Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>]

> It's my understanding that redemption is an economic term.




There was at least one case, in the Torah, where "redemption money" 
was used to cleanse the people from sin.



> When you
> pay money to a clerk for an item at the store, you are said to redeem
> its value so that the item becomes yours, i.e., that you own the item.
> When we sin, we are slaves of sin, but Jesus redeems us so that we
> become the property of Jesus, i.e., slaves of Christ.  This is why a
> priest anoints you with oil by drawing a cross on your forehead and
> says, "You are marked as Christ's own forever."



But this is not a Biblical concept, it is a later invention.

Shoshanna