262 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:37.080 Jewish law at the time to take care of poor people. 263 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:40.240 And he noticed her and went, oh, hey, you can 264 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:42.559 pick these better things, and was kind of flirting a 265 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:45.360 little bit in the way that, you know, the sophisticated 266 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:48.240 way that they would have flirted without being inappropriate. So 267 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:51.960 then Naomi goes, hey, wait a minute, he's in line 268 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:55.360 to be your kinsman redeemer. And what that is is 269 00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:58.679 there was a law, there was no safety net for 270 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:04.879 social safety net for widows. Right, And so the law 271 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:08.639 opened up this opportunity that a family member of the 272 00:14:08.679 --> 00:14:15.080 deceased person. So in this situation, Ruth's husband, a family member, 273 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:18.000 the next in line, a brother, a cousin, whatever, could 274 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:23.840 marry the wife of the deceased man and then provide 275 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:26.120 for her, whether that meant that they were going to 276 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:28.799 enter into you know, physical relations or not. What he's 277 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:30.120 doing is he's bringing in her house to take care 278 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:33.000 of her. If she is young enough and does not 279 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:35.320 have any children, and he doesn't have any children, then 280 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:39.039 he can then they can have children together. And partly 281 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:42.759 what that does is continue the line of the other 282 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:46.600 family member too. So there's all these things. So the 283 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:49.039 requirement then would be first of all, that he would 284 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:51.279 be free, that he would be a family member, that 285 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:54.440 he would be willing, I mean able, cable to pay 286 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:57.960 the price, and that he would be willing to do so. 287 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:01.639 And that's exactly what Jesus is. So, you know, we 288 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:04.000 are hopeless and without help. There is no safety net 289 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:08.799 for us unless somebody rescues us. Right, And that's what 290 00:15:08.919 --> 00:15:12.559 Jesus did, is he was free, he was free from sin, 291 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:14.679 He could pay the price for us when we couldn't 292 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:16.919 and he had the ability to and did. 293 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:19.720 Yeah. And if you think about it, it's so awesome 294 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:22.759 to try to think of all the number of ways, 295 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:26.039 the millions of ways. It just seems like mathematically it's 296 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:29.559 probably not millions, but the odds are beyond billions and 297 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:33.240 trillions and guad brillions that Jesus would be able to 298 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:37.240 fulfill every prophecy, right, and over three to you know, 299 00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:39.879 sometimes people say up to four hundred prophecies, but at 300 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:46.159 least over three hundred prophecies, and then he has to 301 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:48.799 be related. So Jesus then was born of a virgin, 302 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:52.879 and he becomes human, and so he becomes one of us. 303 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:55.240 Therefore he is one of us. He is a kinsman 304 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:59.360 of the human race. God who created us became one 305 00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:01.039 of us, right, and so he. 306 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:02.919 Can qualify because we're all sons of Adam. 307 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:06.440 Yes, that's right. Yeah, and he's the second Adam, right, 308 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:09.080 that's right. So so yeah. And by the way, this 309 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:13.519 law of marrying widows, uh, that carried on from this 310 00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:16.759 time in Ruth all the way up to Jesus's day. Yes, yeah, right, 311 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:19.200 which is why I remember when they asked they had 312 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:21.360 a question for Jesus, and they said, okay, let me 313 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:24.039 give you a scenario if one guy, you know, if 314 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:26.679 one guy dies and then the brother marries her and 315 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:29.039 seven brothers marry or who she married to in heaven, 316 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:31.759 remember it. And it's because of this law. Yes, it's 317 00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:35.279 the law of the Pentitook. It's found in Leviticus where 318 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:38.639 it talks about you know, this social safety net that 319 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:39.240 you're referring to. 320 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:44.639 So then it might seem weird for our listeners. Right, 321 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:49.159 he bought land and got ruth. Right, that feels weird 322 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:52.639 a little bit to our sensibilities that what in the 323 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:56.759 world he's purchasing a wife feels weird. So you have 324 00:16:56.799 --> 00:17:00.399 to understand the concept of a dowry. You and we've 325 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:02.840 done a lot of work around like the Pocots and 326 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:06.200 they do a dowry as well. Right, And this also 327 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:07.960 is a part of the fact that there is no 328 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:13.720 social safety net. So he literally, he says, so that 329 00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:17.400 she'll have an inheritance. So what he's doing is he's 330 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:22.160 purchasing her dowry, which then if he dies, that's her. Basically, 331 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:24.680 what he does is before they say I do, he 332 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:28.039 paid for her life insurance, his life insurance policy. Right, 333 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:29.720 that's what he did. So he went and bought this 334 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:34.640 land that is now permanently her dowry. If he didn't 335 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:37.680 own the land and he died six months later, she 336 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:41.680 would have nothing because she wouldn't technically be qualified for 337 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:44.519 his land if he had other family members that could 338 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:48.279 qualify for it. So she instead. What he did is 339 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:51.440 he went and bought her ex or her former husband's land, 340 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:54.839 and her brother's in law's land, and her father in 341 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:57.839 law's land. He bought it all that let him provide 342 00:17:57.839 --> 00:18:00.839 for Naomi. That's what he was doing was for Naomi, 343 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:04.960 that's her retirement, and helped purchase this life insurance policy 344 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:07.119 for himself so that Ruth would be taken care of 345 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:08.799 for the rest of her life no matter what happened. 346 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:11.000 It was a brilliant system. So when you and I 347 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:13.599 look at it, he seems to be buying land and 348 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:16.240 Ruth gets thrown in on the deal. Or on the 349 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:18.160 other hand, at one point there's a sentence in there 350 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:21.440 it seems like what he's doing is he's purchasing Ruth. 351 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:25.119 But that's not it. It's what he's doing is he's paying 352 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:28.799 the price so that she could be provided for forever, 353 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:30.480 which again is what Jesus did. 354 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:35.880 Yes, it's more about responsibility and the law, right, and 355 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:38.480 as opposed to an exchange of you know, a price. 356 00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:41.640 Right. But I mean it would be like if a 357 00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:44.880 guy goes to a girl today in our culture and said, hey, 358 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:48.759 I'd like to marry you, and she goes, oh, that'd 359 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:51.160 be really nice, and then he says, just so you know, 360 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:53.519 I just bought a ten million dollar life insurance policy, 361 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:56.640 and she goes, oh, yeah, I'll marry you right, right, right, 362 00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:59.799 So or they stand in front of the pastor and 363 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:02.400 the pastor is like, you know, do you, Bob Johnson 364 00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:04.880 take this woman and he goes yes. But before we 365 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:06.599 get to that point, I have I just purchased a 366 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:09.240 ten million dollars life insurance policy, right, And so then 367 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:11.599 the dad goes, oh, yeah, that sounds good, go ahead, right. 368 00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:15.799 That's kind of what happened. Is it's making sure that 369 00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:18.519 she's forever cared for and taken care of, which is 370 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:21.000 again what our kinsman redeemer did. This is why the 371 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:23.200 Bible talks about Paul. You know what Paul says this 372 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:26.039 in Corinthians. He says, don't you know that your body 373 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:29.319 is not your own, for you were bought with a price, 374 00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:34.279 right right. Therefore, glorify about God in your body. And 375 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:37.440 there's multiple times where the Bible says, as Christians were 376 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:40.359 not our own anymore. That Christ bought us, He paid 377 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:42.920 for us with his blood. It's why Jesus said on 378 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:46.319 the cross to tell ustite. Right, it's paid in full. 379 00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:49.480 Is he paid the price, that kinsman, redeemer. But what 380 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:52.519 he did is he didn't just buy us for himself. 381 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:56.160 He provided for us for the rest of eternity, right right, 382 00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:58.119 it's really neat. It's a neat picture. 383 00:19:58.359 --> 00:20:00.680 Yeah. You know the idea of redeem you know we 384 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:04.119 we don't you know, you take one thing and you 385 00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:06.839 you exchange it for another. You know, we could redeem 386 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:09.720 like with a coupon, right, this coupon is equal to that. 387 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:11.079 It's it has value. 388 00:20:11.640 --> 00:20:14.400 At Chuck e cheese, you could back when you use. Yeah, 389 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.160 you redeem the. 390 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:18.359 Sure redeem the tickets, yeah, the tickets. Yeah. But you 391 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:20.440 know that's what you do. You have to have something 392 00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:22.559 in order to get something else, and that's something has 393 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:24.480 to be value, and that the thing that you hold 394 00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:27.839 is is valuable. So we we redeem in our lives 395 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:30.920 all the time. Sounds like a you know, a word 396 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:33.240 that is reserved for a lot of church. You know, 397 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:35.319 a lot of churches use the word redeem a lot 398 00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:38.559 and a lot of the songs. And I would just say, no, no, 399 00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:40.960 we that redeeming is a part of our everyday lives. 400 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:43.359 It's just that we probably don't view it that way. 401 00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:47.359