Redemption and Healing Redemption means to buy back or pay the ransom. The word is derived from a Greek word apolutrosis which means “to buy back or pay the ransom in full.” Sin came by the fall of the first Adam and sin brought about death which was an effect of the fall in the Garden of Eden. (Romans 5:12, Genesis 2:17) Mans redemption was meant to restore him to the original state before his fall, although this is to be complete at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ when all things are made new, man still has access to certain benefits which the first Adam had such as divine health. Man lost his authority when he fell to Satan and the dominion over all the earth which was given unto him by God. Genesis 1:26- 28, psalm 8:1-9, clearly reveal all the authority which was bestowed upon him at the time of creation. When man fell, he lost his place and authority and so hence was subject to Satan and his oppression, for Satan became the prince of this world. From this time Satan ruled the world and was known as the prince of this world or the God of this world as we see in John 12:31, John 14:30, John 16:11 and 2nd Corinthians 4:4. Christ redeemed man from the effects of the fall of which sickness was a part of. Christ also redeemed man from the curse of the law of which sickness was one of them. Galatians 3:13 states that “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, cursed is everyone one that hangs on a tree:” When we study the book of Deuteronomy we have an understanding of what exactly the curse of the law is. In Deuteronomy chapter twenty eight, we see a list of the curses which were to come upon the children because of disobedience. Deuteronomy 28 verse 15 states that certain curses were to come upon the children of Israel when they did not obey the law. Quite a number of these were curses that brought about sickness and disease. Deuteronomy 28 verse 18, 22, 27, 28, 35, 59-62 all speak of curses of sickness and disease which were to come upon man when he fell short of the mark of God or the standard of God. Galatians says "we have been redeemed" or the price has been paid for man’s shortcomings and he does not need to receive the penalty for his offences. We have been redeemed from sickness which is a curse of the law. Another aspect of man’s salvation which is important to note is that redemption was not only made for man’s spirit but for his body also. Psalm 103:1-3 declares “bless the Lord, oh my soul and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, oh my soul and forget not all his benefits. Who forgiveth all tine iniquities; who healeth all thine diseases; Forgiveness of sins comes hand in hand with healing. God dealt not only with the issue of sin on the cross through Christ redemptive work but also dealt with the healing of the body. Salvation and healing come hand in hand and cannot be separated from each other. When we look at the work for which Christ came to do in Isaiah 61 we see that he came to give liberty to the captives. We can see from scripture that sickness is also known as captivity as seen in the book of Job. Job 42: 10 calls jobs sickness as captivity and Christ came to set us free from captivity which sickness is a form of. Also we can see from the book of Isaiah chapter 53 that healing and forgiveness of sins are both part of Gods plan for the redemption of mankind through Christ. Isaiah 53 declares “but he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.” Healing is a part of the salvation message. Also the meaning of the word gospel is important in the topic of redemption and healing. The word gospel is derived from a Greek word euaggelion which means “a good message or good news”. To the sick man the good news is that healing is available for him. Christ blood was shed for the remission of sins, while his body was broken and bruised that we may be healed.