{
  "id": "dict_004823",
  "term": "Redeemer",
  "slug": "redeemer",
  "letter": "R",
  "entry_type": "theological_term",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "A redeemer is one who rescues or buys back another from loss, bondage, or danger. In Scripture, the term is used especially of God, who redeems His people, and it is fulfilled supremely in Jesus Christ.",
  "simple_one_line": "",
  "tooltip_text": "",
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  "lede_intro": "",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "",
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  "description_academic_short": "In the Bible, a redeemer is a deliverer who acts to recover, protect, or buy back what is in need of rescue. The Old Testament uses redemption language for both family obligation and God’s saving acts for Israel. In the fullest Christian sense, Jesus Christ is the Redeemer who saves sinners through His death and resurrection.",
  "description_academic_full": "A redeemer in biblical usage is one who acts to rescue, reclaim, or buy back another, whether in the setting of family duty, release from slavery, or deliverance from oppression. The Old Testament applies this language to the kinsman-redeemer who takes responsibility for a vulnerable relative, and even more importantly to the Lord Himself, who redeemed Israel from Egypt and continued to act as His people’s Redeemer. In the New Testament, this theme reaches its fulfillment in Jesus Christ, whose saving work secures redemption from sin and its judgment. While Scripture uses redemption language in several related ways, the safest summary is that a redeemer is one who intervenes at cost to deliver and restore, and that Christ is the supreme Redeemer revealed in the gospel.",
  "background_biblical_context": "",
  "background_historical_context": "",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "",
  "key_texts_primary": [],
  "key_texts_secondary": [],
  "original_language_note": "",
  "theological_significance": "",
  "philosophical_explanation": "",
  "interpretive_cautions": "",
  "major_views_note": "",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "",
  "practical_significance": "",
  "meta_description": "A redeemer is one who rescues or buys back another from loss, bondage, or danger. In Scripture, the term is used especially of God, who redeems His people, and it is fulfilled supremely in Jesus Christ.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/redeemer/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/redeemer.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}