The Book of Ruth is one of the most important books in The Entire Bible, for so many reasons. In this post, I wanted to highlight some very interesting facts that every believer needs to be aware of. The fact that the Jewish man Boaz takes Ruth as his Gentile Bride, speaks volumes about the work of Yeshua grafting The Gentiles into The Nation of Israel and taking us as His Bride.
“So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.” - Ruth 4:13
That son of Ruth, was Obed, who was the father of Jesse, who was father of King David. So, here we see that King David’s great grandmother Ruth was a Gentile…needless to say, this type of union was forbidden in those days. This just shows how G*d’s Will from The Beginning has always been to bring All of The Nations Together as His Flock. Of course, we know that Yeshua came from The Line of King David as well. We can read the genealogy in Matthew Chapter One for all the details, but for the sake of this post, I wanted to highlight the following:
“and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,
and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon,
and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse,
and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah,” - Matthew 1:3-6
What I really want you focus on is that Boaz, the great grandfather of King David, was directly descended from Judah's son Perez. Why is this significant? It goes back to Genesis Chapter 38...and there is a lot of sordid events going on in Genesis 38, I advise you to read through that chapter thoroughly, as I'm sure that every single word holds much significance.
I will do my best to summarize it all - we see that in Genesis 38, Tamar had married Judah's firstborn son, Er (who was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD put him to death - and we are not told why) without having any children. Under The Law, Judah was expected to provide Tamar his son Onan to be her husband. Judah instructed Onan to marry his brother’s wife (Tamar) and raise up an heir to his brother. Onan knew that this heir would not be his, but would be considered the son of his dead brother Er, so Onan refused and took his rebellion to a whole other level by emitting his own seed on the ground. Needless to say, this "displeased the LORD; therefore He killed him also."
So now, we have Tamar with no husband, so Judah promised her his other son Shelah, after he was grown. If all of this weren't troublesome enough, Shelah grows up and Tamar was still not to him as a wife. During this time, Judah's wife Shua had passed away, so Judah was now single. Tamar hears that Judah is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep, so Tamar takes off her widow’s garments, covered herself with a veil" and waits for him along his path. Evidently, because she had covered her face and perhaps because of where she was, Judah perceived Tamar as a prostitute and did not know that it was Tamar, his daughter-in-law. He proceeds to negotiate a price for her services, in which they agreed that Judah would give her a "young goat from the flock", but in the meantime, he would give her his signet and cord and the staff that he was carrying, to hold on to as a pledge. Tamar gets pregnant by Judah and immediately puts away her veiled disguise and resumes her normal life, wearing her widows garments. Judah sends his friend with the young goat to give the "harlot" and to retrieve Judah's Pledge (his signet and cord, and staff), but his friend wasn't able to find her.
About three months later, someone informed Judah of Tamar's harlotry, as she was pregnant out of wedlock, so Judah demands that she is brought forth before him to face harsh judgement (to be burned). Immediately, Tamar presents Judah with his "signet and cord, and staff" and tells him that they belong to the father to be. Judah did not try to wiggle out of this, but acknowledged that the "signet and cord, and staff" belonged to him. He makes the statement that “She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son.” - so at this point we see that Judah understood that ultimately he was at fault for not providing for Tamar his son Shelah to be her husband. The text tells us that Judah never "knew" Tamar again after this incident and that Tamar ended up giving birth her twin sons, Perez and Zerah. We are told that as Tamar was giving birth that the midwife took a scarlet thread and bound it to the hand of the first child who was coming from her womb - and then something unusual happened, as it was the other child who was actually born first and not the one who wore the scarlet thread. Regarding the firstborn child, the midwife exclaimed, “How did you break through? This breach be upon you!", thus his name was called Perez. Ultimately both King David and Yeshua both come to us from the line of Perez (whose name means breach, burst forth or breakthrough).
The Holy Spirit has shown me that the union between and Judah (the fourth-born child of Jacob and Leah) and his Canaanite wife Shua, produced three sons, two of whom were wicked and were put to death by G*d Himself. Judah started off with three sons (Er, Onan and Shelah) and ended up with three sons, one legitimate (Shelah) and two illegitimate (Perez and Zerah). Perez was said to be "the breach" and ultimately his lineage produced the "Repairer of The Breach" - Yeshua. To my understanding the spiritual breach is the gap between Jews and Gentiles. As "The Body of Christ", we are also called to be Repairers of The Breach.
"And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in." - Isaiah 58:12
When the midwife tied that Scarlet Cord around the hand of Zerah, she done so to indicate that he was the firstborn - yet G*d altered that, and in turn, Perez was the firstborn.
For Those Who Have Eyes To See:
"Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool." - Isaiah 1:18
The Blood of The Lamb of Elohim washes away our sins, altering our past, and we become "white as snow."
In Genesis 49, Jacob tells Judah that his line is the royal tribe and that the obedience of the nations (both Jews and Gentiles) shall be to him.
"The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his." - Genesis 49:10
Ruth 4:18-22 gives us the generations from Perez to King David:
"Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab,
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salmon,
Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David." - Ruth 4:18-22
Examining the Numeric Values of Perez ( פרץ ) has the Divine Fingerprint of Our Creator (37) stamped on it:
370 (37x10) = Perez ( פרץ )
14 = David ( דוד )
The Values of Perez ( פרץ ) and David ( דוד ) combined, Im Kollel (Plus One for the Whole of Each Word) = 386 = Yeshua ( ישוע )
Since Perez and Zerah were born out of wedlock, they are considered to be bastard sons. The Torah specifies that any illegitimate child is to be denied citizenship, until the 10th generation. Of course, we can see from the genealogy recorded above in The Book of Ruth that the King David was the 10th Generation, starting with Perez. Ultimately, this is why there was no one of any authority produced from the Tribe of Judah until King David.
"No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the LORD. Even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD." - Deuteronomy 23:2
It was recently discovered that The Holy Spirit literally coded the names of Boaz ( בעז ), Ruth ( רות ), Obed ( עובד ), Jesse ( ישי ), and David ( דוד ) - all in chronological order, equally spaced in 49 Letter Intervals.
The sum of the Numeric Values of each of these Five Names equal The Numeric Value of the Hebrew Word "HaNisteret" ( הנסתרת ) "The Hidden" = 1101.
79= Boaz ( בעז )
606 = Ruth ( רות )
82 = Obed ( עובד )
320 = Jesse ( ישי )
14 = David ( דוד )
Total Numeric Value = 1101 - HaNisteret ( הנסתרת ) "Hidden"
The significance of the number 49 is derived in part from the fact that it is 7 x 7. Seven is a Biblically perfect numeral representing spiritual perfection, thus 49 is Perfection Squared. I believe these names are not only coded within the Hebrew text of this particular chapter because they are obviously extremely relavent to this particular chapter, but it is also signifies the Grace and Forgiveness that G*d offers us, through our faith in Yeshua. In G*d's Calendar, the the completion of each 49 year time cycle designates a Jubilee year and marked a period of freedom. Israelites who were slaves were to be set free and allowed to go back home and all the land that G*d gave the Israelites was to return to their original owners. Just the fact that The Holy Spirit chose to encode Five Names in this chapter itself points to Grace, as The Number Five in Scripture is well known to represent Grace.
49 = V'Lahavah - And Love ( ולאהבה )
49 = V'Gadlah - I Will Magnify ( ואגדלה )
49 = L'Goi - To The Gentile( לגוי )
49 = Ha'Dam - The Blood ( הדם )
No matter what you think you know, you will never truly know The Grace and Glory of Our Creator without knowing His Only Begotten Son. May these words, that I have been led to write, plant a seed in your heart that will grow into The Tree of Eternal Life.
חסד ושלום עליכם והרבה אהבה וברכות
May Grace and Peace Be Upon You and Much Love and Blessings!
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