God’s Ransom
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Who has God come to ransom? What does it mean that God has come to ransom and to redeem his people?
God speaks to the nations and calls his people to himself from wherever they are scattered.
During the time of exile God spoke to the nations about gathering his scattered people back to himself. God gathers and keeps his people as a shepherd keeps his flock. God purchases his people out of exile. God ransoms his people. God redeems his people from the strength of their enemies.
God spoke through the Prophet Jeremiah, saying, “Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands far away; say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.’ For the Lord has ransomed Jacob and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him.” (Jeremiah 3:10-11, ESV).
God’s message of salvation, and his offer of ransom and redemption extends to his people everywhere. God’s message of ransom is to the nations and for the nations.
May we declare God’s word to the nations and from coast to coast, proclaiming God will gather his people and will ransom and redeem his people from wherever they are scattered.
A Collect for the Epiphany: The Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles: “O God, by the leading of a star you manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth: Lead us, who know you now by faith, to your presence, where we may see your glory face to face; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
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