JESUS IS THE JUBILEE

…The Year of the Lord’s Favor

Leviticus 25: 8-17

[8] "`Count off seven Sabbaths of years--seven times

seven years—so that the seven sabbaths of years

amount to a period of forty-nine years.

[9] 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.

[10] Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty

throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a

jubilee for you; each one of you is to return to his

family property and each to his own clan. Cont.

.

[11] 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.

[12] For it is a jubilee and is to be holy for you; eat

only what is taken directly from the fields.

[13] " `In this Year of Jubilee everyone is to return

to his own property.

[14] " `If you sell land to one of your countrymen or

buy any from him, do not take advantage of each

other. Cont.

[15] You are to buy from your countryman on the basis

of the number of years since the Jubilee. And he is to

sell to you on the basis of the number of years left

for harvesting crops.

[16] 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 he is really selling

you is the number of crops.

[17] Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your

God. I am the LORD your God.

JESUS IS THE JUBILEE

… The Year of the Lord’s Favor

Isaiah 61:1-3

[1] The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the

LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He

has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim

freedom for the captives and release from darkness for

the prisoners,

[2] to proclaim the year of the LORD‘S favor and the day of

vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,

Cont.

[3] and provide for those who grieve in Zion-to

bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of

ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning,

and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of

despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness,

a planting of the LORD for the display of his

splendor.

JESUS IS THE JUBILEE

…The Year of The Lord’s Favor

Luke 4:16-21

[16] He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and

on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his

custom. And he stood up to read.

[17] The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him.

Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:

[18] "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 for the prisoners and recovery of sight

for the blind, to release the oppressed,

[19] to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

[20] Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the

attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the

synagogue were fastened on him,

[21] and he began by saying to them, "Today this scripture

is fulfilled in your hearing."

JESUS IS THE JUBILEE

… The Year of the Lord’s Favor