And now it is true that I am a redeemer. (Ruth 3:12 ESV)
Redeemer and redeemers
In my library, I have a lot of books, but only one Book. I enjoy many movies, but I really have one Movie. I have many friends, but one Friend. I have lived quite a few days, but I really focus on one Day.
Ruth had a number of redeemers (her husband, her mother-in-law, Boaz), but only one Redeemer, the yet-to-be-born Christ Jesus.
In fact, Ruth’s many redeemers all directed her to the ONE redeemer. Boaz may have been her immediate redeemer, but Boaz’s redemption was limited, temporary, and inadequate.
But her enjoyment of Boaz’s redemption taught her to seek the Redeemer, her Savior, the second person of the Trinity, Jesus Himself.
In the same way, perhaps you have redeemed someone. But you are not the Redeemer.
Perhaps you have been redeemed. But that redemption pales before the light of THE Redeemer.
We all need redemptions, and God graciously gives them to us.
Redeemers, big R and small r, are an amazing blessing.