<TITLE>12. Par 137-145</TITLE>L-137 How beautiful. Oh, my. Christ, worthy, double worthy, the King of heaven, seeing the little, Holy Spirit-filled Church, dropping a little handful now and then.
Notice, the only way that God could redeem, God had to come down and be made kinfolks to us. God was in Spirit. God come down and was made flesh. "God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself." Then in order to redeem man, He had to become man, kinfolks. Could you imagine Deity coming down, made flesh? Love...

L-139 What will a young man do for his young bride that he wants for a sweetheart? He's blind. He will do anything. Yes, sir. He wants her. Nothing can stop him; he's going to have her.
That's the way God did when He seen the Church. He loved her. Nothing was going to stop. He was ready to give His Life, and God moved down in a body of flesh: worthy, the King of heaven, made kinfolks. Then, God, after He come in the flesh in Jesus Christ, become a kinsman Redeemer.

L-141 Watch Boaz. Now, before he could have her, he had to ask if there was anybody, near kinsmen, that could take it, take her. So in order... There was no one could do it, so then he had to make a public testimony before Israel that he had redeemed Naomi. And he redeemed Naomi, in order to get Ruth. Oh, my.
"He came to His own, and His own received Him not." But he had to redeem Naomi to get Ruth. See? Oh, what a beautiful picture! Tell me God's Word is not inspired? Every bit of it, speaking of the coming. And Ruth, now waiting...

L-143 And Boaz, the king of the harvest, or the lord of the harvest, goes outside the gates, and calls all the elders of the city, and made a public testimony, outside the gate. He said, "See to it, all of you people." He took off his shoe, kicked it off before them, as a testimony, said, "I, this day, have redeemed all of Naomi's lost heritage. And all of her possessions is mine, this day." Oh, my.
Get ready; here it is. Oh, I just feel something moving. Notice, Christ, before the elders of Israel, led outside the gates of the city, and made a testimony: "He was wounded for our transgressions; with His stripes we were healed," a public testimony, He's redeemed the Church, from what? Her lost estate. In the garden of Eden, we didn't have any sickness; the garden of Eden, we had no sin; the garden of Eden, we had no death. "And God so loved the world, He gave His only begotten Son," made a testimony outside of the gate, that He had provided a way of escape for all who wanted to come. What a beautiful picture. I hope you can see it. Now, the Lord be blessed.
And as I see, maybe, my time is getting away.

L-145 God making a provided way, and He made it in Jesus Christ. When Jesus went up Golgotha's hill, wounded, bleeding, the cross dragging out the bloody footprints as He climbed the hill, went up there, public testimony, "He was wounded for our transgressions; with His stripes we were healed." Died, ascended on high (You believe it?) and sent back spiritual gifts to the Church, making a provided way. And this joy that we have in our hearts now, is only the down payment, the earnest money, on what it will be when we're fully redeemed. And this Divine healing we have now is the earnest on our redemption of our body. We are redeemed. God made a provided Sacrifice.


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