Lukas 21:28

21:28 But when these things ¹  begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption ²  is drawing near.”

Efesus 1:14

1:14 who is the down payment ³  of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession, ⁴  to the praise of his glory.

Efesus 4:30

4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

[21:28]  ¹ sn These things are all the events of vv. 8-27. Disciples represent the righteous here. The events surrounding the fall of the nation are a down payment on a fuller judgment to come on all humanity. The presence of one guarantees the other.

[21:28]  ² sn With Jesus’ return comes the manifestation of judgment and final salvation (redemption).

[1:14]  ³ tn Or “first installment,” “pledge,” “deposit.”

[1:14]  sn Down payment. The Greek word ἀρραβών (arrabwn) denotes the first payment or first installment of money or goods which serves as a guarantee or pledge for the completion of the transaction. In the NT the term is used only figuratively of the Holy Spirit as the down payment of the blessings promised by God (it is used also in 2 Cor 1:22 and 5:5). In the “already – not yet” scheme of the NT the possession of the Spirit now by believers (“already”) can be viewed as a guarantee that God will give them the balance of the promised blessings in the future (“not yet”).

[1:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “the possession.”