Kinsman Redeemer

The speaker discusses why God needed to become a man in order to bring salvation to mankind. Some reasons mentioned are that God needed to bear the nature of sin and make atonement for man, that he needed a body to make a remission of sin, and that he needed to share in our infirmities to give us hope. The speaker also introduces the concept of a kinsman redeemer and discusses how God became man to fulfill this role. The role of a kinsman redeemer is explained using laws from the book of Leviticus. The speaker mentions the year of jubilee as a significant time in the redemption process. December 16th, almost Christmas time, time when we celebrate the birth of Jesus, which may have been in December 25th or may have been quite possibly in April. But God had many reasons for sending his son. Jesus willingly volunteered. And when we look at what reasons did God have to become a man, quite an interesting study in itself. I can think of the seven reasons. And one of the reasons we'll study tonight, but some of the others, just for our thoughts, some of the reasons God required to become a man, it could not happen any other way. I wonder if anybody would open up their microphones. Why could God not just broadcast in the heavens? Why could God just not sovereignly do something? What are the reasons? I'm asking all of you to think tonight. What are the reasons which demanded that God become one of us in order to bring salvation to mankind? Brother Zebedee, I'm going to pick on you first and ask you, but before you answer and give you time to think, let's come before the Lord for thanksgiving. Let's come before the Lord with a grateful heart that he did send his own son, Father, tonight. Thank you. On this December 16th, Lord, as we study today how you became our kinsman and our Redeemer, Father, today, let's open our hearts to rejoice in the wonderful gift of your son, Jesus. Amen. Amen. Amen. Brother Zebedee, let's give you a chance first to express what are the reasons it was required that God must become man, Emmanuel, God with us. Go ahead. Well, I think the first reason is that God is God, and being God is holy, and he cannot by himself take upon the nature of sin because of his holiness, so he has to take the form of man so that he can bear the sin of man and die the death on behalf of man. I think the first reason why God has to become a man is so that he could be able to bear on him the nature of sin and make an atonement for man. Atonement. And secondly, yeah, secondly, God is spirit, a man have a body. There's no way God can make a remission of sin for man if he doesn't have a body, and for him to be in the body, he just has to be a man so that he can bear with, he can be in the body. I think another reason why God has to be a man is so that he can, man can understand the fact that God shares with our infirmities, whatever pains we are passing through, whatever difficulties we face in this body, God has to share in our, in this body so that to give man hope that God is with us even in our infirmity. Thank you, sir. Very good answer. Excellent answer, Brother Zebedee. I appreciate your answer because it covers three of the points that I had written down. Anyone else? Favor in London? For the favor London, how would you add to these three which has been offered? The first one is he became our atonement, paying the debt of our sin. Number two was that God is a spirit and he must come in a body in order to relate to us and to speak to us. And then last, he must become man in order to understand our infirmity, to relate to it. Favor London. Do you have any others? Oh, there you are. Go ahead, brother. I was just telling you. I think I'm looking at the question so let me allow that to talk about it. Okay. You're not prepared with any others. All right. Brother Favors, Ahweri, Abba, Lagos and other places. Yes, sir. What would you add? What would you add to the reasons? Reverend, first off, I most definitely agree with Brother Zebedee. Yes. And while you were talking, there's a scripture I'm trying to open up which also, which talks about him being in the flesh, having to be in the form of the flesh to save us in the flesh, which already is just like a scriptural support to what Brother Zebedee has already said. Yes. So, I totally agree with what he has said and I would have said those. Right. So, he just put it 100%. Yes. And so quickly put it together. And I am grateful for that. That covers the territory quickly. Yes. So, our problem was sin. Sin had come into the world. And the second problem is Satan. Satan had come into the world. And our third problem is our flesh. Without the spirit, we are powerless to serve God and to walk according to his way, to his spirit. So, the world, the flesh and the devil are three enemies that must be defeated in order to overcome. And so, how can the flesh be... Let me ask this question. Was the flesh defeated by the law? Not at all. Not at all, right? In fact, Romans says the law made the flesh more active. That's true. And was the devil defeated by the law? No. He was neither. And the world was not defeated by the law. It was not overcome. Because most of the world didn't even follow the law. And those that tried could not. So, our problem was not solved by the law. Although our sin became, as I think Hebrews said it, the more sinful. Yes. So, this is the situation. That we were born in sin. And having been born with the DNA of sin in our own self, who can rescue us from our own DNA? One time I remember we were talking that maybe your body tends to have cancer. And all of your relatives died of leukemia. What are the chances that you could ever overcome? Because you are born with that tendency in your DNA. So, the spiritual DNA. We call it the DNA of sin. It's not actually DNA. But it gives us the concept of how we inherited in our nature and our character. We were born with a nature which loves to sin. So, we needed a savior. And so, God had to become man. I remember a story from the time I was young when my mother would share. And there was a destructive bulldozer coming to build a road right in a large, beautiful home of the ants. Called the Ant Hill. I know you have huge ones there in Nigeria. So, someone had such compassion on the ants. And he began to tell them that there was danger coming. And they would be destroyed. The ants seemed to not listen to him. So, he raised his voice. He spoke with a loud voice. He uttered commands. He pleaded with them and none of which worked. So, he sat nearby wondering what could be done. And the only answer that came to him suddenly was, I must become an ant in order to speak to those ants. And to communicate what I understand. Because they cannot understand. They don't see the picture that I see. They don't understand road building. And so much of this story captures the reason that Jesus must become man. There's several others which are very beautiful. And one of them we'd like to add in studying tonight is... I love this. It's from the book of Ruth and other places. How God became man to become our kinsman redeemer. I don't think this is a... It's not a new concept for any of you. You know the kinsman redeemer, I believe. Brother Zebedee, is this new for you or you're familiar with? Kinsman redeemer. He's not familiar with me, Reverend. So, I'm just listening. Okay, good. Well, good. So, then we'll learn something. Brother Faber, Lagos, have you... Brother Faber, Abba, have you heard this? It's something familiar to you? Absolutely, Reverend. Okay, good. So, we'll have an interesting time then. And we'll share together. Amen. So, in the Old Testament, God himself in the law began to set the stage or the understanding of the world, especially his people, of a kinsman. What does it mean, first of all? Kinsman. Well, our next of kin, family, uncles, brothers, right? Do you use the term kinsman at all anymore in Nigeria? I think not. But I think you might know next of kin. Brother Zebedee, do you understand that term, next of kin? Yeah, I'm familiar with next of kin, not kinsman. So, it has the same meaning, kinsman. Okay, okay. Our next of kin, closely related family. So, let's read some of the laws that were laid out. So, we can really begin to understand what it means to be a kinsman redeemer. Leviticus, chapter 25, and verse 25 to 30. This is the law stating what it means to redeem, and it mentions next of kin. Brother Zebedee, are you ready to read for us this evening? Your network seems good. Okay. Leviticus 13, right? 25, Leviticus 25, and verse 25 to 30. Okay. I read from verse 25. If one of your countrymen become poor and sell some of his properties, his nearest relative is to come and redeem what his countryman has sold. If, however, a man has no one to redeem it for him, but he himself prospers and acquires sufficient means to redeem it, he is to determine the value for the years since he sold it and refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it. He can then go back to his own country. But if he does not acquire the means to repay him, what he sold will remain in the possession of the buyer until the year of jubilee. It will be returned in the jubilee, and he can then go back to his property. Verse 29. If a man sells a house in a walled city, he retains the right of redemption a full year after he sells. During that time, he may redeem it. If it is not redeemed before a full year has passed, the house in the walled city shall belong permanently to the buyer and his descendants. It is not to be returned in the jubilee. So, what is the jubilee, Brother Zebedee? How do you define the word jubilee? Is that familiar to you? The jubilee, to my understanding, is the seventh year. Okay. Let's read earlier in the book of Leviticus, chapter 25. Can you read verse 11 and 12? You're partly correct about the seventh year. Verse 11. Yes. The fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you. Do not sow and do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the untended vine, for it is a jubilee and is to be holy for you. Eat only what is taken directly from the fields. That's one of the things that happen in the year of jubilee. The other one we were reading earlier. Land that you lost because you became poor and someone else bought it from you. In the fiftieth year, that would return to the person and the family, the family of the one who lost it. So, every seventh. Now, Brother Zebedee, where you are correct, is they would command it to allow the land to rest in the seventh year, every seventh year. But every seven times seven is 49 years. So, after 49 years, on the fiftieth year, on the seven times seven, once that has passed, the fiftieth year becomes the year of jubilee. And it's a year where debts are forgiven, land is returned. If your children became slaves because you were poor, then they were to be set free and they were able to return to their families, considering the debt had been paid. Any other comments on the year of jubilee? Just so we understand what we're reading. It's well understood, Reverend. Thank you for the enlightenment. Okay. So, the reason I wanted to take time with this year of jubilee to understand better the kinsmen or the next of kin redeemer is because we have to consider what we have lost. Come on now. What have we lost? Because we have been poor in spirit. We have been poor in courage and in strength. What has been stolen from us since Adam? That which is taken. That which belongs to another. You know, the Bible says that he calls the devil the prince of the power of the air. He calls him the prince of this world and this world's ways. In the beginning, man was given the authority and the earth for the Lord. Hey, Brother Kess, welcome, my brother. I'm glad to see you are able to come in. Amen. We're reading Leviticus 25, verse 25 to 30. And we're looking at the definitions of the words for kinsmen and a redeemer and how that which has been lost must be returned. God, when he created the law and gave it to Moses, integral with that law was the understanding of being forgiven and restored. Oh, Jesus, thank you. There has never been such a concept in the world of forgiving and restoring with mercy. Undeserved. And yet God designed it like that in the law for a purpose. And that purpose was to point us to an understanding when Jesus would come, amen, and there would be forgiveness. There could be restoration. There could be, Lord God, help us. We could be restored again to what? The lands, the positions, and the family in which we were born in the beginning. Adam's father was who? He was. And he belonged to the family of? Of God. Amen. And all the earth was given unto man. Hallelujah. And the spirit of God was given unto man. And so much was lost. Innocence was lost. Purity of mind and heart. Communication with God was lost. Oh, Lord, help us to understand the beauty of this kinsman, redeemer, next of kin, relative. Hallelujah. All right. Amen. Let's read also in the 25th chapter of Deuteronomy. Deuteronomy chapter 25. Verse 5 to 10, please. Deuteronomy 25, from verse 5. Yes. Brothers are living together, and one of them dies without a son. His widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband's brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her. The first son, Shibir, shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel. However, if a man does not want to marry his brother's wife, he shall go to the elder at the town gate and say, My husband's brother refuses to carry on his brother's name in Israel. He will not fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to me. Then the elders of the town shall summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying, I do not want to marry her, his brother's widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elder, take off one of his sandals, spat in the face, and say, This is what is done to the man who will not build up his brother's family line. Then that man's line shall be known in Israel as the family of the unsandled. I almost called this title the shoeless family, the loose shoe family. I mean, did you catch this? This woman, the wife of the brother-in-law, she was to come up to this man if he refused to take his shoe off of his foot, spit in his face, and call him this name, the loose shoe man, the sandalless man. It was a shame in Israel to be a man with loose shoes. It would be called a lazy man. I mean, what do you do with your children when they won't tie their shoes? Tie your shoes. What are you, a lazy boy? Until this day, until this day, it has a meaning that we don't even fully understand. Tie your shoes. Now, for sure, you're going to get your children to tie their sandals and to secure their shoes. Hallelujah. Amen. I had never read this verse that I remember until today, so I was laughing. The family of the loose shoes. Hallelujah. Now, this is actually important because for two reasons. One, it continues to explain the significance of carrying on the seed, the seed, the offspring of each name. What if along the way, Judah, the family of Judah, had been eliminated? There were no more. The prophecies couldn't be fulfilled. Those of the tribe of Judah. This is one of the reasons that God was so exacting that the name of a family should continue. Because he desired to preserve the lineage leading up to his son coming through a pure and holy line of special people. And that is a beautiful study by itself that I do call the seed. You may enjoy that sometime, by God's grace. Here's an example. In Genesis 38. Brother Zebedee, if you continue to read, I appreciate the clarity with which you read, and I think it's good for all of us. Genesis 38, verse 8 and 9. This is a story which has caused me to scratch my head a few times, but I think I understand it better even after today. Genesis 38, verse 8 and 9. Then Judah said to Onah, lie with your brother's wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to produce offspring for your brother. But Onah knew that the offspring would not be his. So whenever he lay with his brother's wife, he spilled the cement on the ground to keep from producing offspring for his brother. Verse 10. Okay, go ahead with 10 and 11. Verse 10. What he did was wicked in the Lord's sight, so he put him to death also. Judah then said to his daughter-in-law, Tamar, live as a widow in your father's house until my son, Shelah, grew up, for he thought he would die too, just like his brother. So Tamar went to live in her father's house. It's a long story and I'll leave that one for you to read to find the rest of it because it would be a distraction to us to study this story through. So for homework, you're welcome to read the rest of Genesis 38. And then as another study, you will find out who is Perez, P-E-R-E-Z. P-E-R-E-Z, spelled different ways, the same person. And find out the significance where he's mentioned several times. So this law was so critical to God's heart that when this brother-in-law would not produce offspring to save the name of his brother, God killed him. It displeased the Lord that he was selfish and not willing to fulfill that responsibility. So here again is this kinsman law, the kinsman law. All right, let's go to the next example, which is in the book of Ruth. And this is the biggest example. To introduce the story, I believe we all know it, but just to introduce that Ruth and Naomi. That Naomi had traveled in time of famine. So Brother Faber, not another plague. Brother Faber, in this case, another plague brought Naomi and her family together with this woman, Ruth, who became the great-great-grandmother of King David. So here's another example I don't think that we had covered in our study of not another plague. How God used famines and droughts and rains to position his people to be blessed. So here's another beautiful example. So Ruth, Naomi went to the land of Moab. I guess things were better there. And her two daughters married two men. And while still in the land of Moab, Elimelech, her husband, Naomi's husband, died. And both of the husbands of the girls also died. So three men. Now Ruth, you know the pledge that she made. She said, your God will be my God. Your people will be my people. And when they got word that the harvest was good this year, back in Israel, in the land of Ephrata, where Elimelech, the husband, had been from, they returned. And this is where the story, we take up the story. Read, please, in the book of Ruth, chapter 2. And let's pick up the story. I'm not sure which verse picks up the story. I have 18 to 20 as being the important verses there. But perhaps we can pick it up earlier. Ruth 2, verse 10. And have come to a people whom you did not know before. The Lord will pay your work and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge. Then she said, let me find favor in your sight, my Lord, for you have comforted me and have spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your maidservants. Now Boaz said to her at mealtime, come here and eat of the bread and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar. So she sat beside the weepers and he passed parts grain to her and she ate and was satisfied and kept some back. And when she rose up to gleam, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, let her gleam even among the sheaves and do not reproach her. Also let grain from the bundles fall purposely for her, leave it that she may gleam and do not rebuke her. So she gleamed in the field until evening and beat out what she had gleamed and it was about an heifer of barley. Then she took it up and went into the city and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleamed. So she brought out and gave to her what she had kept back after she had been satisfied. And her mother-in-law said to her, where have you gleamed today and where did you work? Blessed be the one who took notice of you. So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had walked and said, the man's name with whom I walked today is Boaz. Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, blessed be he of the Lord who has not forsaken his kindness to the living and the dead. And Naomi said to her, this man is a relation of ours, one of our close relatives. So let's pick up this story in chapter 3 and we'll read verse 7 up to verse 7 to 15. Chapter 3, 7 to 15 And after Boaz had eaten and drunk and his heart was cheerful, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. And she came softly, uncovered his feet and lay down. Now it happened at midnight that the man was startled and turned himself and there the woman was lying at his feet. And he said, who are you? So she answered, I am Ruth, your maid servant. Take your maid servant under your wing for you are a close relative. Then he said, blessed are you of the Lord, my daughter, for you have shown more kindness at the end than at the beginning. In that you did not go after young men, whether poor or rich, and now my daughter do not fear. I will do for you all that you request. For all the people of my town know that you are a virtuous woman. Now it is true that I am a close relative. However, there is a relative closer than I. Stay this night and in the morning it shall be that if he will perform the duty of a close relative for you, good, let him do it. But if he does not want to perform the duty for you, then I will perform the duty for you. As the Lord leaves, lie down until morning. So she lay at his feet until morning and she arose before one could recognize another. Then he said, do not let it be known that the woman came to the threshing floor. Also, he said, bring the shawl that is on you and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six heifers of barley and laid it on her. Then she went into the city. So this picks up the story. Again, it's very clear that he is a kinsman. And she went and lay at his feet. And we've studied this part before, that she asked him, spread your cloak over me. Spread your wing over me. Remember, which Psalm 91 also picks up. He who dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the wings, under the shelter of the Almighty. And under his wings shalt thou trust. And this is picked up in different scriptures. I don't have on my tongue immediately tonight. But this meaning was, will you cover me? Will you marry me? Will you be my husband? Covering unto me. Amen. And he was a kinsman. Close family. So let's understand this. Just one more part. Chapter 4. Let's look in Chapter 4. And you read again, favor, verse 5 to 11. Brother Kasandu, we love that you could be here with us. Welcome. 4, verse 5 and 11. Or 5 to 11, brother. 2-11. Okay. 5-11. The Moabites said, on the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also buy it from Ruth, the Moabite. Who is Boaz then talking to right now, favor? Help us out. He's talking to the closest religion. The very closest. Because Boaz was the next closest, second closest. And so he had come to the city gates of the town where the actual closest kinsmen lived. And they were making negotiations. And here's where the verse starts. Thank you. So, verse 5. Go ahead. Yes. On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also buy it from Ruth, the Moabite, the wife of the dead, to perpetuate the name of the dead through his inheritance. And the closest religion said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I reign my own inheritance. You redeem my right of redemption for yourself, for I cannot redeem it. Now, this was the custom in formal times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging to confirm anything. One man took off his sandal and gave it to the other. And this was a confirmation in Israel. Therefore, the closest religion said to Boaz, buy it for yourself. So he took off his sandal. And Boaz said to the elders and all the people, you are witnesses this day that I have bought all that was eliminate and all that was Chileans and Malans from the hand of Naomi. Moreover, Ruth, the Moabite, the widow of Malon, I have acquired as my wife to perpetuate the name of the dead through his inheritance. So the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brethren from his position at the gate. You are witnesses this day. And all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, we are witnesses. The Lord made the woman who is coming to your house, like Rachel and Leah, the two who built the house of Israel. And may you prosper in effort in Africa and be famous in Bethlehem. And what is that prophecy? And thou Bethlehem Ephrathah. Though thou be least among the cities of Judah. Isn't that how the prophecy goes? It's the same area, the same place. The Pratheradites or Bethlehem Ephrathah. So in verse eight. It says, so he drew off his shoe. Remember the verse before Zebedee? Zebedee, remember that verse we read before? I don't know who. I don't know whose shoe was taken off. From the verse before, you might, you might consider this suggestion. It might be that Boaz took the shoe of the brother. Yes. Read it carefully again. Let's read verse eight again. Therefore the kinsman, the kinsman, the closest kinsman said to Boaz, buy it for yourself. So he drew off his shoe. So it sounds like. Now I always thought Boaz took his shoe off and he was making, and this is how they bought land. And it may still be correct. But from the scriptures that we read earlier today. The family with the loose shoes. Scripture from Deuteronomy 25. Verse 5 to 10. I'm wondering that I might have learned something from reading scripture and understanding the law better. Perhaps it was that the next of kin took his shoe off and offered it to Boaz. I don't know. But in any case, there was this ceremony and there was this understanding of tradition under the law. And it says it was this manner in the former time in Israel. Concerning redeeming and concerning changing or changing of titles. And so he drew off his shoe. Now I'm not going to say I know for sure. But it's very possible that this is the scenario that happened. So the kinsman drew off his shoe or Boaz took it, I'm not sure. And then I think the kinsman offered his shoe and said so here you buy it for yourself. I show by this action in front of all these witnesses that I renounce my rights to pull off the shoe. So Brother Faber, have you seen it that way before Brother Faber? Not really Reverend. Me also. Yeah. It's good for thought and for study. Yes sir, yes sir. It's maybe perhaps not such an important point as far as the redeeming. But it is just one of those points. The more we understand, the more scriptures open to us and we understand things more clearly. Hallelujah. Any comments or questions up to now? Brother Kasandu, I was going to ask you and then you lost your network. Have you seen this scripture which is Ruth 4 verse 8? And have you been able to follow us in our study? What would your comment be on Ruth chapter 4 verse 8? Good evening Reverend. Ruth chapter 4 verse 8. Okay. I think I have read the Old Testament law around this. And I'm thinking from the question you asked that the shoe in question was the shoe of the nearest kinsman. Not of God himself. Since he would not redeem that which was his right to redeem, his shoe is to be taken off. Yeah. So I think it was his shoe. Yeah. I don't know if you had seen this before. It's new to me as well. Even the picture I sent, I assumed it was Boaz's shoe in his hand. But in fact I believe it was the brother's shoe was in his hand. And he says this, Be to the elders and to all the people you are witnesses this day that I have begot all that was Elimelech's, and that was the husband of Naomi, and all that was Chilion's and Malon's. Now Chilion and Malon were the deceased husbands of Naomi's daughters. One of them was Ruth's husband, and the other one was the other daughter's husband. Now they rightly would have been inheriting this property, but through the famine and through everything, all three of these men died, and there was no one who had the right to claim the land which belonged to Naomi's family. Even Naomi herself could not claim that land without a name, a son to take the name and to continue the line, or another daughter of Naomi to marry a man that would also inherit the land. And Boaz, when he redeemed Ruth, he not only got a bride, but he got the land. And I'm taking a moment for that to sink in, because some of you are already dancing ahead to understanding the meaning of what I just said. The rights, the inheritance, and the bride. He bought a wife, and he redeemed a wife, and bought the land. Now the land would not belong to Boaz exactly. It would belong to the children of Boaz and Ruth, and that was the purpose, to the offspring, to the seed, so that the name would continue. Now Brother Cassandre, we're talking about a kinsman redeemer, and we're talking about how this is, did God have to come on earth as man. And one of the reasons that is set up from the law and from the traditions in Israel is that God set this law and this tradition in motion, so that when Jesus came, we could understand what the word redeemer means. And second, what we could understand what kinsman, the closest family redeemer, and what that meant. So if God was the father of Adam, and if God was the father of Jesus, did not God raise up another to redeem, one who was the brother, same father? Now you're all very quiet. You're really studying. Yeah, go ahead Brother Cassandre, go ahead and see how you think about it. I'm looking at the word redeem. Redeem. We want to study that for sure, let's look. Yes, from my understanding, I found to be corrected anyway, but from my understanding, redemption means something more than just serving. I can serve someone if I have power, but redemption seems like something that apart from serving the person, you add a legality to it. For example, in the Old Testament, those animals which were first born, but could not be offered as sacrifice. You can't, you break the neck if you don't redeem it. You can redeem the firstborn sons by paying money to the temple. That's redemption. You're not just serving or protecting somebody, you are making it legal. For example, we are redeemed by the blood. So it comes around. Jesus made it legal. That's what happened there. What they did was something that was legal. Nobody is going to come up tomorrow and say, Boaz, why did you take this person? Was it Marlon? I don't know whose wife Ruth was. I don't remember. I don't remember either. I think it was Marlon. Okay. I'll look it up, Kosti. Redemption involves or includes a stamp of legality. That's redemption. In Igbo language, we say salvation is to be served. That's Igbo language. But redemption in Igbo is like bailing somebody. When you go to the police custody and you bail, and it's beautiful what you added. I never thought of that. That God is Adam's father. And Jesus is the near kinsman who redeemed Adam. Same father. Yes, same father. So he's the near kinsman. But whenever I look at the word redemption, it's something powerful. Because Pastor Trevor has shared with me an experience he had. There's a song we sing and say, My redeemer, you are worthy to be praised. And I can tell you that the same effect, maybe I cannot tell how much effect it had on him, but I'm also blessed by that song. That's why he shared with me his testimony. So redemption is a powerful thing. Not only has God served us, but he made it legal. So if the enemy comes around, you have a legal standing. A place of standing. Very strong. You say, look, the blood has paid. Look, it was signed. Look, it's a covenant. Trevor has no claim around here. Because it's legal. God didn't just show power. He made it legal in addition. That's redemption. Yes. Yes. Yes. Legally binding. I often talk about spiritually legal binding, or spiritually just. Spiritually lawful. And we can understand that. Brother Faber, if you want to share any of that understanding of the word redeemed, and redeemer, and redemption, you're welcome because this is where we're at. We want to understand what does it mean to redeem. That's right. And there are quite a number of things to share. But just a few days back, I had shared this with my wife and her sister. And it's so powerful how you brought it up. Isaiah chapter 43, verse 1. Yes. It says, But now foresees the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and he who formed you, O Israel, fear not, for I have redeemed you. And so you could see. It says, fear not, for I have redeemed you. And then he says something. He says, I have called you by your name. So just like my brother Cassandra talks about the part of legality to the whole thing, you see that redemption is intentional. The work of redemption is specific. It's intentional. It's not generic. It's objective, you know, straight to the point. Just like Boaz, he was going to redeem Ruth. He knew the person who was redeemed. And he was saying to her, don't be afraid. I'm going to do this on your behalf and all of that. And so the Lord says, do not fear, for I have redeemed you. I have met the redemption club. I have met the redemption rudiments for you. And it says, I have called you by your name. You are mine. So I think, you know, this is very interesting because when I shared with my wife and my sister, I said, it's interesting that he started by telling us, fear not. You know, he says, fear not. It's interesting he started with that because if we don't understand that we have been redeemed and understand what redemption entails, which is what we are studying in this Bible study tonight, and the Lord is going to continue to give us revelation. But if we don't understand what it entails, somehow we're still going to be timid. That guilt trust is going to fail. That feeling of, oh no, I haven't been able to meet this obligation or that obligation. You know, that humility I'm owing here, you know, I've not met this. That guilt trust, you know, that's it. It's going to be there. And then he starts by saying, fear not, for I have redeemed you. He didn't say, I have delivered you. He says, I have redeemed you. And that's a beautiful thing. And so I just wanted to share that. Man, I think you have more to share, Faber. Maybe not on exactly the same thing. You said you have a few things to share. Go ahead. Maybe on this subject, I also find, thank you, Jesus. It's also interesting to know that, and I think Brother Zebedee read that when he read from Leviticus 25. While we talk about redemption and king's man redeemer, there's something that also stands out. The king's man redeemer, there has to be a quality of character. There has to be, he has to meet a certain character. He has to possess some certain character qualities. What I mean by that is this. If he is poor, he wouldn't be able to effectively redeem. But if he, from that Leviticus 25, he has to, to a larger extent, he has to have this quality of character to meet with the redemption clause. The buyout clause, so to say. Proverbs 23, 11 tells us something interesting. It says, for the redeemer, our redeemer, he is strong and mighty. So our redeemer possesses that quality of character to meet the buyout clause. So this is another thing I want to add. If the closest relation is poor and unable, then he would not, even though he's closest, but if he doesn't have that quality of character, he won't be able to effectively redeem. That's what we've looked at. But then we find that our redeemer is mighty, he's capable, and we can be sure that the work of redemption he has done for us is complete. Oh, man. And excellent, because there are other examples in the Bible of those that were given an opportunity to redeem, and as we had read earlier, they refused, were sneaky about it, and refused to impregnate the woman that he was asked to, Tamar. And his reason is, it wouldn't be good for me. And so one of the characteristics of kinsmen redeemer would be, as you said, the character of being willing to lift up the name of someone else. Even in the book of Ruth, the nearest kinsman, what was the reason he gave that he wouldn't do it? You all know. Yeah, he said, in Ruth 4, he said something about it wasn't going to be the best for him, his own... What did it say? Yeah, let me see. He says, Ruth 4, 6, and the closing letter says, I cannot redeem it for myself, least I reign my own inheritance. So I don't want to complicate things, I don't want to lose my own inheritance in the process of redeeming this other person. Oh, Jesus. So that was this voice, this thought of selfishness, this note of selfishness. Yeah. I've got to speak to my own self first. He says, you redeem my right of redemption for yourself, for I cannot redeem it. So that's his reason. He says, I don't want to lose my own inheritance in the process of redeeming yours. What did Jesus lose? He took his reputation off. He lost his... Philippians 2, right? Yes, sir. Although he found himself equal with God, he thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but he humbled himself and became obedient even to death and even death on the cross. What he gave up, what he suffered, he was willing, he had the character, not to just do it for himself, but to do it for us. Amen. That is so beautiful how you brought that up, Brother Faber, and how we brought it together. Oh, bless the name of the Lord. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so. Hallelujah. Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy. So, I wanted to ask this. Redeemed from what or from whom? To redeem means to buy back. It's not to purchase new land. That's not redeem. To redeem someone means that they were in a state of beauty and perfection and wealth, and they fell from that state. Yes, sir. So, to be saved means, you know, they just pay your debt, and now you're on your way, you're on your own. Now, I've paid your debt, I saved you from the enemy, I saved you from the wolves, and now you're on your own. That's to be saved, and that's beautiful. But to be redeemed means you become under the covering of. You become rescued and saved, and also you become part of the family under the covering and protection and provision of. Oh, Jesus, help us to understand how much as Faber was saying that we are under the covering. Married to. Married to. Provided for. Jesus, Jesus. And protected from others. Who's our protector? Hey, that's my wife. Don't mess with my wife, Faber. Don't mess with my wife, Cassandra. Hallelujah. You are covering them. I cover them. Don't accuse my wife of me. Oh, Jesus, come on now. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. I am redeemed of the Lord. Say so. Hallelujah. Amen. Let's declare. I am redeemed. I belong to the family. I've been bought. Hallelujah. I have a name. I've been given a name. The name I have is the name I was given by my Redeemer. 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You know, in communion, we take the body and the blood. And our focus so often is on the blood of Jesus. Maybe one time we'll go through that study and understand how in Hebrews says, for a body hast thou given me. Remember that verse? Yes, sir. What was the body given to him for? To do gospel. A body he has prepared for me. When burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin, you have no pleasure. So the offering of the payment for our sins was in the body of Jesus Christ. And the blood was applied to all the things in the temple in heaven, was applied to our own hearts, Hebrews says, so that we are cleansed. And as cleansed people, we can again receive the Holy Spirit. We can again be given fellowship with our Father. But the payment was two things, as I understand. One is the life of obedience. The life of obedience counteracted the one sin of Adam and the sins of the whole world. One life of lived in obedience is an offering that was holy. And what was offered? The body of Jesus. And that, he didn't want offerings of the bodies of goats and of bulls, excepted the offering of the body of Jesus Christ. And the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all unrighteousness. So there was a debt that had to be paid. You study it yourself, you'll see. It's interesting that death had to be paid, and it was paid by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus. That was the payment, a life for a life. And yet the blood was the cleansing and removing of the guilt in our own selves. Anyway, that's how I best understand it. And I hope that, Brother Zebedee, does that make clear to you? I'm welcoming your comments or disagreements. Brother Zebedee, go ahead. No, I'm with you, Reverend. I'm being helped this evening. Thank you very much. Absolutely. Okay, good. Well, it's astounding. Go ahead. Okay, Brother Zebedee, what do you want me to comment on? I'm just asking you, you know, in my comments on the body and the blood of Jesus, do you see that the body of Jesus was the payment, the body of Jesus was the payment for the debt of sin, which had to be paid? And that the blood of Jesus offered as a sacrifice for the cleansing of our sin? I was looking at the Old Testament law, where you mentioned that the body is the payment. And I remember that there is that guilt called the scapegoat, right? Yes. That has to bear the sin and is sent away. So I think in the same way, that guilt is taken out of the city, in the same way Jesus died in his body, he was crucified outside the city, bore our sins also in the body. So I now get why you say the body was the payment. That guilt bears the sin, the payment for sin under the Old Covenant, Jesus bore upon his body our sins. Yes. And second is our sinful nature has to be dealt with. The debt of sin, if it's paid, we go and sin again, right? So there has to be a continual, a continual work of the Lord. And here we have Jesus, the high priest, ever ready to make intercession for us. And so it qualifies, this is a different subject, we could study this also, it's so beautiful, how Jesus qualifies as a high priest, having been tempted in all points as we were, yet he himself without sin. And so having experienced what we experienced, he can intercede on our behalf. And he becomes the high priest, representing us to God and God to us. Many beautiful, many beautiful things come out of this. Brother Faber, anything else? What do you, what does this stir up in your heart? Hello, everybody. Yeah, Brother Faber. I am, this is, this is wonderful. I, I feel, I don't know if this is going to work, because I know that the Lord will always give you a message, but I'm, I'm just having a feel if maybe we can pray with this teaching next week, like we get to have it again next week, but this time around, we're going to, we have to like, 30 minutes, one hour, depending, you know, on maybe, you know, the new subjects you bring, the new perspectives, questions, answers, then we can pray on this and prayers on this. And just like you were, just like you were inspired to say, and that was very powerful when you said, you know, we should declare those words of our lives and the words about Yes, I think maybe if we could pray with that next week, I thought that would be wonderful. Amen. Amen. Amen. Good. Amen. Brother Faber, I'm handing it over to you.