Jesus Christ Became God’s Substitute … The Redemption Price For Us … Very Costly Have You Been Redeemed?

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Numbers 3,4; Acts 25

Jesus Christ Became God’s Substitute …

The Redemption Price For Us … Very Costly

Have You Been Redeemed?

Scripture

  

Numbers 3

⁴⁴ Then the LORD said to Moses, ⁴⁵ “Take the Levites as substitutes for the firstborn sons of the people of Israel. And take the livestock of the Levites as substitutes for the firstborn livestock of the people of Israel. The Levites belong to me; I am the LORD. ⁴⁶ There are 273 more firstborn sons of Israel than there are Levites. To redeem these extra firstborn sons, ⁴⁷ collect five pieces of silver for each of them (each piece weighing the same as the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs). ⁴⁸ Give the silver to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the extra firstborn sons.”

Observation

As you read through the book of Numbers you can easily get lost in all the details of the elaborate organization that God had for the people of Israel and the care and use of the tabernacle. Every tribe seemed to have a specific task involving the tabernacle. The Levites were singled out as especially belonging to the Lord. They were the priestly line and they would serve in the tabernacle itself. 

This passage in Numbers three caught my attention because of two key words that the Lord used in his instructions to the Levites about the first born males and the first born livestock: substitute and redemption. Are those words important to you? If they aren’t they sure should be. It is the theme that runs through our entire Bible.

 I will share a few examples of how important these two words are to God and His eternal plan for us: 

“Of all the people of Israel, the Levites are reserved for me. I have claimed them for myself in place of all the firstborn sons of the Israelites; I have taken the Levites as their substitutes. Numbers 8:16

^“ knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.” 1 Peter 1:18-19

 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”) Galatians 3:13

And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,” Revelation 5:9

With his own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever. Hebrews 9:12

The word “redeemed” or “redemption” means to buyback or repurchase and that is exactly what Jesus did for us. Jesus bought us back with His very own blood as He sacrificed Himself on the cross in our place. 

Application

I will give thanks to the Lord today for my salvation. He has redeemed me. How about you?   

Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Jesus Christ to die in my place. I deserve to go to Hell, but because of Your great Mercy and Grace I am not going to get what I deserve. 

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