Ep 374 | Ruth; 1 Samuel 1-7, Come Follow Me 2026 (June 1-7)
Talking Scripture
Mike Day & Bryce Dunford
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🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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(00:00) Ruth, a Moabite, becomes a central character in Israel’s history as the great-grandmother of King David, through whose line comes Jesus Christ. Her story shows that God is the God of the whole world.
(10:52) After becoming a widow, Ruth goes to Bethlehem and gleans in the fields of Boaz. The Law commanded that owners “not reap the corners of their fields,” thus providing for the poor.
(13:53) How Boaz symbolizes Christ and how Ruth represents all of us coming unto him to be redeemed.
(23:15) Ruth proposes marriage to Boaz. The threshing floor as a symbol for covenants and the temple. Jesus says “I will gather my people as a man gathereth his sheaves into the floor.”
(29:46) The other kinsman that has claim upon Ruth can be seen as a symbol of Jesus reconciling and paying our debts for the things that have claim on us. God will compensate us for the difficult times in our lives.
(33:03) All the characters in the story of Ruth are demonstrating hesed, or covenant love. The image of the circle and square coming together as a symbol for the union of heaven and earth.
(38:46) In the Book of Samuel, Hannah comes to the tabernacle at Shiloh to pray for God to give her a son. Like Hannah, all of us experience times of deprivation, even when it is a righteous desire we seek.
(43:02) Hannah’s prayer led to the birth of Samuel and then an even more abundant blessing of many children. God is bounteous in his loving kindness.
(45:39) The Song of Hannah as a triumphant song of praise and overcoming adversity. It gives reference to the King, but there is no monarchy yet. This song can be seen as a prophecy of the Savior and contains temple imagery.
(49:13) Eli’s sons reject the Lord, so Samuel will take their place as High Priest.
(50:08) The Lord calls young Samuel to be a prophet, but he doesn’t immediately understand. Eli helps him open his ears. Sometimes we brush off impressions as coincidence, but oftentimes they are revelation.
(54:32) Samuel is recognized as a prophet. Prophets advise Israel’s kings and when they listen to the prophet they are blessed.
(57:42) The Israelites are defeated by the Philistines. Eli and his sons die. Samuel exhorts Israel to serve the Lord and the Philistines are subdued.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to Talking Scripture, a podcast where we illustrate relevance and application of the scriptures in Come Follow Me. |
| 0:10.1 | We also dive into the history and cultures of the text. |
| 0:13.4 | Thanks for taking the time to share and subscribe to this podcast. |
| 0:16.9 | For show notes, head over to our website, talking scripture.org. |
| 0:23.3 | Welcome to Talking Scripture. I'm Mike. |
| 0:25.0 | And I'm Bryce. |
| 0:25.8 | And today we're going to be in Ruth and the first part of Samuel. |
| 0:29.2 | And I am so excited. I love the book of Ruth. |
| 0:32.2 | It is a tremendously symbolic book. |
| 0:34.7 | I recognize it can be seen as a little offensive if you focus on the culture of |
| 0:40.9 | the day and men and women and the role that men play. But I would present to you that the book of |
| 0:48.0 | Ruth is kept in the scriptures as a symbol. And the symbolism here is we're going to watch a woman that's a Moabite who's outside of |
| 0:58.3 | Israel come into the very heart and soul. She is going to become the great grandmother of King David, |
| 1:08.6 | who is the symbol of the very heart and soul of the House of Israel. So someone |
| 1:12.9 | outside the covenant, way outside the covenant, is going to be brought all the way into the |
| 1:19.0 | center of the covenant and hold a place of great prestige. And it is through roose loins that we |
| 1:25.9 | have David and Jesus. |
| 1:29.2 | Now, I hold that up as a beacon for all of us, because if you were born outside the church, |
| 1:35.3 | or if sin has brought you outside the covenants, however far out you've landed, for whatever |
| 1:43.1 | reason, the story of Ruth is the story of the journey back |
| 1:48.2 | to the heart of the Savior. And all that the Savior is going to do to get you there. And he is going |
| 1:55.6 | to ask some things. So I would invite you to see beyond the story itself, see beyond the culture, see beyond the |
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