How do I figure out when is the year
of Jubilee?
According
to the Reverend Charles Ludwidge Dodgson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll, you begin at the beginning, go
until you come to the end, and then stop.
So let's begin at Leviticus.
"Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto
them, When ye come into the land which I give
you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto
the LORD.
"Six
years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years
thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in
the fruit thereof;
"But in
the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest
unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou
shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy
vineyard.
"That
which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest
thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes
of thy vine undressed: [for] it is a year of
rest unto the land.
"And
the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you;
for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy
maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy
stranger that sojourneth with thee,
"And
for thy cattle, and for the beast that [are]
in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be
meat.
"And
thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto
thee, seven times seven years; and the space
of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto
thee forty and nine years.
"Then
shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to
sound on the tenth [day] of the seventh month,
in the day of atonement shall ye make the
trumpet sound throughout all your land.
"And ye
shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim
liberty throughout [all] the land unto all the
inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto
you; and ye shall return every man unto his
possession, and ye shall return every man unto
his family.
"A
jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you:
ye shall not sow, neither reap that which
groweth of itself in it, nor gather [the
grapes] in it of thy vine undressed.
"For it
[is] the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye
shall eat the increase thereof out of the
field.
"In the
year of this jubile ye shall return every man
unto his possession.
Leviticus
25:2-13 KJV
There is much more about the year of
Jubilee, so that when we find out when it is,
then that must be the year of Christ's return.
Witness the scripture,
"For [it is] the day of
the LORD'S vengeance, [and] the year of
recompences for the controversy of Zion."
Isaiah
34:8
You are welcome to read the context
of judgment and to work out the meaning of this
strange passage.
Why do I call it strange? We are
used to a loving God that let's His enemies
frolic about until they drop dead and go to hell, or repent and be
welcomed into their new eternal home, Heaven.
Now, let's get back to the subject
at hand. When is the day of the LORD's
vengeance? Let me give you a clue. Yeshua read only part of a
scripture--this hinting at the two halves of
His coming. The full
scripture is,
"The
Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because
the LORD hath anointed me to preach good
tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind
up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to
the captives, and the opening of the prison to
[them that are] bound;
"To
proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance
of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
"To
appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give
unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for
mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit
of heaviness; that they might be called trees
of righteousness, the planting of the LORD,
that he might be glorified."
Isaiah
61:1-3
Jesus stopped speaking at the
phrase, "the acceptable year of the LORD."
The wrath is not meant for Eretz Israel, but for
her enemies. So as not to give His
countrymen false hope, nor dash their hopes,
Jesus did not say outright when He would come,
but gave clues only. Even so, the clues
point directly to facts in our age.
That being said, let us look at the
facts.
Fact: Daniel
9:24 predicts that the seventieth seven
of shmita counts will see the anointing of the
Most Holy.
Fact: The children of Israel
entered the promised land in the fall of 1415
BC, at or around Yom Kippur, the end of the
grape harvest. This would have been
2346. According to Leviticus 25:2-13,
quoted above, this is when the shmita count
starts.
Fact: 7 X 7 = 49, and no count is
mentioned starting after the 50th year,
therefore the 50th year always is the first
year of the count up to the next
Jubilee. We have, 1[=the
year 2346] + 49 = the 50th year.
Therefore, the Jubilee counts are every 49
years, with 2346 + 49 = 2395--the first
Jubilee.
Fact:
The year 33 AD was the year of shmita for its
7-year count. Three shmita years later
would bring us to 54 AD. Then 55 AD was
the Jubilee in Paul's day.
"When
the Shmita year ends, personal debts
which are due during that year are
considered nullified and forgiven." Therefore, in a
manner of speaking, the acceptable year of
the LORD had arrived in 33 AD, but only in
the manner mandated by a shmita
year. It is curious to note that
Jesus cancelled all our personal debt to
God for all time for all believers in
Christ. [Those who have not as yet
trusted Yeshua as Savior need only ask.]
Fact: The 70th Jubilee starts
on [Must be proclaimed by Messiah Yeshua] on
September 23, 2015--Yom Kippur 5776. [2346
+ (70 x 49) = 5776] [see also Leviticus
25:2-13]
Fact: Obama was elected
(confirmed the covenant made on Oct. 29, 2008)
on Nov. 4, 2008.
Fact: 7 x 360 = 2,520
Fact: Calculation results
From date:Wednesday,
October 29, 2008
Added 2520 days
Resulting
date: Wednesday, September 23, 2015--10
Tishrei 5776, which is Yom Kippur and the start
of the 70th Jubilee from when the children of
Israel entered the promised land.
http://www.timeanddate.com/date/dateadded.html?m1=10&d1=29&y1=2008&type=add&ay=&am=&ad=2520&aw=
Why
does this scenario work, drawing insight from
mostly the Tanakh?
The
Tanakh is the New Testament concealed. The
New Testament is the Tanakh revealed. So
Jesus gave us a clue--a freebie, if you
will. End
of story.
Baruch HaShem Adonai Roi
[Blessed be the Name, "The
LORD (YHWH) is my Shepherd."],
Mike C.
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