Leviticus 25:50 (Amplified) says this concerning our "Kinsman Redeemer," "And (the redeemer) shall reckon with the purchaser of the servant from the year when he sold himself to the purchaser to the year of Jubilee, and the price of his release shall be adjusted according to the number of years. The time he was with his owner shall be counted as that of a hired servant."
The purchaser of the servant or (the one that has brought us into servant hood) would be satan, who became our spiritual father through Adam. Then, we were to be brought back into full relationship with and fellowship with God by our Kinsman Redeemer, Jesus. He restored everything that had been lost in the transaction in the Garden of Eden. He restored sonship rights instead of servant hood.
Now, when the redeemed of the Lord understand where we've been redeemed from and redeemed to, it actually means something by faith. In the Garden, we lost everything our Father had given when Adam turned it over to an outlaw spirit, a dead spirit. Mostly, we've never had any idea what was to be ours through Jesus.
In these last days, God is revealing the depth of the Lamb as not only the One Who forgave (by taking our place) our sin and trespass, but as the One Who bought us back in full. Until now, we've mostly thought of heaven as the place we go to when we die. In these last days, God is bringing to light, the truth that we (in His eyes) have already died, were crucified with Christ Jesus, were buried with Him in baptism and were raised together with Him at the new birth.
This is already done in the heart and mind of our Father. To our unrenewed mind, we still see ourselves as alive in the flesh, but still crucified with Him. And, because we still think of ourselves as "not yet dead," we're still more conscious of deeds in the body rather than life in the Spirit. The Apostle Paul went through a similar circumstance in his life before he settled on the truth of the Word and the revelation of it.
Paul said that his body (his carnal mind) was at war with his born again spirit. He said that the things he wanted to do, he couldn't and the things he didn't want to do, he did. His born again spirit was at war against his members (his natural trained body and mind). Although he knew he was free from the Law and the rituals of it, the habits of the flesh still wanted the pride of boasting about his past accomplishments.
As Paul grew from revelation to a new revelation, he began to see more and more fullness of redemption. I still run into people who wish to talk and act like there's still work to be done. It's true that we have to bring the natural senses into focus by renewing our minds by the Word, but God is not displeased with His family like many would have to believe. As a matter of fact, it was God Who said to the people that, "This is My beloved Son in Whom I am well pleased." The Word said that Jesus pleased the Father. Who Jesus was and what Jesus did pleased God, satisfied the claims of justice and redeemed His precious family back to Him in the full.
We've been reluctant to truly believe what we read in God's Word. We speak about "imputed righteousness" and our sin that is not "imputed" unto us. The word "impute" simply means that even though we didn't deserve forgiveness, it was granted to us anyway. God calls this grace and unmerited favor and so do we.
Our righteousness was imputed to us by grace as was our deliverance and forgiveness of sin. Not only did grace forgive, but it forgot. Salvation itself was an act of being imputed when sin was paid for by grace. The blood of bulls and goats only covered our sin, but the Blood of Jesus removed it and destroyed it altogether. Because we don't understand redemption, we continue struggling to pay our own bills and restore our own place with God.
When a person or an object is redeemed, it means that whatever price was required to deliver it has been met. The Word says that "Where sin does abound, the grace of God does much more abound." Jesus didn't only pay what the demand was, but He overpaid for it.
Because of Jesus, our righteousness , though imputed, is complete. This imputed righteousness was a gift by grace of a right standing with God that is equal to Jesus' right standing because it is His righteousness or right standing that has been given. I'm glad that it is imputed rather than earned or obtained by my own deeds. If it were granted to me based on my own merits, then when my merits slipped (as they will), my right standing also slips. We were granted by grace (or imputed) Jesus' righteousness (or right standing) and He never slips.
When Jesus was accepted by the Father, you and I were accepted with Him. When He restored all things back to Himself, He did it for us. In Him, you and I have been restored (by His redeeming power) to everything the Father had laid up for His family when He created all things. When we were given all "spiritual blessings in heavenly places," that means for here and now. It means that all things the Spirit created, are now poured out and are available again from God when He poured out His Spirit from on high.
The life of the Spirit, the blessings of the Spirit, the Love of the Spirit, the power of the Spirit and the connection back to God was given by His Spirit. Everything the Spirit created is now ours by this new birth by His Spirit. Remember, it's the Spirit Who created the natural. Therefore, by receiving all Spiritual blessings, we now have the Spirit Who made the world, living inside us, to bring to pass all things the Father intended for His family to have.
In His redemptive power, God has restored (through Jesus), everything the first Adam lost. If you really want to know what the last Adam has given by His grace and mercy, then go back and see what Adam had before the fall. You can also look at the complete realm of how satan ruled with his usurped authority from Adam. Jesus declared that "All power in heaven and in Earth was given to Him." If we are "in Christ Jesus" (and we are), then the power of redemption and restoration in Him has paid the full price of our ransom or redemption.
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