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Thoughts Redemption In the Old Testament? One of the common ideas of the New Testament is redemption. But in chapter 10, verse 8 we read about redemption, too. Here it is again, starting at verse 6: “I will strengthen Judah and save the tribes of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them. The Ephraimites will become like warriors, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the Lord. I will signal for them and gather them in. Surely I will redeem them…”Zechariah 10:6-8 NIV Do you know the meaning of redemption? In Today’s Dictionary of the Bible it says, “Redemption: the purchase back of something that had been lost, by the payment of a ransom.” The idea is that of payment made for our redemption. The debt against us is not viewed as simply canceled, or written off, but it is fully paid. Christ’s blood…His