The Year of Jubilee

I have always thought the Year of Jubliee was the most wonder concept. It seems to be an reminder to the Hebrews to celebrate their release from slavery and bondage in Egypt via the provision of God through the Exodus. But couldn't the concept also apply to us today, if we wanted it to? What a wonderful thing that would be! I started trying to find more information about it and came across this website:
http://www.growthingod.org.uk/jubilee.htm

To think every 50 years everyone would get a fresh start and a clean slate... Can anyone tell me if Israel continually kept the year of Jubilee? I really don't know, and any other information on it I would appreciate.

Thanks
zeetz

From the website above:

"The most unusual observance that God commanded the Israelites through Moses was the keeping of the year of jubilee. For most people this celebration occurred only once in their life time, and for many not even that, as it occurred only once every 50 years.

At this year of jubilee all Israelites who had sold themselves into slavery were set free, and all land that had been sold reverted to its original owner. This meant that no Israelite could ever be in permanent slavery; nor could any Israelite permanently lose his inheritance.

The English word jubilee comes from the Hebrew word yobel meaning a trumpet or ram's horn. These rams' horns were blown on the Day of Atonement to announce the start of the year of jubilee. The word jubilee should not be confused with the word jubilation which comes from a Latin word meaning to rejoice. The year of jubilee was no doubt a time of great jubilation, but the similarities of the two words are (at least humanly speaking) a coincidence."

i remember reading somewhere that.........there is no indication that ISRAEL ever actually did the JUBILEE

the JUBILEE is fascinating to me

every 7th year was a SABBATH year.............in the OT, it says..........for 490 years, ISRAEL did not observe the SABBATH YEAR........they planted crops every year..........then God sent them into exile into Babylon,,,,,,,,and God told them........for 490 years, you didn't keep the SABBATH year,,,,,,,,so, the LAND didn't get 70 SABBATH YEARS,,,,,,,,so, you'll be exiles in Babylon for 70 years, and the LAND will enjoy her SABBATH YEARS

and, so, if they didn't do the SABBATH YEARS, they probably didn't do the JUBILEE either

i think Shekel told us..........the Jubilee is every 49 years.............you have a sabbath year every 7 years,,,,,,,,every 7 times 7 years , you have a jubilee

but all of this applied to ISRAEL ONLY, in OT times ONLY,,,,,,,,,so, it's only a foreshadow of Christ , now........collossians 2;16

it was God's "safety net"..........it prevented people from becoming a "landless" sub-class of poor people...........and permanent slave-people.............but, ISRAEL never did a jubilee


and for the most part,,,,,,people in NT times never did the NT version of jubilee,,,,,,,,,,they never got born-again, and never loved their neighbor as themselves

Jer 25:12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.

Yes, I was thinking that too, about how it was for OT and now in Christ we have the benefits not only of Jubilee and liberty, but salvation and ALL the wonderful things Jesus gives us so freely...your comments REALLY helped and BLESSED me Dennis

zeetz

PS: Do you think the Jubilee and Sabbath years, etc, will be instituted during the Millennium reign of Christ?

what are you doing?.........sitting up in the middle of the nite?...........you should be in bed!



Isa 66:23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.

i guess this is the Mill Reign..........."all flesh" would be the mortals..............you and i will be im-mortal in the Mill Reign.

in Exodus, it says that ISAREL will observe the PASSOVER FOREVER..........(perhaps a lamb-less passover,,,,,,since Christ is our Passover now?)

1Co 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

Christ is our Passover, Sabbath, Jubilee, High Priest, King, Judge, Advocate, Intercessor, Kinsman-Redeemer, Rest, Joy, Love, Righteousness, Goodness, Meat, Bread, Wine, Word, Peace, Teacher, Rabbi, Shepherd, Physician, etc


in the Mill Reign,,,,,,,,,perhaps, ISRAEL will observe many of the physical rules of the Mosaic Law,,,,,,,,but, i'm not sure............we shall see


many jews and gentiles (mortals) in the Mill Reign will not ever get saved,,,,,,,,,and they'll rebell against Christ at the end of the Mill

christ is our passover, pentecost, tabernacles, DAY OF ATONEMENT, HANNAKAH, etc

Ha! Dennis! yes, I can't seem to go to sleep. I keep reading and praying - but now it's 12:55 am here now, and my eyes are getting heavy...so off to sleep I go !

Thanks again for the good information. Especially this:



See you tomorrow, and God Bless you

zeetz

1Co 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:


notice that we are "a new lump" of un-leavened dough....bread............Christ was the BREAD/MANNA FROM HEAVEN

and we are bread...............we get spiritual nourishment from the BREAD FROM HEAVEN,,,,,,,,,,,,

and our neighbors get spiritual nourishment from us (we are bread, indwelt by the BREAD FROM HEAVEN)

Lord Jesus, help us to be True Spiritual Nourishment for all our family and neighbors.

un-leavened bread

leaven is a type/picture of sin

PASSOVER is a picture of salvation.........the lamb (Jesus) is slain, and we trust in His blood, to protect us from death.
at passover, the DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD BEGIN...........(the days of no sin begin)
today, RIGHT NOW, we live in the DAYS OF UN-LEAVENED BREAD..........CHRISTIANS DON'T SIN

Exo 12:15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

Mat 26:17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

Act 20:6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.