Leviticus 25:10-14
10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.
12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
- The Year of Jubilee in Leviticus 25 is one of the most radical ideas in the Bible. Every 50 years, every Israelite was supposed to return to their original piece of allotted land.
- The jubilee would have effectively prevented cycles of intergenerational poverty and create a social and economic parity that would make Israel unique among all nations.
- Jesus announced that he was enacting the Year of Jubilee when he launched his public ministry.
SHOW NOTES
In part 1 (0-7:30), the guys quickly review the conversation so far.
In part 2 (7:30-21:30), Tim dives into Leviticus 24.
“The Lord said to Moses, ‘Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning continually. Outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law in the tent of meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps before the Lord from evening till morning, continually. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. The lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord must be tended continually.’”
Tim shares a quote from Jacob Milgrom.
“There are three kinds of oil. The first when the olives are pounded in order and put into a basket, and the oil oozes out. Rabbi Judah says, ‘Around the basket and around the sides, the oil that runs out of the basket, this gives the first oil…. The first oil is fit for lampstands.’”
Tim and Jon observe that the first oil would be the safest, least likely to smoke. This would keep the soot for accumulating in the rooms where it is burning.
Tim makes several observations about the lamp from Leviticus 24.
The lamp (מאור / ma’or) is attended to every evening so that its light burns perpetually (“from evening to evening,” borrowing language from Genesis 1). The lamp is described with the vocabulary of the sun, moon, and stars in Genesis 1. They are symbols of the divine glory and markers “for signs and for seasons”—that is, for the appointed feasts (Gen. 1:14-16). The lamp is a symbol of the divine light that perpetually shines upon Israel, who is represented by the bread. Numbers 8:1-4 tells us that the light of the menorah “will give light in the front of the lampstand” (v. 2), shining in the direction of the bread. Leviticus 24:5-9 says that the bread is to be placed directly across from the light. Just as new bread is baked every Sabbath, so Israel is “recreated” every Sabbath. This bread is called “an eternal covenant” (Lev. 24:8), meaning it’s a symbol of the eternal relationship between God and Israel. Tim shares this quote from Michael Morales:
“The menorah lampstand contains the same seven-fold structure, symbolizing the entire seven-part structure of time provided by the heavenly lights…. Just as the cosmos was created for humanity’s Sabbath communion and fellowship with God, so too tabernacle was established for Israel’s Sabbath communion and fellowship with God “every day of the Sabbath” (Lev 24:8). This ritual drama of the lights and the bread, symbolizes the ideal Sabbath, the tribes of Israel basking in the divine light, being renewed in God’s presence Sabbath by Sabbath.”
(Michael Morales, Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord, 189-190 [with embedded quote by Vern Poythress].)
In part 3 (21:30-36:00), Tim dives into Leviticus 25 and the practice of jubilee.
“The Lord said to Moses at Mount Sinai, ‘Speak to the Israelites and say to them: “When you enter the land I am going to give you, the land itself must observe a sabbath to the Lord. For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops. But in the seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest, a sabbath to the Lord. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards. Do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the grapes of your untended vines. The land is to have a year of rest. Whatever the land yields during the sabbath year will be food for you—for yourself, your male and female servants, and the hired worker and temporary resident who live among you, as well as for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. Whatever the land produces may be eaten.
‘“Count off seven sabbath years—seven times seven years—so that the seven sabbath years amount to a period of forty-nine years. Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout your land. Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each of you is to return to your family property and to your own clan. The fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; do not sow and do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the untended vines. For it is a jubilee and is to be holy for you; eat only what is taken directly from the fields.
‘“In this Year of Jubilee everyone is to return to their own property. If you sell land to any of your own people or buy land from them, do not take advantage of each other. You are to buy from your own people on the basis of the number of years since the Jubilee. And they are to sell to you on the basis of the number of years left for harvesting crops. When the years are many, you are to increase the price, and when the years are few, you are to decrease the price, because what is really being sold to you is the number of crops. Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God. I am the Lord your God.
‘“Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws, and you will live safely in the land. Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill and live there in safety. You may ask, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not plant or harvest our crops?’ I will send you such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years. While you plant during the eighth year, you will eat from the old crop and will continue to eat from it until the harvest of the ninth year comes in.
‘“The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers. Throughout the land that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption of the land.
‘“If one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative is to come and redeem what they have sold. If, however, there is no one to redeem it for them but later on they prosper and acquire sufficient means to redeem it themselves, they are to determine the value for the years since they sold it and refund the balance to the one to whom they sold it; they can then go back to their own property. But if they do not acquire the means to repay, what was sold will remain in the possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. It will be returned in the Jubilee, and they can then go back to their property.
‘“Anyone who sells a house in a walled city retains the right of redemption a full year after its sale. During that time the seller may redeem it. If it is not redeemed before a full year has passed, the house in the walled city shall belong permanently to the buyer and the buyer’s descendants. It is not to be returned in the Jubilee. But houses in villages without walls around them are to be considered as belonging to the open country. They can be redeemed, and they are to be returned in the Jubilee.
‘“The Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the Levitical towns, which they possess. So the property of the Levites is redeemable—that is, a house sold in any town they hold—and is to be returned in the Jubilee, because the houses in the towns of the Levites are their property among the Israelites. But the pastureland belonging to their towns must not be sold; it is their permanent possession.
‘“If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you. Do not take interest or any profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may continue to live among you. You must not lend them money at interest or sell them food at a profit. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
‘“If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves. They are to be treated as hired workers or temporary residents among you; they are to work for you until the Year of Jubilee. Then they and their children are to be released, and they will go back to their own clans and to the property of their ancestors. Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be sold as slaves. Do not rule over them ruthlessly, but fear your God.
‘“Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.
‘“If a foreigner residing among you becomes rich and any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to the foreigner or to a member of the foreigner’s clan, they retain the right of redemption after they have sold themselves. One of their relatives may redeem them: An uncle or a cousin or any blood relative in their clan may redeem them. Or if they prosper, they may redeem themselves. They and their buyer are to count the time from the year they sold themselves up to the Year of Jubilee. The price for their release is to be based on the rate paid to a hired worker for that number of years. If many years remain, they must pay for their redemption a larger share of the price paid for them. If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, they are to compute that and pay for their redemption accordingly. They are to be treated as workers hired from year to year; you must see to it that those to whom they owe service do not rule over them ruthlessly.
‘“Even if someone is not redeemed in any of these ways, they and their children are to be released in the Year of Jubilee, for the Israelites belong to me as servants. They are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”’”
Tim makes a few observations about the practice of jubilee and the Year of Jubilee. Giving people back their ancestral land would prevent the formation of monopolies and land owner dynasties. It would be a consistent (about once a lifetime) check to level the economic playing field of ancient Israel.
Tim also notes that there are no narrative stories about Israel actually observing this Year of Jubilee. This causes some scholars to wonder whether the jubilee ever happened, or whether it was set up as an ideal to aspire to.
Tim says that jubilee anticipates a future restoration. He shares a quote from scholar John Bergsma.
“There is something inherently ‘eschatological’ about the jubilee, long before it was seen as a symbol of the eschaton by later writers. Since it recurred usually only once in a lifetime, the impoverished Israelite—or at least the one projected by the text—would spend most of his life in anticipation of this event of restoration. Also, from the perspective of the entire Pentateuch, the conquest and settlement of Canaan was a kind of ‘realized eschatology’—the fulfillment of the promise of the land of Canaan originally made to Abraham. Leviticus 25—in its present position in the Pentateuch—looks forward to the time when the ‘eschatological’ condition of Israel dwelling within her own land will be realized, and enacts measures to ensure that periodically this utopian, ‘eschatological’ state of Israel will be renewed and restored.”
(John Bergsma, The Jubilee from Leviticus to Qumran: A History of Interpretation, 81)
In part 4 (36:00-end), Tim and Jon talk about how the jubilee crosses into social, economic, and political views. Tim notes that Jesus launched his movement by declaring that the Year of Jubilee had arrived.
A.D.2024 D 10 M 7 Y 50 TO A.D.2025 D 9 M 7 Y 50.A JUBILEE YEAR.A.D.2025 50TH YEAR.WILL THERE BE SOME TYPE OF TRANSGRESSION OF DESOLATION POSSIBLY TO DO WITH THE DAILY SACRIFICE OF AN ANIMAL ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT IN JERUSALEM THAT IS BEFORE AND NOT DURING THE SEVEN YEAR TRIBULATION?
A.D.2023 d 10 m 7 y 49 to A.D.2024 d 9 m 7 y 49.A SABBATH YEAR.On April 8th A.D.2024 a second total solar eclipse will cross North America four month's before the Jubilee year starts.
A.D.2022 d 10 m 7 y 48 to A.D.2023 d 9 m 7 y 48.A.D.2021 d 10 m 7 y 47 to A.D.2022 d 9 m 7 y 47.A.D.2020 d 10 m 7 y 46 to A.D.2021 d 9 m 7 y 46.A.D.2019 d 10 m 7 y 45 to A.D.2020 d 9 m 7 y 45.DAY OF ATONEMENT
A.D.2019(5780).A.D.2018 d 10 m 7 y 44 to A.D.2019 d 9 m 7 y 44.DAY OF ATONEMENT A.D.2018(5779).A.D.2017 d 10 m 7 y 43 to A.D.2018 d 9 m 7 y 43.A.D.2018 1st day 1st month 43rd year
.The Bible states that Blessed are those that waiteth and come to this day.Psalm 25,130,145.Isaiah 40:28-31.
The United States of America at the direction of President Donald J. Trump moved their embassy to Jerusalem on May 14 A.D.2018 29th day 2nd month 43rd year.The 70th anniversary of the rebirth of the nation of Israel.DAY OF ATONEMENT A.D.2017(5778).
A.D.2016 d 10 m 7 y 42 to A.D.2017 d 9 m 7 y 42.A SABBATH YEAR.On August 21st A.D.2017 a total solar eclipse crossed North America.DAY OF ATONEMENT A.D.2016(5777).
The year that Nabonidus king of Babylon set up his son Belshazzar.Daniel 5.As co-regent over Babylon.He also places at this time the moon idol called Sin above the chief Babylonian idol Marduk.With the Babylonian king and his successor no longer respecting the GOD of Israel like was done in the time of Nebuchadnezzar.The atmosphere in which the Jewish people have to live in in Babylon becomes more nefarious.This is also what Mohammed did 1000 plus years later when he took 1 of 360 idols worshiped in Mecca.The moon idol called Sin or Al-ilah.Allah.And claimed that it was ELOHIM.THE GOD of creation.The GOD of Abraham Isaac and Israel.Modern Islam is the continuation of the idolatrous worship of the moon.
According to the Word of God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ 596B.C. 5th day 4th Biblical month(30th year of 50-597B.C. 10th day 7th month to 596B.C. 9th day 7th month) is the 5th year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah.This year is also called the 30th year.Ezekiel 1.This would be year 30 of the Biblical calendars 50 yearcycles which began on the 10th day of the 7th month.The Day of Atonement.Year 50 called the Jubilee.Leviticus 25.The Jubilee is a Sabbath.A year of liberty.When every man is returned unto his possession and family.A year of no planting or harvesting.Leviticus 23,25.The 7th 14th 21st 28th 35th 42nd and 49th years of the 50 year Jubilee cycle are also Sabbaths.Liberty years.The 12(13) Tribes of Israel were not allowed to plant or harvest.All debts between them were forgiven.And all servants who were their brethren and bought for a price were released with provisions.Exodus 21,23.Deuteronomy 15.Jeremiah 34.
After being instructed by GOD to do so in 596B.C. 5th day 4th month 30th year.Ezekiel lay on his left side for 390 days to cover the sin.Bear the iniquity of The House of Israel.The 10(11) Northern Tribes.Samaria.Who lived in Assyria.Second Kings 18.THE MOST HIGH told Ezekiel that He had appointed him each day for a year.Ezekiel 4.596B.C. Plus 390 years is 206B.C. 5th day 4th month 20th year.The year that Antiochus 3 was given the title of the great king for reviving the Seleucid empire by removing the Ptolemies from Seleucid territories.Who's successor Antiochus 4 attacked Jerusalem and stopped the sacrifice in the Temple.
Ezekiel then lay on his right side for 40 days to cover the sin of Judah.Who were now in captivity in Babylon.595B.C. 5th day 5th month 31st year plus 40 years is 555B.C.5th day 5th month 21st year.The year that Nabonidus king of Babylon set up his son Belshazzar.Daniel 5.As Co-Regent over Babylon.He also places at this time the moon idol called Sin above the chief Babylonian idol Marduk.With the Babylonian king and his successor no longer respecting the GOD of Israel like was done in the time of Nebuchadnezzar.The atmosphere in which the Jewish people have to live in in Babylon becomes more nefarious.This is also what Mohammed did 1000 plus years later when he took 1 of 360 idols worshiped in Mecca.The moon idol called Sin or Al-ilah.Allah.And claimed that it was ELOHIM.THE GOD of creation.The GOD of Abraham Isaac and Israel.Modern Islam is the continuation of the idolatrous worship of the moon.
Ezekiel at this point is no longer covering the sin of Judah.The Jewish people then suffer a period of punishment by THE ANCIENT OF DAYS of seven times for their sin.A time is one year.Leviticus 26.555B.C.Plus 2520 years is A.D.1966 5th day 5th month 41st year.The period of punishment for Judah is over.23 days 9 months later on June 7th A.D.1967 28th day 2nd month 42nd year.The Jewish people regained control of the Temple Mount and all of Jerusalem was once again the capital of Israel.The Bible refers to this event as the time of the gentiles being fulfilled.Luke 21.When using a calculator to make these calculations you have to add on one year when crossing over from 1B.C. to A.D.1.This is because there is no year zero.
722B.C. 5th day 4th month 4th year.6th year of Hezekiah king of Judah.9th year.Last year of Hoshea king of Israel.Second Kings 18.The year Israel.Samaria.The 10(11) Northern Tribes fell.Were carried off to Assyria.Plus 126 years.The reign lengths of the kings of Judah from Hezekiah to Jehoiachin.Second Chronicles 29.Is 596B.C. 5th day 4th month 30th year.722B.C. plus the seven times 2520 year punishment period is A.D.1799 5th day 4th month 24th year.The beginning of the Kingdom.Great Nation.Jacob's birthright.Which was given to Ephraim.In our time.Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.And Manasseh.President Donald J. Trump of The United States of America.The children of Joseph son of Jacob while they were still in Egypt.Genesis 35,48.Deuteronomy 33:13-17.First Chronicles 5:1,2.On July 19th A.D.1799 16th day 4th month 24th year the Rosetta Stone was discovered allowing Egyptian history and culture to be known by using the stone to translate the Hieroglyphics carved into their stone monuments.Tombs.Pyramids.July 19th is equal to the first day of the ancient Egyptian calendars first month called Akhet.The beginning of their civil year.
If at the end of the year-in the revolution of the year.Second Chronicles 24:23.At the return of the year.First Kings 20:26.Second Chronicles 36:10.The coming in of the year.Second Kings 13:20.When the year is expired-at the return of the year.Second Chronicles 36:10.In the beginning of the year.Ezekiel 23:21,40:1.Is at the 1st day of the 1st month.The prophetic numbers 1290 1335 deal with the daily sacrifice in the Jerusalem Temple being taken away and an abomination set up on the Temple Mount.And persons being blessed.12 years before 596B.C. 5th day 4th month 30th year Jehoiachin king of Judah's 5th year of captivity.In the year 608B.C. 1st day 1st month 18th year.The year Nebuchadrezzar.His servants entered the Temple in Jerusalem defiling it by their presence.Removing some of the Temple vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made for the Temple of the LORD.Polluting the House of the LORD.Second Kings 24.Second Chronicles 36.This would have stopped the sacrifices.Made the sacrifices unacceptable to GOD.Made the Temple unclean.Daniel 12 talks about how 1290 years after a sacrifice is stopped there would be an abomination that maketh desolate
.Any abomination of desolation always has to do with the Temple Mount.The only place YHWH chose on earth to put His name.
608B.C. plus 1290 years is A.D.683 1st day 1st month 8th year.The year the Muslims started to build the Dome of the Rock.An abomination on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.1335 years after A.D.683 is A.D.2018 1st day 1st month 43rd year.
The Bible states that Blessed are those that waiteth and come to this day.Psalm 25,130,145.Isaiah 40:28-31.
The United States of America at the direction of President Donald J. Trump moved their embassy to Jerusalem on May 14 A.D.2018 29th day 2nd month 43rd year.The 70th anniversary of the rebirth of the nation of Israel.
The prophetic number 2300 deals with the daily sacrifice and the transgression of desolation.276B.C. 50th year.The year the Old Testament was translated into Greek.The Septuagint.JESUS connects an abomination to the reading of the scriptures.
Whoso readeth,let him understand.Matthew 24:14,15.Mark 13:10-14.
Plus 2300 years.Daniel 8.Is A.D.2025 50th year.
Will there be some type of transgression of desolation possibly to do with the daily sacrifice of an animal on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem that is before and not during the 7 year tribulation?
1. Personal Liberty:
The 50th year was to be a time in which liberty should be proclaimed to all the inhabitants of the country. We should, indeed, diminish the import of this institution if we should apply it only to those who were to be freed from the bonds of physical servitude. Undoubtedly, they must have been the foremost in realizing its beneficial effects. But the law was intended to benefit all, the masters as well as the servants. They should never lose sight of their being brothers and citizens of theocratic kingdom. They owed their life to God and were subject to His sovereign will. Only through loyalty to Him were they free and could ever hope to be free and independent of all other masters.
2. Restitution of Property:
The institution of the Jubilee Year should become the means of fixing the price of real property (Leviticus 25:15; compare 25:25-28); moreover, it should exclude the possibility of selling any piece of land permanently (Leviticus 25:23), the next verse furnishing the motive:
"The land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me." The same rule was to be applied to dwelling-houses outside of the walled cities (Leviticus 25:31), and also to the houses owned by Levites, although they were built within walled cities (Leviticus 25:32).
In the same manner the price of Hebrew slaves was to vary according to the proximity of the Jubilee Year (Leviticus 25:47-54). This passage deals with the enslaving of a Hebrew by a foreigner living among the Jews; it goes without saying that the same rule would hold good in the case of a Hebrew selling himself to one of his own people.
In Leviticus 27:17-25 we find a similar arrangement respecting such lands that were "sanctified unto Yahweh." In all these cases the original owner was at liberty to redeem his property at any time, or have it redeemed by some of his nearest relatives (25:25-27,29,48; 27:19).
The crowning feature, though, was the full restitution of all real property in the Jubilee Year. The primary object of this regulation was, of course, the reversion of all hereditary property to the family which originally possessed it, and the reestablishment of the original arrangement regarding the division of the land. But that was not all; for this legal disposition and regulation of external matters was closely connected with the high calling of the Jewish people. It was a part of the Divine plan looking forward to the salvation of mankind. "The deepest meaning of it (the Jubilee Year) is to be found in the apokatastasis tes basileias tou theou, i.e. in the restoring of all that which in the course of time was perverted by man's sin, in the removing of all slavery of sin, in the establishing of the true liberty of the children of God, and in the delivering of the creation from the bondage of corruption to which it was subjected on account of man's depravity" (Romans 8:19) (compare Keil, Manual of Biblical Archaeology). In the Year of Jubilee a great future era of Yahweh's favor is foreshadowed, that period which, according to Isaiah 61:1-3, shall be ushered in to all those that labor and are heavy laden, by Him who was anointed by the spirit of the Lord Yahweh.
3. The Simple Life:
The Jubilee Year, being the crowning point of all sabbatical institutions, gave the finishing touch as it were to the whole cycle of sabbatic days, months and years. It is, therefore, quite appropriate that it should be a year of rest for the land like the preceding sabbatic year (Leviticus 25:11). It follows, of course, that in this instance there were two years, one after the other, in which there should be no sowing or systematic ingathering. This seems to be clear from Leviticus 25:18-22:
"And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, ye shall eat the old store." Thus in the 7th and 8th years the people were to live on what the fields had produced in the 6th year and whatever grew spontaneously. This shows the reason why we may say that one of the factors constituting the Jubilee Year was the "simple life." They could not help but live simply for two consecutive years. Nobody can deny that this afforded ample opportunity to develop the habit of living within very limited means. And again we see that this external part of the matter did not fully come up to the intention of the Lawgiver. It was not the simple life as such that He had in view, but rather the laying down of its moral and religious foundations. In this connection we must again refer to Leviticus 25:18-22, "What shall we eat the seventh year?" The answer is very simple and yet of surpassing grandeur: "Then I will command my blessing upon you," etc. Nothing was expected of the people but faith in Yahweh and confidence in His power, which was not to be shaken by any doubtful reflection. And right here we have found the root of the simple life: no life without the true God, and no simplicity of life without true faith in Him. "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" (Matthew 4:4; compare Deuteronomy 8:3).
We may well ask:
Did the Jewish people ever observe the Jubilee Year? There is no reason why they should not have observed it in pre-exilic times (compare Lotz in The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, X, under the word "Sabbatical Year" and "Year of Jubilee"). Perhaps they signally failed in it, and if so, we should not be surprised at all. Not that the institution in itself was cumbered with any obstacles that could not have been overcome; but what is more common than unbelief and unwillingness to trust absolutely in Yahweh? Or, was it observed in post-exilic times? Here, too, we are in the dark. There is, indeed, a tradition according to which the Jubilee Year has never been observed--neither in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah nor at any later period. The truth of this seems to be corroborated by the silence of Josephus, who, while referring quite frequently to the sabbatic year, never once mentions the Year of Jubilee.
This is the year of The LORD’s remission, the seventh year where debtors would be free of their obligations and slaves would be free from their owners.
I pondered on this, and It’s interesting to note on my calculations (and I welcome any corrections) the 6th year on the Jewish/ Hebrew calendar which is 5784 (5+7+8+4)= 6 and 2024 would begin the 7th year in September (Rosh Hashanah 2025) which is 5785 (5+7+8+5) 2+5 =7.
Based on this , I believe 2024 into 2025 is very significant as the year that will usher us into a year of liberation and rest, The Jubilee Year — Freedom of captivity from poverty and the beginning of the wealth transfer from the hands of the wicked.
This will be for those who have toiled, labored, processed, remained loyal to Elohim and repented.
Debts will be cancelled and settled glory to God. You have heard me speak about the season of Recompense and Restitution also Restoration.
Everything that has been stolen is being restored to us. The Wealth Transfer from the wicked to the saints
“A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just…” Proverbs 13:22
For those who get the Revelation, Understanding and receive may your testimonies be sure. This Word will have a performance.
“If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free — and when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed. You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as The LORD your God has blessed you. Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and The LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.” Deuteronomy 15:12-15
Please pay attention to the following:
“But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you, then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.” Deuteronomy 15:16-17
Also more importantly, this passage here. You notice the slave who chose to remain with his master what is done to him?
Well, this is also indicative of those of us who choose to remain with the sin master Satan, because of the pleasures of it.
But The LORD Jesus Christ, by becoming poor, and by shedding his blood, has made a full and free provision for the payment of our debts, the ransom of our souls, and the supply of all our wants.
God is giving us a chance to literally be Free — be Liberated! — but it’s up to us to choose to remain in bondage or come out!
Let us position ourselves for what God is doing.
In the sacred scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, a symphony of numbers weaves its way through the tapestry of God’s revelation, each one carrying profound significance and purpose. Among these numbers, none resonates more vibrantly than the divine number seven. It is the number of completion, perfection, and fulfillment, echoing through the ages as a signpost pointing us to the divine hand behind creation and history.
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The Seven Days of Creation: A Divine Blueprint
“To everything, there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). In the beginning, God set the rhythm of time itself with the grand overture of creation, a symphony conducted over seven days.
The Genesis story describes an extinction level event, just like many that are documented to have occurred in Earth’s history, including Noah’s flood. We don’t know what caused the event, but it could have been an asteroid or climate change. It could have been caused by a cosmic battle.
We do know, from the Genesis account, that the Lord had to quickly restore the Earth, so He could place Man there.
The first thing the Lord did was heal the waters – the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
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Then, step by step, in six periods of time, the Lord restored the Earth. Only the Creator can perform this miracle. The Holy Spirit showed Moses what actually happened, and he wrote an accurate account in the Book of Genesis:
Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and He called the darkness “night.” Evening came and then morning: the first day.
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Then God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water.” So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse. And it was so. God called the expanse “sky.” Evening came and then morning: the second day.
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Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land “earth,” and He called the gathering of the water “seas.” And God saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.” And it was so. The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. Evening came and then morning: the third day.
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Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for festivals and for days and years. They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth.” And it was so. God made the two great lights—the greater light to have dominion over the day and the lesser light to have dominion over the night—as well as the stars. God placed them in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth, to dominate the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. Evening came and then morning: the fourth day.
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Then God said, “Let the water swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” So God created the large sea-creatures and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water, according to their kinds. He also created every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. So God blessed them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” Evening came and then morning: the fifth day.
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Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that crawl, and the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. So God made the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and creatures that crawl on the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
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Then, He performed one additional act of creation:
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.”
So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God;
He created them male and female.
God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.” God also said, “Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This food will be for you, for all the wildlife of the earth, for every bird of the sky, and for every creature that crawls on the earth—everything having the breath of life in it. I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day. (Genesis 1:2-31)
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So the heavens and the earth and everything in them were completed. By the seventh day God completed His work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done. God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it He rested from His work of creation. (Genesis 2:1-3)
On the seventh day, God rested and sanctified it, setting a pattern for rest and blessing. The seventh day, known as the Sabbath, became a perpetual reminder of God’s creative and redemptive work. In observing the Sabbath, God’s people were commanded to rest and remember the completeness of God’s design.
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God” (Exodus 20:8-10). The fourth commandment calls us to rest and remember the Sabbath day.
The Sabbath foreshadows the ultimate rest found in Christ. “There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God” (Hebrews 4:9). Jesus is the fulfillment of the Sabbath, providing spiritual rest and completion.
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Seven in Biblical Symbolism
Beyond the creation narrative, the number seven reverberates throughout the Bible, carrying profound symbolic meaning.
1. Seven as Completeness
Seven represents completeness, fullness, and perfection. Just as God completed creation in seven days, He brings His work in our lives to fullness.
2. Seven as Covenant
God made covenants with His people marked by the number seven, such as the rainbow after the flood (Genesis 9:12-17) and circumcision (Genesis 17:12).
3. Seven as Purity
“The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace of earth, purified seven times” (Psalm 12:6). The number seven signifies purity and refinement.
4. Seven as Redemption
In the Old Testament, the Year of Jubilee was declared every seven years, highlighting the theme of redemption and restoration
The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai: “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you, the land will observe a Sabbath to the Lord. You may sow your field for six years, and you may prune your vineyard and gather its produce for six years. But there will be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land in the seventh year, a Sabbath to the Lord: you are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard. You are not to reap what grows by itself from your crop, or harvest the grapes of your untended vines. It must be a year of complete rest for the land. Whatever the land produces during the Sabbath year can be food for you—for yourself, your male or female slave, and the hired hand or foreigner who stays with you. All of its growth may serve as food for your livestock and the wild animals in your land.
You are to count seven sabbatical years, seven times seven years, so that the time period of the seven sabbatical years amounts to 49. Then you are to sound a trumpet loudly in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month; you will sound it throughout your land on the Day of Atonement. You are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim freedom in the land for all its inhabitants. It will be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and each of you to his clan. The fiftieth year will be your Jubilee; you are not to sow, reap what grows by itself, or harvest its untended vines. It is to be holy to you because it is the Jubilee; you may only eat its produce directly from the field. (Leviticus 25:1-12)
The 7th year Sabbath and 50th year Jubilee were to be a time of liberation, restoration, and celebration. However, there is no record that shows Israel EVER observed the Jubilee year or the 7 year sabbatical years, according to their Law. The children of Israel were not faithful to God. For 490 years they refused to allow their land to rest during the Sabbaticals. Because of their disobedience, God allowed the children of Israel to be taken captive to Babylon for 70 years. While they were in Babylon the land back in Canaan enjoyed its 70 Sabbath years of rest.
Why did the Israelite kings refuse to obey the law of Sabbath rest for the land and the people? It is purely economics. It is just not economical to let the land lie unused for a period of one year when harvests can be gathered year in and year out. They did not trust the Lord’s provision and thought that they would suffer financially and materially.
This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:
In repentance and rest is your salvation,
in quietness and trust is your strength,
but you would have none of it. (Isaiah 30:15)
It seems the opposite of what we want to do, which is to fanatically run around and solve the problem, but repenting and resting is exactly what the Lord requires.
This year could be the grand Jubilee we have all been expecting. As Jesus began His ministry with the Jubilee, it is fitting that He could cap off this Jubilee with the Rapture for His bride.
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Is now the time for the Rapture Jubilee? 3 timelines stand out:
1. The re-birth of Israel and the Last Generation
In the book of Matthew, we see Jesus teaching the Apostles that the Tribulation, and his Rapture of the bride will be linked to a certain generation:
Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, at the doors! Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. (Matthew 24:32-34).
We believe that this generation started when Israel (often Biblically symbolized as a fig tree) was reestablished as a nation in 1948 after 1,900 years of dispersion, persecution and oppression. The reason we think this is the last generation is that the Rapture, Tribulation and Second Coming require the existence of the nation of Israel.
A Biblical generation is defined as 70 to 80 years in Psalm 90:10: Our lives last seventy years
or, if we are strong, eighty years.
Now, applying simple addition, we can add 80 years to 1948 and conclude that the Rapture is imminent.
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2. Biblical chronology: 6,000 Years from Adam to the Day of the Lord
The Old Testament, New Testament, and early writings confirm that the church taught that there will be a thousand year millennial reign of Christ with His people on the earth.
The common belief and teaching was that a millennial reign would come after a literal six thousand year reign of Man.
The scripture in Revelation is clear on the thousand years:
And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. (Revelation 20:4-6)
So, the natural question is, when do the six-thousand years of Man’s self-rule end? The relevant biblical genealogy, formulated and published by the brilliant Biblical scholar Dionysius Petavius in 1627, suggests the creation of Adam was around 3,983 BC. Subtraction shows that 6,000 years – 3,983 = 2018 (there is no “year zero” from BC to AD).
There are inevitable rounding errors due to the 6,000 years of time being calculated, but this date is accurate to within a few years.
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3. 2,000 years from Jesus’ First Coming to His Second Coming
Come, let us return to the Lord.
For He has torn us,
and He will heal us;
He has wounded us,
and He will bind up our wounds.
He will revive us after two days,
and on the third day He will raise us up
so we can live in His presence. (Hosea 6:1-2)
The Gospel of Luke (Luke 3:23) states that Jesus was “about 30 years of age” at the start of his ministry. Luke noted that the ministry of John the Baptist began in the 15th year of Tiberius Caesar’s reign, which was the year AD 26.
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, God’s word came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. (Luke 3: I, 2)
This statement of Luke makes absolutely certain the approximate date of Jesus’ public ministry, for we know when Tiberius was emperor (I4-37 A. D.) and when Pilate was procurator (26-36 A. D.).
Jesus began to minister shortly after this time. His crucifixion took place around AD 30, indicating that His public ministry took place within the AD 26 timeframe.
Scholars note that if Jesus began His public ministry between mid to late AD 26 and died in the spring of AD 30, His ministry would have been a total of 3½ years (including His resurrection, 40 days of appearances, and ascension).
Jesus declared that His ministry around 26 AD:
He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As usual, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read. The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to Him, and unrolling the scroll, He found the place where it was written:
The Spirit of the Lord is on Me,
because He has anointed Me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent Me
to proclaim freedom to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to set free the oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.
He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him. He began by saying to them, “Today as you listen, this Scripture has been fulfilled.” (Luke 4:16-21)
If we use the date of the end of His public ministry as the First Coming, and add 2,000 years, this suggests the Second Coming will be soon. When we subtract 7 years for the Tribulation, the Rapture is imminent.
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The Millennial Kingdom
The seventh and final dispensation brings about the culmination of life on Earth and the closest thing yet to how God really wanted to live with us on this planet. As its name suggests, the Millennial Kingdom of Christ will be the true peace covenant, and will last for 1,000 years.
I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. I will establish and multiply them and will set My sanctuary among them forever. My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people. When My sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, Yahweh, sanctify Israel.” (Ezekiel 37:26-28)
Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the people who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the 1,000 years were completed. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of the Messiah, and they will reign with Him for 1,000 years. (Revelation 20:4-6)
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If you are not sure that you are saved, you can accept Christ into your life right now, by praying:
“Lord Jesus, I believe you are the Son of God. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. Please forgive my sins and give me the gift of eternal life. I ask you into my life and heart to be my Lord and Savior.”
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