An Old Concept

Psalms 31:5 (KJV) Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

(Proverbs 9 also read)

Ever since the cross on Calvary we have tended to think of Jesus as our redeemer.  We probably think of it in New Testament terms, as if it’s a new concept delivered in the gospels, but we can see that it is rooted in the Old Testament.  This idea of being redeemed, or as the NASB calls it, ransomed, goes all the way back to Genesis.  The need to be redeemed goes back all the way to the Garden of Eden.

So?  Jesus is our redeemer, we sing that.  We should also be singing that God the father has been our redeemer since the beginning.  We were lost.  We had a great price on our heads.  We’ve been left at the pawnshop to gather dust.  Now we have been redeemed. 

Pointing to the Cross

(Psa 31:5 KJV)  Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

(Proverbs 18, also read)

I know how glorious this message is to those of us who have the benefit of the cross.  We have been “ransomed” (6299) (NASB) or as the KJV says, “redeemed”.  Our benefit is having the full picture of the incarnation and the price paid by Jesus to pay for our sins.  We know how and when.  In the days of David they also had the assurance of deliverance but they tended to get distracted by the sacrificial system.  Most probably thought the ritual had some mystical property.  They often missed the teaching that it was their faith in the Creator and His grace that brought about the salvation.  

So?  Rejoice that we live in a day and age where the Old Testament became clear and fulfilled in the New Testament.  What a time to be alive.