Category: Secrets Of The Scriptures

Who Was CHANOKH?

In previous posts we looked at the 5 women mentioned in the Geneology of Messiah.

In that same list is another enigmatic individual whose name is Chanokh.

We may be more familiar with the English translation of 

Enoch.

Enoch in Hebrew is pronounced as Chenock

and sounds close to Henokh.

The name Hanok is from the same Hebrew word translated Enoch in both verses, Genesis 4:17 and Genesis 5:18. Other translations say Hanoch, hhanock or Henoch. The only difference is one of English spelling.

חֲנוֹך (Ancient Hebrew) 

Ἐνώχ (Ancient Greek)

Other Languages & Cultures

Chanokh ( Biblical Hebrew) 

Enok (Norwegian) 

Enok (Swedish)

Enok (Danish) 

חֲנוֹךְ

The name

חנוך

hhanokh,

Strong’s #2585 means:

dedicated

and is derived from the verb root

חנך

(Hh.N.Kh, Strong’s #2596) meaning:

to dedicate.

Strong’s Hebrew: 2585. חֲנוֹך (Chanok)

                                             
Part of Speech: proper name, masculine 
Transliteration: Chanok
Phonetic Spelling: (khan-oke’)
In the pronunciation sounds like anochi

Who was Enoch /Chanoch?

Enoch the name means:

dedicated, initiated one.

chet nun vav kaf

חֲנוֹךְ

Genesis 5 shows the direct line from Adam to Noah.

In Luke 3 working backwards:

Which was the son of Cainan,

which was the son of Arphaxad,

which was the son of Sem,

which was the son of Noe,

which was the son of Lamech,

37 Which was the son of Mathusala,

which was the son of Enoch,

which was the son of Jared,

which was the son of Maleleel,

which was the son of Cainan,

38 Which was the son of Enos,

which was the son of Seth,

which was the son of Adam,

which was the son of God.

 

If the ages of the individuals genealogies are added together, we will discover that Adam was alive at the same time Enoch was alive! 

Enoch was the 7th from Adam, and the great-great Grandfather of Noah,

and his son Methuselah died the same week that Noah entered into the ark. 

The meanings of their combined Hebrew names preach the gospel message of the coming Messiah.

Adam – Man

Seth – Appointed

Enosh/Enos – Mortal

Kenan/Cainan – Sorrow

Mahalael/Maleleel – The Blessed God

Yared/Jared – Shall Come Down

Enoch – Teaching

Mathusala/ Methuselah – His Death Shall Bring

Lamech – The Despairing 

Noe/Noah – Comfort/ Rest 

Adding in:  is, to, but and the it could read

 Man is Appointed to Mortal Sorrow

but The Blessed God

Shall Come Down Teaching

His Death Shall Bring the Despairing 

Comfort/ Rest 

 

In Genesis 5:1-32

1 This is the written account of Adam’s family line. 

When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God. 

2 He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind” when they were created. 

3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. 

4 After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 

5Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died. 

6 When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father of Enosh. 

7 After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters. 

8Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died. 

9 When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan. 

10 After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters. 

11Altogether, Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died. 

12 When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel. 

13After he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.

14 Altogether, Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died. 

15 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared. 

16After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

17 Altogether, Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died. 

18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch. 

19 After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 

20Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died. 

21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. 

22After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 

23 Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. 

24 Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away. 

25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech. 

26After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

27 Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died. 

28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son. 

29 He named him Noah and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.” 

30 After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 

31 Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died. 

32 After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.

Genealogy of Yeshua/Jesus. Luke 3:21-38

21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened 

22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” 

23 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli, 

24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melki, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, 

25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, 

26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josek, the son of Joda, 

27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, 

28 the son of Melki, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, 

29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, 

30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, 

31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, 

32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, 

33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram,the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, 

34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, 

35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, 

36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 

37 the son of Methuselah,

the son of ENOCH

the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Kenan, 

38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

He is also mentioned in Hebrews

Hebrews 11:5-6 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

Hebrews 11:5-6 New Living Translation (NLT) 5 It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying—“he disappeared, because God took him.”[ a] For before he was taken up, he was known as a person who pleased God. 6 And it is impossible to please God without faith.

Jude 14-15 King James Version (KJV) 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”[ a]

Enoch is located at position seven in the Genesis 5 genealogy he is not to be confused with Cains son by the same name in Genesis 4:17 the number seven is a symbolic number denoting perfection this is a fact Jude did not overlook when he referred to Enoch as the seventh from Adam, or a perfect man.

Jude 14-15 Amplified Bible (AMP) 14 It was about these people that [ a ] Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, when he said, “Look, the Lord came with [ b ] myriads of His holy ones 15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the [ c ] ungodly of all the ungodly deeds they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh and cruel things ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”

Jude clearly notes Enoch as a prophet for he says

Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, when he said,

In Jude 14-15, Jude describes the second coming with the following quote:

“See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones.”

The Jewish historian Josephus and the secular historian Tacitus report an army seen in the clouds at the start of the Jewish War in A.D. 66!

So Who was this man there are only such few verses about him in the Scriptures?

Even a casual reading of Genesis account emphasizes that

Enoch walked with God,

the only person in the entire genealogy to do so

and whats more he walked with God for 300 years!

The significance of Methuselah.

Enoch’s son Methuselah, was the oldest man that ever lived and died.

In truth it is Methuselah’s father who is the oldest man that ever lived, because Enoch never died!

Followed of course by Elijah.

Enochs great grandson Noah built the ark and was spared from the flood and that year his grandfather died.

Two facts we can compare:

Genesis 5:27

tells us that Methuselah died at age 969

Second in Genesis 5:25

Methuselah’s age was 187

when Lamech was born’

and Genesis 5:28

Lamech’s age was 182

when Noah was born.

Genesis 7:11

+600

Noah’s age when the flood came.

Total 969

From these two facts anyone can calculate that Methuselah died the year of the flood.

Soon after Methuselah was laid in the ground the fountains of the great deep broke up.

As Methuselah died the year of the flood it speaks to us that his name was very prophetic, giving insight that his father Enoch was a prophet. As Jude declared over 3000 years later. A prophet tells things ahead of time not only about the flood, but he also foretold the second coming in Jude 15.

The fact that Methuselah died at the oldest age on record reveals the mercy of God in not wanting to send the flood until he has given time for man to asked for forgiveness, to repent.

Is not the fact that we are called to

repent/ teshuvah

the very core of salvation?

This is why in the New Testament Peter tells us that he is not slow in his coming as some men thinks slowness.

Peter spoke about God’s reluctance to destroy mankind in direct connection with the lifestyle of Methuselah when he referred to the patience of God while the ark was being built 1 Peter 3:20

Did God keep extending Methuselah’s life year-by-year because he is long suffering toward mankind and is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance?  2Peter 3:9

Noah a preacher of righteousness was only able to save his family by Gods directive. 2Peter 2:5

The name Methuselah

 מְתוּשֶׁ֖לַח

means

his death shall bring

that being, the deluge shall break forth.

1 Chronicles 1:3 
HEB: חֲנ֥וֹךְ מְתוּשֶׁ֖לַח לָֽמֶךְ׃
NAS: Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
KJV: Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

Enoch, who by position was already part of the Godly lineage, found his life radically altered by the birth of Methuselah. Apparently, God came to Enoch and informed him of the prophetic significance of the child that his wife was soon to give birth to. He was also told to call his name Methuselah because, when he dies, an event will occur which will be recorded historically as the flood.

This new birth led to a new walk and

Enoch walked with God

after he begat Methuselah.

The new walk

in turn led to a new life

and Enoch walked with God and

he

was not –

for God took him.

The term

was not –

has two meanings:

It is a Hebrew idiom meaning

he died

but it can also be interpreted as his

being translated –

going straight to heaven without dying, (physical body).

In the version of the Septuagint, “and he was not found, for God translated him.” Hence, in the New Testament it is said, Hebrews 11:5, “By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death.”

The first is one word in Hebrew

we’eynennû,

which could be literally translated

“and he not there,”

the verb “was” to be supplied:

”he was not there/he was no more.”

It could mean that he disappeared or that he died.

http://www.qbible.com/hebrew-old-testament/genesis/5.html

A person can disappear because he dies,

or because God “takes him.”

 

 

In the next text we are told twice that

he walked with God

the Word walked is

halak הלך

It means:

to walk up and down with another;

to be conversant with another.

Strong’s Hebrew: 1981. הֲלַך (halak) — to go

halak [H1980]

a Hebrew verb

(same meaning as yalak [H3212]),

a verb meaning “to walk”

1) to go, to walk, to go along (to, through or over a place, with someone, after someone, to follow someone, to pursue someone);

2) “to walk” is to live, to follow any manner of life (to follow someone’s footsteps is to imitate him in life and manners)

הלך hâlak is similar in sound and meaning to ילך yâlak (Strong’s #3212) “to go” which according to some lexicons is first used of the Serpent in Eden being forced “to go” on its belly without its legs but also of Abram’s great commission (Genesis 12:1) to leave Ur and go to a new land, clearly using his legs not slithering like a snake.

From these meanings, Halak

clearly shows

a literal place where he went daily

in order to walk and talk with God.

Of course Enoch also walked with God in the usual sense of the term as he sought to include into every aspect of daily life the lessons he learned during intimate communion with God.

Amos 3:3 poses the question:

can two walk together except they be agreed

since the obvious answer is that they cannot,

and since God does not change,

Enoch discovered what we must also learn

that it is we/us that must do the changing.

We must continuously adjust and strive to stay closely connected with God.

The last three words about each of Enochs’ predecessors are

that he died.

Genesis 5:55:8:5:11 5:14 5:17 5:20.

The last three words about Enoch are:

God took him

Genesis 5:24

We are informed later in the New Testament that God took him, means that he did not see death because God translated him Hebrews 11:5

The Enoch principle to remember from the Genesis account is that: he walked with God.

This phrase can be reduced to one word – fellowship.

Enoch pleased God and the next time we find Enoch mentioned in the scriptures is at the 2nd position in the Hebrews list of Faith heroes. Heb. 11:5,6; By faith Enoch…

Whereas the Genesis account mentions twice

that Enoch walked with God

and the Hebrews account speaks twice of

Enoch pleasing God.

Verse 6 is one of the most popular faith verses in the Brit Chadashah,

it should be looked at as a comment on Enoch and then verse 7 quickly moves to Noah.

Since the emphasis of the Hebrews account is that

Enoch pleased God

it follows that only by

walking with God

(genesis text)

will one ever please Him.

(Hebrews text)

Or to put it another way Fellowship precedes approval. Yeshua/Jesus will never say I knew You, unless we are intimate with Him during our sojourn here and that is not summed up in us giving Him our list of wants and calling it prayer time!

Hebrews adds some interesting insights about Enoch one is that his translation did not seem a surprise to him.

By faith Enoch was translated.   

His translation was something Enoch was believing for. The word translate here is

metathesis

Strongs 3331 3346

and means: transportation ie transferal to heaven  

Enoch miraculously stepped from the earthly realm to the heavenly realm

How does faith come?…

by hearing and hearing by the word of God, Rom. 10:17

The question arises; how did he hear the word in order to receive such faith; especially for an event for which there was no precedent (translation)? At this time the revelation from God to man was not much in evidence. Man did not know much more than of sin and sacrifice.

Seeing as Enoch had no Bible to read, nor church to attend; how could he hear Gods word??

 

Refocus on the words

Enoch walked with God

and consider that it is possible that Enoch and God conversed as the two of them walked together? Just as his 7th generation forebear Adam had done? According to the scripture in 1 John 4:12 Enoch could not see God, however, according to John 10:27; Enoch could hear Gods voice. This would be similar to how we hear His voice today and maybe even in a stronger sense because he did not have the other means of the Father’s grace extended to him. Was Enochs’ diligence in seeking the Lord rewarded with God giving him a clear revelation of Himself?

Again in Heb 5:22,24 the Hebrew word for walk is Halak and means to walk up and down with another, to be conversant with…

God was conversant with Enoch, before his translation he had this testimony that he pleased God,

The word testimony here means witness

Enoch had the witness the vocal testimony that he pleased God. Was it was upon hearing this witness that he received faith to step up into the heavenly dimension?

We should remember that they had enjoyed fellowship and daily conversation for 300 yrs!!

Enoch had adjusted his life following the instructions from the voice. it is possible God found in Enoch what he had intended and longed for with Adam and Eve and when it was lost he found it again with Enoch?

These are the same principles seen in later examples of fruitfulness. Moses, Joshua, David, Daniel etc. Yeshua/Jesus is our prime example.

He had FELLOWSHIP with His Father in perfect obedience.

For the first 30 years we hear almost nothing of Him, then he received public declaration of his Fathers APPROVAL at the Jordan river before His public MINISTRY.

The Biblical order the scripture repeats for us to see is Fellowship Approval Ministry.

For Enoch there was a moment when something special and unique occurred … He was transported into the Fathers presence. In Hebrews 11:5 we are told His family searched for him but he was not found … It was as though he vanished into thin air; with no trace no sign of struggle … nothing…. for God took him God had translated him.

In Genesis, we have the Enoch principle that is fellowship and the Enoch principle in Hebrews is Approval. When a person fellowships with God and pleases Him through obedience, God is usually pleased to then use that person as a mouthpiece to others.

This leads us to the third scripture where Enoch is mentioned.

The book of Jude precedes Revelation and is placed strategically because it is prophetic of the things which will unfold in the last days immediately prior to the Lords return. It is in this very short book Enoch is mentioned. Jude 14.15

The Enoch principle in Jude is that of Ministry which is based on the statement that Enoch also prophesied.

He spoke TO God

before he

spoke FOR God

The underlying Enoch principles are:

FELLOWSHIP leads to

APPROVAL and that leads to MINISTRY

Relationship precedes permission to preach!?

Jude is referencing the book of Enoch when he quotes Enochs prophecy about the Lords return. This book was never received as canonical and its certain that not all the letters Paul wrote are included either! Many are not aware that Paul wrote a letter to the Laodecians is just an example. It is notable and important to see that God made sure that Judes book was included and that a small portion of Enochs prophesies were included in the ‘canon’!

It may surprise readers to know there are scrolls believed to have been written by Enoch however they are not well known and have been somewhat hidden from view.

Several fragments of it, in Aramaic, have been found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. (It is not known if the book was written originally in Hebrew or in Aramaic, the common language of the time.) He gave his writings to Methuselah (the son of Enoch and grandfather of Noah), and Noah to preserve them “so they can be delivered to the generations of the world”.

It is not regarded as scripture by Jews or any Christian group, apart from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, which to this day regards it to be canonical. This prophesy of Enoch is not found in the Tenach, but is found in “The Book of Enoch,” a work that has long been lost and only discovered in Africa the 17th century. The book was thought to have been lost, for over 2,000 years, with many ancient sources referring to it, and even quoting parts, but no complete copies were known. Then in 1773, James Bruce brought three copies back from Ethiopia, having spent some years exploring the country.

Access to their content is now more easily available with the internet offering the contents and it has become more popular now we are nearing the return of Messiah. Many say they should not be read as they are not included in the Bible…There is some evidence that they were excluded by decree of men around the time of Constantine and the council of Nicea who determined what books should be left in and which should not. Would we read the writings of Noah or Abraham if they existed? We read Job, Jeremiah, etc,. etc,. without thinking; yet we stumble over the so called apocryphal books, saying they are not genuine. Then we read Josephus the historian employed by Rome, and believe what he wrote concerning the events of the times in which he lived. Here is where we trust the Fathers spirit of holiness and read with a discerning heart and noting that if the contents are confirmed by scripture they may well have benefit now that as Daniel prophesied, knowledge shall increase in the last days.

There is certainly some curiosity to read what Enoch wrote, a man who walked with God for 300 years, pleased God, prophesied of the end time, mentioned by the new testament writers and literally did not die but was taken up to be with the Lord…. Let the reader decide.

Many scholars think that Enoch could be one of the 2 witnesses of revelation along with Moses and or Elijah seeing as Enoch and Elijah did not physically die, they may return to die as stated in Revelation 11 :1-14.

Enoch was divinely inspired to prophesy that Jehovah /YeHoVeH would come “with his holy myriads to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly concerning all their ungodly deeds that they did in an ungodly way, and concerning all the shocking things that ungodly sinners spoke against him.

The first words of the book are very close to known scriptures.

  1. The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect ⌈⌈and⌉⌉ righteous, who will be living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked ⌈⌈and godless⌉⌉ are to be removed.

  2. And he took up his parable and said–Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by

God, saw the vision of the Holy One in the heavens, ⌈which⌉ the angels showed me, and from them I heard everything, and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this generation, but for a remote one which is for to come.

  1. Concerning the elect I said, and took up my parable concerning them: The Holy Great One will come forth from His dwelling,

  2. And the eternal God will tread upon the earth, (even) on Mount Sinai,

⌈And appear from His camp⌉
And appear in the strength of His might from the heaven of heavens.

  1. And all shall be smitten with fear

    And the Watchers shall quake,

    And great fear and trembling shall seize them unto the ends of the earth.

  2. And the high mountains shall be shaken, And the high hills shall be made low,

    And shall melt like wax before the flame p. 32

  3. And the earth shall be ⌈wholly⌉ rent in sunder, And all that is upon the earth shall perish,

    And there shall be a judgement upon all (men).

  4. But with the righteous He will make peace.

And will protect the elect,
And mercy shall be upon them.

And they shall all belong to God, And they shall be prospered,

And they shall ⌈all⌉ be blessed. ⌈And He will help them all⌉,

And light shall appear unto them, ⌈And He will make peace with them⌉.

  1. And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of ⌈His⌉ holy ones To execute judgement upon all,

And to destroy ⌈all⌉ the ungodly: And to convict all flesh
Of all the works ⌈of their ungodliness⌉ which they have ungodly committed, And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners ⌈have spoken⌉ against Him.

Abel is the first person in the scripture who is identified as a prophet but Abel has no recorded words in scripture. Looking at him more closely we see that Yeshua/Jesus obviously referred to him as a prophet through his martyrdom. Luke 11:50,51

Enoch is the first person after Abel identified as a prophet and the first one whose prophetic utterance is cited. even though we have come to the last but one book in the Bible to find it!

Enoch emphasized about the ungodliness of his day (ungodly repeated.)

Enoch the prophet speaks to us today telling us that IF we will

(IF CONDITION AGAIN)

fellowship daily with our Lord,

we will please Him

and He in turn will please us by using us for His glory

or to quote literally

Enoch walked with God, he pleased God, Enoch also prophesied…

A closer look at his name and the meaning of the individual letters with the paleo pictographs:

חֲנוֹך

chet nun vav kaf (reading right to left)

חֲנוֹך

kaf vav nun chet

chet: fence private sanctuary a place of protection and refuge

noon: fish activity and life seed

vav: iron nail connect two things together

kaf: open palm of the hand to cover teaching kippur atonement.

 One combination of these pictographs could be:

chet: In a private set apart place/ sanctuary where noon /life is both created and protected, this wonderful event occurs because of a connection between 2 things separated from each other, which in this case: sinful man and a Holy God – the separation is restored/healed by an iron nail – vav – which is connected to the kaf the palm of the hand. And the picture of the letter kaf seems to tell us what this is about, that it is the redemptive work of atonement which came through Jesus/Yeshua.

Is this what our Heavenly Father was thinking

as a indication of his redemptive plan

when He named Enoch?

חנוך

hhanokh

7th from Adam

7= divine perfection

which was manifest in Yeshuas life, death and resurrection.

Enoch pleased God/YeHoVeH.

is this also an indication of the coming Messiah?

Let us be among those of whom it can be said

He becomes a rewarder of those who seek Him out

They referred to

חנוך

hhanokh

Enoch as

“the man who walked with God.”

Is that how others refer to us?

It is interesting that we read many books without even a second thought. Then when we are told not to read something written by a direct ancestor of Messiah we are almost afraid to even look at it.

The contents of Enochs’ writings are somewhat controversial and being prayerful and discerning is at the readers personal discretion. MMM is simply presenting information for those who love to study.

For individuals who are led by His Ruach HaKodesh together with an interest in further study of his writings; some of which were also attributed to Noah! There are downloads available as well as hard copies that can be purchased on line.

Below are a couple of links:

Hebrew book of Enoch (Enoch 3) : Enoch : Free Download …

archive.org ›

http://www.scriptural-truth.com/images/BookOfEnoch.pdf   free

This is a link to the version translated by R H Charles, held to be the  more accurate one. An mp3 Reading of The Entire Book of Enoch.

The man who walked with God for 300 years!!!!

Genesis 5:22 
HEB: וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֨ךְ חֲנ֜וֹךְ אֶת־ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗ים
NAS: Then Enoch walked with God
KJV: And Enoch walked with

1 Chronicles 1:3 
HEB: חֲנ֥וֹךְ מְתוּשֶׁ֖לַח לָֽמֶךְ׃
NAS: Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
KJV: Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

May His true Shalom/Peace

rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.

‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’

משפחה

Mish-pa-KHa Mish-pa-KHa

you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..

We are living in the closing days of this age, some of which are what Enoch prophesied about. If you have not already made a decision or given your heart to Yeshua/Jesus or just simply NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

please make sure you are secure in the knowledge that you are saved…. Today is the day of salvation for we are not promised tomorrow….

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past. I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.

Is Messiah Found In The TaNaKH and Brit Chadashah?

We know scripture speaks of

the

AlefTav


the beginning and the end

the alpha and omega.

 

Is Messiah to be found in every book of the Bible?

In the TaNaKH and the Brit Chadashah?

For the benefit of new readers,

the Old Testament is also called

TaNaKH

Ta•nach.

In Hebrew it is not a name

but the initials of the three sections

of the Old Testament: TNK

Tanakh made up of:

Torah (Torah, the Instructions or Law); ‘ תורה

Ne•vi•eem’ (Prophets);

and Ke•tu•vim (Writings).

The Torah includes the five books of Moses (the Pentateuch)

and ‘She•mot’ is its second book,

following ‘Be•re•sheet’ (Genesis).

The Brit Chadashah is the re-new-ed covenant.

Torah

Prophets: Nevi’im

Writings: Kesuvim

The Former Prophets (נביאים ראשונים‎ Nevi’im Rishonim)

The Latter Prophets (נביאים אחרונים‎ Nevi’im Aharonim)

The Twelve Prophets (תרי עשר‎, Trei Asar, “The Twelve”),

The Twelve (minor prophets) Trei-Assar

The Eleven Books of the Writings (Kesuvim)

 

We may have heard of the following list before,

so here we will add the Hebrew for each Book

and see how Messiah is foreshadowed

or, is the type in each one.

Exodus 3:15

Say this to the Israelites:

The LORD, the God of your ancestors,

the God of Abraham,

the God of Isaac,

and the God of Jacob,

has sent me to you.

This is my name forever;

this is how I am to be remembered

in every generation.

YHVH

The letters are as they sound

Yud Hey Vav Hey

add the vowels a, e and o

Hebrew vowels (nikud).

YeHoVeH is Our Heavenly Fathers Name 

In the Tanakh,

YHVH

is the personal name of God

and His most frequent designation,

occurring over 6,800 times.

This is known as the

Ineffable Name

or

Unutterable Name of the God of Israel.

The Israelites understood the Name to be too Holy to speak so they used other words for His Name instead. After many generations the original pronunciation is believed to have been lost.

Because it is composed from the four Hebrew letters

Yod, Hey, Vav, and Hey,

it is also referred to as the

Tetragrammaton,

which simply means

the four letters.

Some use the name spelled

Yehovah

which is

derived from the three-letter

Hollow Root

HYH

which means

“to be”.

We know this from Ex 3:14

in which He explains His name as

“Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh”.

The word Ehyeh

is an “imperfect” verb from the same root

HYH meaning “to be”

There are various other ways scholars pronounce the NAME..Yahuah/Yahweh/Yehovah, etc.

Recall, some use the vowel a in place of e in different words.

Please Note: This is NOT meant to cause confusion or controversy. We simply need to read what His Word says in the original language in which it was written; and let His Spirit of Holiness/Ruach HaKodesh bear witness to His Truth; and as His Spirit does so, let each reader decide for themselves.

As we read through the books, let’s linger on each one in order to reflect upon these questions:

Who do we say He is? And do we truly believe that He is?

As Hebrews 11;6 tells us

And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing `unto him’;

for he that cometh to God

must believe that he is,

and `that’ he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

 

It was a question He asked His disciples in

Matthew 16:16 , Mark 8 and

Luke 9:18–20  

“Who do you say I am?”

Is our answer the same as Peters?

You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.

Who is He to us?

How do we see Him and how is He manifest in our lives?

Is He our Passover Lamb?

Is He our Kinsman Redeemer?

In previous posts we have read many of the following types and shadows, so its a great opportunity to turn inwards and ask ourselves

Who Is He To Us?

What place and position do we give Him in our Lives?

In

Genesis

בראשית

In the Beginning בְּרֵאשִׁית

Bereshit Be•re•sheet Bereishit

Yeshua/Jesus

ישוע

is

the

Seed of the Woman

ישו הוא הזרע של האישה

Seed -zera

זרע האישה

In

Exodus

שְׁמוׄת

Shemot – Names

Yeshua/Jesus ישוע

 

is the

Passover Lamb

pesach

טלה פסח

the sacrificial Lamb of God/YHVH

who took away our sin.

 

In

Leviticus

Vayikra

ויקרא

and He called

Vayikra, VaYikra, Va-yikra, or Wayyiqra (וַיִּקְרָא ‎

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

High Priest

: כהן גדול ‎

kohen gadol;

ever interceding for us at the mercy seat.

 

In

Numbers 

מידבר בְּ

Be•mid•bar בְּמִדְבַּר

Bemidbar, BeMidbar, B’midbar, Bamidbar,

or Bamidbor בְּמִדְבַּר ‎

Hebrew for in the wilderness of [Sinai]

Yeshua/Jesus

ישוע

is the

Pillar of Cloud by day and the Pillar of Fire by night

עמוד ענן amud ha’anan  עמוד האש  Amud Ha’Esh

Ever leading us by day and by night.

 

In

Deuteronomy

דברים ברחם

De•va•rim,’ דְּבָרִים

‘Deuteronomy,’ means:

words. מילים

Word, thing, essence – לָּה, דָּבָר

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

the word made flesh

and a

Prophet like unto Moses

נביא כמו למשה

 

In

Joshua

Yehoshua or Jehoshua

 יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ‎ Yəhôšuaʿ

יְהוֹשֻׁעַ  

God is Salvation יְהוֹשֻעַ

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is the

Captain of Our Salvation/

Captain of the Lord’s host

קפטן ישועתנו

 

In

Judges

Shoftim

Shophtim

(שֹׁפְטִים)

שופטים haš·šō·p̄ə·ṭîm

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Judge and Lawgiver

שֹׁפֵט Mechoqeq ת’ות

Our debt is paid…

we are declared

not guilty!!!

In

Ruth

רות

Rut friendship

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Kinsman Redeemer

go el  גָּאַל

gaal: to redeem, act as kinsman

Original Word: גָּאַל
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: gaal
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-al’)
Definition: to redeem, act as kinsman

In

1 & 2 Samuel

Shemuel Shmuel

(sehm-oo-ale’)

His Name is G-d

Shmû’ēl (שְׁמוּאֵל)

Yeshua/Jesus ישוע

is our

Trusted Prophet

נביא מהימן

Strong’s Hebrew: 982. בָּטַח (batach) — to trust.

‘your prophet’ is ‘Neviecha’ (נביאך)

The testimony of Yeshua

is the spirit of prophecy.

In

1 & 2 Kings

M’lakhim (מְלָכִים)

Melakhim – Melachim – Kings

and

In

Chronicles

 דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים

Divrei Hayamim Divrei HaYamim

Yeshua/Jesus  ישוע

is

our

Reigning King

המלך המכהן

Strong’s Hebrew: 7287. רָדָה (radah) — reign

Strong’s Hebrew: 4428. מֶ֫לֶך (melek) — king

In

Ezra

Help

‘Ezrā

עֶזְרָא

&

Nehemiah

נחמיה

 

Nechemyah: Yah comforts,

Nechemya: comfort of god

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

the

Rebuilder of the broken down

walls of human life.

המלך המכהן

repairer of the breach

   מתקן הפרצה

 

In

Esther

Ester

אֶסְתֵר

Hadassah – Star – Myrtle tree

Estēr 

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

our

Mordecai מרדכי

 

 

In

Job

Iyov 

Iyyôbh

 אִיּוֹב 

Hated,

Oppressed אִיּוֹב

Yeshua/Jesus  ישוע

is

our

Ever Living Redeemer

אי פעם חי גואל

In

Psalms

Tehillim 

Praises

תְהִלִּים

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

our

Shepherd

Roi – רֹעִי – ro-ee’

In the Hebrew Bible it is always called

the shepherd of the flock,

the sheep and the goats,

termed ‘tson’ in Hebrew.

In

Proverbs

Mishlei 

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

our

Wisdom – מִשְׁלֵי

&

Ecclesiastes

Qōheleth

קֹהֶלֶת

Kohelet Maggid/Preacher,

Speaker, Collector of Sentences

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Wisdom. חוכמה.

(chokmah) — wisdom

 

In

Song of Solomon

Shir Hashirim – Song of Songs

הַשִּׁירִים שִׁיר

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Loving Bridegroom.  חתן אוהב

 

In

Isaiah

Yeshayahu 

God is Salvation

Yĕsha‘ăyāhû – יְשַׁעְיָהוּ

Yeshua/Jesus

is the

Prince of Peace

Sar Shalom. נסיך השלום

 נסיך של שלום.

In

Jeremiah

Yirmeyahu

God Will Raise Up

Yirmyāhû – יִרְמְיָהוּ

Yeshua/Jesus

is

our

Righteous Branch. סניף

סניף חסיד אומות העולם

 Hebrew: 6662. צַדִּיק (tsaddiq) — just, righteous

5342. נֵ֫צֶר (netser) — a sprout, shoot

In

Lamentations

Eikhah 

Eicha Alas!

Eikhah אֵיכָה

Yeshua/Jesus

is

our

Weeping Prophet.

נביא בוכה

1058. בָּכָה (bakah) — to weep, bewail.

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In

Ezekiel

Yekhezqel

Yechezkel

Yehoveh/God Will Strengthen

Yĕḥezqiēl  – יְחֶזְקֵאל

Yeshua/Jesus

is

the

Wonderful Four-faced Man.

אדם נפלא בעל ארבע פנים

3. פֶּ֫לִאי (pili or pali) — wonderful …

. אּישׁ (ish) — man

And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second facewas the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. every. Ezekiel 10:21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. Ezekiel 1:6-10

In

Daniel

Dani’el 

God is My Judge

Dānî’ēl (דָּנִיֵּאל)

Yeshua/Jesus  ישוע

is

the

Fourth Man

in the

Fiery Furnace

האדם הרביעי בכבשן הלוהט

In

Hosea

Hoshea

Salvation

Hôshēa‘ (הוֹשֵׁעַ)

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

the

Faithful Husband

בעל נאמן

forever married to the

backslider.

 

In

Joel –

Yô’ēl

יוֹאֵל

God is Willing or HaShem is G-d

Yeshua/Jesus  ישוע

is

Baptizer of the Holy Spirit and Fire

הטבילה של רוח הקודש והאש

Ruach Hakodesh    84. אֵשׁ (esh) — a fire

In

Amos –

To be Burdened, Troubled

Āmôs 

עָמוֹס

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

our

Burden-bearer. נושא נטל

 סַבָּל
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: sabbal
Phonetic Spelling: (sab-bawl’)
Definition: burden bearer

In

Obadiah

Ovadya –

Servant of G-d

Ōvadhyāh

עֹבַדְיָה

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

Mighty to Save  אדיר לשמור

גִּבּוֹר (gibbor) — strong, mighty

 

In

Jonah 

Yonah

Dove

Yônāh 

יוֹנָה

Yeshua/Jesus ישוע

is

our

great foreign Missionary.

מיסיונר זר גדול

 

In

Micah

Micha

Who is Like God?

Mîkhāh

מִיכָה

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

the Messenger of beautiful feet. 

שליח של רגליים יפות

How beautiful upon the mountains.

mah na-vu ra-glay m’va-sayr tov.

How beautiful are the feet of the messenger of peace.

ma-shmee-a shalom.

announcing peace. kol tzo-fa-yeekh na-s’u kol.

In

Nahum

Nachum  

Comfort

Naḥûm

נַחוּם

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

the

Avenger of God’s Way.

הנוקם של דרכו של אלוהים

In

Habakkuk

Chavakkuk

To Wrestle, To Embrace

Ḥăvaqûq

חֲבַקּוּק

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

God’s Evangelist crying,

האוונגליסט של אלוהים בוכה

“Revive Thy works

in the midst of the years”

להחיות את העבודות שלך בעיצומו של השנים

In

Zephaniah

Tzefanya

Hidden by God

Tsĕphanyāh

צְפַנְיָה

 Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

our Savior.

  המושיע שלנו

Because of this many believe the Hebrew word yasha means “savior” and this apparently is not quite right.

The word ישה (yasha) is a simple verb meaning “to deliver.”

When the letters י, ו and מ are added to the verb a more complex verb is formed and more specifically a hiphil participle verb. A hiphil verb is causative and would mean “cause to deliver.”

In

Haggai

Chaggai

My Feast, Festive

Ḥaggai

חַגַּי

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is the

  משחזר המורשת האבודה של אלוהים

Restorer of God’s lost heritage.

. נַחֲלָה (nachalah) 

meaning: possession, property, inheritance original gift.

In

Zechariah

Zecharya

Memory, Remembrance of HaShem

Zkharyāh

זְכַרְיָה

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

the

Fountain of the House of David

מעיין בית דוד

4726. מָקוֹר (maqor) — a spring, fountain

4599. מַעְיָן (mayan or mayeno or mayanah …

“the House of David”

in Hebrew is

בית דוד.

beit/bayt daveed

In

Malachi –

My Messenger, My Minister, My Servant

Mal’ākhî

מַלְאָכִי

Yeshua/Jesusישוע

is

Son of Righteousness

with

healing in his Wings

בן צדק עם ריפוי בכנפיו

as well as

Messenger – minister- Servant.

משרת שר השליחים

8334. שָׁרַת (sharath) — to minister, serve.

397. מַלְאָך (malak) — a messenger

Malak: ambassador, messenger, angel, king.

Who is He to us?

The B’rit Chadashah will be in the next post…

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May His true Shalom/Peace

rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.

‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’

משפחה 

Mish-pa-KHa

you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..

please make sure you are secure in the knowledge that you are saved….

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.

Five Chosen In A Line Unbroken – Part 4 continued

Five Chosen In A Line Unbroken –

Part 4 continued from…

 https://www.minimannamoments.com/five-chosen-in-a-line-unbroken-part-4/

In Bethlehem, Ruth looked after her aging mother-in-law Naomi, as if she were her own mother; and to keep them from going hungry, Ruth gleans grain in the field of Naomi’s relative, Boaz.

Boaz בעז

Meaning:

In Strength, By Strength

From the prefix ב – be, in,

and

the verb עזז – ‘azaz,

to be strong, powerful or strong.

Boaz = fleetness.

Strong’s Hebrew: 1162.

בֹּ֫עַז

Boaz — quickness.

Here while gleaning in the fields of Bethlehem, Ruth meets Boaz.

He was a wealthy Bethlehemite,

a rich land-owner

and kinsman to Elimelech the husband of Naomi.

Ruth 2:3 says that

‘as it happened’

Ruth went to the field of Naomi’s rich relative, Boaz.

This phrase

as it happened

is often used in the Bible to suggest that God is setting the scene for something significant.

It also implied, with a touch of Jewish humour, that Naomi and the people of Bethlehem saw a good match for Ruth and edged her into meeting Boaz. (Matchmaking!)

Naomi knew that Ruth was beautiful and respected, Boaz was the ideal choice. He was available, childless, well respected and rich. and she knew that a rich husband for Ruth would solve all their problems.

He was also a relative of Naomi’s through her husband’s family, (see Leviticus 19:9-10). so he had a legal obligation to help Naomi and to redeem the estates of her deceased husband Mahlon. (Ruth 4:1)

Boaz was second in line to the position of go’el in Naomi’s, and therefore Ruth’s, family.

In English, the word go’el

is often translated as ‘nearest kin’,

but in ancient Judah it meant much more than that.

A go’el was a close male relative with the duty of looking after a family when the male head of the family was absent.

In earlier times, the go’el of the family was expected to marry the widow of an Israelite man if she wished it

Deuteronomy 25.

Ruth, who may not have understood the formalities of Israelite law,

called Boaz – go’el =

Kinsman Redeemer.

It seems to have been love at first sight for him, and he ordered his workers to treat Ruth well when she worked in his fields. picking up leftover grain

Ruth 2:1-23    

He went to great lengths to get extra grain for Ruth, to protect her from young men who might harass her, and to see that she was properly fed.

 

‘At mealtime Boaz said to her “Come here, and eat

at some of this bread, and dip your morsel in the sour wine”.

So she sat beside the reapers, and he heaped up for her some parched grain. She ate until she was satisfied, and she had some left over.’

Naomi saw immediately what had happened, and encouraged Ruth to keep on working in Boaz’s fields. who has heard about her kindness to Naomi.

Ruth 2:11,12

Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before. May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”

Following Naomi’s guidance, Ruth visits Boaz at night.

When Boaz finally lay down and is

fast asleep after winnowing barley on the threshing floor,

she approached

and lay down at his feet.

Someone always slept there at night until the grain was removed, to guard against thieves.

Ruth 3:1-18

‘When Boaz had eaten and drunk, and he was in a contented mood, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then she came stealthily and uncovered his feet, and lay down.’

The threshing floor is the same that David bought from and it became the site of the Temple!

It is Mount Moriah the scene of many meetings and sacrifices.

The Threshing floor and

the significance of threshing:

The context of King David’s initiative to purchase that threshing floor was the need to stop the Angel of Death, who was exacting the punishment for sin.

2 Samuel 24:15-16

As believers this connection makes sense – it’s the place of God’s victory over sin and where the power of spiritual death was stopped.

King David purchases the threshing floor of

Araunah the Jebusite

and, according to one classic rabbinic opinion,

the entire city of Yerushalayim /Jerusalem.

That threshing floor,

the place where he intends to offer sacrifices,

is now called the

Har HaBayit –

Temple Mount in Yerushalayim/Jerusalem.

Araunah in Hebrew: אֲרַוְנָה ‎

’Ǎrawnāh was a Jebusite mentioned in 2 Samuel,

who owned the threshing floor on Mount Moriah

which David purchased and

used as the site for assembling an altar to God.

1 Chronicles, a later text, renders his name as

Ornan – in Hebrew: אָרְנָן ‎ ’Ārənān.

David built an altar on Ornan’s – Araunah’s threshing-floor

2 Samuel 24:18-24 1 Chronicles 21:18-27,

which later became the site of the Temple.

2 Chronicles 3:1.

David probably chose this place for his altar because it was elevated, and the ground was already level and prepared by the rolling action from all the threshing activity.

It is very significant that the threshing floor of Araunah was on 

Mount Moriah–the Temple Mount–

where the temple was built because it was

where Messiah was also threshed/beaten for us:

2 Chronicles 3.1

Then Solomon began to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, the place provided by David.

The angel of Adonai

was then by the threshing floor

of Araunah the Jebusite.”

2 Samuel 24:15-16

So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for 50 shekels of silver. Then David built there an altar to Adonai , and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.

A threshing floor like that sold by Araunah, would have been a large, open, elevated area to facilitate threshing and winnowing.

A threshing floor was a large, open, hard surface, so threshing floors were often located on hilltops. After bundles of stalks were laid on the surface of the floor, oxen were repeatedly led over the piles until the dried plants were broken up. Then it was thrown up in the air to separate and remove the chaff as the wind blew upon it.

More details at:

https://www.minimannamoments.com/why-a-threshing-floor/

He awakes to find Ruth at his feet.

Why did Ruth do this? Her action would seem strange unless you knew that in ancient times ‘foot’ was a euphemism for the male reproduction, as ‘sandal’ was for the female.

Threshing floors at harvest time were often the scene of intimate misconduct but not in Ruths case. Lying beside Boaz, Ruth suggested that he, as the go-el of Naomi’s family, should ‘cover her with his blanket’, a euphemism for marriage, And this would no doubt have been his prayer shawl which even in present day is used as a canopy over a couple getting married.

It is also a reference to the healing in His wings of Isaiah of the future Messiah and the place of safety under those wings which is the name given to the corners of the Tallit/Prayer shawl

Click links below for more on the Tallit Prayer Shawl.
https://www.minimannamoments.com/life-on-the-fringe/
https://www.minimannamoments.com/knot-just-another-string-theory/

Ruth had the right to demand marriage of the go-el of her family. Following Jewish customs, Ruth lets Boaz know he is a kinsman-redeemer and that she is eligible to marry him –

Ruth 3:1-18.

 Yeshua/Jesus is our Go’el and He says the same to each of us today and we can put our name in here ……… I will redeem you!

So…

Do not fear, for I have redeemed you [g’al’tika]; 

I have called you by name; you are Mine!

Isaiah 43:1-3a

Boaz happily agreed, but pointed out to her that there was another man who had that right, a closer relative even than himself.

Boaz promises to act as kinsman-redeemer for her if the one closer male relative will surrender his right to the position.

Ruth stayed beside Boaz until morning, leaving before first light to return to Naomi.

Boaz had to give him the option first, before he could marry Ruth. He was careful to do everything correctly, so that there could be no question about the legality of the marriage.

Ruth 4:1-12    

To fulfill the laws of inheritance, another kinsman – who is more closely related to Ruth than Boaz – is given the option of buying the land, but he cannot afford it. So Boaz buys the land from Naomi and then marries Ruth in order to keep the ownership of the land within Elimelech’s family.

Boaz negotiates with the other man and obtains the right to redeem Ruth and Naomi.

Kindness and loyalty permeated Ruth’s character. Further, she was a woman of integrity, maintaining high morals in her dealings with Boaz.

As a relative, Boaz agrees to help Ruth and Naomi by buying a plot of land which belonged to Naomi’s husband Elimelech. 

Leviticus 25:25.

Naturally as people in small towns usually are, the people in Bethlehem were well aware of what was happening. When Boaz went next morning to the meeting place at the gate of the town, he was met almost immediately by the official go-el of Naomi’s family – and probably by a good many interested onlookers as well.

Some complicated negotiation went on regarding a small parcel of land that Naomi either owned outright or had put up for sale at some previous time, but this was just a formality.

Ruth 4:9-10
Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown. Today you are witnesses!”

‘So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When they came together, the Lord made her conceive, and she bore a son.

Then the women said to Naomi “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without next of kin. May his name be renowned in Israel! He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourishment for your old age. For your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has borne him”.

Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her bosom, and became his nurse.’ Ruth 4:1-22

  Boaz marries Ruth;

together they care for Naomi.

Ruth and Boaz have a son Obed,

He becomes the father of Jesse,

the father of King David.

In due course, Bethlehem becomes the ‘City of David’.

Book of Ruth 4:16-17
Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him. The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David. 

The women of Bethlehem exalted Ruth as the loving daughter-in-law who meant more to Naomi than seven sons, the ideal number.

Ruth 4:15. 

Although people from Moab were often hated by the Jews, God selected Ruth to be a direct ancestor of Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach.

The book of Ruth is a beautiful illustration of God’s impartiality and faithfulness to those who are true to Him.

She had little idea that her decision would affect the future of multiplied millions and 

that a sequence of God ordained events that had been unfolding 1000’s of years before, were dependent on her choice!

Gods’ promise of a Savior in Genesis, through the promise to Abraham, that all families would be blessed through him and his offspring – encompassed her, a foreigner, a widow, a Moabite, a gentile, heathen, goyim…

She would have had no idea at that point that her choices and subsequent actions would lead her into a country where she would meet a relative of Naomi named Boaz.

This man would become her

kinsman redeemer

according to Israelite law and would

restore the lost heritage.

Just as we saw in the story of Tamar.

The truth is that her great grandson would become the king of Israel; and David was called the man after Gods own heart and was the royal line that eventually brought forth the long awaited and long promised Messiah. (The phrase man after Gods own heart was due to his repentant attitude.)

Remember that Boaz is Rahabs son

and his great grandmother was Tamar!

As we have seen, Ruth was a Moabitess and her ancestors were called Moabites because Moab was the incestuous son of Lot and one of his daughters after the destruction of Sodom and Gororrah. See charts…

Ruth and Boaz become the parents of Obed, the grandparents of Jesse and the great-grandparents of David, the king of Israel, and finally the ancestors of Jesus/Yeshua the Nazarene.

Matthew 1:5

 Ruth is spelled Ρουθ, Rhouth in Greek.

Strictly speaking, therefore, Yeshua/Jesus

was not only a son-by-law of Joseph,

he was also a son-by-law of Mahlon and not of Boaz.

It is interesting that the word love never appears in the book of Ruth, even though it is story full of love. The love is recorded in the words and action, rather than being cited as an emotion or feeling. Love is action its doing and being. God is a God of love and of unconditional love, not the same kind as our feelings and emotions dictate to our flesh life.

Its this unconditional love that God extended to all the heathens, gentiles and Goyim when He sent His Son Jesus/Yeshua to show by action the ultimate act of love; by dying in our place, by sacrificing His life on our behalf… how many individuals do we know today that would lay down their own lives for another, for us; and would we do that for someone else?

 

Its always a good time to reassess what Jesus/Yeshua did for us to remember where we came from,

where our Moab was;

and where we are today….

grafted in by grace and mercy, forgiven, redeemed, sanctified, justified, by His precious Blood that continually cries Mercy from that kapporet in heaven mercy seat –

the throne of grace in Hebrews 9:23–26

 

Hebrew כפורת , Kaporet, meaning atonement seat.

What manner of love is this??…

it’s beyond our comprehension –

how marvelous – how wonderful

is our Saviors love for us.

the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3.

Lets return to our first love and ask Him to renew the joy of our salvation and strengthen our resolve like Ruth; to follow Jesus/Yeshua, the One we love above all else. To make Him the focus of our life and the director of our future.

Let our steps along the WAY to the house of Bread – Beth lechem – be guided by the One who was The Bread from Heaven and whose life began in that very town; fulfilling the words of the prophets so many millennia ago.

In an age when childbearing was seen as the highest honor for women, Ruth played a key role in the coming of the promised Messiah. Ruth, being one of Messiahs’ Gentile ancestors, showed that Yeshua/Jesus came to save all people whosoever will.

Ruth’s life seemed to be a series of timely happenstances/ coincidences, but her story is really about the perfect plan and providence of God. In His loving way, He orchestrated natural circumstances toward the birth of David, then from David to the birth of Yeshua/Jesus. In the natural course of events, it took centuries to put in place, and the result was God’s plan of salvation for the world.

Ruth and Naomi were rare female heroines at a time when women were often consigned to a secondary role and status. To survive as outsiders, they had to remain true to themselves and their God.

The main themes of Ruth’s story?

Friendship: Ruth was poor and a foreigner, but she listened to the advice of an older, wiser woman. In turn, Naomi was rewarded by Ruth’s unfaltering loyalty.

The message?

Courage and loyalty – triumph over misfortune.

Family:  The story of Ruth celebrates the family and the way it continues through many generations. Ruth, a childless widow at the beginning of the story, became the great-grandmother of Israel’s great king, David.

God’s plan: The story of Naomi’s family and the way it endured is a universal theme. Even Ruth, a foreigner from the despised Moabites, could move God’s plan towards fulfillment.

Faithfulness 

kindness

honor

and

redemption

are key themes of this book.

We see Ruth’s faithfulness to Naomi,

Boaz’s faithfulness to Ruth,

and everyone’s faithfulness to God.

In return, God rewards them with great blessings.

These characters’ faithfulness led to

kindness toward each other.

Kindness is an outpouring of love.

Everyone in this book showed the type of selfless love toward others that God expects from His followers.

By this all people will know that you are my disciples,

if you have love for one another.

Romans 5:8

There is a great sense of honor that is also highlighted as Ruth was a hardworking, morally chaste woman. Boaz treated her with respect while fulfilling his lawful responsibility showing examples of obeying God’s laws.

She was also a hard worker in the fields, gleaning leftover grain for Naomi and herself.

Finally, Ruth’s deep love for Naomi was rewarded when Boaz married Ruth and gave her love and security.

Book of Ruth 2:11-12

Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband–how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.” (NIV)

A sense of safekeeping is emphasized too.

Ruth took care of Naomi, Naomi took care of Ruth, then Boaz took care of both women, and God took care of all of them, blessing Ruth and Boaz with a child they named Obed, who became the grandfather of David.

From David’s line came Jesus /Yeshua of Nazareth, Savior of the world.

Finally, redemption is the underlying theme.

As Boaz, the kinsman-redeemer, saves Ruth and Naomi from a hopeless situation, he illustrates how Yeshua/Jesus redeems our lives.

Some thought provoking facts:

Ruth worked in the field belonging to her relative Boaz and ultimately became his wife.

The reputed site of this field –

the Field of Ruth –

can still be seen at 

Beit Sahur 

Village of the shepherds

near Bethlehem!

Where the lambs were raised for the sacrifices!

For more on the shepherds field links below

 

https://www.minimannamoments.com/a-lambs-tale-and-a-mysterious-tower/ 

https://www.minimannamoments.com/because-he-came/

Bethlehem is also the site of the tomb of Rachel, the wife of Jacob, who had died here about six hundred years earlier, in c.1690 BC.

Rachel’s tomb can still be visited today, on the main road leading from Jerusalem to Bethlehem.

Almost a thousand years after the death of Rachel

Genesis 35:16-20,

the prophet Micah, writing between 747BC and 722BC, declared,

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are too small to be among the army groups from Judah, from you will come one who will rule Israel for me”

Micah 5:2.

This prophesy was fulfilled seven hundred years later when Yeshua/Jesus – a descendent of Isaac, Jacob and Judah, and of Ruth and Boaz – was born at Bethlehem in Judaea

Matthew 1:2 & 5 and Genesis 49:10.

The kinsman redeemer it’s a story again of salvation

Yeshua/Jesus is our kinsman redeemer.

Yeshua/Jesus said

Follow Me…

Ruth said

wherever you go I will follow you.

 

For Ruth, it led to her salvation…

we must be ready,

willing and

available

to follow Him

wherever He goes;

and Ruth was loving not her life unto death,

she said, where you die I will die.

She had to follow up her words with actions

and was faithful to do so.

Can we say the same?

Ruth’s words are so remarkable that they are still echoing today  through several thousand years and for good reason.

They indicate a love so faithful and strong that she would stay with Naomi always and that only death would separate them. She was prepared to leave everything behind abandoning her old life in every aspect.

Jesus/Yeshua said He called us friends and yet He requires that we leave all behind to follow Him.

And again I say unto you, my friends, for from henceforth I shall call you friends, it is expedient that I give unto you this commandment, that ye become even as my friends in days when I was with them, traveling to preach the gospel in my power; John 15:15.

When we are called, He also equips or qualifies us: it has a twofold meaning; one, that He has given us giftings to match our callings and second, He establishes and strengthens us.

Romans 8:30; Ex.4:10-11; Hebrews 13:21.

By bringing tests and trials into our lives that qualifies us to become what He has destined for us. Ruth once more encourages us that whatever our background,

wherever we have come from,

and whatever we have done

there will be a situation or a person

that points us to Yeshua/Jesus,

which in turn leads us to salvation.

It is our choice to accept the gift of all gifts;

but like Ruth

we too will have to leave the past behind,

take up new family,

new land,

and become the bride of the heavenly bridegroom –

our kinsman redeemer..

Ruth was one of five in a line unbroken

as she would not let Naomi go without her…

let’s hold onto Yeshua/Jesus

with even greater hope and love in our hearts .

Do not fear,

for I have redeemed you [g’al’tika]; 

I have called you by name;

you are Mine!

We would still be spiritually destitute, heathen, gentile, goyim, dead in our sins, poor in spirit and without hope…without Messiah….

BUT now…

Ephesians 2:12 -14, 18-19.

Ruths decision for the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob/Israel led her to being grafted into the family of God. The second of the gentiles incorporated into the line of the Tribe of Judah.

When we decide for the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob/Israel, we too are grafted in and through Yeshua/Jesus the Messiah/Yeshua HaMashiach. We are saved by Him our Kinsman Redeemer; Who cared enough to make sure the gentiles are included in His plan of the ages.

Let’s not simply discard the monumental actions of Ruth

because her descendent was and is

our Savior, Lord and soon returning king.

Ruth was indeed one of five,

another brave woman sealed into

the line unbroken

another story connected to the

House of Bread

and of Him, who when we eat of,

we will never hunger again for

He is the Bread of Life!

 

Don’t leave this page until you are certain this is true for your life too….

Shalom, shalom, mishpachah!

You are loved and appreciated and prayed for daily.

Please don’t leave this page without the knowing in your heart you are totally His.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

Its all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.

Five Chosen In A Line Unbroken – Part 4

Next in the unbroken line is

Ruth –  רות  – Rooth – Rut

Strong’s Hebrew: 7327. רוּת (Ruth) — friendship

From the noun:

רע – rea’,

friend, companion, associate.

From the noun:

ראות – re’ut,

a looking or understanding.

 The name Ruth   רות

as a contraction of the noun

 ראות – re’ut,

meaning:

Look; perhaps Vision/View would be better.

Scholars who follow this root group see the name

Ruth as a feminine derivation of the root

 רעה – ra’a 

meaning:

to associate with, or be a friend of;

therefore the name Ruth means 

(Lady) Friend or (Lady) Companion

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;

3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara

of Thamar;

and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

4 And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;

5 And Salmon begat Booz

of Rachab;

and Booz begat Obed of

Ruth;

and Obed begat Jesse;

6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;

7 And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;

8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;

9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;

10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;

11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:

12 And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;

13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;

14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;

15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;

16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband

of Mary,

of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Ruths’ story begins in

Bethlehem!

House of Bread

Beit Lechem –

where Yeshua/Jesus,

the Bread from Heaven,

came into this earthly realm.

In Bethlehem of Judea,

(Land of tribe of Judah)

there was a man called

Elimelech

אלימלך

Strongs 458

There is only one Elimelech in the Bible,

and means:

My God is King.  

El-imele-ch  is pronounced as

iy-L IH MMeh-LehK 

Elimeleck, Elimelek, Elymelech, Elymeleck,

and Elymelek are variant spellings.

אל  אלה

The name Elimelech consists of two elements.

The first part is the word

אל    El ,

In names אל – ‘el

usually refers to 

אלהים –‘Elohim,

 or God,

also known as 

אלה –‘Eloah.

The name applied to the God of Israel.

In English, the words ‘God’ and ‘god’

exclusively refer to the deity but in Hebrew the words

 אל -‘l and אלה -‘lh are far more common

and may express approach and negation,

acts of wailing and pointing,

and may even mean oak or terebinth.

The second part of the name comes from the noun

מלך – melek,

meaning king:

and a king is not merely a glorified tribal chief

but the alpha of a complex, stratified society,

implying a court and a complex government.

Elimelech was a member of the clan of Ephrath, a native of Bethlehem of tribe of Judah, a man of wealth and probably head of a family or clan (Ruth 1:2,3; 2:1,3).

He lived during the period of the Judges and had a hereditary possession near Bethlehem, and he is chiefly remembered as the husband of Naomi.

Ephrath: For those of the tribe of Ephraim are also called Ephrathites,

Judges 12:5,

Art thou an Ephrathite 1 Kings 11:26; 1 Samuel 1:1.

David is called the son of an Ephrathite,

that is, a Beth-lehemite.

(לְאֶפְרָיִם): Ephraimites

אֶפְרַיִם ‎, ʾEfrayim pronounced like Ef•ra•yim) meaning: fruitful, fertile, productive.

Genesis 35:19; Micah 5:2; either from Caleb’s wife of that name, 1 Chronicles 2:19; 4:4, or from the fertility of the soil about it; which title may therefore be used here, to show the greatness of the famine, which affected even fertile parts.

Recall that Ephraim and Manasseh were the sons of Joseph and his Egyptian wife.

Genesis 41:52

Ephraim was the second son of Joseph and Asenath. Asenath was an Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and the daughter of Potipherah, a priest of On. These 2 were absorbed into the 12 Tribes of Israel/Jacob. Genesis 48:2

Later Ephraim became the name of:

The half-tribe Ephraim (Joshua 16:5).

The hill country in Palestine (1 Samuel 1:1).

The scripture records that 3000 years ago there was a famine in the land and because of the famine affecting nearby Israel.

Elimelech and his family had traveled from Bethlehem Ephrathah to escape its ravaging effects; moving to a pagan country bordering Canaan called

Moab מוֹאָב

located east of the dead sea in Israel.

Moab is the historical name for a mountainous strip of land in modern-day Jordan running along the eastern shore of the Dead Sea.

Moab is the area shaded in pink is the territory known across from the wilderness of Judah.

A flat and arid plane extends east from the banks of the Dead Sea before ascending sharply some 4,000 feet to the plain above. The upper plain is a more fertile stretch of land that extends about 15 miles from the escarpment east to the Arabian Desert. Dibon, the capital city of Moab in the biblical era, is located in the northern region of the upper plane.

In ancient times, it was home to the kingdom of the Moabites, a people often in conflict with their Israelite neighbors to the west.

Strong’s Hebrew: 4124. מוֹאָב (Moab) — a son of Lot

 From a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m-

and ‘ab; from (her (the mother’s)) father; 

Moab, an incestuous son of Lot;

also his territory and descendants 

Which is why the Israelites were forbidden by law to marry a Moabite.

This name is pronounced mo-ahv in Hebrew.

The base word is ahv meaning father.

The prefix mo means from.

Combined these mean: from father. 

 

Mo’av was the son of Lot’s oldest daughter and Lot himself (Genesis 19:35), the product of an incest relationship; implying that the similarity in Hebrew between

Mo’abi /Moabite and me’abi – from my father

was no coincidence Gen 19:37.

According to the Torah, no descendent of Mo’av is allowed in the assembly of Israel (Deuteronomy 23:3).

Moab, Moabites, pronounced: 

Moh´ab, moh´uh-bits.

So reading the biblical narrative, it describes the Moabites’ origins in terms of both kinship and disdain. They are blood relatives of the Israelites, but their forefather was born as a result of incest. According to the Genesis 19:30-38 story, Moab was the son of Abraham’s nephew Lot, through his own eldest daughter, with whom he had a child after the destruction of Sodom.

The Bible clearly explains the etymology of Moab as meaning “of his father.” Nevertheless, there was considerable interchange between the two peoples, They were closely linked with their northern neighbors, the Ammonites (descended from Moab’s half brother, Ben-ammi), with whom they later shared a border.

So from this account, clearly, Israel and Moab shared kinship, history, language, institutions, and theology, and that this closeness often led to competition and strife between the two peoples. Being “just like us” made the Moabites dangerous to Israelite identity and assimilation was always a threat. 

It shows that there was incest, disobedience and gentile heritage in the mix.

In Moab, a child was probably raised in a culture that worshipped an ungodly idol named Chemosh. This entity was worshipped by the Moabites sacrificing their children to it. This child knew no other way of life and may have witnessed family or friends being offered as sacrifices to this pagan god.

In this Biblical account this young woman was called Ruth and one day a new family came to her home town.

This family of four people were father Elimelech his wife Naomi and their 2 sons Mahlon and Chilion.

As noted earlier,

the name Elimelech means my God is King

which is indicative of him being a believer in

Yahweh/The God of Israel.

Naomi – נָעֳמִי

means:

pleasant or my pleasantness.

The sons names Mahlon and Chilion

were indicative of their characters

Mahlon מַחְלוֹן

meant:

Is sick sickly ‘sickness’ sorrowful. 

Strong’s Hebrew: 4248. מַחְלוֹן (Machlon)

Transliteration: Machlon
Phonetic Spelling: makh-lone’ 

Chilion  כליון  

The name Chilion is not very cheerful

he was a complainer and it is spelled the same way as,

but pronounced slightly different from,

the noun כליון ( killayon ),

meaning failing or annihilation,

Also

כִּלְיוֹן    Ḵilyōn

further meaning is:

Wasting Away

 Pining

Coming To An End,

Man Of Finality

Used up, consumed, finite.

From the verb כלה – kala,

to come to an end.

Chilion is pronounced kil-yone’

Strong’s concordance H3630

And they came Judges. 5:30 into the country of Moab, and continued (Hebrew) were there.

[They continued there]

While the famine continued, they could remain, which was lawful: However, it was not lawful to abide for ever in a foreign land, both because of the danger of idolatry; and on account that they may become forgetful of the covenant and appointed times of the Law.

Remember, all the males were required to go up three times in a year to the Temple, Appointed Times/Feasts.

Ruth 1:3

tells us that Elimelech died in Moab leaving Naomi with her 2 sons

Mahlon married Ruth and Chilion /Kilion married Ruth’s sister Orpah.

Strong’s Hebrew: 6204. עָרְפָּה (Orpah)    

Ruth   Orpah עָרְפָה

Phonetic Spelling: or-paw’ ‎ ʿorpā,

meaning neck or fawn or

back of the neck; she turned her back on Naomi.

The name Orpah comes from the verb ערף ( arap ).

The added letter he is a common feminization form:

The verb ערף ( ‘arap) means to drip or drop.

Noun עריף ( ‘arip) means cloud and ערפל ( ‘arapel) describes a heavy cloud mass.

The noun ערף ( ‘orep) means neck.

Hebrew Strongs #06204: hpre `Orpah Orpah = “gazelle” 1) a Moabite woman, wife of Chilion, the son of Naomi, and sister-in-law of Ruth 6204 `Orpah or-paw’ feminine of 6203; mane; Orpah, a Moabites:-Orpah.

It is highly probable that during the 10 years of marriage Naomi would have recounted the stories of her homeland and of the God in whom she believed.

This God who created the universe and brought her people out of slavery performing mighty miracles while leading them for 40 years through the wilderness to the promised land where they had come from. She may have told them the history of Jerichos walls falling down the other side of the Dead Sea and of Rahabs courage to save her family with Joshuas men and the scarlet cord in her window. She may have shared how her God had provided guidelines that helped His people and stopped them from hurting one another opposite to the demands of their false god to sacrifice children as a form of worship.

Sadly, about ten years later, both of Naomis sons died.

It would be interesting to know why all three died; it’s unusual for all the men in a family to die at more or less the same time. However God had a plan and the timing was crucial had they not died the women would probably have remained in Moab.

So Mahlon and Chilions wives, Ruth and Orpah tragically became widows; they were alone and they faced certain poverty and a future of destitution as they had no one to support them. Their death leaves Naomi, Ruth and Orpah stranded, without protection, they had to find a refuge, or starve.

Not long after that, probably towards the end of the period of the Judges, in c.1060BC/1050BC, news came to Naomi that the famine in Israel was over and that God was blessing her people; this made her want to return to Bethlehem.

Ruth 1:6-18   

Naomi decides to return alone; assuming that Ruth and Orpah would not want to return to Bethlehem with her, even though the women respected and loved each other.the main problem for Ruth and Orpah was that they were Moabite women, not Israelites.

The Moabite people were traditional enemies of the Israelites. There was frequent warfare between the two groups. As previously mentioned according to the Israelite belief, Moabites came from the act of incest between Lot and his older daughter (Genesis 19:30-38), and to them the whole nation was tainted and inferior.

At first both Ruth and Orpah wanted to go with her.

Naomi loved the women but she reminded them that if they did leave with her, they would become the foreigners and so she encouraged them to return to their mothers house.

Verse 8.

Naomi did not want a bad future for them and said to them; the lord deal kindly with you as you have dealt with the dead and with me.

Her genuine desire was for them to remarry into their own people and to be at peace.

They lifted up their voices and wept v.9

Then in verse 10 they insisted on accompanying her because they didn’t want to leave her. Naomi told them she had no more sons for them to marry. Obviously she loved them v13 and crying with loud sobbing Orpah kissed Naomi goodbye; however Ruth clung onto her and what Ruth says at this moment is recorded in verses 16-17 and are without doubt some of the most touching and beautiful words in the Bible.

But Ruth said: “Entreat me not to leave you, Or to turn back from following after you; For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God, my God. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.

This is a prophetic reference to the heathen, goyim, gentile nations being grafted in as they believe in the God of Israel.

Orpah, decided to return to her people and the Moabite way of life, but Ruth could not be budged.

She had shared loneliness, anxiety and grief with Naomi, and now that the older woman was completely alone, Ruth stood by her and out of love and loyalty to her mother-in-law, accompanied Naomi back to Bethlehem, while Orpah stayed in Moab.

This revealed that not only is she is devoted to Naomi but that she was also willing to totally submit her life and future to Naomis’ God, the God of Israel. Ruth abandoned her lifelong home and her pagan gods and she became a Jew by choice.

The scriptures show that she had some understanding of what she was doing and that she had a relationship with Him, as she uses the proper name of the God of Israel saying; the existing one/ Yahweh /Lord.

The last part of verse 17 was her promise to Naomi. This was more than Naomi could resist and they headed towards Bethlehem together along the dusty road.

This young womans decision 3000+ years ago was more than a step towards Bethlehem it was a momentous decision to both follow Naomi and Naomi’s God who had also become her God.

The extraordinary modern painting (below) of Ruth and Naomi captures the essence of the story: the mutual dependence of people within a family. It shows the younger woman, Naomi, sheltering and protecting the elderly woman (billowing cape as shield against harsh weather, supportive arm around the shoulder) and the older woman leading the way (staff in her hand, grey hair signifying both wisdom and experience).

Together, the figures form a single unit, stronger together than they would be if they had gone their separate ways.

Ruth 1:19-22    

The two women arrive in Bethlehem 

meaning ‘house of bread’

at the start of the barley harvest in April.

Barley was used to make bread.

Jewish holiday of Shavuot – Weeks.

The Book of Ruth also functions liturgically, as it is read during the Jewish holiday of Shavuot – Weeks.

The book is divided into four chapters;

and takes place at the beginning of

barley harvest

which is Passover Pescah

and the story goes through to

wheat harvest

which is Pentecost Shavuot

and covers the

counting of the Omer

over 49 days = 7 weeks.

Barley was used to make bread….

and Who is the Bread of Life?

Feasts of the Lord in Hebrew is

סעודות האל

Chag means feast or festival,

and has its root in the word chah-gog,

that, in the Hebrew mindset, means:

to circle, as in to circle dance or feast.

By definition, these three feasts

are to be celebrated before the Lord

in a joyous, party atmosphere with singing, dancing,

and processions.

Hebrew verb

יעד – ya’ad

meaning: to appoint.

 moadim – moe-ah-DEEM.

Appointed times – mo’ed. מעֵד

Passover (Pesach),

Weeks (Shavuot), and

Tabernacles (Sukkot).

Pesach

פֶּסַח Pesaḥ

Chag HaMatzot

חג המץ

Hag Hamatzot  – Feast of Unleavened Bread,

חג המצות

Unleavened bread – מצה, matzah, plural matzot,

 Strong’s #4682 

חג המצות

 Yom HaBikkurim  י ום הביכורים 

Feast of First Fruits or

the Day of Firstfruits,

or

Reshit Ha’Katzir  ראשית הקציר

the first of the harvest.

Yom HaBikkurimm – Reishit Qatzir . ראשׁית קציר. 

Shavuot – Pentecost, Shavuos,

Hebrew: שבועות, literally = Weeks

The Hebrew word sheva means seven,

shavu’ah means week, and

shavu’ot means weeks. 

Passover: The Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach.

Passover is the 1st feast commanded by the LORD for Israel to observe. In Old Testament Israel, it commemorated Israel’s deliverance from Egyptian bondage.

Feast of Unleavened Bread: The Burial of Our Lord Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread

Hag HaMatzah

in modern Israel

is the 2nd of the 7 feasts

that the LORD commanded Israel to celebrate.

Feast of Firstfruits: The Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ/Yeshua HaMashiach.

The Feast of Firstfruits

called Bikkurim

in modern Israel

is the 3rd of the 7 Feasts of Israel

commanded by the LORD to be celebrated by Israel.

NOTE: When Ruth appealed to his kinship, he redeemed the property in Ruth 3:9.

In consequence of this he had to marry Ruth, in order

to raise up the name of the dead!!

Pentecost: The Giving of the Holy Spirit to the Church and the First “Come Up Hither”.

The feast of outpouring called

Shavuot

in modern Israel

4th of the 7 Feasts of Israel.

Gleaning was a common practice in ancient Israel.

It was a form of charity for the disadvantaged

(see Leviticus 23:22 and Deuteronomy 24:19).

Recognized groups of the poor, such as widows, orphans and foreigners, could walk behind the harvesters, picking up what was left. This is what Ruth did.

They knew that women took an active part in all stages of food production – and Ruth decided she would help to glean the barley in the fields, to feed herself and Naomi and to get a store of grain for winter.

So to keep them from starving to death, Ruth gleans grain in the field of Naomi’s relative, Boaz.

For Ruth, this course of action behind her words led to her salvation…

Don’t leave this page until you are certain of your salvation.

Conclusion coming in next post….

Shalom, shalom, mishpachah!

You are loved and appreciated and prayed for daily.

Please don’t leave this page without the knowing in your heart you are totally His.

You are greatly loved and precious in His sight.

Its all about Life and Relationship, not Religion.

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.