The God of Jubilee

Year of the Lord’s FavorLuke 4:17-19 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”

Seven Sabbaths of YearsLeviticus 25:8-10Culmination of …• Sabbath• Sabbath Years•Day of Atonement

RestLeviticus 25:11-12•Rest for you.•Rest for the land.•Rest for the weary and poor.

RemembranceLeviticus 25:13-17, 23-24• Land was not an investment or an source of power.• Land was valued by what it could produce.• Land belongs to God: “the land is mine.”

TrustLeviticus 25:18-21•Obedience, not ambition, produced security.• v. 20, “What shall we eat?”•Obedience is motivated by trust in God to provide.

FreedomLeviticus 25:39-43• Indebted slave/servants were all freed in the year of

Jubilee, regardless of what they owed.• Like the land, they do not belong to you: “they are my

servants.”•Belonging to God means we are free from all others.

The God of JubileeWhat does it mean to belong to the God of Jubilee?• It means rest for the weary.• It means remembrance of his ownership of creation.• It means trust in him to provide.•Above all, it means freedom from unpayable debt.