| From my conversations with dad I understand that he is a redeemer. |
| But to paint him as a socialist redeemer would be stretching reality. |
| The very next day he goes to the town gate and speaks with the other redeemer about Ruth. |
| Either way, he would come as a radical redeemer, a figure appealing equally to religious and political prophets. |
| But with everlasting love I have taken pity on you, says the Lord, your redeemer. |
| The classic understanding rises from the more radical inclusiveness of God's mercy toward all, as creator of all, redeemer of all, and consummator of all history. |
