Christ in all the scriptures
Year of Jubilee-- Remission...all debts cancelled Leviticus 25
Imagine you are in debt, and have been unable to pay it back, then the year of Jubilee is sounded by the blowing of trumpets. All is well, for by Divine decree all debts are cancelled, you can make a fresh start! Wouldn't that be something special in the present economic climate? For example they say that a debt of £3.7 billion is owed to the electric providers in the wake of Covid-19, and the surge in price of electricity. Were this to be the case in the Jubilee, this debt would be cancelled! (as well as every other debt!). Debt is a reality of modern life; it may come through mismanagement of finances; or through circumstances beyond our control; or through the greed of the service providers with their interest charges and increase in prices. What a blessing to know that every debt is cancelled every 50 years! This is what God decreed for Israel.
"Ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family"- Leviticus 25v10.
A cursory reading of the chapter will reveal that this was a proclamation of liberty from all debt, from slavery, and the restitution of all property and possessions lost in the previous 50 years. This was God resetting the economy and giving everyone a fresh start. In the enactment of this there was to be no arguments, simply to obey the edict from above. In this matter the Lord states, "ye shall not oppress one another"-25v14, v17. Again, what was said, to curtail natural tendencies, "If thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee, then thou shalt relieve him..."-25v35. Again, "...ye shall not rule one over another with rigour"-25v46, v53. God initiated a time of rich generosity of spirit, on the basis that the land was HIS (25v23), and everything in it was HIS as a consequence. This was His wonderful way of redressing imbalance in Jewish society. What a difference it would be if the present world was run according to the Divine thoughts!
Yet, in a spiritual sense it is so!! Jesus declared in His home town of Nazareth the suspension of Divine judgment on the world and the introduction of the "ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD" (the Spiritual year of Jubilee)-Luke 4v19/20. Paul described this dispensation of God as the "dispensation of the grace of God (Ephesians 3v2), and "the day of salvation" (2nd Corinthians 6v2). He said, "Behold now is the accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation". Twice over the word BEHOLD...look intently, grasp the meaning of this, stop everything else you are doing and understand this"! The day of vengeance of God on the world has been suspended and God has opened the day of grace. This day has now run its course for nigh on 2000 years! It will end sometime, and His wrath will begin, but right now the mercy of God is proclaimed. In this first aspect we look at the DEBTS THAT ARE BEING CANCELLED from above right now. Just as monetary debts in Israel were cancelled in the year of Jubilee, so in the present the moral debts of every believing soul are being cancelled.
To understand this we must understand that every sin we commit is a debt we owe to God, and that debt we can never repay. There are three words used in the bible, sin, iniquity, and transgression, all of which occur multiple times, and all of which have afflicted all human beings. Taking the first of these, SINS, they are shortcomings, failures, debts, we have before our Maker-refer Romans 3v23, "For all have sinned, and COME SHORT of the glory of God". These are debts we owe to God, debts we cannot pay...we were created to worship Him, in the language of the first and great commandment, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind-Matthew 22v37. This debt has been cancelled, as it has been paid in full by our Redeemer, and all we have to do is BELIEVE! Another has paid our debt to God, and He has proclaimed the time of Jubilee across the whole world for 2000 years, and it is still in force. Believe, before it closes, and the day of vengeance begins. Be careful, this is not a mental assent to a doctrine, this is a heart belief in the word of the living God. It is not about attending a church, or about doing good things to make up for the bad. It is about believing God to the exclusion of all else and allowing Him into your life. This happened to me in October1966 and I have never looked back, and have been blessed as a result. This is a world wide proclamation, just as the Jubilee was for all the land and for all the inhabitants thereof. Here is the word of the living God available to all right now if they will believe: it is my greatest joy to be able to share this with you.
BEHOLD
"Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances, that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to His cross" Colossians 2v14
"In whom we have redemption through His (Christ's) blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace" Ephesians 1v7
"Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: and by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses" Acts 13v28-29
"For this is my blood of the New Testament (Covenant) which is shed for many for the remission of sins" Matthew 26v28
"To give knowledge of salvation unto His people by the remission of their sins" Luke 1v77
"And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem" Luke 24v47
"And to Him give all the prophets witness, that through His name whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins" Acts 10v43
Remission is the cancellation of all your sins in the records of heaven. God forgives and pardons all sins, past, present and future. He removes the guilt and the penalty due to your sins. The offender is treated as though the sins had never been committed, as they were answered in Christ. This is what God is doing today; it takes only a few seconds to deal with the greatest need of your soul.
GOD'S COVENANT
"Their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more" Hebrews 10v17 (quotation from Jeremiah 31v34).
We are living in the biblical year of Jubilee! Let us rejoice together.