Threshing Floor Ruth

Monday august 6 2018 threshing floor no sooner had boaz gone up to the gate and set down there than the next of kin came passing by ruth 4 1.

Threshing floor ruth.

2 now boaz with whose women you have worked is a relative of ours. The threshing floor has spiritual significance as the place where good and evil are separated. Therefore her accepting this match was the most caring thing she could do for her mother in law and her deceased husband mahlon. Rather than follow naomi s script ruth reveals the end goal of naomi s stratagem.

Ruth symbolizes the believer or spiritual israel for she was a gentile who converted to judaism ruth 1 16. Ruth and boaz have their climactic scene in chapter 3 of the bible s most famous love story. In syria at the threshing season it is customary for the family to move out to the vicinity of the threshing floor. For this reason someone always sleeps on the floor until the grain is removed.

When ruth returned home naomi asked. It is here on the thrashing floor that redemption is worked out courage is rewarded and love is forged. Boaz wakes and sees a woman lying at his feet ruth 3 8. Both the old and new testaments refer to the threshing floor as a symbol of judgment.

Ruth 3 new international version niv ruth and boaz at the threshing floor 3 one day ruth s mother in law naomi said to her my daughter i must find a home a for you where you will be well provided for. He asks who she is and ruth identifies herself. Ruth goes to the threshing floor uncovers boaz and lies down. Ru reveals herself to boaz on his threshing floor.

Boaz is a symbol of christ the redeemer. Then winnowing forks were used to throw the mixture into the air so the wind could blow away the chaff leaving only the good grain on the floor. Boaz gave ruth a gift when she left the threshing floor to return home and this reminds readers of the gift that judah gave to tamar after he had sex with her. On occasion flails or sticks were used for this purpose ruth 2 17.

5 ruth 5 ruth at the threshing floor knowing god in the word the kinsman redeemer he was able both to restore the fortunes of naomi and to carry on elimelech s family line. Threshing floors are in danger of being robbed 1 samuel 23 1.