God as redeemer

God as the sole redeemer of Israel

Isaiah 47:4 CSB

The Holy One of Israel is our Redeemer; The Lord of Armies is his name.

See also Dt 13:5; Ps 19:14

He redeems because of his love

Dt 7:8; Ps 44:26

He is able to redeem because of his power

Dt 9:26; 2 Sa 7:23; Ne 1:10

God acts as Israel’s redeemer

Ps 78:35; Ps 111:9; Is 43:1; Is 48:17; Is 54:5; Is 63:16

He promises to redeem Israel from Egypt

Exodus 3:8–10 CSB

and I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the territory of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. So because the Israelites’ cry for help has come to me, and I have also seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them, therefore, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh so that you may lead my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”

See also Ex 3:21; Ex 14:4

He redeems Israel in the exodus from Egypt

Deuteronomy 5:15 CSB

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out of there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

See also Dt 15:15; Dt 21:8; Dt 24:18; Ne 9:9–11; Ps 77:14–20; Ps 105:23–38; Ho 13:4; Mic 6:4; Ac 7:30–36

He redeems Israel from Babylonian exile

Is 41:14 “Redeemer” is a characteristic title for God in the second part of Isaiah. In the context of the exile Isaiah reminds Israel that God would act as redeemer.

See also Is 43:4; Is 44:6; Is 44:24; Is 49:26; Is 54:5; Is 60:16; Is 62:12; Je 50:33–35; Je 51:12; Mic 4:10; Zec 10:8

God redeems his people from difficult personal circumstances

Psalm 34:22 CSB

The Lord redeems the life of his servants, and all who take refuge in him will not be punished.

See also Is 29:22 Abraham was redeemed from the land of idolatry to become God’s servant; Job 19:25 Job, in the midst of his despair, declares God to be his redeemer; Ps 31:4–5 part of the psalmist’s prayer for deliverance when confronted by an evil conspiracy; La 3:58 the lamentor recognises personal redemption within the context of national despair

He brings deliverance from enemies

Ps 69:18; Ps 106:10; Ps 107:2; Je 15:21; Je 31:11

God redeems his people from the bondage and guilt of sin

Psalm 130:7–8 CSB

Israel, put your hope in the Lord. For there is faithful love with the Lord, and with him is redemption in abundance. And he will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.

See also Ps 34:22; Is 59:20

Those who remain sinful do not find redemption

Hosea 7:13 CSB

Woe to them, for they fled from me; destruction to them, for they rebelled against me! Though I want to redeem them, they speak lies against me.

See also Ps 26:11 The request for redemption is made on the basis of uprightness; Is 1:27–28

God redeems his people from death

Psalm 49:15 CSB

But God will redeem me from the power of Sheol, for he will take me. Selah

See also Job 19:25–27; Ps 103:4

Jesus Christ is central to God’s redemptive purposes

Colossians 1:13–14 CSB

He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son he loves. In him we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

See also Lk 1:68; Ro 3:23–24; 1 Co 1:30; 1 Co 7:23; Ga 3:13–14; Ga 4:4–5; Eph 1:7; Heb 9:11–12; 1 Pe 1:18–21

God will finally redeem all creation at Jesus Christ’s second coming

Romans 8:19–23 CSB

For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God’s sons to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly, but because of him who subjected it—in the hope that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage to decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now. Not only that, but we ourselves who have the Spirit as the firstfruits—we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

See also Lk 21:28; Eph 1:13–14; Eph 4:30; Tt 2:13–14

God’s redemptive work brings him praise and worship

Ephesians 1:3–7 CSB

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ. For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him. He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace that he lavished on us in the Beloved One. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace

See also Ex 15:1–21; Ps 71:23; Ps 111:9; Ps 119:134; Ps 136:1–26; Is 35:4–10; Is 44:22–23; Is 48:20; Is 51:11; Is 52:9