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• Exemplary PreachingDoctrine & Theology

  Exemplary preaching is a method of preaching that presents the actions and faith of biblical figures as examples for believers today to imitate or avoid. The term is commonly used in contrast to redemptive-historical preaching.

• Redemptive HistoryDoctrine & Theology

  Redemptive history refers both to the theological perspective that reads the whole of Scripture as a single history in which God saves humanity and the world fallen into sin, and to the history that this perspective describes.

• Geerhardus VosPeople

  Geerhardus Vos (1862–1949) was a Dutch-born American Reformed theologian who taught biblical theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is regarded as having laid the foundation for a "redemptive-historical" reading of Scripture, which views revelation as unfolding progressively in history.

• Redemption of the FirstbornBible

  The redemption of the firstborn is a provision of the Mosaic Law by which the firstborn son in Israel was set apart as belonging to God and then redeemed by a payment of five shekels of silver. The institution served as a reminder that God spared Israel's firstborn sons at the time of the Exodus.

• RedemptionDoctrine & Theology

  Redemption is the act of paying a price to release a slave or captive and set that person free. In Christianity, it refers to the teaching that Christ paid the price through his death on the cross and thereby set people free from sin and death.

• Covenant of RedemptionDoctrine & Theology

  The covenant of redemption is the eternal agreement understood to have been made between the Father and the Son before the foundation of the world for the salvation of sinners. Reformed covenant theology presents it as the foundation of the covenant of grace.

• Limited AtonementDoctrine & Theology

  Limited atonement is the Reformed doctrine that Christ's substitutionary death was intended for the salvation of those whom God has chosen and is certainly effective for them. Also called particular redemption or definite atonement, it stands in contrast to universal atonement.

• FirstbornBible

  The firstborn are the first offspring of the womb among both people and livestock. The Old Testament law required that the firstborn be set apart and given to God or bought back by payment of a price (redemption).

• Christian WorldviewDoctrine & Theology

  The Christian worldview is a framework of thought, grounded in the teaching of the Bible, for interpreting the world, humanity, history, and culture and for viewing every area of life. It is commonly explained through the pattern of creation, fall, and redemption.

• Ruth 4Bible

  The final chapter of the Book of Ruth, in which Boaz acquires the right of redemption at the gate of Bethlehem and takes Ruth as his wife. Their son Obed, the grandfather of David, is born, and the chapter closes with a genealogy from Perez to David.

• Isaiah 52Bible

  Isaiah 52 calls captive Zion to awake and arise, proclaiming the Lord's redemption and the return of His people. Verse 13 begins a song about the "Servant of the Lord," who will be highly exalted; the song continues into chapter 53.

• John MurrayPeople

  John Murray (1898–1975) was a Scottish Presbyterian theologian. He taught systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in the United States from 1930 to 1966 and is best known for Redemption Accomplished and Applied and his commentary on Romans.

• Leviticus 27Bible

  Leviticus 27, the final chapter of Leviticus, sets out the valuation and redemption of persons, animals, houses, and fields vowed to the LORD, along with regulations on devoted things and the tithe.

• Ephesians 1Bible

  Ephesians 1 opens with Paul's greeting, praises God for the election, redemption, and sealing with the Holy Spirit that believers have received in Christ, and continues with a prayer that the readers may come to know God more deeply.

• Hebrews 9Bible

  Hebrews 9 compares the tabernacle sacrifices of the first covenant with the sacrifice of Christ. The chapter teaches that Christ entered the heavenly sanctuary once for all by his own blood, obtained eternal redemption, and became the mediator of the new covenant.

• Romans 3:23–24Bible Verses

  Romans 3:23–24 is a passage stating that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, yet are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Because it brings together universal human sinfulness and justification by grace, it is frequently used in evangelism.

• Mark 10:45Bible Verses

  Mark 10:45 is a saying of Jesus: "For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many." The verse unites the theme of servant leadership with the meaning of substitutionary redemption and is a central text for the doctrine of the atonement.

• Romans 8:19–23Bible Verses

  A passage in Romans 8 in which the apostle Paul says that the whole created order groans and waits together for the revealing of the children of God and the redemption of the body. It is frequently cited in discussions of the restoration of creation, eschatology, and ecological theology.

• Ruth 4:4-10Bible Verses

  In this passage Boaz, seated at the city gate with the elders as witnesses, receives the right of redemption from a nearer kinsman and acquires both Naomi's field and Ruth. The passage illustrates the ancient Israelite customs of land redemption and of perpetuating a family line. It is often cited as a text in which Boaz, the "kinsman-redeemer," is read as a type of the Redeemer.