Dear Doves,

 

When Jesus stood up to read the prophecy of  (Isaiah 61:1-3)  in which He abruptly stopped reading in the middle of the prophecy and sat down; It is not what he read that is important for us in the last days, but rather what He did not read. The last full sentence that He read was, "To set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."  At that point He quit reading.  "Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down." (Luke 4:18-20)

 

We know from Leviticus 25 that the year everyone is set free is the Year of Jubilee which is also called the Acceptable Year of the Lord  in the New Testament. The second part of the prophecy in Isaiah 61, which He did not read is as follows:  "and the day of vengeance of our God;"

 

The complete sentence of the prophecy in Isaiah 61 reads,"To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God."  From this, Jesus wants us to understand that "the day of vengeance of our God" will come in a far future " acceptable year of the Lord". That 'future' is now in the end-times.

 

The following Scriptures will be fulfilled in the next 'Acceptable Year of the Lord' (ie. Jubilee Year) as Jesus indicated when He quit reading and sat down:

 

Luke 21:22-23

"For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.......For there will be great tribulation in the land (of Israel) and (God's) wrath upon this people (of Israel)."

Matthew 24:27-28

"For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For wherever the carcass is (it is in Israel), there the eagles will be gathered together (to devour the Gog-Magog army)."

Matthew 24:29

"Immediately after the tribulation of those days........Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the heaven...."

 

The next 'Acceptable Year of the Lord' is the 'Jubilee Year 2016' (1967 + 49 yrs = 2016)   The 'Jubilee Year 2016' is also a 'Year of Perfect Order' in which the Day of Palms/Nisan 10 is on Palm Sunday, Passover/Nisan 14 is on Thursday and Firstfruits/Nisan 17 is on Sunday just as they were the week Jesus was crucified.

 

 

According to Your Word, come Lord Jesus!

 

Bruce Warner