I ask because I did a study 10 years ago or so but lost it when hackers bricked my laptop. It took me months to complete the study in both the Bible and the SOP. I had at lreast a 1000 hours into it by the time I finished.

Anyone interested in seeing a new study?

ga'al is the concept originally found in the law given by Moses that allowed the closest relative of someone who had become poor and had to sell themselves, their land, kids, and/or wife into slavery. The book or Ruth is a very good example of this law put into action. This law is symbolic of Jesus coming to earth to redeem us. It's the legal foundation for Christ's substitutionary sacrifice on Calvary.

Wow! Sounds amazing!

Good. I'll start posting some basics on it.

Here is the first Hebrew word used in this study. In this instance it is translated as redeem. As you can see below it is used in several ways. It's translated 18 times as redeemer and every one is a prophetic use looking forward to Christ.

[*StrongsHebrew*]
1350 ga'al gaw-al' a primitive root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.):--X in any wise, X at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.

Here is a good illustration of this concept from the SOP. This concept is found throughout the SOP. When I did this study the first time I saved my data using an open source software Bible program and it had a feature for saving data the saved it in html. I ended up with 50 megs of files from scripture and the SOP.

This first quote is from DA p. 327.



This second quote is from Patriarchs and Prophets p. 154. This quote is one of the other ways ga'al is translated into English, ransom.

Here is the way this concept is found in the NT.

Here is the Greek word translated as redeemed.

[*StrongsGreek*]
3085 lutrosis loo'-tro-sis from 3084; a ransoming (figuratively):--+ redeemed, redemption. see GREEK for 3084

Luke 24: 21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.

Revelation 14: 4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

Here is more usage from this concept using a different Greek word.

[*StrongsGreek*]
59 agorazo ag-or-ad'-zo from 58; properly, to go to market, i.e. (by implication) to purchase; specially, to redeem:--buy, redeem. see GREEK for 58

1Corinthians 7: 23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

2Peter 2: 1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

There is another concept too. It's that we have been sold under sin found in both OT and NT.

20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord.

Galatians 7: 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

This concept is related to other concepts in the plan of salvation such as dominion, inheritance, and the cities of refuge.

Now comes some on dominion.

[*StrongsHebrew*]
7287 radah raw-daw' a primitive root; to tread down, i.e. subjugate; specifically, to crumble off:--(come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule,(-r, over), take.

How did we come to have rulership over the earth and who now has it?

Genesis 1: 26 ?And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

John 14: 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

We lost the dominion of this world when Adam sinned. And we lost it to the devil. He claimed the dominion of this world after Adam fell to him. It's why Jesus said the following.

John 8: 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

Now let's move on to a word study of redemption.

In the OT it is translated from gullah.

[*StrongsHebrew*]
1353 gullah gheh-ool-law' feminine passive participle of 1350; redemption (including the right and the object); by implication, relationship:--kindred, redeem, redemption, right. see HEBREW for 01350
]box] 9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name. [/box]
In the NT it is translated from apolutrosis.

[*StrongsGreek*]
629 apolutrosis ap-ol-oo'-tro-sis from a compound of 575 and 3083; (the act) ransom in full, i.e. (figuratively) riddance, or (specially) Christian salvation:--deliverance, redemption. see GREEK for 575 see GREEK for 3083

1Corinthians 1: 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:


Interestingly enough the word righteousness is translated from the following.

[*StrongsGreek*]
1343 dikaiosune dik-ah-yos-oo'-nay from 1342; equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification:--righteousness. see GREEK for 1342

The word sanctification comes from the following.

[*StrongsGreek*]
38 hagiasmos hag-ee-as-mos' from 37; properly, purification, i.e. (the state) purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier:--holiness, sanctification. see GREEK for 37

So Jesus ransomed us so that we might have equity of character and so we might be pure.

Now we will step into the concept of inheritance.

Deuteronomy 33: 4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

God identifies with His people as He calls their land His inheritance.

18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.

This draws in the statement on Israel being His firstborn son.

Exodus 4: 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

It is called primogeniture when the firstborn son inherits the largest share of the father's wealth.

Exodus 12: 29 ?And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.*n8

Notice that God's angel killed not only the firstborn of all the Egyptians but the firstborn of all their livestock too. This will become an important point later on in this study.

So now let's dig into the relationshio between ga'al and Jesus.

[*StrongsHebrew*]
1350 ga'al gaw-al' a primitive root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.):--X in any wise, X at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.

Job 19: 25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:



Psalm 19: 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.*n8



Psalm 78: 35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.



Isaiah 43: 14 ?Thus saith the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.*n4



Isaiah 49: 7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.*n5



Isaiah 54: 5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.*n1



There are a lot more prophetic verses but this is enough to demonstrate the truth.