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Redemption also applies to individuals or groups: an Israelite slave, [25] an Israelite captive, [26] and the firstborn son [27] pidyon haben, (Hebrew: פדיון הבן) or redemption of the first-born son, [28] is a mitzvah in Judaism whereby a Jewish firstborn son is redeemed from God by use of silver coins to a kohen. [29]
These lost souls can be redeemed because Jesus Christ, the Son of God, offered himself as the atoning sacrifice. [223] Children too young to understand right from wrong, and make a conscious choice between the two, are believed to be innocent of sin. [223] [224] The age when this occurs is generally believed to be around 13. [224]
Christian theology sometimes refers to Jesus using the title Redeemer or Saviour.This refererences the salvation he accomplished, and is based on the metaphor of redemption, or "buying back".
According to doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the plan of salvation is God's plan to save, redeem, and exalt all humankind who chose, either in this life, or in the world of spirits of the dead, to accept the grace of Jesus Christ by exercising faith in Him, repenting of their sins, and by making and keeping sacred ...
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The reason is that the Levites, as substitutes for the first-born, are pledged to minister and assist the kohanim in divine service, and cannot be redeemed from this service obligation. The first-born son from a Levite's daughter is not redeemed (whether or not the father is Jewish). [17]
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Unless "redeemed by repentance and God's forgiveness", mortal sin, whose object is grave matter and is also committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent, "causes exclusion from Christ's kingdom and the eternal death of hell, for our freedom has the power to make choices for ever, with no turning back."