Sat.’s Devo - The Jubilee

Read: Leviticus 24:1-25-46; Mark 10:13-31; Psalm 44:9-26; Proverbs 10:20-21 The lamp stand in the tabernacle was to be lit continually just like the light of Jesus in us is to be always burning. *** Twelve loaves of unleavened bread was to be made and laid out on the Sabbath. They were for the priests to eat as his portion every week. The loaves represented Jesus’ body that they were partake of. Frankincense was to be put near the loaves to remind them of his death, even though they didn’t know Jesus or his death. Jesus was slain from the foundation of the earth, it just hadn’t been manifested on earth yet. *** Two men got into a fight where one of them blasphemed the name of the Lord. He was brought to Moses for him to decide what would happen to the man. His mother was an Israelite and his father was an Egyptian. Moses said he must be put to death by stoning for blaspheming the Name of the Lord. Murder was also punishable by death. *** Stealing was punished by restoring what was stolen. Physical harm was punished with the same physical harm done… an eye for an eye. Jesus told them to do unto others as they wanted done to them. The reverse of the curse is the blessing. If you want others to do good to you, you do good to them. *** God had instituted the Sabbath every week for the person to rest. Now, he was instituting a Sabbath for the land to rest every seven years. Then every seven Sabbath years was to be a Sabbath called a Jubilee. On the Day of Atonement in that fiftieth year a ram’s horn was to be blown throughout the land. This would be a year set apart to proclaim freedom through the land. The people would return to the land that was given to their ancestors. All deeds of land were bought and sold with this in mind. When you bought another person’s land, you were buying harvests until Jubilee so the price should reflect that. *** Pertaining to the Sabbaths of the land every seven years, They were not to work the land that seventh year so God would bless the harvest of the sixth year so abundantly that it would be enough to last until the ninth year when the land was harvesting again. *** Every business dealing in the land was to be honest and fair. They were to treat each other like they would want someone to treat them. They were not to charge interest on loans. *** Our land is about to go through a Jubilee and it is very exciting as we are about to see interest returned to us and loans forgiven. Glory to God! *** In Mark, Jesus rebuked his disciples when they tried to shoo the children away from Jesus. Jesus said that the Kingdom of God belonged to those who were like them. He blessed them. *** A very wealthy man came to Jesus and asked him what he could do to obtain eternal life. Jesus loved the man and told him to sell all he had and come and follow him. The man couldn’t do it and went away sad. He was hoping for something he could “do.” Jesus was trying to give him someone he could “be.” There is a difference between being good and being righteous. One is fueled by will power and the other is fueled by God power. God power takes grace and humility. Will power takes pride. Jesus explained that the one who controlled much on earth had a hard time coming into the Kingdom because it is the way of the weak and humble. But, with God, even those with much on earth can be saved. In heaven the least important on earth who follow the Lord will become the most important in heaven and the most important in the world’s eyes will become the least in God’s . *** Lord, may we learn to live in abundance with hearts of humility and generosity. May we navigate your Jubilee in a way that honors you.