The Prophecy of Ruth

By: Julia Gibbs

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Familiarity can dull the senses, anesthetizing us to the prophetic nature and revelatory meanings found in the Book of Ruth. The story of Ruth was, is, and is yet to come if we are willing to accept it. Many of us grew up on the children’s church version of Ruth. The one that came with coloring pages and dot-to-dot pictures, which painted a broad stroke over the book, and allowed a numbness to form when we heard it read. In children's church it was simply a beautifully told, perfectly wrapped, romanticized Cinderella tale of Ruth, the servant girl, who falls in love and marries the dashing landowner, Boaz. But is there more? Is there a deeper calling within these four chapters to understand what the prophets themselves found unimaginable?
This study invites you to read with new eyes and hear with new ears. There is a call to join in as those who have ears to hear and to partner with the Holy Spirit, to be awakened to the world that is written between the black letters and the white pages. God is beckoning us to stretch our capacity for understanding as we discover the mysteries that have been formed from the foundation of the earth. This book is one of only two books written in the Old Testament about and for, the Gentiles. Both Ruth and Jonah are prophetic books revealing one of seven mysteries of the New Testament. Paul wrote about these seven mysteries in Romans 11 and Romans 16. Under the influence of the Holy Spirit, Paul chose to close Romans, the book of doctrine for the Church Age, with the mystery of the Gentiles:

“Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus
Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages,
but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known
to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God,
to bring about the obedience of faith—to the only wise God be glory forevermore through
Jesus Christ! Amen!”
Romans 16:25-27

Ruth is so much more than a Cinderella-type tale. It is the revealing of God’s plan for the Age of the Church, the Age of Pentecost. It begins in Genesis with all people, then moves to the election of Israel as God’s chosen people and flows into Acts 2 and 10. This is where God opens the doors to the Gentile nations in an age defined by the ecclesia, the Church. The plan culminates with the great returning of God’s people as one body and one flesh entering the Millennial Reign of Christ as seen in the Book of Revelation.