Gleanings from Ruth_The Threshing Floor
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There are two competing versions concerning what happened between Ruth and Boaz on the threshing floor in Ruth chapter 3. One is a love story... a PG-13 family friendly tale. The other is a lust story... an X-rated Harlequin romance. Which is most consistent with the text itself. This sermon will delve into this sensitive debate and affirm that this is a story that we should be teaching our children as part of their moral instruction and spiritual development.
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Gleanings from Ruth_The Threshing Floor
- 1. What Happened on the Threshing Floor???
- 2. “Er du gal?”
- 4. First Point Crazy Plans can work when they rest upon Crazy Faith in God.
- 5. Ruth 3 1 Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
- 6. Ruth 3 2 Is not Boaz our relative, with whose young women you were? See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.
- 7. Ruth 3 3 Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.
- 8. Ruth 3 4 But when he lies down, observe the place where he lies. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down, and he will tell you what to do.”5 And she replied, “All that you say I will do.”
- 9. Ruth 3 6 So she went down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-law had commanded her.
- 10. Ruth 3 7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then she came softly and uncovered his feet and lay down.
- 11. Ruth 3 8 At midnight the man was startled and turned over, and behold, a woman lay at his feet!
- 12. Hosea 9:1 Rejoice not, O Israel! Exult not like the peoples; for you have played the whore, forsaking your God. You have loved a prostitute’s wages on all threshing floors.
- 14. Second Point Crazy Faith can open the door to Crazy Blessings from God.
- 15. Ruth 3 9 He said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth, your servant. Spread your wings over your servant, for you are a redeemer.”
- 16. Ruth 3 10 And he said, “May you be blessed by the LORD, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.
- 17. Ruth 3 11 And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you ask, for all my fellow townsmen know that you are a worthy woman.
- 18. Leviticus 25:25 “If your brother becomes poor and sells part of his property, then his nearest redeemer shall come and redeem what his brother has sold.”
- 19. Deuteronomy 25 5a “If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger.
- 20. Deuteronomy 25 5b Her husband’s brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
- 21. Deuteronomy 25 6 And the first son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.
- 25. Third Point Crazy Blessings are the reward for Crazy Commitment to God.
- 26. Ruth 3 12 And now it is true that I am a redeemer. Yet there is a redeemer nearer than I.
- 27. Ruth 3 13 Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the LORD lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.”
- 28. Ruth 3 14 So she lay at his feet until the morning, but arose before one could recognize another. And he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”
- 29. Ruth 3 15 And he said, “Bring the garment you are wearing and hold it out.” So she held it, and he measured out six measures of barley and put it on her. Then she went into the city.
- 30. Ruth 3 16 And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, “How did you fare, my daughter?” Then she told her all that the man had done for her,
- 31. Ruth 3 17 saying, “These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said to me, ‘You must not go back empty-handed to your mother- in-law.’”
- 32. Ruth 3 18 She replied, “Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest but will settle the matter today.”
Editor's Notes
- First Point Crazy Plans can work when they rest upon Crazy Faith in God.
- Ruth 3 1 Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
- 2 Is not Boaz our relative, with whose young women you were? See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.
- 3 Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.
- 4 But when he lies down, observe the place where he lies. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down, and he will tell you what to do.”5 And she replied, “All that you say I will do.”
- 6 So she went down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-law had commanded her.
- 6 So she went down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-law had commanded her.
- 8 At midnight the man was startled and turned over, and behold, a woman lay at his feet!
- Hosea 9:1 Rejoice not, O Israel! Exult not like the peoples; for you have played the whore, forsaking your God. You have loved a prostitute’s wages on all threshing floors.
- Second Point Crazy Faith can open the door to Crazy Blessings from God.
- Ruth 3 9 He said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth, your servant. Spread your wings over your servant, for you are a redeemer.”
- 10 And he said, “May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.
- 11 And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you ask, for all my fellow townsmen know that you are a worthy woman.
- Leviticus 25:25 “If your brother becomes poor and sells part of his property, then his nearest redeemer shall come and redeem what his brother has sold.”
- Deuteronomy 25 5a “If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger.
- 5b Her husband’s brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
- 6 And the first son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.
- This practice was later called Levirate Marriage. It has nothing to do with the tribe of Levi. It comes from a later Latin word, “levir” which means brother-in-law. A levirate marriage was a marriage in which a brother-in-law or close relative of a deceased brother, married the deceased man’s widow. The odd story of Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38 is a story about two evil brothers who became husbands through Levirate marriage. And this practice is very much a part of the story of Ruth. For us, there is a real “ick” factor here. When we plug in real names and imagine the “what if” scenarios it seems revolting to us. However, this practice was shaped around the structure of a tribe and tribal inheritances. In that context, it was meant to be a means of securing the integrity of tribal inheritances and providing for the long-term needs of widows and their children. Over time, debt would have re-written the boundaries of the tribes. The prosperous would succeed in supplanting the unfortunate and those less talented. Over time, death would do a greater harm than debt, erasing the names of those not fortunate enough to live long enough to procreate. After debt had eradicated a family’s inheritance, and death had eradicated a family’s legacy, what would happen to the widows and orphans? God’s provision to secure his people was to provide the Go’El: The Kinsman Redeemer.
- Third Point Crazy Blessings are the reward for Crazy Commitment to God.
- Ruth 3 12 And now it is true that I am a redeemer. Yet there is a redeemer nearer than I.
- 13 Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.”
- 14 So she lay at his feet until the morning, but arose before one could recognize another. And he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”
- 15 And he said, “Bring the garment you are wearing and hold it out.” So she held it, and he measured out six measures of barley and put it on her. Then she went into the city.
- 16 And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, “How did you fare, my daughter?” Then she told her all that the man had done for her,
- 17 saying, “These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said to me, ‘You must not go back empty-handed to your mother-in-law.’”
- 18 She replied, “Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest but will settle the matter today.”