Jubilee - Cry of Joy

And you shall hallow the fiftieth year and you shall proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; you shall return, every one of you, to your property and every one of you to your family. (Leviticus 25:10 NRSV)

"The liberty which every (person) was born to, if it were sold or forfeited, should...return at the year of jubilee...This was typical of our redemption by Christ from the slavery of sin and Satan, and our restoration to the glorious liberty of the children of God...(W)e are sure it is the Son that makes us free, and then we are free indeed." (Matthew Henry)

"Jubilee" (according to New Wilson's O.T. Word Studies), "is an onomato-poetic word, signifying a cry of joy, joyful shout, and then transferred to the sound or clang of trumpets."

I am amazed at the all-encompassing nature of the liberation and other effects of the jubilee, both for those in Leviticus, and for those of us in Christ.

Our sins are forgiven.

Debts and finances are set right.

Relationships are restored.

Families are put back together.

The world is able to fulfill its intended purpose.

No part of the created order is off limits. God just can't seem to stop!

As others have observed, "Jesus is our jubilee!"

We have the privilege and the responsibility to get in on God's people-changing, world-changing, mission. We can experience it and we can participate in it.

God has begun the jubilee. It is breaking in, bits and pieces, here and there, in our world.

Where does God want to bring liberation to you or through you today?!

Grace & peace