seekeroftruth
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Leviticus 25:8 “‘Count off seven sabbath years—seven times seven years—so that the seven sabbath years amount to a period of forty-nine years. 9 Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout your land. 10 Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each of you is to return to your family property and to your own clan. 11 The fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; do not sow and do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the untended vines. 12 For it is a jubilee and is to be holy for you; eat only what is taken directly from the fields.
This is from the easy English commentary.
The trumpet is a musical instrument. Today, we make them out of a metal called brass. During Moses’ life, people made ‘trumpets’ from the horns of animals. These horns grew on the animals’ heads. The Hebrew word for these ‘trumpets’ was ‘yobel’. We get our word ‘jubilee’ from this Hebrew word ‘yobel’. The Jews could not harvest what grew in their fields that year. They had to eat what grew in the year before the Sabbath Year.
The Jubilee Year began on the Day of Atonement (see Leviticus 23:26-32). So it began when God forgave his people’s sins. And during that year, God gave freedom to all his people. They returned to the places where their families lived. If they had sold their family’s land, God gave the land back to them again. God was making these things right again. And this should remind us that, in the future, God will make everything right.
The Jubilee Year began on the Day of Atonement (see Leviticus 23:26-32). So it began when God forgave his people’s sins. And during that year, God gave freedom to all his people. They returned to the places where their families lived. If they had sold their family’s land, God gave the land back to them again. God was making these things right again. And this should remind us that, in the future, God will make everything right.
I found this at a site called Christian Crier.
The Septuagint translation of the Bible, renders the word Jubilee in Hebrew “yobel” or yovel” as “a trumpet blast of liberty” but today the Day of Atonement is no longer observed in Israel and is presently called Yom Kipper or “Day of “ (yom) “Atonement” (“kippur” or release). Contrary to what many believe, the Day of Atonement was the most solemn day of the year which included a 25-hour period of intense prayer and fasting (or affliction). Most of the day was spent in the temple or sanctuary in worship, reading the Torah, and in prayer. There seems to be a link between the Hebrew word “kippur” and “kapporet” which was the name of the mercy seat which was the covering of the Ark of the Covenant where the blood of the sacrifice was sprinkled on. It was said to be the “propitiation” which is a word that means “the satisfaction” or “to appease, to satisfy” which seems to fit nicely with the sacrifice that Christ made. His blood was spilled and mercy shown to us because of His blood being poured out to satisfy the wrath of God for our sins.
Now I can't believe that all debt is supposed to be forgiven every 50 years. This has got to be the beginning of a discussion not the discussion itself. I mean.... if all debt is to be forgiven every 50 years.... then people would buy homes on the 49th year and be debt free a year later... right?
Well I'll have to keep reading... right?
