And the high God their Redeemer - ואל עליון גאלם veel elyon goalam, “And the strong God the Most High, their kinsman.” That one who possessed the right of redemption; the nearest akin to him who had forfeited his inheritance; so the word originally means, and hence it is often used for a redeemer.
For their redeemer is mighty - גאלם goalam, their kinsman. The word means the person who has a right, being next in blood, to redeem a field or estate, alienated from the family, to avenge the blood of a murdered relative, by slaying the murderer; and to take to wife a brother’s widow, who had died childless, in order to preserve the family. The strength here mentioned refers to the justness of his claim, the extent of his influence, and the powerful abettors of such a cause. But in reference to the orphans here mentioned, they having no kinsman, God takes up, vindicates, and avenges their cause.
Because Jesus took on flesh and became one of us ( a human) he now has the right to be our (Kinsman) Redeemer. He is of "our blood" our kinsman, therefore he can redeem the inheritance we forfeited. I love how God set that up in law so He could then one day point to His son and say, "See there He is, your Redeemer, one of your own blood, a kinsman, to redeem you"
Everything was planned out from the very beginning, God's plan is beautiful, gracious, and wondrous.
Praise the Lord and our Savior, our Redeemer
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