Your Daily Bread
We invite you to participate with us in a daily devotional time called “Your Daily Bread.” These daily devotions will come to you via our podcast network. It is through these daily podcasts that we hope you use to allow God to minister to your daily need enabling you to walk each and every day in the spirit of Christ.
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Your Daily Bread
Kinsman Redeemer
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Hello, my name is Paul, and I am the voiceover for a new ministry provided to you by Jim Pug at God is Government called Your Daily Bread, taken from Christ's teaching of the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6, verse 11. This is a daily devotion ministry focused not only on uplifting scripture, but scripture that will grow your spiritual connection with Christ. We hope that you receive these devotions to uplift you, encourage you, but most importantly, advance your knowledge base of the Holy Scriptures. Today's focus discussion will be on understanding Israel's kinsman redeemer process. The idea of a kinsman redeemer is laid out in the Levitical laws, displayed by men such as Boaz and Jeremiah, and fulfilled by Jesus, who paid for our sins with his precious blood. Instructions for a kinsman redeemer are given in Leviticus 25, in close connection to the year of Jubilee, when debts are forgiven, family land is returned, and prisoners are set free. If an Israelite went into debt, he might have to sell his inherited land, or perhaps even sell himself into slavery. If this were to happen, a close relative would pay the price to redeem the land, andor buy him out of slavery. The closer the family relation, the greater the obligation to act as a kinsman-redeemer. The cost of redemption was calculated proportionately to the year of Jubilee. What is remarkable is that the incarnate Jesus is not ashamed to call us brothers and sisters. He really is our kinsman-redeemer. In the book of Ruth, the obligations of a kinsman-redeemer play out in a real-life scenario. Naomi's husband and sons had died in Moab, and after many years, Naomi and Ruth arrive in Bethlehem. Boaz is a near kinsman and is honored to be asked to act as the redeemer, but there is a closer relative who has the first right. When the closer kinsman declines because the cost of redemption and marrying Ruth would put his own estate at risk, Boaz, at great cost to himself, pays the price to redeem the land and takes Ruth as his wife. This theme surfaces again in the life of the prophet Jeremiah. In response to Jeremiah's complaint, God says, I will redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless. Jeremiah 15, 21. Later, Jeremiah himself becomes another important example of a kinsman redeemer when he pays the redemption price for his cousin's land, 32 6 to 15, giving hope for the future. This brief overview from Leviticus, Ruth, and Jeremiah paints the picture to help us see and understand our own need for redemption. Because of our sins, the cost of this redemption is remarkably high, but the Lord Jesus Christ paid this price in full. We see that clearly in a brief survey of the following New Testament passages. Early in his earthly ministry, Jesus was teaching in the synagogue in Nazareth. He read these words from Isaiah 61: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. Luke 4, verses 18 to 19. Jesus was making a reference to the year of Jubilee and to his own work of redemption when he said, Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing. Luke 4.21. The apostles properly understood Jesus' saving work along the lines of redemption. In Galatians 3.13, Paul says, Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. Peter also speaks of the redemption that Jesus accomplished, emphasizing the high price that was paid. We read in 1 Peter 1 18-19, You were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. The New Testament emphasizes that we are spiritual debtors. The only acceptable price for the debt of our sin is the precious blood of Jesus. When that price was paid, the debt was cancelled, and sinners were set free. What is remarkable is that the incarnate Jesus is not ashamed to call us brothers and sisters. He really is our kinsman redeemer. Praise God for such a great redemption. The last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural, and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy, the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy, and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. The blood relative of Jesus is Adam. Adam, the creation of God Himself, incarnate in the life of Adam before transgression. This connection allows Christ to receive the title deed of the world in Revelation 5. Thank you for joining us in this exploration of Israel's kinsman redeemer process. Until next time, remember to keep the faith, stay strong, and continue to shine your light in the world. To hear these daily devotions of your daily bread, please log on to goddessgovern.com. Goodbye, and may your faith always lead the way.
