Isa 63:1-5
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Questions
- v. 4 - What does it mean to be redeemed in light of the fact that it requires vengeance?
Lexical notes
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Exegesis
- v. 4 - The Hebrew word for redeemed is גּאל or gaw-al'.
The word refers to being the "next of kin" and being willing to "buy back his relative's property" or "marry his widow" (Strongs)and thus implies that the act of redeeming is a family obligation. Continuing the metaphor, to be redeemed is to be saved because a man has died and can no longer fulfill his family obligations. Drawing this conclusion makes sense in light of Gen 2:17, "for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." Since sin causes spiritual deathand a loss of eternal blessings, being redeemed is the purchasing back or redemption of those blessings.
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