Tuesday 7:40 am, Ill be on the radio in the Quad cities area ( Davenport and Bettendorf (in Iowa) and Rock Island, Moline (including East Moline in Illinois), on the Moody radio network there. If youre not in the QC, you can listen to it on the internet at MoodyRadio.QC.FM. Using my commentary on Ruth and the recently released DVD series on Ruth titled Redeemed, Ill be especially showing how the Book of Ruth foreshadows the Gentile Great Commission in the book of Romans (detailed in Romans 11). Yes, according to the apostle to the Gentiles, the Gentile believers in Messiah, just like Ruth, are especially called to make Israel jealous (zealous and desirous) for Messiah Yeshua with merciful love for the Jewish people (see Romans 11:11, 30-31). As Ruth was enabled to accomplish this by the grace in her kinsman-redeemer, Boaz (see Ruth 2), so the Gentiles are enabled by our Kinsman-Redeemer, Messiah Yeshua to do the same by the rich root of the Olive Tree as tothe gracious promises to the Fathers regarding the Messiah (see Romans 11:17-18; and 15:8). As that grace to and thru Ruth was given to bring back, Naomi, a lost sheep of the house of Israel to the God of Israel, so the sheep nations are now enabled by grace to reach out to the Jew first (Romans 1:16) for the redemption of Israel, who the the least of His brethren (Matt 25). As Ruths faithfulness in restoring Naomi was instrumental to secure the Davidic line for the first coming of Messiah (Ruth 4), so the faithful Messianic Gentiles witness will fulfill their calling by effectively share the Good News so that all Israel will be saved, and these faithful Gentile believers will thereby be instrumental for the greater son of David, the Messiahs Second Coming (Roman 11:25-27), when He will gloriously reestablish the Kingdom of Israel, which will also mean life from the dead (Romans 11:15)! Yes, the book of Ruth and Romans are that important in the redemptive plan of God. Please pray that many non-Jewish believers in the Jewish Messiah will understand their Messianic calling, and that many of my own kinsman will come to know Yeshua the Messiah, the great Kinsman-Redeemer of Israel and the Savior of the World,
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 20:23:08 +0000
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