Transcript
A (0:05)
Hey, this is Shelby and CJ and we are in the final episode of Leviticus. Who made it through this entire book. And I've got to say, I enjoyed it. It's been helpful to understand the context, and I've actually learned a lot from it. So we're looking at chapters 25 through 27 today. CJ what's going on there?
B (0:23)
Okay, so in Leviticus 25, we learn about the sabbatical year, and we learn about something called a jubilee. Sabbatical year happens every seventh year where Israel is not to work the land, they're to let it rest. So it's a Sabbath rest for the land every seventh year. And the Jubilee happens every 50 years. And what happens at the jubilee is everybody goes back to the land they came from, assuming that people have sold land and whatnot. So they return to their ancestral land. All. All debts are freed, all slaves are freed, and it's again, kind of like a master reset, but this time economically or for society. So the interesting thing and the reason why I say master reset is because the jubilee actually occurs on the day of atonement on the 50th year. And this is very important. The day of atonement erased sin once a year. And jubilee on the day of atonement every 50 years erases sin or erases debt, erases slavery, and everyone returns back to their land. So it's like a master reset of sin and for society and for those who are destitute and down and out and need help. And this is going to connect us to Christ here soon.
A (1:36)
Yeah, I would love to get into that next, because I feel like as we wrap up Leviticus, it is. It's so important to show these Christ connections here.
B (1:43)
Right? So again, this happened on the day of atonement, and every 50 years, sins would be atoned on the very same day that slaves would be released, that debt would be released, and people would return to their homeland. And the combination of these two ideas happening on the day of atonement is very important in some of the prophets. So, for instance, in Isaiah 61:1, we see him blend these two ideas. He imagines a future time where Israel's sin would be forgiven, that good news would be preached to them, but at the same time that they would be released from, you could say, the cosmic debt of sin and slavery, and just what it means to be a human who struggles with life. Okay, so in Isaiah 61:1, we read the spirit of the Lord God is on me, because the Lord has anointed me. To bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim, Proclaim liberty to the captives and. And freedom to the prisoners. So here you probably already hear the language of freedom or liberty and things like that, or good news to the poor. Again, you hear good news, you think Gospel. You also hear anointed One. And you probably think of Messiah. That's where. That's the same word. Jesus is the Messiah. And actually this is the very text that Jesus used to describe his own ministry and his own mission on earth. So in Luke 4, when he enters into the synagogue, he unrolls the scroll and he reads a passage. He actually reads Isaiah 60:1 and he says, this passage has been fulfilled in your hearing today. In other words, Jesus is saying, I am this anointed one who came to bring good news, who came to proclaim liberty, to save the destitute, to help the hungry, so on and so forth. So we see here, starting all the way back in Leviticus 16, working all the way to Leviticus 25, and then all the way through Isaiah, and then culminating with Christ. We see Christ blending all of these images of forgiveness, of sin, of salvation from life struggles and oppression. And again, it all culminates with Christ.