“You are also to
count off seven Sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years, so
that you have the time of the seven Sabbaths of years, namely, forty-nine
years. You shall then sound a ram’s horn
abroad on the tenth day of the seventh month, as the Day of Atonement you shall
sound a horn all through your land” (Lev. 25:8-9).
Hey Gang: I pray you
have a deeper understanding of the Feasts, the meaning of each one, and it has
instilled in you a deep desire to do some digging on your own and see what the
Holy Spirit is saying to you. And now it
is time to return to the Year of Jubilee with this background in place.
Point One: IN VERY BOLD PRINT – THERE IS A JUBILEE
COMING VERY SOON. As we mentioned
before the Shemitah year ends on September 13, which is also Elul 29 on the
Jewish calendar. So fact number one: a
repeat from Jubilee One that you need to tuck away in your hard drives, this
Shemitah Year ends on Elul 29 and Jubilee begins on the next day which is
Tishrei 1 which is also Rosh Hashanah which begins the Jewish New Year of
5776.
Point two: Jubilee is
a Sabbath. As Evangelist Dan Goodwin wrote
in his book God’s Final Jubilee, we are not under the Sabbath in the New
Testament Age. It was meant to be a
shadow of the coming of Christ and our resting in Him for salvation. In Colossians 2:16-17 we read, “Let no man therefore judge you in meat,
or in drink, or in respect of a holyday, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath
days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ”.
There are several Sabbaths in the Bible. There is the seventh day Sabbath, which is a
Sabbath for man: It is a day of rest
from all his labors. The Sabbath is a
picture of resting in Christ for our salvation.
Keeping the Sabbath according to Old Testament rules would cause
rebellion in the streets today. No,
traveling, no cooking, no using all the modern devices that fill our
homes.
In Israel, today, the Sabbath is still honored by most. It is a neat experience to stand on the
eighth floor of the Hilton Hotel and watch the city of Jerusalem shut down on
Friday afternoon. The rich Jews move
into the hotels where they continue to enjoy the modern conveniences that are
available to them. The elevators are
programmed to stop at every floor, so as to not have to violate the Sabbath law
– work to push a button, as also with telephones that can be answered without
picking them up. Foreigners prepare and
serve the food.
The seventh year is a Sabbath
for the land which was God’s plan for restoring the land. The purpose was two- fold, first to have
enough faith in God that He would supply their needs, even if they did not sink
one shovel into the ground. The second was
to allow the land to rest and replenish itself.
Fertilizers were not available in that time and the animal waste insufficient
to meet the grounds needs.
The 49th year is a Sabbath called the
Jubilee. Every seventh day is a Sabbath
for men to rest. Every seventh year was
a Sabbath for the land to rest. Every 49th
year was a Jubilee. Not only was it a
rest for the land, but it was a proclamation of liberty throughout the
land. Several things happened at the
Jubilee. (This is a bit confusing from Goodwin.
Scripture says year after 7th Sabbath = 50th
year).
1.
All
property went back to the original owner on the Jubilee (Lev. 25:13). Purpose to keep the land in the possession of
the original 12 tribes as appointed under Joshua. As mentioned before the Trumpet is sounded
and the year of Jubilee begins which also happens to be the Day of
Atonement. (Lev. 25:9). But it is also believed by most prophecies gurus
that Jesus will come back on the Day of Atonement and put down the Antichrist
and liberate the earth (Read Revelation
19:11-16).
2.
All debt was forgiven on the Jubilee. The purpose, to give all men a fresh
start. Wow, would that be awesome to
wake up tomorrow morning and see all of your debt stamped ‘paid in full’. Un-fortunately it has been proven that for
many, debt is a way of life and being debt free would give them the motivation
to hit the credit card route once again.
3.
All bond servants (slaves) were set free on the
Jubilee. If you had gone into debt and
sold yourself as a bond slave to pay your debt, you and your family would go
free at the Jubilee. This was God’s plan.
This is what Chapter 5 of Revelation is all about. Christ, the Kinsman Redeemer, and will redeem
the earth during the Tribulation.
Soooo, good folks, a very quick summary. I close with Pastor Goodwill’s summary
because I cannot improve on it: “Christ
paid our sin debt on Passover. He lay in
the grave during Unleavened Bread proving there was no leaven or sin in His
body. Christ rose victorious over death
and the grave on Feast of First Fruits.
On Pentecost He empowered the church to go out and till the ground,
plant, water, and get a crop in the ground.
At the end of 2000 year church age He comes back on Feast of Trumpets to
reap the harvest of souls at what we call the rapture.
At the end of seven years, the end of the Tribulation, we
come back with the Bridegroom to end the Battle of Armageddon. Christ stands on the Mount of Olives in
fulfillment of the sixth feast, the Day of Atonement which happens in a Jubilee
year. Satan is cast into the bottomless pit and the Kingdom Age begins on the
seventh feast which is Feast of Tabernacles.
God and man will “dwell together”.
Yes, the clouds are gathering - but I peeked! And in the end, those who love the Lord with
all their hearts, WIN! Hallelujah! Amen and Amen!
Blessings,
Gramps
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