We are now discussing the Year of Jubilee or YOVEL in Hebrew. In my last post I mentioned that one of the main reasons for Jubilee was to give the honest and hard-working individual who fell into poverty through no fault of his own a fresh start. Now one of the main reasons an ancient […]
Archives for June 4, 2017
L25-1: The Jubilee was the supreme demonstration of God’s grace towards His People
Today we begin Leviticus Chapter 25. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Version, click here. We now come to that place in the Torah where we’re given instructions on the often misunderstood and mysterious “Year of Jubilee”. If there is one singular word that nicely sums up the context of […]