Year Of Jubilee

Leviticus twenty-five talks about the law of the land regarding the sabbatical year. This is where the children of Israel were told they could plant crops in a field for six years but on the seventh year they had to give that field a year of rest. This also applied to the vineyards, the fruit could not be pruned or harvested that seventh year. This is also known in Hebrew as Shemitah, which means, “Release.” If the Israelites were to ask how they were going to eat that seventh year, they the Lord commanded his blessing on them, and the sixth year of there harvest was multiplied by three times, providing food for three years. That present year’s needs were met, the sabbatical years need was met as well as, a provision that had been stored for

So the year of Jubilee was in fact the fiftieth year, which was a year for consecration, a holy year. The year of Jubilee has also been referred to as the “Liberty” year, which occurs on one of God’s annual feast days known as the “Day of Atonement. Jubilee is translated from Hebrew as “ram’s horn” which is blown at the start of the year of Jubilee. This was a time period that the salves returned home to their families, and that when each person original property was returned to them. If a neighbor or brother becomes destitute, and poverty-stricken, having to sell themselves in order to live through the year of Jubilee or through the Sabbatical, the Israelites where not to treat them as he would a slave but as a hired hand or

Rain (26:4), Abundant grain, grapes and fruit (26:4), plenty to eat (26:5), to live in safety (26:5), to live in peace (26:6), protection from wild animals, enemies and the ability to defeat enemies (26:6-8). He tells them their nation will grow strong and that God will live among them (26:9-12). But He also goes on to state about what the punishment will be for their disobedience if they do not keep this law of the land. There would be things like, incurable diseases, blindness and depression while the enemy consumed the crops (26:16). There would be no rain, no harvest and wild animals would attack and kill people and livestock, as well as severe famine (26:19-26). God goes on to say in Lev. 26:30-31 that he will leave their presence and they will be taken prisoners in foreign land