Yesterday I discussed how the GO’EL or Kinsman Redeemer was obligated to step in and purchase land that was in danger of being lost to an outsider in order to keep ownership of that property inside the clan. And before that, I talked about how the GO’EL was to be a “Blood Avenger” if anyone […]

Imagine if you lost your home because you couldn’t keep up with the mortgage payments. After the foreclosure, you and your family were in tears and packing your things up because you had to leave your home of many, many years. But then imagine just a few days before your eviction, you receive a letter […]

So we’re trucking right along examining the many facets of the GO’EL or Kinsman Redeemer. So the next attribute of a GO’EL is one that’s a bit terrifying to say the least. I’m talking about the duty of the next of kin to avenge the blood of a family member who was slain by an […]

We’re continuing on with our discussion today of the Kinsman Redeemer. First, an important reminder folks. Although the word GO-EL is usually translated as “Kinsman Redeemer”, that’s not really what the word means. This word instead means a person who is a “near relative”… The “Kinsman Redeemer” was just ONE out of many roles that this […]

If we’re gonna really understand the true Biblical meaning of the “Kinsman Redeemer”, we’ve gotta know the difference between a Biblical family and what we consider to be a family today. In our day and age, when we say “family”, basically we mean a mother, a father and a couple of kids all living under […]