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Ruth, Naomi, Boaz, and a Cosmic Redemption

2025/6/30
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Jon: 救赎的核心在于所有权的转移，将事物从不属于它的地方转移到其真正归属的地方。在圣经的宏大叙事中，人类本应属于上帝，但却被罪和死亡所掌控。上帝出于对人类的爱，决心将我们从死亡的权势下赎回，恢复我们与他之间的关系。露丝记的故事以小见大，探讨了一个家庭如何在失去一切后重获新生，以及上帝如何通过平凡人的忠诚和慷慨来实现救赎。 Tim: 救赎不仅仅是一个抽象的概念，它深深植根于古代以色列的社会实践之中。希伯来语中的“ga'al”一词，强调了家庭成员在救赎中的重要作用，他们有责任通过赎回土地或承担债务等方式，帮助陷入困境的亲人重获新生。这种家庭内部的救赎行为，反映了上帝对以色列民的救赎之爱，以及他对公义和怜悯的呼唤。露丝记巧妙地运用了这些社会背景，展现了在士师时代混乱和动荡的背景下，救赎如何成为可能。

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This chapter explores the biblical concept of redemption, defining it as the transfer of possession from where something currently is to where it truly belongs. It uses the story of Passover and the blood avenger to illustrate how redemption involves an exchange of value, with God ultimately repossessing humanity from death.
  • Redemption is the transfer of possession to where something truly belongs.
  • Humanity belongs to God, but sin and death have claimed ownership.
  • Redemption is God taking back life from death.
  • The biblical story can be called a redemption story because human life is meant for life, but we forfeit it and become possessed by death.

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Redemption E4 — During a dark time in ancient Israel, idolatry, injustice, and death ruled the land and its people. In the midst of a famine, a destitute widow tragically loses her husband and adult sons and is left alone with her immigrant daughter-in-law. It’s a horrible situation, but God uses the faithful, loving, and generous acts of ordinary community members to redeem the widow’s story. In this episode, Jon and Tim explore the cosmic redemption playing out in the short but profound story of Ruth.

CHAPTERS

  • Recap and Setup for Ruth (0:00-13:37)
  • A Story Opening in Tragedy (13:37-27:26)
  • In Comes the Redeemer (27:26-38:18)
  • The Redeemer Redeems (38:18-53:43)
  • Ordinary Acts of Love as Cosmic Redemption (53:43-1:04:40)

OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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REFERENCED RESOURCES

  • You can view annotations for this episode—plus our entire library of videos, podcasts, articles, and classes—in the BibleProject app, available for Android) and iOS).
  • Check out Tim’s extensive collection of recommended books here.)

SHOW MUSIC

  • Four songs by Jackie Hill Perry

  • “The Art of Joy”

  • “Suffering Servant”

  • “Ode To Lauryn”

  • “Better”

  • BibleProject theme song by TENTS

SHOW CREDITS

Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer, who also edited today’s episode and provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty does our show notes, and Hannah Woo provides the annotations for our app. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie.

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