Defender

Proverbs 23:10-11 – Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless, for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you.

Job 19:25 – I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.

Ruth 2:20 – “The Lord bless him!” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. “He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative; he is one of our guardian-redeemers.”

Isaiah 41:14 – Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob, little Israel, do not fear, for I myself will help you,” declares the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

Application:

• ·         Defender means guardian-redeemer or protector, someone who helped close relatives regain land or who avenged their death. God is a “father to the fatherless, a defender of widows”.
• ·         Job expresses confidence that ultimately God will vindicate his faithful servants in the face of all false accusations.
• ·         The Hebrew for redeemer refers to an obligated family protector and thus portrays the Lord as the family protector of Israel.
• ·         As Guardian-Redeemer, God redeems his people’s property, guarantees their freedom, avenges them against their tormentors and secures their posterity for the future.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV