Past Perfect: Perfect Redeemer
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In the second message in the Past/Perfect series, we will look at Jesus as the Perfect Redeemer. Jesus perfectly fulfills several portraits of the messianic redeemer found in a variety of Old Testament passages, especially in the 5 Books of Moses.
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Past Perfect: Perfect Redeemer
- 6. First Point The perfect redeemer is a kinsman redeemer. Exodus 6:6; Lev. 25:47-49
- 7. Exodus 6:6 Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.
- 8. Leviticus 25 47“If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him becomes poor and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with you or to a member of the stranger’s clan,
- 9. Leviticus 25 48then after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him, 49or his uncle or his cousin may redeem him, or a close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he grows rich he may redeem himself.
- 10. Second Point The perfect redeemer is a ransoming redeemer. Exodus 30:11-16
- 12. Sin creates a spiritual debt. As sinners who have followed Adam in his sin, we are part of a race that has “pawned” our eternal souls.
- 13. Mark 10:45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
- 14. Third Point The perfect redeemer is a humble redeemer. Numbers 12:3; Mt. 21:1-11
- 15. Numbers 12:3 (Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)
- 17. Deuteronomy 18:18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
Notes de l'éditeur
- Greeting Refer to anniversaries: 5th year as Sr. Pastor of GEFC and 30th year in pastoral ministry.
- This is a very early photograph of Corcovado Mountain in Brazil. This mountain is of note because it is highly visible throughout Rio de Janeiro. Around this time, there was a growing concern for the spiritual condition of the people of Rio. They were nominally Catholic, but increasingly, Jesus played an ever shrinking role in their lives. The hope was that a highly visible Christian symbol, like a cross, would call people back to their faith.
- Perhaps you’ve heard of what they ultimately built. If you’re a John Deere worker you may well have seen the statue named “Cristo Redentor”, “Christ the Redeemer.” The statue was begun in 1922 and completed in 1931. It is made of reinforced concrete, but then has an exterior of triangular soapstone tiles, fitted together like a mosaic. The statue is 98 feet high, excluding it’s base. Jesus’ arms span 92 feet. The weight… 700 tons.
- This statue, the 5th largest statue of Jesus is considered one of the 7 New Wonders of the World. And yet, despite the sincere hopes of those who fought to erect this statue, the spiritual condition of Rio de Janeiro, with its carnivals, festivals and unequaled party atmosphere, has continued to erode. How many people do you know who wear crosses around their necks and are up to no good? We need more than symbols to redeem us… we need the perfect redeemer.
- This morning, we are going to look at our second installment in this series entitled “Past Perfect.” We are going to look into our past where we see Jesus, the Perfect Redeemer. We’ll ask ourselves important questions like, what does God mean by redemption and in what way is Jesus the Perfect Redeemer.
- First Point The perfect redeemer is a kinsman-redeemer.
- Exodus 6:6 Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. This is the first biblical mention of the word “redeem”. Hebrew גָּאַל means to redeem as a kinsman would. In other word, the redeemer redeems because he is family. This is one of the most intimate expressions that God makes concerning Israel. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm because you are part of my family!
- Leviticus 25 47“If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him becomes poor and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with you or to a member of the stranger’s clan,
- 48then after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him, 49or his uncle or his cousin may redeem him, or a close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he grows rich he may redeem himself. Describe how story of Boaz and Ruth illustrates this kinsman redeemer process.
- Second Point The perfect redeemer is a ransoming redeemer. 11 The Lord said to Moses, 12 “When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give a ransom for his life to the Lord when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them. 13 Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel[a] according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs),[b] half a shekel as an offering to the Lord. 14 Everyone who is numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the Lord's offering.15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you give the Lord's offering to make atonement for your lives. 16 You shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may bring the people of Israel to remembrance before the Lord, so as to make atonement for your lives.” Explain the connection between the taking of a census and the paying of a ransom. We count what we own. However, we don’t own our lives… God does. You remember that in later biblical history, King David numbers his troops, and Israel is struck by a plague. In numbering them, David violated this principle on two fronts, he trusted in numbers for strength and he treated the armies of God as if they were his men. The ransom paid before the census was a flat tax of sorts, intended by God to remind us that we belong to him. Dave Guzik points out that rich and poor pay alike because every soul is equally precious to God.
- In order to introduce another facet of how Jesus is a ransoming redeemer, let me take a moment and introduce you to a road I used to travel all the time. Tamiami Trail, short for the Tampa to Miami trail. Before I-75 was built, this was the main highway connecting these two important Florida cities. Rte. 41 travels through or towards some of SW Florida’s most exclusive communities, Siesta Key, Sarasota, Longboat Key… Describe Pawn Row.
- Sin creates a spiritual debt. As sinners who have followed Adam in his sin, we are part of a race that has “pawned” our eternal souls. As sinners, we are in need of a redeemer. But we need not just any redeemer, but a redeemer who can ransom eternal souls!
- Mark 10:45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. What is the ransom paid? Jesus’ perfect life. Last week we look at Jesus as the perfect man. We considered his life of sinless perfection. Only such a man could redeem us. Only a sinless man could cancel the power of sin in our lives and set us free.
- Third Point The perfect redeemer is a humble redeemer.
- God called Moses to redeem His people. Suddenly Moses, the youngest sibling, was exalted over Miriam and Aaron, the older siblings. And they resented it. In verse 4 of Numbers 12 Moses will deal with these renegade siblings. It seems that Miriam was the ringleader, because she receives the harshest treatment. But before God does so, we find this parenthetical statement. (Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.) It’s a weird moment that breaks the narrative. However, God is telling us something extremely important about those he uses to redeemed those who are far from God. He prefers humble men and women. Consider today… Palm Sunday.
- 21 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.” 4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: 5 “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”[a] 6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. 8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna[b] to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”[c] “Hosanna in the highest heaven!” 10 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?” 11 The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.” What king rides in on a donkey? Jesus had the right pedigree, he was descended from Israel’s greatest king, King David. Jesus had all the right credentials. Born in Bethlehem. Called out of Egypt. Smarter than the Pharisees. Empowered to perform miracles, even the raising of the dead. He had everything but a sense of staging, a flair for the dramatic. But we know differently. We know that he was fulfilling Zechariah’s prophecy in Zech. 9:9: Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. We know that Jesus’ humility was not a lack. It was his greatest credential of all.
- Deuteronomy 18:18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. Moses was the most humble man in all the earth until Jesus was laid in a manger. No one possessed more with greater humility than Jesus. He entered Jerusalem humbly. In humility of spirit, he did not defend himself when tried by Pilate. And in the greatest act of humility ever seen, the omnipotent Son of God allowed His creatures to spit on him, strike him, torture him and nail him to a cross. That is what we celebrate this week, the perfect redemption drama featuring the perfect redeemer.
- Let’s Pray