Ruth's freedom.

[Jope]

Why do you think that Ruth, the Moabitess, was at liberty from the law of Moses, as seen in Deut. 23:

ESV
3 “No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the Lord forever,​

?

 

[Revmitchell]

Why do you think that Ruth, the Moabitess, was at liberty from the law of Moses, as seen in Deut. 23:

ESV
3 “No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the Lord forever,​

?

What do you think?

 

[Jope]

I think that Ruth's liberty was a type of the Church's liberty.

Romans 6:14b ESV
you are not under law but under grace.​

Christ brought a (predominantly) Gentile Church into the assembly of God (He exalted the predominantly Gentile Church over the Jews, cf. Eph. 2:6-7; Luke 7:28; John 3:29).

John 3 ESV
29 The one who has the bride [the Church] is the bridegroom [Christ]. The friend of the bridegroom [the friend being John the Baptist], who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.​

John (the Elijah to come)'s disciples were to have an earthly inheritance, them belonging to the earthly covenant (Gal. 4:24-25; Luke 5:33-39). In the tribulation, Elijah's disciples will have that earthly inheritance, and Elijah's disciples will only be the remnant of the Jews that dwell on earth and have a lower position than the heavenly Church in the millennium (Luke 7:28).

Boaz's actions are a type of Christ's in this regard: bringing into the assembly of God and exalting a Gentile wife at liberty from the Mosaic law over the Jews, whose antitype is Naomi.

Ruth

Introduction to Ruth
The Book of Ruth tells us also of the days of the judges, when there was no king in Israel; but it shews us the fair side of those days, in the operations of the grace of God, who (blessed be His name!) never failed to work in the midst of the evil, as also in the steady progress of events towards the fulfilment of His promises in the Messiah, whatever may have been the simultaneous progress of the general evil.
Ruth, a stranger seeking shelter by faith under the wings of the God of Israel, is received in grace, and the genealogy of David, king over Israel according to grace, is linked with her. It is the genealogy of the Lord Jesus Himself after the flesh.
This book appears to me to set before us in type, the reception in grace of the remnant of Israel in the last days, their Redeemer (the kinsman, who has the right of redemption) having taken their cause in hand.
Eli-Melech (which signifies God the King) being dead, Naomi (my delight, my pleasure) becomes a widow, and eventually loses her children also. She typifies the Jewish nation, who, having lost her God, is like a widow and has no heir. Yet there shall be a remnant, destitute of all right to the promises (and therefore prefigured historically by a stranger), who will be received in grace (similarly to the Gentiles and the assembly [See Note #1]-who will faithfully and heartily identify itself with desolate Israel; for Ruth clave to her and to her God (see Rut_1:16). God will own this remnant, which, poor and afflicted itself, will in heart obey the commands given to the people.
Naomi, who in her destitution is a type of the nation, acknowledges her condition: she calls herself Mara (bitterness).
He who was nearest of kin, who would willingly have redeemed the inheritance, refuses to do so, if Ruth must be taken with it. The law was never able (nor the assembly either) to re-establish Israel in their inheritance, nor to raise up in grace the name of the dead.

Darby, J (n.d.). John Darby's Synopsis of the Old and New Testaments.​

 

[Greektim]

Why do you think that Ruth, the Moabitess, was at liberty from the law of Moses, as seen in Deut. 23:

ESV
3 “No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the Lord forever,​

?

Absurd post. That's not liberty but a curse. They were not permitted to approach the presence of God.

This was not always practiced strictly, otherwise David would not have been allowed to enter either. Yet he cherished entering the house of God to meet him there. After all, it was his throne on earth in the temple (holy of holies).

As to the history of Ammon and Moab, you should study to see the ancestry of those 2 nations (from Lot) and how they cursed Israel during the Exodus thus restricting their access to God's temple presence.

 

[Revmitchell]

anyone else see something common in all this guys threads?

 

[Jope]

anyone else see something common in all this guys threads?

Who is "this guy"?

And what do you see in common?

 

[kyredneck]

anyone else see something common in all this guys threads?

No. Please explain what it is you're seeing.

 

[clark thompson]

Why do you think that Ruth, the Moabitess, was at liberty from the law of Moses, as seen in Deut. 23:

ESV
3 “No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the Lord forever,​

?

I thought about this but no where in scripture does she step in the temple.

 

[Greektim]

I thought about this but no where in scripture does she step in the temple.

What temple??? Solomon built the temple. You mean the tabernacle?

Plus, the Bible never said Jesus went no. 2, but I'm positive he did.

Nevertheless, the OP is absurd b/c it was a curse not to be able to approach the throne of God. YHWH's temple presence was the true blessing of Israel that set them apart from all other nations... i.e. the God of the universe deigning to dwell w/ a piddly little nation like Israel.

 

[Jope]

I thought about this but no where in scripture does she step in the temple.

I guess we would have to figure out what is meant by "the congregation of the Lord".

Do you have Poole's commentary?