<TITLE>19. Par 176-180</TITLE>L-176 Now, quickly, let's get down to the end of it. Now, we find, now, that the next morning when she woke up, she was happy, waiting, and the man came. He went down... He had another kinsman, that really had option on the woman first. Have I got time to get that? Well, just a minute, and we'll get part of it anyhow.
That next one in the parable that had option on you was the devil, 'cause you'd sinned. And first you belonged to him, 'cause you was--you're his property, for you were borned in sin, shaped in iniquity, come to the world speaking lies. And he could not redeem it. See? He could not redeem it. So Christ come and was made man to take away our sins, to redeem us. Do you see it? And the other man couldn't do it. The devil couldn't die for sins, because he was the very perverter that made sin. See, he could not; he'd mar his inheritance, the other fellow. And Satan would mar his, because he is a devil. He could not become another devil to take away the devil, first devil. He could not become sin, 'cause he already was sin. But Christ being sinless, become a sinner. He could redeem us. Hallelujah, we are redeemed. We are "redeemed": means "to be brought back." We are redeemed.

L-178 So the next morning then he had to make a public testimony. He went down and met this man at the gate before the elders (and it had to be in a public place), and he looked him in the face; he said, "Can you redeem her?" Now, if he had to first redeem Naomi in order to get Ruth... And Christ had to redeem the Jewish church first in order to get the Gentile Bride. She come in with Naomi, as an alien from another country, a Moabite, heathens. That's what we were, the Gentiles, the heathen. And remember, he had to... He had to get Naomi. And when he got Naomi, he got all she had.

L-179 Remember, when Christ come, He never spoke of the Gentile church. It was go to His own. "He came to His own, and His own received Him not." He was always to His own. "Go not in the way of the Gentiles. Go not into Samaria, but go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. And as you go, preach the Gospel, heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out devils, freely as you have received, freely give." Is that right? Sent them two by two... Go first... He had to redeem that church. And when He redeemed that church, He got the Gentile Bride. Amen. That was the bargain in it. See, He got the Bride when He redeemed the church.

L-180 Now, Boaz, he had to make a public... He said, "Can you redeem her?"
He said, "No."
Then he had to make a public testimony. He picked off his shoe and throwed it at him, said, "There you are. Let all Israel know that I have redeemed Naomi, and I also take Ruth." Amen. "I take Ruth for my bride." Who was it? The Lord of the harvest. Amen. There she is, "I redeem Naomi, and I get Ruth. And Ruth will be my bride."
What'd they say, "May her be like--like Leah and Rachel and them, and raise up thousands (and she has, that's right.) unto Israel. May she be that way." And look, he made a--a public testimony.


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