“Redemption Accomplished & Pictured” (part 2)
Ruth 4:1-12
Introduction— “The NEW is in the OLD concealed; the OLD is in the NEW revealed.”—Augustine of Hippo
Your Redemption in Christ Jesus … Is the Sovereign Work of God, Is a Work of God’s Free Grace, Has Been Accomplished at Great Cost …?
• Is a Gift of Love and Life
• Is an Official, Unbreakable Covenant Bond
• Is Corporate in Nature
Conclusion—The Worthy Redeemer from Bethlehem (2:1; 4:11b)
… and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, …. Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; For You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth. Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice: "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and glory and blessing!" … Revelation 5:6, 8-12 |
