- Mercy and Redemption
Psalm 130:7
Let Israel hope in the Lord:
For with the Lord there is mercy,
And with him is plenteous redemption.
“There is forgiveness with Thee.” (v. 4). Also with the Lord there is mercy and plenteous redemption. All of this good news is with the Lord, and He promises it to us. He promises Himself, His own life, which includes mercy and redemption. Mercy and plenteous redemption is available to us and lavished upon us by grace. Freely we have received. We desperately need mercy, for our sins place us under God’s wrath; we desperately need redemption, for we are kidnapped and under the control of sin, death, and the devil.
Because there is mercy and redemption the people of God (Israel = Church) hope in the Lord; in fact, all the hopes and dreams of all the people have come true in the coming of the Son of God to the dwelling place of humans. Their hope is in the Lord: hope is the present reality of what is yet unseen. We look at the unseen, and hope for the unseen is present and real because of mercy and redemption. Mercy is needed and mercy is promised and so mercy is received. Because of mercy we can live. Redemption from slavery is also needed and with the Lord it is plenteously promised.