Does That Remind Us

And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who built the house of Israel; and may you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.  Ruth 4:11

O Bethlehem Ephrathah, does this remind us of someone? The people said, "We are witnesses." They may not have known in the moment how far their statement of faith would go, but God was listening to them as He does for us. Israel will be witnesses once more as the end approaches. And of course, the witness who stands out among all of Israel would indeed be born in Bethlehem. The story is about Ruth, Boaz, Naomi, and the elders, but it reminds those who are attuned to Jesus of Him, as does the Old Testament many times from Genesis to Malachi. Once we believe in the Lord Jesus, we cannot but help see Him in scripture. And why shouldn't we, since John pointed out to us that He is the very Word of God made flesh. 

Great is the name of our Lord Jesus in all of scripture!

Bucky