<TITLE>14. Par 118-126</TITLE>L-118 Now, notice closely now, when Ruth said--or Naomi said to Ruth, said, "Now, he is our kinsman. And if you can find grace with him, you'll find rest. (Oh, my.) If you can find grace, you'll find rest." Boaz represented Christ, the rich man, the heir of all things, the Lord of the harvest. Oh, my. How when Boaz come riding out there in that carriage, looking around over the fields, and his eyes fell on Ruth. He was master. He was lord of the harvest. And she found grace in his sight.
That's what the church does today. While the Lord of the harvest is going by, He ain't looking to big buildings, big steeples, well trained choirs. He's looking for individuals: men and women who are dedicated and made a clean-cut for Christ, consecrated themselves to His service, "God, I believe It, every Word of It. When Your Word says anything, I stay right with It. That's Your Word. I believe It, every Word." That's what He's looking for, the Lord of the harvest. That's what He wants, to give the Holy Spirit to those who are hungering and thirsting. "Blessed are ye that hunger and thirst, for ye shall be filled." He's trying to find that church today.

L-120 Now, then Ruth was asked to do something that was disgraceful, but she was willing because she'd made her decision. What a type of the believer, what a perfect type. Naomi, the old church said, "Go down tonight; it's barley season." Oh, what a beautiful thought we could hang on right there.
Naomi and Ruth come in just at barley season. Barley season was bread season, the season when fresh bread was being served. And the church in this last days, through two thousand years of pagan teaching and things, has come in at barley season: freshness of Life, new Bread, honey out of heaven. (Russell, talk about honey-crust bread.) This is It, Bread from heaven. "I am the Bread of Life. Your fathers did eat manna and are dead. But I am the Bread of Life that comes from God out of heaven. If a man eats this Bread he'll never die." And the church in this last days here, is brought in right now at barley season.

L-123 Ruth, a Gentile, excommunicated, run off, has been brought in as--to be accepted as Bride. Christ come in just at barley season.
He said, "Now, put thy garments upon thee." Not take thy garments off of thee. How contrary to today. "Gird thy garments upon thee when you go to meet him. He's going to winnow barley, tonight. Go down and put your garments on you. Cover yourself up to meet him."
Today, they want to uncover themselves. Cover yourself. "Go down because he winnows barley. And then mark the place where he lieth down." Did you do it? On Golgotha. Many years ago I marked in my heart where He laid down His life, that He might take me. Mark the place that he lieth down. Watch where He laid. That's what every believer should do. Mark what He done for you. Last Sunday's message on "The Visit to Calvary"... Mark what He did for you.

L-126 She said, "Mark where he lieth down. Then when he lieth down to sleep (to rest), you go lie down by his feet," not his head; his feet: unworthy. "And take the blanket that he was covered with and pull it over you." You see it? Oh, my. I know you may think I'm a fanatic. But that just suits me just right, that Spirit of God.
Mark where He lay at Calvary, where He laid down in the tomb in Gethsemane. Mark, and crawl up to His feet, and lie down there and die yourself to... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] There you are. Cover yourself over with His skirt. She said, "The skirt..." she called it.
And Ruth said, "What you say, that I'll do."
Oh, what a clear-cut decision for a believer. "What the Bible says, that I'll do. It says, 'Repent and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ,' I'll do it. If It says, 'Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel,' I'll do it. If It says, whatever It says... 'Jesus Christ the same yesterday, forever.' Ever what It says for me to do, I'll do it." See the church taking It's orders from the Word. She laid down.


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