Notes:
Elimilech’s brother, Salmon, had married Rahab. Boaz was the son of Salmon and Raham
Christ’s great compassion, mercy, and love motivated Him to redeem us. This redemption required great resources. It required His blood. He alone had the recources to pay the debt for redemption.
Around the cross, people were not thanking Jessu for His sacrifice. He endured the wrath of God alone.
When Abraham was about to sacrifice Isaac, God intervened. There was no intervention between Jesus and His sacrifice.
From the time of Jesus’s birth, people tried to kill Him. To this day, people reject Jesus.
Jesus knew he would be rejected and suffer death on the cross. He came anyway because of His love for us.
Jesus touched the dead, the lepers, the sick. Others would not touch these people because it would make them unclean. Nothing could contaminate Jesus.
Jesus could turn water to wine, walk on water, heal the sick, and multipy food because creation is subject to the creator.
The Lord has turned our mourning to dancing. He has paid our debt. He has redeemed us.