The God of Jubilee
Year of the Lord’s Favor
Luke 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 Years
Leviticus 25:8-10
Culmination of …
• Sabbath
• Sabbath Years
• Day of Atonement
Rest
Leviticus 25:11-12
• Rest for you.
• Rest for the land.
• Rest for the weary and poor.
Remembrance
Leviticus 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.”
Trust
Leviticus 25:18-21
• Obedience, not ambition, produced security.
• v. 20, “What shall we eat?”
• Obedience is motivated by trust in God to provide.
Freedom
Leviticus 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 Jubilee
What 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.