MORE ABOUT JUBILEE

I just like to share more about what I learnt on Jubilee over the years. This is a compilation of things I have learnt from various articles and my own thoughts about Jubilee. Hope you will be blessed!

The concept of the Jubilee is a special year of remission of sins and universal pardon. In the Biblical Book of Leviticus, a Jubilee year is mentioned to occur every fiftieth year, in which slaves and prisoners would be freed, debts would be forgiven and the mercies of God would be particularly manifest. Specifically mentioned in Leviticus 25:8-13, it occurs after seven sets of seven complete years are finished.

It is a time of freedom and of celebration when everyone will receive back their original property, and slaves will return home to their families. This is a year of complete celebration, so don’t plant any seed. In one sense, Jubilee is a time of harvest. Not just for what you have sown but what your forefathers have sown. Even those generational blessings with your family name on it will be released in Jubilee.

Jubilee starts on the day of atonement with the blowing of trumpets. The trumpets could produce only a few notes. They were used mainly as an instrument of signal. They were used at the time of jubilee in connection with the religious feasts to proclaim the worship and presence of God and they were used in military contexts. Both concepts are applicable here. Here they signaled both God’s presence and announced Jericho’s impending doom. This was not just a military undertaking, the trumpets declared that the Lord of heaven and earth was present to tear down the walls of Jericho.

Jubilee is the appointed time when God's people has to be set free from slavery, from bondage and be restored to their homes. It is the time when debts are supernaturally cancelled and property is returned. A time when the things which have your name on them will have to come back to you. It is the time of breakthrough, deliverance, setting free from strongholds. A time when the yoke destroyer comes to not only remove our burdens but to destroy the yoke. No wonder it's a great time of celebration! It is indeed a great victory wrought by our Lord!

I never knew that Jubilee is such a strategic time in history and the power of God's work is clearly manifested during this time. Because I have never experienced any Jubilee in my lifetime before, I didn't know the extent of the victory. In my own life, I have seen God worked miracles powerfully in my life but nothing of this magnitude. It will be like power multiplied by a thousand times. Because what I have struggled with is an age-old stronghold so all the more I felt this victory is so spectacular!

Leviticus 25 gives us the central tenets of a Year of Jubilee. First of all, it was a year for the ground to rest from production. More applicable for us, it was a year all who were indebted were forgiven their debts. The shofar/trumpet was to be blown everywhere as a sound that proclaimed a new season of liberty. At the sound of the trumpet everyone received a fresh start, so it was a time of renewed hopes and dreams. This was God's idea and gives us an amazing view of His character and heart of mercy. (The announcement of Jubilee was made on 1 Jan 2017)

One prophet believe this Jubilee will actually continue over a 7-year period because it was the 70th Jubilee since Israel entered into their Promised Land. Your Promised Land is your appointed area for maximum fruitfulness in the Kingdom of God. It isn't about you becoming rich and famous, although aspects of both of those may take place as you discover your unique role in advancing His solutions and correct reputation in the earth.

In this year of Jubilee, the Holy Spirit is bringing restoration and joy back to His people. There is a great time of rejoicing coming to those of you who have been going through difficult times. We have all been held captive to something in our lives, and the enemy is trying to enslave us and recapture us once again through sickness, financial problems, family issues and other afflictions but we are about to experience freedom in a new way..

The LORD says, "The time of weeping is coming to an end, and a time of rejoicing will begin. For those of you who have been burdened for so long, your mouths will surely be filled with laughter, and your tongues with songs of joy."

I AM about to release you from the weights and the cares that have been weighing you down. I AM releasing you from the hardships that you have encountered. You will learn how to make the adversity drive you deeper into your purpose and destiny rather than bring you into despair. Don’t allow discouraging thoughts to imprison you any longer, but allow Me to turn everything around for good. You have not been created to carry burdens but I have created you to be a carrier of My glory.

I AM rebuilding the walls that have been torn down by the enemy.  Those things that have been demolished in your life will be rebuilt and restored. I will remove the heavy burdens and break the shackles that have held you captive. The strongholds that have held you prisoner are coming off. I AM releasing the prisoners of war, and returning them home once again.  I will heal the brokenhearted and set the captives free.

As you continue to press in and stand on My word even through difficult times, you will soon encounter this time of rejoicing. I will release you from the hurtful memories from the past that brought pain and sorrow. I will set you free from the things that war against your soul that brought fear and confusion.

This is a time of refreshing to those of you who have been weary. Don’t allow anything to restrain you from this joy set before you. Don’t allow anything to hinder you from receiving all that is available to you. Allow Me to fill you with this joy and peace and bring comfort to your soul.  I will give you beauty for ashes and the oil of joy for mourning so that you will begin to walk in victory,” says the LORD.

Another set of numbers which kept coming up was 7, 77, 777 and 70. Or 14 and 21. God has preempted me about the deliverance of His people after captivity of 70 years. So this year I can expect to be delivered from all bondages. This means that my waiting has come to an end. Which brings me to the meaning of 7 years, which is completion. 77 means double completion. 777 means manifested completion and perfection of His work. God has been telling me recently that His work in my life was completed, and I had finished my assignment for the last season. I am free to move on to my new season. In fact He has given me marching orders to move on from this mountain.

I recognized that in this Jubilee season we are in a "set time" of favor. In Psalm 102:13 God declares, "I will arise and have mercy on Zion, for the time to favor her, yes the set time has come!" We know this is a strategic time to draw on the favor of the Lord, not only for personal advancement and blessings but for the divine purposes of Heaven being worked in the Church and in our nation. Scripturally you find that whenever favor shows up, everything changes!

When God gave Israel favor in the sight of the Egyptians everything changed! They were released from bondage and given great wealth which launched them into a new season for the nation to move forward and be established. We are in such a time right now individually, corporately and in our nation.

I also recognised that the clock was running behind time, and the movement of the hand forward was a sign that God is catching us up into His timetable. Every place there has been delay, resistance, hindrance, distraction or any other work that has taken us out of God's timetable, God is now initiating the work to catch us up and put us right in the middle of His plan.

I read that Jubilee mostly had to do with land. Every fifty years, the land had to revert back to its original owners. It could never be sold permanently. The owner might need money and could temporarily give up use of their land, but every Jubilee it would revert back because it was their inheritance.

For us, land refers to our destiny and calling. This is the inheritance from the Lord for each of us. We know the devil tries to thwart, hinder, steal, and keep us out of our “inheritance.” But the good news is he cannot keep it permanently. If you feel he has stolen from you, you can and should demand back that which was stolen. I see a threefold promise from Leviticus 25:19, which states: “The land will give its fruit and you may eat until you are satisfied, and you may live securely in the land.”

Thus, we should believe that we will be the following things: fruitful and productive in our calling, satisfied and blessed financially, and protected and secure from the enemy. These things must be proclaimed or declared boldly and with faith. “So you must consecrate the fiftieth year, and you must proclaim a release in the land for all its inhabitants.” As we declare these things, the people in the sphere God has given you will likewise be affected!

Jubilee year is a year of celebration. When you come to a Jubilee year, you must have gone through enough tears and hardship to have made it here. It's like Psalms 66:12, after going through the fire and water, God is bringing me to a place of fulfillment. A Jubilee season is different from a due season. It is more powerful. Wow! This is really great news isn't it?