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Leviticus 25:19-22 If you were told to take a year off, you would understandably ask the question, “How will I afford to live?” This is exactly what the Israelites would be doing when instructed to let the land rest for a year. “How will we eat?” “How will we survive?” God, though, has this in hand. He tells them that …
Leviticus 25:13-17 Jubilee brought about a ‘system reset’ for the people of God. Land was to be returned to its original owner, slaves were to be freed and property given back. This re-setting meant that someone couldn’t become poor for ever but had a chance to be released and start afresh at the Jubilee. It also meant that those who …
Leviticus 25:35-37 In today’s climate it does not seem that it takes much for someone to exploit a situation for their gain. This kind of dishonesty breaks down the bonds between people and breeds distrust and disharmony. God specifically asks that the people do not make profit of their brothers or sisters. More than that, if any of them finds …
Leviticus 25:38-42 One of the commands of the Jubilee was that none of the people of God should be owned as slaves and that in the year of Jubilee they should be freed. Slavery was something this nation was all too familiar with, having spent years in Egypt working for the Pharaohs. God had liberated them from this slavery and …
Leviticus 25:1-7 The Jubilee came as the pinnacle of a much longer Sabbath cycle. Every seven years the land would be given rest and, after this cycle had taken place seven times, the Jubilee would take place. God’s decree was that the land would rest and that no seed would be planted, no field ploughed and no harvest gathered. The …
Leviticus 25:8-10 The sound of the Shofar horn would have rang out on different occasions in the life of the Jewish nation. The horn is still used today at certain times to mark festivals and important occasions. As the Shofar sounded on the Day of Atonement in the Jubilee year, it marked for all people the beginning of an important …