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 …
I Am Doing A New Thing : Exploring the Themes of Jubilee : Lent 2015
Tucked away in one of the most difficult books of the Old Testament is a chapter relating to the year of Jubilee. This event which would take place every 50 years was a time of renewal for the people of God and the land they had been promised. Fields would be rested from being worked, land would be return to …