God alone has the ability to save his people from slavery and captivity. God's redemptive will and power is demonstrated in his deliverance of Israel from bondage in Egypt, and supremely through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
God as the sole redeemer of Israel
Isaiah 47:4 See also Deuteronomy 13:5; Psalm 19:14
Our Redeemer — the LORD of Hosts is His name — is the Holy One of Israel.
He redeems because of his love
He is able to redeem because of his power
Deuteronomy 9:26; 2 Samuel 7:23 parallel 1 Chronicles 17:21; Nehemiah 1:10
God acts as Israel's redeemer
Psalm 78:35, Psalm 111:9; Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 48:17, Isaiah 54:5, Isaiah 63:16
He promises to redeem Israel from Egypt
Exodus 3:8–10 See also Exodus 3:21, Exodus 14:4
I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey— the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them. Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
He redeems Israel in the exodus from Egypt
Deuteronomy 5:15 See also Deuteronomy 15:15, Deuteronomy 21:8, Deuteronomy 24:18; Nehemiah 9:9–11; Psalm 77:14–20, Psalm 105:23–38; Hosea 13:4; Micah 6:4; Acts 7:30–36
Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
He redeems Israel from Babylonian exile
Isaiah 41:14 “Redeemer” is a characteristic title for God in the second part of Isaiah. In the context of the exile Isaiah reminds Israel that God would act as redeemer. See also Isaiah 43:4, Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 44:24, Isaiah 49:26, Isaiah 54:5, Isaiah 60:16, Isaiah 62:12; Jeremiah 50:33–35, Jeremiah 51:12; Micah 4:10; Zechariah 10:8
Do not fear, O Jacob, you worm, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
God redeems his people from difficult personal circumstances
Psalm 34:22 See also Isaiah 29:22 Abraham was redeemed from the land of idolatry to become God's servant; Job 19:25 Job, in the midst of his despair, declares God to be his redeemer; Psalm 31:4–5 part of the psalmist's prayer for deliverance when confronted by an evil conspiracy; Lamentations 3:58 the lamentor recognises personal redemption within the context of national despair
The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.
He brings deliverance from enemies
Psalm 69:18, Psalm 106:10, Psalm 107:2; Jeremiah 15:21, Jeremiah 31:11
God redeems his people from the bondage and guilt of sin
Psalm 130:7–8 See also Psalm 34:22; Isaiah 59:20
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance. And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.
Those who remain sinful do not find redemption
Hosea 7:13 See also Psalm 26:11 The request for redemption is made on the basis of uprightness; Isaiah 1:27–28
Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.
God redeems his people from death
Psalm 49:15 See also Job 19:25–27; Psalm 103:4
But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
Jesus Christ is central to God's redemptive purposes
Colossians 1:13–14 See also Luke 1:68; Romans 3:23–24; 1 Corinthians 1:30, 1 Corinthians 7:23; Galatians 3:13–14, Galatians 4:4–5; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 9:11–12; 1 Peter 1:18–21
He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
God will finally redeem all creation at Jesus Christ's second coming
Romans 8:19–23 See also Luke 21:28; Ephesians 1:13–14, Ephesians 4:30; Titus 2:13–14
The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
God's redemptive work brings him praise and worship
Ephesians 1:3–7 See also Exodus 15:1–21; Psalm 71:23, Psalm 111:9, Psalm 119:134, Psalm 136:1–26; Isaiah 35:4–10, Isaiah 44:22–23, Isaiah 48:20, Isaiah 51:11, Isaiah 52:9
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms. For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
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Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.