<TITLE>16. Par 61-64</TITLE>L-61 What was it? When God became a sinner, taking our sins. Jesus became me, that I might become Him. The innocent Lamb of God, He knowed no sin, became a sinner, that I might be made adopted son of God. Amen. There's the picture of true redemption: How He came down, worthy, robbed Hisself, no home, no place to go, humiliated Himself, brought Hisself down in sinful flesh, and took upon Him, not the nature of Angels, not the nature of God, took upon Himself the nature of man, that He might walk with man, eat with man, sleep with man, and die for man. There you are. The whole plan from the beginning, the spotless Lamb of God, there He is, the Bread of Life, here on earth.
Now, the next thing had to be done, a kinsman redeemer had to be kinfolks real close to the person, to redeem it. And the next thing had to be, that he had to be worthy to redeem it, righteous, a good person. Just an outlaw couldn't do it. And who'd be any more worthier that Jehovah Himself becoming flesh?

L-62 The next thing he had to do was make a public testimony that he had done it. So Boaz, the next morning, run to the gates and waited. And when the elders begin to gather in, he said, "Wait a minute, wait a minute." And they gathered all the elders of the city, outside the gate. O God, have mercy. Listen. The public testimony could not be made in the city. It had to be made outside the gate, and had to be witnessed before the elders.
And he called the elders out, and said, "This day I have redeemed Naomi, and if there's any one, just..." One fellow was there, but he couldn't redeem it, was a kinsman too, but he couldn't redeem it. So it all fell to Boaz.
He said, "I have to redeem Naomi, and I'll--our brother's estate, I'll take it all back."
And no one... They said, "Well, I am a witness this day," (each one), that you have redeemed it." And he plucked off his shoe and handed it to his neighbor as an ensign--as an ensign that he had redeemed everything. Praise God. He'd redeemed everything she lost. And in doing so, he got Ruth, too, for his bride.

L-63 And when Israel had sinned, and man had sinned, and got away from God, Christ went--come here as a bleeding Sacrifice, that every lamb from the foundation of the world, represented in a shadow. And when the Dayspring from on high come into existence, the great Jehovah in flesh, went without the city gates, out there, and was lifted up between the heavens and earth, that His bleeding body shows that in there "He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed."
God showed He had redeemed Adam's fallen race. There's redemption. That's Who Job seen way back yonder. Said, "I know my Redeemer liveth," at the last days He will be here to bleed and die in my place. "Though the skin worms destroys my body, yet in my flesh I'll see God. I'll see Him for myself, mine eyes shall behold, and not another."

L-64 That's wonderful, isn't it? Oh, His Presence's here, the ensign. He died that He make that man standing right back there, that's just been operated on for his nose, to get well. God bless you, brother. Do you believe He did that? He sure did.
He done the same thing for the man setting next to you there with arthritis, to get well. Amen.
He did the same thing for the lady setting next to her, next to him there, to be healed of that stomach trouble. That's right. He did that. All right.
He did, died that He might give... You have a deaf woman here that can hear me now. All right. He did... Now, you hear me, don't you? Sure, He died for that purpose.
He died to give anemia, back there, back his conditions. Do you believe that, sir? God bless you.
That woman setting right back there, thinking about her friend, in Madison, Indiana, in the insane institution, He gave freedom and death that He might redeem her back to her right condition.


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