763 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 Part 3 Book 64 - But God! - Part 3

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 3 * BOOK 64 BUT GOD! - PART 3 It’s the Lord that does it. It was the Word of God that was on the screen." To begin this lesson, turn to the Book of Ruth, chapter 1. It’s "but Ruth." Ruth 1:14 "And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth clave (or hung on) unto her (her mother-in-law)." All right, now when you go back through chapter 1, and we’re not going to take time to read it all verse by verse, this little Jewish family of Elimelech, Naomi, and their two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, had left Israel because of hard times and famine in the land. All right, we find that after they get to Moab that in verse 3: Ruth 1:3a "And Elimelech, Naomi’s husband died;…" All right, in verse 4 we find these two sons: Ruth 1:4a Ruth 1:5-6 Ruth 1:7-8 8. And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, (That is her sons.) and with me." Ruth 1:9-10 "The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. 10. And they (the girls of Moab, Ruth and Orpah) said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people." That is the Jews, Israel. Ruth 1:11-13a Ruth 1:13-14 Ruth becomes part and parcel of the line of David. The Sovereign God! Here we have a woman from a taboo place such as Moab, yet by God’s grace she comes into a relationship with a Jewish family. All right, now verse 16. Ruth 1:16 shall be my people, (And here’s the crowning part of all.) and thy God my God." Now, who was the god of Moab? Ruth 1:17-19a Ruth 1:19b-21a Ruth 1:22 "So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest." Then, of course, from the line of Boaz and Ruth, we have, if I remember correctly, Obed and then Jesse and then King David. The God of Creation. Not only was it "But God" in the case of Joseph. Let’s go to I Chronicles chapter 28 verse 3, and we’re going to come now to King David. King David, with all of his power and his pomp and his circumstance, was always rather upset that the house of God at which Israel worshipped was still just a little tent up there in the mountains. King David had power. All right, let’s jump back to verse 1. I Chronicles 28:3 "But God said unto me, (God intervenes! Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood." Verse 4: "Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever:" Now, there’s a thought provoking word, isn’t it? How long will Israel’s kingship go? The Son of David. So, when He returns and sets up His kingdom in Jerusalem, yes, it’ll be God the Son, but He’s still going to be referred to as the Son of David. Jesus Christ Himself is of the House of Judah, and that’s why it’s a likely line of Kings from David right on up to the Lord Himself. I Chronicles 28:5 "And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many son,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel." God was. "But God" intervened and David couldn’t even begin to lay the first brick of a temple, because God overruled. Go with me to Jonah chapter 4 verse 7, and what are the first two words? "But God." Of all places, here in this little book of Jonah, "But God." God does something that would seem ridiculous. Well, God had instructed Jonah to go to this wicked Gentile city of Nineveh and preach salvation to them. But now remember, I’ve been stressing over the years of my teaching that when God was dealing with Israel, what was to be their attitude to the rest of the Gentile world? As we saw with Ruth. Matthew 10:5-6 All right, now let’s go back to Jonah. Jonah 1:2 "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, (Gentile city) and cry against it; (Why?) Jonah 1:3a "But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish…" Nineveh is east! So, when God tells Jonah to go east to Nineveh, Jonah, thinking he’s a good, obedient Jew goes west on the Mediterranean. Jonah 3:1-3 "And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, 2. Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. 3. So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. All right, now if you know the story of Jonah, in his pouting response to God’s being gracious to Nineveh, he goes out and sits in the heat of the desert sun. Jonah 4:7 God intervenes sovereignly, again. Where does that leave Jonah? #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible