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10 entries for this category: | Jubilee |
God says:
Count off seven Sabbaths of years. Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the Day of Atonement consecrate the fiftieth
year and proclaim liberty throughout the land , to all its inhabitants. It shall be a year
of Jubilee. ''Leviticus 25:8-10''
Jubilee was a very rare word. It was the Hebrew word for a ram's horn. The Jews were instructed to fashion a trumpet out of the horn
of a wild ram, and this was to be so sacred that it was to be played only once every fifty years. Then there would be Jubilee. During
Jubilee, three things would happen.
First, all debts were canceled. Anyone who had been living under bondage of debt would be freed. This expressed God's heart for the
poor. ...
In the Jubilee Year, God says there will be a fresh start for those who are poor¨for those who are likely to be sitting on the sidelines.
In case anybody missed the intent, or might try to circumvent it, or think it was just a matter of mechanics, God goes on:
Do not be hard-hearted or tight-fisted toward your poor brother. Rather be open-handed and freely lend him whatever he
needs. Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought. The year for canceling debts is near so that you show ill will toward
your needy brother and give him nothing. He may then appeal to the Lord against you, and you will be found guilty of sin.
Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart. Then, because of this, your God will bless you. ''Deuteronomy
15:7-10''
In the Jubilee Year, debt is forgiven.
The second thing that happens in the Jubilee Year is all prisoners are released. Now, in our day, this doesn't sound like good news,
because we think of people who are in prison for really bad things, and we're not sure we would want them all to be released. In the
Old Testament days, about the only thing they locked you up for was debt. For almost anything else, they would stone you. If you
talked back to your mom and dad, they'd get the stones out. Jubilee Year meant the prisoners were going to go free.
Third, in the Jubilee Year, all the land was supposed to go back to its original owner. Now in the ancient day, far more than in our day
when economics are much more complex, wealth was tied to land. If you were in a family where your dad or your grandfather had
become sick, or done something wrong, or made a mistake, or been the victim of injustice and your family lost its ability to own land,
that was it. You were out of luck. Jubilee meant hope for the poor.
You might wonder, what was the rationale for all of this? This is what God says:
The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine, and you are but aliens and tenants. ''Leviticus 25:23''
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There is only one problem with the Jubilee Year. They never actually observed it. The best we can tell, it was never actually observed.
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You know, God hasn't given up on this Jubilee idea yet. It's a good idea. It's God's idea. We can't pull it off ourselves, but it
is going to happen. It's going to happen when Messiah comes. When Messiah comes, He will proclaim the Jubilee, and He
will make it stick.
For instance, the Prophet Isaiah wrote that the Messiah would say:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me , ''That's Messianic language. The Messiah is simply ?The
Anointed One.?'' , to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the captive and release for the
prisoners to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. ''Isaiah 61:1-2a''
That's Jubilee!
When Messiah comes, then Jubilee is coming!
And they waited. Year after year, decade after decade, century after century ,they waited.
Finally, this rabbi named Jesus comes. He's going to give His very first sermon. He goes back to His hometown and enters the
synagogue. The people are all gathered; they've known Him since He was a little kid. He takes the scroll, turns to these words in
Isaiah 61, and then He reads them to the people:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor , to proclaim the year
of the Lord's favor. ''Luke 4:18''
Then He rolls up the scrolls. The Scripture says that all eyes are fixed on Him. Then He sets them aside. He sits down, because that's
what rabbis did. He says:
Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing. ''Luke 4:21''
What He's saying is:
Jubilee is finally here, and I'm it. It's arrived on this planet, first of all in Me , in My body.
And it's come in some unexpected ways. Not only is it here for Israel. He makes it real clear that it's also here for their enemies, the
Gentiles.  By: John Ortberg - December 22, 2006 - Public
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The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed, and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.By: Angelo Bautista - July 03, 2008 - Public
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God I am nithya santhosh kumar i think u know me very well.god in ur saying u have told forgive all at any cost but i forgiving those who blame,tease and hate me but again and again they are doing the same mistake. my mind gets confused and i am shouting with my husband.what can i do god.whether to keep silence of whether to make them understand and we need the peace in our mind i dont want to behave like them pl come into my heart god pl i am so vexed.god pl make me pregnant. By: Nithya Nithya - July 04, 2008 - Public
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The most appeal to me in the part of the lord Jesus in his mission of his statement was the spirit of the lord God is on him, because he has anointed to preached the good news not only to the poor but to all mankind, he has sent by the God the father to heal the brokenhearted to proclaimed and released to the captives, by recovering of sight to the blind, to delivered thos who were crushed and to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord, the lord jesus crist was the spokeman of the lord god they were comunicating and give the words or good news to the people to correct moral and religious abuses, to proclaim the moral values guided by holy spirit and the true religion which are connected to the character of God.By: nathaniel villaruz - September 28, 2006 - Public
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Jesus was sent by the Father God to preach the good news, to heal the broken hearted and sick people. Jesus` mission was proclaimed by Jesus himself by reading the book of Isaiah in the Synagogue. All wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth.By: Manoj Thomas - September 28, 2006 - Public
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``The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed, and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.`` no prophet is acceptable in his hometown The verses in Isaiah are really a consolation to me because it reminds me that whenever I was down, it is like God has promised to care for me. It really assured me and gave me hope.By: Kathleen Terado - September 27, 2006 - Public
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 | How did Jesus leave without being touched by these crowd of the congregation in the synagogue? |
They led him out to throw him down the cliff but he seemed he played a miracle or what made him disappeared without being hurt.By: Bol Joseph Agau - September 26, 2006 - Public
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.....recovering of sight to the blind, By: Bol Joseph Agau - September 26, 2006 - Public
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The strenght that comes from it and that allows him to face dejection is the same strenght that we can convey to the weak. Also the ability to give sight to the blinds. Spreading the vision of the Truth opening eyes and helping people along the path.By: Alessandra Parrini - September 26, 2006 - Public
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