Apocalypse Revealed # 281
281. "Because You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood." This symbolizes deliverance from hell and salvation by conjunction with the Lord.
We need not have recourse to the spiritual sense to explain the specific symbolic meanings of the particulars here, such as what it means to be slain, to redeem us to God, and the meaning of His blood, for they are arcana which are not apparent in the literal sense. It is enough to say that it is redemption that is thus described. And because redemption is deliverance from hell and salvation by conjunction with the Lord, these are what are symbolically meant.
Here we will simply confirm from the Word that Jehovah Himself came into the world, was born a human being, and became the Redeemer and Savior for all who by a life of charity and its faith are conjoined with His Divine humanity, and that Jehovah is the Lord from eternity, so that the Lord's Divine humanity, with which one must be conjoined, is the Divine humanity of Jehovah Himself.
[2] We will accordingly cite here passages which confirm that Jehovah and the Lord are one, and that because they are one and not two, the Lord from eternity, who is Jehovah Himself, is, by assuming a human form, the Redeemer and Savior. This is apparent from the following:
You, O Jehovah, are our Father; our Redeemer from of old is Your name. (Isaiah 63:16)
Thus said Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts: "I am the First and I am the Last; besides Me there is no God." (Isaiah 44:6)
Thus said Jehovah, your Redeemer, and He who formed you...: "I am Jehovah, who makes all things and... alone... by Myself. (Isaiah 44:24)
Thus says Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am Jehovah your God...." (Isaiah 48:17)
...Jehovah, my rock, and my Redeemer. (Psalms 19:14)
Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of Hosts is His name. (Jeremiah 50:34)
...Jehovah of Hosts is His name; and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He shall be called the God of the whole earth. (Isaiah 54:5)
...that all flesh may know that I, Jehovah, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. (Isaiah 49:26; 60:16)
As for our Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts is His name... (Isaiah 47:4)
."..with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you." Thus said Jehovah your Redeemer. (Isaiah 54:8)
...said Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. (Isaiah 43:14)
...said Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One... (Isaiah 49:7)
You have redeemed me, O Jehovah, God of truth. (Psalms 31:5)
Let Israel hope in Jehovah, for... with Him is abundant redemption. He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. (Psalms 130:7-8)
Arise (O Lord) for our help, and redeem us for Your mercies' sake. (Psalms 44:26)
(Jehovah God said,) I will redeem them from the power of hell; I will redeem them from death. (Hosea 13:4, 14)
(O Jehovah,) hear my voice... He will redeem my soul... (Psalms 55:17-18)
See also Psalms 49:15; 69:18; 71:23; 103:1, 4; 107:2, Jeremiah 15:20-21.
[3] People in the church do not deny that the Lord is the Redeemer in His humanity, because it accords with Scripture, including this statement:
Who... comes from Edom..., traveling in the greatness of His strength? ...the year of My redeemed has come... ...He redeemed them... (Isaiah 63:1, 4, 9)
Say to the daughter of Zion, "Surely your salvation is coming; behold, His reward is with Him, and... they shall call them The Holy People, The Redeemed of Jehovah." (Isaiah 62:11-12)
Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people... (Luke 1:68)
And so, too, elsewhere.
For still more passages confirming that the Lord from eternity, who is Jehovah Himself, came into the world and assumed human form in order to redeem mankind, see The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Lord, nos. 37-46.
Jehovah is also called a Savior in many places, too many to cite them here.
Psalms 71
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In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.
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Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.
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Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
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Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
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For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh; my confidence from my youth.
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I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother's womb. I will always praise you.
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I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.
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My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all the day.
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Don't reject me in my old age. Don't forsake me when my strength fails.
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For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,
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saying, "God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him."
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God, don't be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.
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Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.
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But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.
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My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don't know its full measure.
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I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh. I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.
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God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
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Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don't forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.
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Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. God, who is like you?
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You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
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Increase my honor, and comfort me again.
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I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
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My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!
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My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me. By Solomon.
