Goel is the Hebrew word for redeemer. The verb form means “to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman” (Strong’s Concordance, number 1350). Note the word “kinsman”, it modifies the word “redeemer” as being one in which there is a “blood relationship”, or one who is tied to the redeemer role in the closest possible way. Within the Mosaic penal code was the principle of personal retribution for murder. Satan brought sin and death into this world. Satan committed premeditated, first-degree murder by taking both the spiritual and physical life of Adam and Eve, and of every human being born since his crime in the Garden of Eden. Jesus is the Goel or Redeemer of Israel and the Church.
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