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The Day of Redemption

The right of redemption was preserved intact for every Hebrew.

And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the over plus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. (Leviticus 25:24-27)

Christ has purchased our possessions, spiritual and natural, that were stolen from us by wicked spirits. He is our Redeemer. Through Him we are receiving back all that was lost because of sin.

The Kingdom-age Jubilee is the fullness of the Day of Redemption. We Christians are being kept under the blood of Christ, having been sealed by the Holy Spirit "unto the day of redemption."

And she [Anna] coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. (Luke 2:38)

The Jews at that time were under Roman jurisdiction. They were looking for redemption to come by the hand of Christ. Redemption would mean release from servitude to Rome and their return to their ancestral possessions.

And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. (Luke 21:28)

Christ already has brought to us the beginning of the restoration of the spiritual blessings that were lost in Eden. The balance of redemption, including the redemption of our mortal body and our ability to live joyously for eternity on the earth, is yet ahead of us.

Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ: (Romans 3:24)

The price of our redemption from the authority and power of Satan is the blood of God’s Lamb, Christ. There is no other payment that will be accepted by the Father. The blood of Christ is the only "money" that a human being can present to God for his release from bondage.

And not only they [the material creation], but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. (Romans 8:23) The redemption of the Christian has not been completed until the physical body has been made alive by the Holy Spirit. This part of our inheritance, our body, is still in the possession of the enemy.

When the thousand-year Jubilee arrives, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ from Heaven, we shall go forth in freedom. The price of our redemption has been paid already on the cross of Calvary. However it will require the exercise of Divine force in order for us to wrest the purchased possession from the lords of darkness.

Which [the Holy Spirit] is the earnest [pledge] of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. (Ephesians 1:14)

In the present hour just a part of our inheritance has been restored to us. When the trumpet of Jubilee blows (the Day of the Lord) we will receive our full inheritance in the Lord.

And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. (Ephesians 4:30) The Holy Spirit has sealed us now, protecting and preserving us, identifying us as the redeemed possession of Christ until we gain full release and our full inheritance during the Day of Redemption that is coming with the return of Christ to the earth.

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: (Colossians 1:14)


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