![]() ![]() It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ( 1 Peter 1:18-21 PHILLIPS) The explanation of Jesus Christ as the redeemer And God raised him from the dead and gave him unimaginable splendour, so that all your faith and hope might be centred in God. It is true that God chose him to fulfil this part before the world was founded, but it was for your benefit that he was revealed in these last days-for you who found your faith in God through Christ. The price was in fact the life-blood of Christ, the unblemished and unstained lamb of sacrifice. ![]() For you must realise all the time that you have been “ransomed” from the futile way of living passed on to you by your fathers’ traditions, not with some money payment of transient value, but by the costly shedding of blood. If you pray to a Father who judges men by their actions without the slightest favouritism, then you should spend the time of your stay here on earth with reverent fear. (Titus 2:11-15) The Apostle Peter reminded us Jesus Christ is the redeemer So communicate these things with the sort of exhortation or rebuke that carries full authority. He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good. It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. ( 1 Corinthians 6:20 Weymouth New Testament)įor the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people. (Galatians 3:13-14)Īnd you are not your own, for you have been redeemed at infinite cost. (Matthew 20:28) The Apostle Paul declared Jesus Christ is the redeemerĬhrist hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. “Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited and redeemed His people, (Luke 1:68)Įven as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. (Isaiah 47:4) The Jewish Gospel writers recognized the redeemer Our Redeemer–the LORD of Hosts is His name–is the Holy One of Israel. I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts I am the first, and I am the last and beside me there is no God. Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. (Psalm 19:14) Isaiah prophesied the LORD will be the redeemer Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer. David understood the LORD was his redeemer But you won’t find the purchase transaction there. (Exodus 15:16)īut, when did the LORD purchase the people he rescued from Egypt? Read Exodus, Numbers, and Leviticus for the miraculous historical account of deliverance out of Egypt. A price was paid.įear and dread shall fall upon them by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. He described the rescue out of Egypt as a purchase. In the first song recorded in the Bible, Moses praised the greatness of the LORD. (Job 19:25-27) Moses praised the LORD who purchased Israel Job recognized his redeemer during awful tribulationįor I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another though my reins be consumed within me. Then he redeemed every tribe and language and people and nation by his resurrection. ![]() ![]() He purchased our salvation with his death on the cross. Moses and the prophets spoke of him before the gospels and the apostles revealed him. ![]()
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