Redemption
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Redemption (11-16)
Redemption (11-16)
First born devoted to God
belong to the Lord
except donkeys…no donkey!
redeem it or kill it
Donkeys cannot be sacrificed, considered unclean but allowed to be used for work
redeem firstborn sons
with a sacrifice
Lamb, later a dove and shekels could be used
Redemption in the Bible
OT
kinsman redeemer
if owed debt or sold self as a slave a kinsman redeemer would pay the debt
also would occasionally avenge bloo
Abraham and Lot
God redeemed his people out of Egypt
rescuing people
1st born was the price because he spared their lives
they are to be redeemed
Babylon
Cyrus was the instrument
redeemed back to their promised land
Job
Saw God as a great redeemer
even through difficult circumstances would redeem him at some point
Prov. 23:10-11 Do not move the ancient boundary Or go into the fields of the fatherless, For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their case against you.
Since sin brought on the captivity, God’s redemption of his people out of that captivity would serve as a picture of redemption from sin.
Redemption in NT
Mark 10:45 “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
ransom for many
Paul
Christ redeemed from curse of the law
couples redemption with justification and propitiation
the price of our redemption was Christ on the cross, our payment or propitiation
At resurrection - Our bodies redeemed from corruption
sown corruption, but raised incorruptible (1 Corinthians)
E. F. Harrison
“No word in the Christian vocabulary deserves to be held more precious than Redeemer, for even more than Savior it reminds the child of God that his salvation has been purchased at a great and personal cost, for the Lord has given himself for our sins in order to deliver us from them.”
God was with them (17-22)
God was with them (17-22)
Which way did he go George?
not northern path so they would not fight
they will have plenty of time to fight with they Philistines
The way to the Red Sea
Lit. “Sea of Reeds”
several proposed paths
Nuewieba beach
“Jethro’s land”
Mt. Sinai in Saudi Arabia
210 miles as the crow flies from their staring point
3 mph walking 72 miles in 24 hours
could take about 3 days none stop
Joseph’s Bones
He made them promise
v 21
God provided the way, he was the leader
cloud by day, pillar of fire by night
meaning they traveled without stopping!
some walked while others slept, then…switch!
God was with them always
He never left them v 22.
As he redeemed his people back to himself, he was with them always
just as Christ told us, he would be with us always.