Kinsman Redeemer

has a parallel to our Kinsman Redeemer.

In the Old Testament writings we have types and word pictures of the person and work of Jesus Christ. When Moses lifted up the serpent in the Wilderness (Numbers 21:9) it is a word picture of the atoning work of Christ (see: John 3:14).

John 3:14-15 (NIV)
14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
Boaz is a type of Christ in his role as kinsman redeemer. Knowing who the Kinsman can redeem … those sold into slavery (sin) and being blood related, able and willing we see the effective redeeming work of Christ.
Redeemer must be blood related … Christ became the incarnation that He might be the blood relative to redeem lost humanity.John 1:14 (NIV)14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Redeemer must be able … Christ was able1 Peter 1:18-19 (NIV)
18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
Redeemer must be willing … Christ was willing.Hebrews 9:12 (NIV)
12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.
The apostle Paul reminds us in our fallen nature we have been sold to the slavery of sin (Romans 7:14). Therefore all mankind is in need of a redeemer. The principle of redemption is to be bought back from the bondage of sin and freedom from its control.

Ephesians 2:11-13 (NIV)
11 Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called "uncircumcised" by those who call themselves "the circumcision" (that done in the body by the hands of men)-- 12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:19 (NIV)19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household,
Christ is our Kinsman Redeemer!

Titus 2:14 (NIV)
14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

Galatians 3:13 (NIV)
13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."

Ephesians 1:7’ (NIV)
7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
Christ purchased our freedom through His blood as the payment to redeem us. Need I say that God is still in the redemption business.

The Benefits of Redemption

A story is told of a business man who was wanting to sell an old warehouse. The building had been empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and thrown trash all over the place. As he showed a prospective buyer the property, he said that he would replace the