There is a Redeemer

The Epistle of Galatians is an urgent message from the Apostle Paul who is greatly alarmed at the prospect that the Galatian churches were prepared to leave the freedoms that they have gained in Christ and adopt a practice that would put them into bondage. In the book Freed for Freedom, written by Edward Wharton, the author states: “The message of Galatians is one of life and death. The gospel preached to the Galatians is that through the cross sinners can by faith in Christ be freed from sin, and by faithfulness remain free from sin and have peace with God.” This all-important message is foreshadowed in the role of the kinsman-redeemer we read about in the Old Testament. The book of Ruth will help our understanding of this role and how it was ultimately fulfilled in the Person of Christ Jesus.