Classic Christianity – The Purpose of the Law – 8-26-26
To understand what Jesus did for us under the Law, we need to understand how Jesus, the True Goel Kinsman-Redeemer, under the law fulfills the Law of the Goel (Kinsman-Redeemer). He completely redeemed us. Not in just a spiritual way, but one that is flesh and bone too. Because someday, we will be like Him, having new flesh and bone ourselves.
Under the unyielding legal logic of divine jurisprudence, salvation is not a passive, disembodied sentiment; it is a rigorous, binding contract paid in full. To truly understand how this transaction balances the cosmic ledger, we must look to a core mechanism of ancient Israelite society: the Law of the Goel, or the Kinsman-Redeemer. Codified into the Mosaic Covenant at Mount Sinai, the Goel was the nearest blood relative responsible for stepping into the courtroom of justice to protect, rescue, and buy back the property, freedom, or lineage of a family member facing poverty or destitution. God established this system to protect the vulnerable and preserve tribal inheritances, defining the redeemer’s duties across four Mosaic axioms: redeeming property, ransoming persons from debt bondage, levirate marriage to preserve a deceased brother’s name, and executing blood vengeance (Go’el ha-dam).… Click to Read More And Follow Along With The Message
