Jubilee, A Time of Liberty

This is a continuation of the previous message "Liberty". It is my opinion that all of God's people should walk in freedom but in many cases do not. It bothers me that so many Spirit filled people are daily encumbered with so much stuff that they have very little joy in their life. This isn't His will...I pray the following will help you see you rights.

Your comments are encouraged and requested.

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Jubilee, A Time of Lierty

a. In Lev. 25:8-12 we see that God ordained that Israel, His church, set aside a year , every fifty years, to celebrate Jubilee, a time of liberty. The word Jubilee comes from a Hebrew word signifying a cry of joy, joyful shout, and then transferred to the sound or clangor of trumpets. The opening celebration always began with the blowing of trumpets (noise).

b. The purpose of Jubilee was three-fold:

1. First liberty was proclaimed to all Israelites, the church, who were in bondage.

Jn. 8:36 ” If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. “

II Cor. 3:15-18 “ But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their
heart. Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away. Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. “ ( The church today. )

2. Second there was to be a return of possessions that had to be sold in the past because of poverty.

Joel 2:21-23 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things. Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

3. Third it was a year of rest. The people were to live simply. Living off what their fields had provided the previous year.

Matt. 11:28-30 “ Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. “

Jesus's Purpose: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised, To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. (Luke 4:18, 19. In these ever so popular verses we see established that the coming of Christ established permanently what was periodically in the Old Testament: our rights to restoration, liberty and peace. Stand on His Word and you can always walk free.