TNDL: "ARE YOU WASHED IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB OF GOD, MOST HIGH, CLEANSED BY AND PURIFIED BY THE AMAZING CLEANSING POWER, WHICH BEGS THE SIGNIFICANT QUESTION. ARE YOU REDEEMED?"

Yeshua, Our Brother, Our Kinsman Redeemer
“That man is our close relative; he is one of our kinsman redeemers.” (Ruth 2:20)

We so often refer to Yeshua as our Messiah, Saviour, and Lord that we forget He is also our Brother:

The Apostle Paul writes to his Jewish brethren: “Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy, are of the same family. So Yeshua is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.” (Hebrews 2:11)

Jesus and His Disciples on the Way to Galilee, by William Hole
As our Brother, Yeshua fulfilled the ancient role of Kinsman Redeemer, as instructed by God in His Torah (Instructions).

In Hebrew, the term for a redeemer as well as kinsman redeemer is goel – גֹאֵ֖ל, from the verb, gaal, which means to redeem or to be a kinsman redeemer. It can also mean in Scripture to avenge.

What does a kinsman redeemer do and how has Yeshua become that for each of us?

What Does a Kinsman Redeemer Do?
From very early on, God anticipated that there would always be poor and needy people in Israel. So, He made special rules of mercy for such situations.

While any landowners who needed money could sell their land, a person without assets could sell themselves as bond-servants for six years. If they wanted to, they could even become a servant for life.

Another option to get out of poverty was to enact the laws of the kinsman redeemer that are detailed in Leviticus 25.

One role of the nearest kinsman or relative was to buy back or redeem the land sold by a relative in a time of need (Leviticus 25:23–28).

To “buy back” is the definition of redemption.