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"I Have Redeemed Thee"

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Announcements › Forums › Adam and Fallen Man – May 12th, 2019 › "I Have Redeemed Thee"

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  • May 7, 2019 at 6:39 pm #8621
    parthens
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    “I have redeemed thee” (Isa. 43:1).

    The Hebrew word “redeemer” refers to a family-member’s nearest kinsman whose duty ii is to help that family-member when necessary. The Law of Moses presents 4 instances in which this nearest blood-relative is required by law to “redeem” another family member in trouble.

    1. If a family member becomes poor to the point of having to sell some or all of his land, a kinsman “shall redeem that which his brother hath sold” (Lev. 25:23-28).

    2. ‘If a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxen rich, and thy brother be waxen poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger… after that he is sold,” a near-kinsman is obliged to purchase his freedom (Lev. 25:48-49).

    3. If a family-member is murdered, the next-of-kin alone is required to avenge that murder (Num. 35:9-34).

    4. A near-kinsman is required to marry and support the childless widow of a deceased kinsman (see the Book of Ruth).

    All of the foregoing helps to illuminate Isaiah 43:1, in which God assumes the role of my nearest kinsman to help me when I’m in need!

    “Our God is our best friend and deliverer,” says Edward Kimball (see https://articles.plainfieldcs.com/early-workers/edward-kimball/fearlessly-meet-the-claim/).

    See Baker’s Bible Dictionary for more on this subject: https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/bakers-evangelical-dictionary/kinsman-redeemer.html

    May 8, 2019 at 7:12 am #8622
    JoanneF
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    Long ago Mrs. Evans taught me to say this before I lay down to sleep (and I still do it):
    “Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of Truth.” (Ps.31:5)

    May 9, 2019 at 7:48 am #8624
    MaryBeth
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    Thank you both! Certainly puts much deeper and more tender meaning to the word “redeem” and also to our nighttime prayer.

    May 9, 2019 at 11:49 am #8626
    MaryBeth
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    This definition of “redeemer” also beautifully corresponds to what Mrs. Eddy writes on page 151 of Miscellaneous Writings: “God is our Father and our Mother,
    our Minister and the great Physician: He is man’s only real relative on earth and in heaven. David sang, ‘Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.’”
    Good to remember as we approach Mother’s Day.

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