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Leviticus 25:8-17
Excerpted from: Deuteronomy, Land Sabbaths, Atonement, and Third Tithe

This scripture reveals that Atonement is the anchor point for counting the seven-year cycle and properly arriving at the year of release and then eventually at the the fiftieth year, which is the Jubilee year. It is also interesting that a trumpet is used to mark the start of that year.

Now again this year, the Jubilee year is anchored on the Day of Atonement. The trumpet is to sound throughout the land, and there is a proclamation of liberty, that is, a blessing that is to go throughout all the land and its inhabitants.

It is interesting to me that God says in verse 12, "it shall be holy to you," which in my mind means it is something that we should observe.

This year teaches us that God commanded a release of all of the inhabitants of the land and all of the inhabitants of the land to return to their possessions and family.

It was more than the seven-year land Sabbath. It was a complete release of all debt, as well as a land Sabbath.

It is interesting to me that in verses 13 through 17, God says, you shall not oppress each other, and He says that twice. Like the seven-year land Sabbath, do we let offenses go, or do we oppress one another by holding on to various wrongs or infractions?

Leviticus 25:8-12
Excerpted from: The Appointed Weeks of Pentecost

This pattern of seven sevens shows up again in the counting of the Jubilee:

These verses show that the Jubilee and the Feast of Weeks use the same procedure to arrive at their respective endpoints. With the Jubilee, there is a span of years that indicates perfect perfection, and then the next year is a blessing for the entire nation. It was a national reset of debts and land ownership, as well as a land sabbath—the second in a row when the nation would be able to eat from the land without having to sow. It was a year of liberty and providence that came after a perfect span of appointed years.

The Feast of Weeks, then, is like a mini-Jubilee. Both are dependent on seven sevens, whether literal Sabbaths or Sabbaths of years. And in both cases, the cycles of seven remain unbroken. Just as Pentecost is both the 50^th day and it is also the first day of the week, so the Jubilee is both the 50^th year and also the first year of the next Sabbatical cycle. Pentecost is a day that fits within and begins the weekly cycle, and the Jubilee is a year that fits within and begins the Sabbatical cycle. So, the cycle of seven, of divine perfection, is never interrupted.

Leviticus 25:10-12
Excerpted from: A New Beginning

It represented a new beginning for people in ancient Israel. Every seventh year, the Day of Atonement signaled the end of physical and economic bondage and the beginning of a new sabbatical cycle of years. Every forty-ninth year of this sabbatical cycle of years, God declared the next year a year of jubilee. The fiftieth year was a sacred year that was set apart as a year of physical and spiritual freedom and renewal.

The association of the number fifty with liberty as well as rest emerges in God's establishment of the Year of Jubilee. Every seventh year is to be a Sabbath year in which the land lies unplanted; but after seven Sabbath years have passed, Israel is to observe the fiftieth year as a second Sabbath year—a Year of Jubilee. In this year, a trumpet blast on the Day of Atonement signals the return to the original owner any land that had been sold and the freedom of any Israelites in the land who had been sold as servants.

Leviticus 25:10
Excerpted from: The Two Wave Loaves of Pentecost

When we remember our former enslavement, we have cause to celebrate our freedom in the present, and this leads into a second element in this passage. As we know, the count to Pentecost consists of seven weeks—seven sevens—and then the next day is the Feast. It is the same pattern as the Jubilee, except that the Jubilee consists of seven weeks of seven years instead of seven days. But Pentecost and the Jubilee use the same procedure to arrive at their respective endpoints.

So, God says here to remember the former slavery, which then reminds us of the liberty we have now. Similarly, at the beginning of the Jubilee year, liberty was proclaimed throughout the land for all its inhabitants (Leviticus 25:10). It was a consecrated and holy year, even as Pentecost is a holy day. So, Pentecost is like a mini-Jubilee.

Leviticus 25:10
Excerpted from: God's Pattern of the Family

In the instructions in Leviticus 25, for observing the fiftieth year Jubilee, notice that the family unit is so important that even after fifty years those family ties were to be rekindled and solidified. The Jubilee represents liberty, the release and freedom from slavery, and in connection with the day of Atonement—freedom from Satan.

Obviously the family is paramount to God's plan. Even after separations as much as fifty years, God wants them back together.

Leviticus 25:9-12
Excerpted from: Trumpets and the Fall of Jericho

It says that the Jubilee is a holy year of liberty, and that is exactly what God was doing here in destroying Jericho. He was proclaiming liberty, not for the people of Jericho, but for His own people. He was going to make them free to inherit the land. That is one big part of the jubilee year—everyone goes back to his inheritance. No matter what had happened in the intervening time, you get back what is yours by right, or reward in this case.

Leviticus 25:8-12
Excerpted from: Deuteronomy, Land Sabbaths, Atonement, and Third Tithe

Now again this year, the Jubilee year is anchored on the Day of Atonement. The trumpet is to sound throughout the land, and there is a proclamation of liberty, that is, a blessing that is to go throughout all the land and its inhabitants.

It is interesting to me that God says in verse 12, "it shall be holy to you," which in my mind means it is something that we should observe.

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