Deliverance from people or forces that are overwhelming. It implies a liberator with strength and wisdom to ensure true freedom. God's physical rescue of the Israelites points to the spiritual deliverance obtained by Jesus Christ.
When rescue is the only answer
Psalm 35:10 See also Deuteronomy 22:27, Deuteronomy 28:29; 1 Samuel 12:21; Isaiah 42:22; Daniel 8:4, Daniel 8:7; Hosea 5:14; Micah 5:8; Romans 7:24
All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
God's power to rescue in times of need
Isaiah 41:10; 1 Corinthians 10:13; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; Hebrews 13:6
God's people cry to him for rescue
Judges 10:15 See also 1 Samuel 7:8; Psalm 22:11, Psalm 35:17, Psalm 43:1, Psalm 69:13–14, Psalm 71:2, Psalm 107:19, Psalm 140:1, Psalm 142:6, Psalm 143:9, Psalm 144:7; Proverbs 24:11; Romans 15:31 Paul's need for protection
“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
God's physical rescue of his people
From their enemies
Exodus 3:8 See also Judges 6:14EXO Judges 18:10; 1 Samuel 11:13; 2 Samuel 22:17–20 parallel Psalm 18:16–19; 2 Kings 13:5; 1 Chronicles 11:14; 2 Chronicles 20:15, 2 Chronicles 32:22; Nehemiah 9:27; Esther 4:14; Jeremiah 20:13 2 Chronicles 20:29 Israel's enemies recognise God's rescue of his people.
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.
From trouble
Daniel 6:27 See also Genesis 45:7; Job 5:19; Psalm 32:7, Psalm 91:14–15, Psalm 126:1; Proverbs 11:8; Joel 2:32; Jonah 2:10; 2 Peter 2:9
He delivers and rescues; He performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, for He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.”
From oppression
God's spiritual rescue of believers
From the guilt, penalty and power of sin
Isaiah 61:1 See also Luke 4:18; Jeremiah 29:11–14; Romans 8:21; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Jude 1:24
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
From the dominion of Satan
Colossians 1:13 See also Matthew 6:13; Luke 1:74, Luke 9:1, Luke 11:21–22, Luke 13:16
He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
From spiritual attack
From fear and the fear of death
Hebrews 2:14–15 See also Psalm 34:4; 1 Corinthians 15:54–57; 2 Corinthians 1:10; Revelation 2:10
Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
Rescuers sent by God
Acts 7:34 Moses; Judges 3:9, Judges 3:15, Judges 10:1
Examples of people rescued
Acts 7:10 Joseph; Jeremiah 38:6–13 Jeremiah; Daniel 3:17, Daniel 3:28, Daniel 6:21–23, Daniel 6:27; Acts 12:11 Peter; Acts 23:27, Acts 26:17; 2 Timothy 3:11
Related themes
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.