tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933884772813716783.post1894096742005651928..comments2020-12-26T21:48:33.105+02:00Comments on Keva & Kavanna: Redeemer or redemption?Shoshana Michael Zuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18141440536081494869noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933884772813716783.post-63893465252139641222012-09-29T23:45:28.650+02:002012-09-29T23:45:28.650+02:00A comment received by e-mail:
The truth is that I...A comment received by e-mail:<br /><br />The truth is that I do not know exactly what the word "redeemer" means. I have always grown up with the word. My first exposure was the ads talking about how to redeem your Green Stamps or your Savings Bonds. But that didn't make sense in a religious setting. Then, from Handel, "I know that my redeemer liveth" showed me that this was a word in common usage, and I always wondered if the meaning everyone knew was even remotely similar to the meaning everyone else knew. <br /><br />These are the meanings of to redeem from my Webster's:<br />1. To buy back<br />2. To get back, recover<br />3. To pay off (a mortgage or a note)<br />4. To convert (paper money) into coin<br />5. a. to set free; ransom; rescue b. to deliver from sin and its penalties, as by a sacrifice made for the sinner<br />6. To fulfill, as a promise<br />7. To make amends for; atone or compensate for <br />SYN. See rescue<br /><br />Anything remotely resembling our religious meaning is only in 5b. What conclusion do I draw from all this? I don't know.<br />Shoshana Michael Zuckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18141440536081494869noreply@blogger.com