And it is redemption thus conceived that provides the mediacy through which justification by God's free grace is applied.

Those who managed to reach Pu 'uhonua were graced by Kahuna Pule following a complex redemption ritual after which they were free to return to their village and resume every day life.

If the mortgagor fails to do so, the decree is made absolute and the land vests in the mortgagee free of the mortgagor's equity of redemption and free of the interests of subsequent mortgagee.