After contemplating what to call our church and website, we kept coming back to the recurrent theme of Kinsman Redeemer. The magnetic appeal of this special concept of Christianity is found in the nature of its exclusivity. It only pertains to the people of the Book, the Israel race comprise...
What does kinsman redeemer mean in the Book of Ruth? What is peculiar about the Book of Esther? How is the Book of Ruth relvant to postcolonial ciriticsm? How big was Bethlehem in the Book of Ruth? How does God bring judgement in the Book of Ruth?
In Genesis 22, we see another example of God’s redemption in how God provided a ram in place of Isaac, Abraham’s son who was supposed to be sacrificed. In the Book of Ruth, we see how Boaz served as “kinsman redeemer” in agreeing to marry Ruth, a foreigner. In Jeremiah 18, we...
With this context, the Book of Mormon’s teachings about the Redeemer make more sense.[17] 2 Nephi 2:3, for example, states, “wherefore, I know that thou art redeemed, because of the righteousness of thy Redeemer.” Spackman has observed that in the book of Ruth, the ki...