What do you think of when you hear the word “Jubilee”? Did you know that word is used in the Bible? “Then on the Day of Atonement in the fiftieth year, blow the ram’s horn loud and long throughout the land. Set this year apart as holy, a time to proclaim freedom throughout the land for all who live there. It will be a jubilee year for you, when each of you may return to the land that belonged to your ancestors and return to your own clan. This fiftieth year will be a jubilee for you. During that year you must not plant your fields or store away any of the crops that grow on their own, and don’t gather the grapes from your unpruned vines. It will be a jubilee year for you, and you must keep it holy.” Leviticus 25:9-12 Also on the Year of Jubilee, slaves were to be set free and houses were to be returned to their original owners. You might wonder why the 50th year. Well, according to what God told Moses, every seventh year was to be a Sabbath for the land and a time when debts were forgiven. Seven of those Sabbaths would be 49 years, so the 50th year became the Year of Jubilee.
Posted on: Sun, 04 May 2014 02:04:51 +0000
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