What a verse today!

Psalm 77:15, where we are two weeks into this great Bible Chapter … with only 5 more Lessons to go! It’s been thrilling, at least to this writer.

Obviously addressed directly to God: “Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.” Psalm 77:15

Wow!

God’s “Arm” is a Symbol of His mighty Strength. According to Isaiah 53:1 as well, God’s “Arm” may be a reference to the “Lord Jesus Christ!” He is the “revealed” Arm of the Lord! “Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the ARM of the LORD revealed?” With Isaiah’s following 11 verses being ALL about Jesus as our Saviour!

Then … Jesus (God’s “Arm”) is truly His Agent of Redemption! Today’s verse again: “Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph.”

The verb “redeemed” is “gaal,” the key to all the Bible’s “Kinsman Redeemer” word pictures. When a Jewish citizen fell into hard times, financially (for some reason) losing his homestead, his entire inheritance … a wealthy and willing relative COULD by law buy back all that endangered property and freely restore it to the poor victim!

Then that man would be the Kinsman Redeemer of that once blighted individual!

Related?

Wealthy enough to help?

And, key to it all, willing?

That’s Jesus, all right!

He is related to us (via the Virgin Birth)!

He is wealthy enough (in Grace and Mercy and Love)!

And He is willing (already has died, been buried and raised from the grave)!

He, through His Blood, has “bought” my wretched soul, “reclaimed” me from the pits of sin, “redeemed” me!

Yes, God indeed (through Jesus His Arm) saves the lost!

Asaph then mentions Jacob and Joseph specifically … because he is soon to use the “Redemption from Egypt” (the Exodus) as an example of God’s great might.

Until I emphasize that aspect of the Psalm (tomorrow and Friday) I shall just delight in the fact that God redeemed me!

And, by all means, rejoice if He has redeemed you too!

And we are now a “people,” a group (in Hebrew “am”), a family!

Sharing much in common because of our Lord, and our Father in Heaven!

Glory!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell