Ruth 3:3 Anoint, perfume, yourself. The oil of the apothecary used in the anointing of the Tabernacle, Temple and Priest would have been a sweet fragrance filling the whole of the area of worship. The Holy Anointing Oil was composed of five elements, the number of the wounds of Christ. It was compounded of:
Pure myrrh 500 shekels
Sweet cinnamon 250 shekels
Sweet calamus 250 shekels
Cassia 500 shekels
An hin of olive oil.
These ingredients all had one thing in common. They had been crushed or ground. Which speaks of the sufferings of Christ. The crushing releases the fragrance. The blending of the spices is one of those hidden yet so evident witnesses of the Triunity of the Godhead. The myrrh representing the Father. The two spices, cinnamon and calamus, show us the human and Divine nature of the Son, part man, part God of equal proportions. Yet fully God and completely man. Oh the mystery of Godliness. The cassia speaks to us of the Holy Spirit. The olive oil, the Spirit and the anointing. The oil blended the spices together in order to be poured out in anointing. II Cor.1:21 God who has anointed His church and caused her to become established in Him. The anointing proceeds from Him. As the High Priest of old was anointed with the Holy Oil how much greater is the oil that comes from the throne of God. v.22 we are sealed by the Spirit for the grand purposes of the Lord in His church. 1 Jn.2:27 We are to abide with the anointing of the Holy Spirit dwelling in us. It is He, the Holy Spirit who will teach us the ways of the Lord and make certain that we receive and retain the true anointing of the Spirit. The Bride of Christ will be filled with the Spirit to the absolute fullness.
Ruth 3:7 At the feet of Boaz. Ruth had in detail followed the advice of Naomi. The Bride of Christ will follow the teaching of the Word of God. In the darkness of sin she will find her place of refuge at the feet of her Lord. A startling discovery at midnight. The midnight hour is crucial to the church at the end of the age. The prayer of importunity is certainly apropos for the midnight hour. The Bride of Christ will be a praying church. She will know how to pray of accomplishment and attainment. The Bridegroom will come to marry His Bride at the midnight hour. Mt.25:6 His Bride will have made herself ready. He is not coming for an unprepared people. The Bride is alert, knowing the times and the seasons. Filled with expectation and prepared against every eventuality. For those not of the household of faith the midnight hour is dismal and gloomy. Ex.12:29 Death swept over the land of Egypt at that hour of the night. Only among the Israelites where there had been preparations made for a house with blood on it entrance was there deliverance. Victory and defeat at midnight is recorded in Samsons dealings with the Gazites. Samson escaped them and to show his contempt took the door posts and doors of the gates of the city. Judges 16:3 Midnight is a time of victory. Midnight is a time of praise and deliverance because of His righteous Judgments. Ps.119:62 Deliverance came to Paul and Silas as they worshipped the Lord with song and praise. Acts 16:25 Great happenings will take place when God’s clock reaches the twelve o’clock hour. For those who have prepared themselves against that hour it will be the climax of their hopes and longings. On the other hand for those unprepared, both saved and unsaved it will be a dark and gloomy hour. Job in chapter 34 verse 20 uttered prophetic words pertaining to that hour. It will be a time of trouble such as never seen before, but His Bride will be delivered. Today is the time to prepare for that day that is soon to come. Here is no way that we can over emphasize the Importance of following the pattern given by Naomi to Ruth. While symbolic it will have it consummation in the end of the age. Jesus is even now at the door seeking entrance.