<TITLE>12. Par 42-44</TITLE>L-42 But Ruth, not so, a type of the Bride, when her mother-in-law said, "Now, Ruth, you return back."...
She said, "As the Lord liveth, I'll not leave you. I'll go with you. Your people will be my people. Your God shall be my God. And your... Where you die, I'll die. Where you're buried, I'll be buried." Making her choice...
That's where every man has to come to in life sometime, is make a decision. You have to make a choice. You had to make a choice whether you was going to have an education or not. You had to make a choice who was going to be your wife. You had to... There has to be decisions and choices made in life. And this may be the night that you'll have your final call to make your choice, whom you're going to serve. Maybe your final time laying here, dad, on the stretcher, you, mother, over there, young lady. It may be your final time to make your choice.
But Ruth, beautiful... I wish we had time to dig into those old nuggets and bring them out, but we haven't. We'll just have to hit the highlights.

L-43 Notice, Ruth was willing to forsake her idols, forsake her past life, forsake her people, forsake everything, and return with Naomi. No matter what the circumstances was, she was willing to go on. That's the way every man that comes to Christ must first be willing, regardless. I never like to tell the people, "Oh, you're going to prosper and be a rich man now. And God's going to bless you. You ain't going to have no sickness." I don't promise them that, because God doesn't promise them that. I say: If you're really borned again in your heart, I don't care how rough the road gets, you'll still hold onto God's unchanging hand. No matter what that lays before me, if Jesus goes with me, I'll go. Hallelujah. It... Long as He goes, that's all that's necessarily.
And she returned, and oh, the picture now, Ruth (the Gentile church) just coming in; and Naomi (the Jewish church) coming back... And notice, when they turned and went--got back to the homeland, they came in just in barley season. Now, anyone knows what barley season was; it was Pentecost, the firstfruits. How the Gentile church was brought in under the wings of Almighty God at Pentecost, the Gentile church, the Bride. And when she returned, it was barley season.

L-44 And now, they had a--a kinsman there by the name of--of Boaz. And he was a rich man. And Naomi sent Ruth out into the fields to glean in Boaz's field, which was the custom in that day, and still today, right in that same field, made glean behind the reapers.
So what was she gleaning for? She was gleaning for food. And that's what the Gentile church did: come in behind the orthodox church, picking up all they had, which was the Old Testament, gleaning what God give to the prophets. The Gentile church, the young--young church, the Holy Spirit church of the Firstborn, gleaning...
And when Boaz came out to see her, to see how everything was going on, a righteous man, a type of Christ... Boaz was a type of Christ. When he come out to look upon his harvest field, he was the lord of the harvest. Christ is the Lord of the harvest. And he came out to look upon the field, and notice, as soon as his eyes fell upon the beautiful Ruth, it was love at the first sight. Said, "Who is this young maid out here who's gleaning in my field?"
Some of them said, "She's a virtuous woman. She come back with Naomi, some of your kinfolks, and she's out here gleaning."


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