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Monday, September 7 2009
The book of Ruth provides the documentation of how David was born in Bethlehem.
"1:1 Now it came to pass in the days when The Judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 1:2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.1:3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. 1:4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. 1:5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
1:6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread. 1:7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah." (Ruth 1:1-7 KJV)
"Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel"
Ruth was a Moabite, however Naomi arranged her marriage to a prominent man of Judah. What mattered was Ruth's righteousness; her being a "foreigner" was obviously irrelevant, just as it was with the Iraqi man named Abraham who also had become a key ancestor of the Israelites - and of Jesus Christ, the Messiah of all of humanity (see Israel's Iraqi Roots and Circumcision).
"3:1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? 3:2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth Barley to night in the threshingfloor. 3:3 Wash thy self therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. 3:4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.3:5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do." (Ruth 3:1-5 KJV)
The marriage of Boaz and Ruth established the Bethlehemite phase of the Messianic genealogy.
"4:13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son. 4:14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. 4:15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.4:16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. 4:17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
4:18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, 4:19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 4:20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 4:21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 4:22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David." (Ruth 4:13-22 KJV)
Fact Finder: (a) Like David before Him, Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem, "the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; because he was of the house and lineage of David" (Luke 2:4 KJV). What other city is also called "the city of David"? Will that "city of David" be the place from which Christ will rule, just as David once ruled from there? (b) What will King David be doing after Christ comes to rule the earth?
(a) See The City of David, Israelite Monarchy - The Messiah and Zionism
(b) See David, Future King Of Israel
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This Day In History, September 7
1087: Norman King William I, known as "William the Conqueror," died. He was also instigator of the Domesday book, the first exhaustive survey of England.
1533: Queen Elizabeth I of England was born. The daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, her reign began with the defeat of the Spanish Armada. During her time, Britain rose to international power and prominence, beginning colonization which led to its worldwide empire over the next 400 years. A golden age for Britain, Elizabeth's contemporaries were the likes of Francis Bacon, William Shakespeare, Walter Raleigh, Francis Drake, John Hawkins, Martin Frobisher and many others.
1543: Mary, Queen of Scots was coronated.
1630: The town of Trimontaine, Massachusetts, was renamed Boston.
1714: The Treaty of Badan was signed. It was one of the Treaties included in the Peace of Utrecht which ended the War of The Spanish Succession.
1776: The United States of America was born when the Continental Congress changed the name of the new nation from the earlier choice of the United Colonies.
1812: Russian forces retreated from the army of Napoleon after the Battle of Borodino, near Moscow. Like Adolf Hitler 130 years later however, the invaders were eventually "stopped cold" by the Russian winter.
1813: The term "Uncle Sam" was reportedly first used as a symbolic reference to the United States in an editorial in the Troy Post of New York.
1822: Brazil declared independence from Portugal.
1860 "Red Shirt" forces under Giuseppe Garibaldi took Naples. The victory permitted Victor Emmanuel to become king of Italy.
1867: Adolphus abdicated as duke of Nassau and was granted 8.5 million thalers (origin of "dollars") and a few castles as compensation.
1940: The Nazi "Blitz" of London began. The city was heavily bombed for 57 consecutive nights.
1942: In one of their rare attacks on the U.S. mainland during the Second World War, a Japanese plane dropped a few fire bombs on Oregon.
1986: Bishop Desmond Tutu was enthroned as Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa. He was the first black head of South Africa's Anglicans.
