Take, for example, all the various laws that governed how real estate was transacted (Lev. 25). Laws like the Year of Jubilee, the right of redemption, and others were designed to shape economic life in Israel to reflect God’s character of justice and compassion. The purpose for the entire civil law was for Israel to reflect a just and properly ordered society, which was to anticipate the social order when the kingdom comes in its fullness after Christ returns.
