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From: AliSavMuh7
In the Hebrew bible, God is often referred to as lsrael's "Savior"
and “Redeemer” .Who does the Hebrew bible identify as Israel's "Savior"
and" Redeemer" , and why are those titles applied to the One doing
the saving and redeeming? Is it because He is Savior who came into the world to
save His people from their sins (Mt. 1:21), or a Redeemer who came to redeem us
from the curse of the Mosaic Law (Gal. 3:13), or are those titles applied to
him for other reasons? Let’s take a look.
Exodus 6:
6 Therefore, say to the Children of
Deuteronomy 15:
15 You shall remember that you were a slave in the
Deuteronomy 24:
18 You shall remember that you were a slave in
2 Samuel 7:
23 And who is like Your people, like Israel, a unique nation on earth,
whom God went forth to redeem unto Himself for a people – thus gaining Himself
renown – and to perform great works for you [Israel] and wonders for Your Land,
[driving out] nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt. (See also 1
Chron. 17:21)
In each of the four verses 1 provided above, YHWH is identified as
Micah 4:
10 Be in pain and groan like a woman in childbirth, O daughter of Zion;
for now you will leave the city and dwell in the field; you will come to
Babylonia and there you will be rescued; there YHWH will redeem you from the palms of your enemies.
Jeremiah 50:
33 Thus said YHWH, Master of Legions: The Children of
34 Their mighty Redeemer, YHWH,
Master of Legions is His Name, will certainly take up their grievances, in
order to calm the land and cause trembling for the inhabitants of
Isaiah 43:
14 Thus said YHWH, your Redeemer,
the Holy One of
Isaiah 48:
20 Go forth from Babylonia; hurry from
Isaiah 51:
11 Then the redeemed of YHWH will
return and come to
lsaiah 59:
20 A redeemer will come to
After seventy years of exile in Babylonia, YHWH Redeemed His people by
allowing them to return to the
The imagery of God as a warrior who would come to his people “
Jeremiah 24:
5 Thus said YHWH, God of
6 I shall set My eye upon them for goodness, and return them to this land, and I shall rebuild them and not
destroy; I shall replant them and not
uproot.
7 And I shall grant them the heart to know Me, that I am YHWH, and they
will be a people unto Me, and I shall be a God for them, for they will return
to Me with all their heart.