2017 The Final Jubilee? [edited October 2018]

Recently I was seeking the Lord asking Him if He will come for His Church Bride in 2017. He did not give me a direct “Yes” or “No” answer, but I believe He wanted me to look into the Jubilee.

Many in the Jewish community believe that 2017 does mark the beginning of a Jubilee:

Before anyone ever thought Trump could win the US election or before he even thought of saying he would move the embassy to Jerusalem something very interesting happened here in Israel. The Sanhedrin has stated a while back that 2017 would be a Jubilee Year for Israel. Now we are seeing it come to pass. The Jubilee returns the land to the rightful owners, which is the Jews. thegoldenreport.net

Wikipedia has very interesting information related to the Jubilee:

The Jubilee (Hebrew: יובל‎ yūḇāl; Yiddish: yoyvl) year is the year at the end of seven cycles of shmita (Sabbatical years), and according to Biblical regulations had a special impact on the ownership and management of land in the Land of Israel; there is some debate whether it was the 49th year (the last year of seven sabbatical cycles, referred to as the Sabbath's Sabbath), or whether it was the following (50th) year.[excerpt Wikipedia.org]

If 2017 is a Jubilee year, it most likely will be the FINAL one if Genesis 6:3 means that God has given 120 Jubilees or 6,000 years for mankind to rule earth.

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. Genesis 6:3 KJV

What is a Jubilee?

What exactly is a Jubilee? The Biblical Jubilee was a year-long commemoration of liberty when land and possessions went back to the rightful owners and people who had indentured themselves returned to their own families.

Liberty to be Proclaimed

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. - Leviticus 25:10 KJV

What does that remind you of? It reminds me of when Jesus went into the synagogue and read from Chapter 61 of the Book of Isaiah:

The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

And he closed the book, and he gave [it] again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. - Luke 4:18-21 KJV

Notice that Jesus did NOT read what followed:

… the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; - Isaiah 61:2 KJV

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 61:3 KJV

“The day of vengeance” is referring to when Christ physically returns to earth to set up His Kingdom and war with the Antichrist and his army. Jesus came as a humble servant and as the SACRIFICIAL LAMB the first time. But He will come as the reigning KING of Kings at His second coming and reclaim Jerusalem!

Redemption

Redemption is another key component to the Jubilee as outlined in Leviticus Chapter 25:

In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession. - Leviticus 25:13 KJV

And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. - Leviticus 25:24 KJV

This redemption could not be done by just anybody—it had to be done by a kinsman (Leviticus 25:25). We see this in the story of Ruth when Naomi seeks to have Boaz marry her daughter-in-law.

There was also an unusual procedure to assure the continuation of a family in the event of the death of a husband without issue. If a widow had no son, she could request the next of kin to take her and raise children to continue the family bloodline.

It is from this background that we understand Naomi’s opportunity in Ruth Chapter 3. She realizes that Boaz is a kinsman; therefore, there was an opportunity to regain the family properties lost by her deceased husband 10 years earlier and also a chance for Ruth to have a new life. khouse.org

Just as Boaz was Naomi’s kinsman, Jesus is the Kinsman Redeemer for All Mankind.

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: - 1 Corinthians 1:30 KJV

The Rapture is when The Redeemer takes home those He has ‘paid for’ with His own life.

re·demp·tion 

rəˈdem(p)SH(ə)n/

noun

1.

the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.

"God's plans for the redemption of his world"

synonyms: saving, freeing from sin, absolution

"God's redemption of his people"

2.

the action of regaining or gaining possession of something in exchange for payment, or clearing a debt.

synonyms: retrieval, recovery, reclamation, repossession, return

Restoration and Return

…and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. - Leviticus 25:10 KJV

Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. - Leviticus 25:27 KJV

An Israelite who was forced to pay a debt by basically becoming an indentured servant was to be freed in the Jubilee year and RETURN HOME TO HIS FAMILY. God’s reasoning for this was because they were HIS SERVANTS (Leviticus 25:39-42).

What does that remind you of?

We are His servants also, and I believe we will be able to return to our Heavenly Home at the next Jubilee year!

Rest

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. - Leviticus 25:4 KJV

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. - Leviticus 25:11 KJV

The Jubilee year was like an extension of the Sabbath Year and was a time of rest for the people and the land. This reminds us of the Sabbath rest of 1,000 years that will come to us through the Millennial Reign of our Messiah King—freedom from the labor and toil as a result of man’s disobedience to God in the Garden of Eden and the malevolent effects of sin as a result of the world being “under the sway of the wicked one” (1 John 5:19).

For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. - Hebrews 4:3 KJV

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. - Hebrews 4:9 KJV

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. - Revelation 21:4 KJV

 Jubilee=Day of Atonement

Assuming the Rapture occurs on the Feast of Trumpets, which is Tishri 1 on the Hebrew calendar, the Jubilee would be celebrated on the 10^th of the same month coinciding with the Day of Atonement:

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. Leviticus 25:8-9 KJV

In Bible prophecy days can equal years [How a Day can Equal a Year]. Within the timeframe of the days between the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement, a seven-year Tribulation period could easily fit even taking into account that Rosh Hashanah is a two-day festival.

120^th Jubilee—Mind Boggling!

The year of Jubilee and the Day of Atonement speak of the fullness of the redemptive plan of God for man:

8. The year of Jubilee was the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 25:9-11).

Spiritual Application (Halacha). This was a year and day of liberty. Yeshua came to preach this liberty at His first coming (Isaiah [Yeshayahu] 61:1-3; Luke 4:17-21). From Adam, it has been almost 6,000 years and 120 Jubilees. The number 120 points to the end of the age of the flesh and the reign of the life of the spirit (Genesis (Bereishit] 6:3). The ultimate fulfillment of the year of Jubilee will take place at the second coming of Messiah. The earth will be redeemed and come into full and complete rest from the curse brought upon it by Adam's sin. Complete restoration of man's lost inheritance will take place. God's people will be totally set free -- set at liberty, from all sin, sickness and disease, death, and the curse. Satan (Ha satan), the source of all these things, will be bound and true rest will be realized. The tabernacle of God will be with men and He will dwell with them (Revelation 21:1-4). So, the year of Jubilee and the day of Atonement speak of the fullness of the redemptive plan of God for man. hebroots.org

The significance of the 120^th Jubilee is mind boggling!

This Law of Jubilee is the law that Jesus came to perform perfectly.  Jesus had to come as a “man” in order to be our “relative” which gave Him the right to redeem us according to the Law of Jubilee!  We are His brethren!...

By the same law, Jesus also will redeem ALL from the final and ultimate enemy - death - for death does not hold the right of redemption and has no choice but to turn every captive loose at Jesus Christ’s demand. goodnewsaboutgod.com

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world. 1 John 2:1-2 KJV

All creation is waiting for that day as described in Romans Chapter 8:

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation [apokalypsis=used of events by which things or states or persons hitherto withdrawn from view are made visible to all-blb] of the sons of God.

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

And not only [they], but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body. Romans 8:18, 22-23 KJV

Not only do we who believe on Christ await The Day of Redemption, but ALL of creation awaits it as well for the Law of Jubilee mandates the setting free of ALL Creation. Hallelujah! How glorious will be that day! Come Lord Jesus!

Caveat: I do not necessarily agree with all the beliefs of anyone whose material I reference. I seek to be led of the Spirit of God as to the sources I use, however, even Spirit-filled Christians only 'see in part' as it says in 1 Corinthians 13:12.