Salvation and Redemption (2 views)
From:  David (DavidABrown)    5/1/2001 8:20 am  
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Salvation See also Redemption
Soteria (4991) Save, protect, heal, prevent harm, heal from past harms
Verses - Psalm 85:4,7,9 Rom 1:16, 10:10, 11:11, 13:11 Heb 1:14 1Peter 1:5 Jude v.3
First Use: Genesis 49:18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
2Thessalonians 2:13 ..God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

Salvation means to be taken out of harms way, "saved " from harm or danger, included in being saved is healing. Where there is danger there is suffering and injury, where there is salvation there is healing. Our salvation does not stop with us being saved from perishing in the fires of hell. We as Christians commonly ask others "are you saved?" as though salvation is a one time finished work in our lives. Often what we are really asking is if the person has a personal relationship with God. A relationship with God first involves redemption (renewed relationship) with God, then through our new Spiritual relationship (sanctification) with God we are continually being saved (healed).

Salvation is separate and unique from redemption. Redemption means to be returned back into the possession of a separated owner. We have been Redeemed at the cross of Jesus, signified, when the veil in the temple was torn from top to bottom revealing that the way into the presence with God was now open to mankind. Redemption is represented in the Bible by the Old Testament night of Passover in Egypt, when Israel was redeemed back to God from the slavery of Egypt. Salvation means healing, we are healed from sin when we receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit from Jesus. The salvation process continues on in our lives as God continues to protect and heal us. Salvation is represented in the Old Testament as the event when God parted the Red Sea, saving the Hebrews, and then destroying the pursuing enemy Egyptian army. Redemption is a work of God on the cross of Jesus, without the death of Jesus we wouldn't have redemption. Salvation is a work of God in the resurrection of Jesus, without the resurrection of Jesus we wouldn't have salvation.

Exodus 14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will show to you today (God's parting of the Red Sea): for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more forever. The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

The Egyptian army was not the only danger the Hebrews were saved from, during their time in the wilderness the Hebrews were continually being saved. Saved from hunger, saved from thirst, saved from being lost as God led them. Saved from separation from God as God instructed them and revealed Himself to the Hebrews in a relationship with them. This salvation process is a healing process; God is continually saving us and healing us as we walk with Him.

Where redemption is a function of the cross of Jesus, salvation is a function of the resurrection of Jesus. We are redeemed when we acknowledge our sin and the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross for us. We are not saved (healed) until we acknowledge the resurrection life of Jesus, and Jesus then baptizes us with the new life of the Holy Spirit. Titus 3:5,6 [salvation is obtained] Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration (Spiritual, rebirth), and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior. In fact the name of Jesus means salvation, Jesus; Je - Yahweh (God); Sus - Salvation; Jesus - God is Salvation. By acknowledging Jesus we are acknowledging being healed by God.

2Thessalonians But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Salvation (healing) is a part of the continuing sanctification process. Sanctification is to be set apart for a relationship with God. Through a relationship with God we are being healed, as we begin to know more about the love of God and the plan of God, through Jesus to save the world from sin, death, and despair. Yes there is healing in the living God of the Bible.

Redemption See also Propitiation, Salvation Apolutrosis (629) Apo - from; Lutron - loosened, with ransom; recovered from lost Verses - Det 13:5 Ruth 4:7 Psalm 71:3 130:7 Rom 3:24 8:23 1Cor 1:30 Eph 1:7,14 4:30 Heb 9:12 First Use: Genesis 48:15,16 And he (Jacob) blesses Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, The Angel which redeemed me from all evil,

Job 19:25 For I (Job) know that my redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another;

Redemption is to purchase back something that once belonged to you, but is not currently in your possession. When Adam and the Woman sinned, mankind was sold into sin; to be in sin is to be separated from the possession of God. On the cross, Jesus redeemed (purchased) back, from sin, as His possession all those that would choose to be reunited with God.

Exodus 6: 5-8 And I (God) have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered My covenant. Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will Redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: And I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am the LORD.

Redemption is expressed in the Old Testament as the Passover feast that Israel celebrated in Egypt. The Passover in Egypt is an enactment of God redeeming (purchasing) His people back into his possession, from the possession of the world and slavery. Death has passed over the redeemed have escaped death and passed over into life with God. The Jews through Abraham had heard the call of God and had obeyed the call of God to be His people and to live in His land, the promise land. The Jews betrayed their brother Joseph and sold him into slavery. With Joseph sold into slavery and no longer a known part of the family, it became necessary for God to reunite the family. To reunite the family, God brought the entire family from the promise land down into Egypt, where Joseph was. While the Jews were living in the slavery of Egypt they belonged to Egypt and not to God. The Jews did not have the relationship of freedom in the promise land that God wanted for them, they were forbidden by the Egyptians to worshiping God. The night of the Passover by the death of the firstborn of Egypt, God cleared the way to worldly Egyptian opposition and redeemed the Jews back into His possession. He then removed them from Egypt and God led them back into His promise land and back into a relationship with Him..

The New Testament redemption occurred on the night of the New Testament Passover (Last Supper) and on the cross of Jesus where Jesus the firstborn of God, gave His life and died, clearing the way for us to be freed from sin and slavery of the world and to be redeemed to God as His possession. Matthew 27:50,51 Jesus when He had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the Ghost (Spirit). And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twian from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;. The veil in the temple was a partition of separation, separating Holy God from sinful man. With the death of Jesus on the cross, the veil was supernaturally torn from top to bottom, signifying that redemption had occurred, and that through Jesus the way was now open for man to once again enter into the presence of God.

Redemption is separate and unique from salvation. Redemption occurred at the cross of Jesus, where we are redeemed (purchased back) into the presence and a relationship with God. Salvation is a continuing life long process where we are healed as we are in a Spiritual relationship with God. Salvation begins at the resurrection of Jesus, when the believer acknowledges the resurrection of Jesus and receives the Holy Spirit. Redemption is a work of God on the cross of Jesus, without the death of Jesus we wouldn't have redemption. Salvation is a work of God in the resurrection of Jesus, without the resurrection of Jesus we wouldn't have salvation.

Salvation is associated with an event later than the Passover. Salvation is the event of God destroying the pursuing Egyptian army and saving (salvation) the Hebrews from their pursing enemy. Exodus 14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the Salvation of the LORD which He will show you today: As God parted the Red sea and the Israelites passed through on dry ground to safety, yet the enemy was destroyed by the same waters the Jews walked past.

Redemption is only mentioned twice in the Gospels both times in the Gospel of Luke. The first time concerning the first coming of Jesus and the second time concerning the second coming of Jesus. Redemption cannot be separated from the presence of Jesus.

Hebrews 9:12 .. but by His own blood HE (Jesus) entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. We are redeemed and reunited with God for eternity, however our physical bodies have not yet been redeemed. Physically we are redeemed after our physical death and we receive a new spiritual sinless body from God.Romans 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the Redemption of our body.

Excerpt from Basic Christian: Theology
By David A. Brown





David A. Brown
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