PROGRAM 66 THE PROMISE OF REDEMPTION (PART 1)

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1 PROGRAM 66 THE PROMISE OF REDEMPTION (PART 1) I IN THE BEGINNING A. At Any Moment Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. Then the Jews said to Him, You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham? Y shua said to them, Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM. John 8:56-58 (NKJV) 1. What was it Abraham saw? In a word REDEMPTION 2. To see my day implies he saw not only the suffering of Messiah, but His glory as well. 3. The Messiah would bring redemption and this is established from the beginning. 4. Peter verifies this for us when he says: That He may send Y shua the Messiah, who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began. Acts 3:20-21 (NKJV) 5. From the beginning God has promised to bring complete restoration / redemption. 6. It will come at its appointed time determined by the Father. When they had come together, they asked Him, saying, Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? And He said to them, It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. Acts 1:6-7 (NKJV) 7. The final redemption and restoration will come but when its time. 8. However, we can discern the time of our redemption. Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near. Luke 21:28 (NKJV) 9. Those things Y shua refers to include: Signs in the heavens Distress of nations Troublesome seas Powers of the heavens shaken 10. All of these are to signify that redemption is getting closer and if we see this, we know we are in that time it may come at any moment. 11. Rabbi Azriel Tauber says he was able to survive the Holocaust because every day, his father would encourage him and say: Don't despair for redemption can come at any moment.

2 12. After a seed has germinated and the conditions are right, it will burst forth suddenly. B. Seeds of Redemption 1. The seeds for everything are in the beginning. 2. The truth (seed) of redemption is first established (sown) in Genesis (B reshiyt). 3. Genesis is where the promise of redemption will first manifest. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel. To the woman He said, I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children; your desire shall be for your husband and he shall rule over you. Genesis 3:15-16 (NKJV) 4. The promise of redemption the Messiah is introduced immediately after the fall of man. 5. Also introduced is the notion that pain and sorrow are sown in order for redemption to come. Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. - Psalm 126:5-6 (NKJV) 6. Tears in the beginning, but the promise is that at the end, there shall be joyful shouting (redemption). 7. Isaiah 42:5-43:10 is the haftarah for the portion B reshiyt. 8. The opening words of this haftarah speak of God as Creator. 9. This haftarah is sometimes referred to as The Prophecy of Restoration. Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them. - Isaiah 42:9 (NKJV) 10. He teaches us from the things that have come to pass what to expect in the future. 11. Midrash says: the events of the forefathers foretell future events of their children. a. The fathers planted the seed (sowed the tears) b. They will spring forth in their children (those at the end specifically). c. They will spring forth suddenly. I have held my peace a long time, I have been still and refrained Myself; Now I will cry like a woman in labor, I will pant and gasp at once. - Isaiah 42:14 (NKJV) 12. Those things which will spring up will happen as suddenly as a woman in childbirth. 13. What is the purpose of these things springing up suddenly? The LORD is well pleased for His righteousness' sake; He will exalt the law (Torah) and make it honorable. But this is a people robbed and plundered; all of them are snared in holes. And they are hidden in prison houses; they are for prey, and no one delivers; for plunder, and no one says, Restore. Who among you will give ear to this? Who will listen

3 and hear from the time to come? - Isaiah 42:21-23 (NKJV) 14. Part of this restoration process is to magnify and honor the Torah! 15. Failure to acknowledge the Torah led to the need for restoration and redemption. 16. Restore is tied to the exaltation of the Torah. 17. For the time to come is l achor which hints at the time of the end. 18. The time of the end is the appointed time for the seeds of redemption to spring forth. a. Quickly and with pain.

4 PROGRAM 67 THE PROMISE OF REDEMPTION (PART 2) II WHAT IS REDEMPTION? A. Ga al - 1. There are two primary words that are translated in various forms as redeem, redemption. 2. The root ga al is to redeem according to the Oriental law of kinship. 3. That is, to be the next of kin and, as such, buy back a relative s property, marry his widow. a. Where we get go el or kinsman redeemer. 4. Primarily, this word carries the idea of liberation, deliverance, restoration, procured by the payment of a ransom 5. Seems to be used to buy back someone s possessions that were lost. Therefore say to the children of Israel, I am the LORD; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians; I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem (ga al) you with a outstretched arm, and with great judgments. - Exodus 6:6 (NKJV) You are the God that does wonders: You have declared your strength among the peoples. You have with your arm redeemed (ga al) your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. - Psalm 77:14-15 (NKJV) 6. Notice that this scripture connects the idea of redemption with both Jacob and Joseph. a. That is to say, those near and those who were scattered. 7. This reminds of the question asked of the Messiah Will you at this time restore kingdom? [CG] REFERENCE: Acts 1:6 8. Redemption ga al is connected to restoring the kingdom to Israel. a. Making the two, one. B. Padah - 1. Padah also means redeem, ransom or rescue. 2. Conveys the notion of preserving something before it is lost. a. Paying something of equal or greater value in order to keep something. And it shall be when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as He swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you, that you shall set apart to the LORD all that open the womb, that is every first born that comes from an animal which you have, the males shall be the LORD'S. But every first born of a donkey you shall redeem (padah) with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck: and all the firstborn of

5 man among your sons you shall redeem. So it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you shall say to him, By strength of hand, the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. And it came to pass, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all males that open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem (padah). - Exodus 13:11-15 (NKJV) III PROMISE OF REDEMPTION A. In The Garden 1. The serpent laid a snare for the woman and she was deceived. a. The man followed her and brought about the fall. 2. Enmity (hatred) is placed between her and the serpent, and between their respective seed. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel. Genesis 3:15 (NKJV) 3. One interpretation hints that they will bruise your head, and you shall bruise their heel. a. heel is ekev. b. Hint is that Israel, ultimately personified by Messiah, will be wounded but prevail. 4. Redemption will come but will be sown in tears. 5. The word hu is generally translated as he, thus referring to the Mashiach, the redeemer. a. He will undo what the serpent has done; regain what has been lost. 6. A picture of this is when the LORD clothed them with coats of skin. 7. The phrase and he clothed them is written in Hebrew as one word vayalbishem. 8. The word l'vush, "to clothe" is connected with lo bushah, "without shame." 9. The purpose of clothing is to hide one's shame. a. Man, was clothed by God out of compassion, his embarrassment covered. b. Thus, a picture of redemption. 10. This required for an animal or animals to be slaughtered (probably an olah). 11. Skins (reserved for priest) came from the sacrificial animal, a picture of the redeemer. b. God has mercy upon them. And according to the Torah, almost all things are purified with blood; and without shedding of blood there is no remission. - Hebrews 9:22 (NKJV) 12. Rams used primarily as burnt offering (olah) - all given to God a. The ram substituted for Isaac - a picture of the Messiah - was an olah. 13. The Ram s horn will be blown at the ingathering and the resurrection, the final redemption

6 B. The Prophecies of Redemption And He shall redeem (padah) Israel from all his iniquities. - Psalms 130:8 (NKJV) So the ransomed (padah) of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with singing with everlasting joy on their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness; sorrow and sighing shall flee away. - Isaiah 51:11 (NKJV) 1. Israel will be saved from being lost and will return to their own land. 2. The kingdom will be restored unto Israel at the appointed time. 3. Yet we see that the process of redemption is not yet come to fruition. 4. We have been redeemed from our sins but have not returned to the land. 5. We still live in bodies that are vulnerable to the evil inclination. 6. Still, redemption can come in an instant a. Joseph was redeemed in an instant b. His brothers were redeemed in an instant 7. Complete redemption has been promised and it will come but not before great trial and great separation. 8. We see this from the very beginning.