Pt. 3# Shemittah (Lev. 25:8-10) (‘IMMERSED IN SHEMITTAH’!) (9-11-21)

(WHAT HAPPENS IN THE 7TH SHEMITTAH YEAR: ‘YOU PROCLAIM THE EXCEPTABE YEAR OF THE LORD’)!

(Leviticus 25:8-10):

“‘'And you shall count ‘7 Sabbaths Of Years’ for yourself, ‘7 times 7 Years’; and the time of the ‘7 Sabbaths Of Years’ shall be to you ’49 Years’. 9 Then you shall cause‘The Trumpet Of The JUBILEE To Sound’ on ‘The 10th Day of The 7th Month’; on‘The DAY OF ATONEMENT’ you shall make ‘The Trumpet To Sound’ throughout all your land. 10 And you shall ‘Consecrate The 50th Year’, and ‘PROCLAIM LIBERTY’Throughout All The Land To ‘ALL IT’S INHABITANTS’.”

But how do we know which ‘Year Is The 7th Year (SHEMITTAH)? Just as the Sabbath day is not forgotten from week to week, so too the ‘Sabbatical Year’ has been remembered and passed on from generation to generation. As best as we can derive from an historical account, the following is a list of ‘Sabbatical Years (Shemittah) for The Next Century:

(A CENURY’S WORTH OF SHEMITTAH YEARS’)!

· 2007/2008 (5760)

· 2014/2015(5767)

· 2021/2022(5774)

· 2028/2029(5781)

· 2035/2036 (5788)

· 2042/2043(5795)

· 2049/2050(5802)

· 2056/2057(5809)

· 2063/2064(5816)

· 2070/2071(5823)

· 2077/2078 (5830)

· 2084/2085(5837)

· 2091/2092(5844)

· 2098/2099(5851)



It is interesting that the prophets thought of this association of a ‘Year Of Jubilee’ with the coming of the Messiah. The primary image of the Messiah was that he would be a King like David, so just as the new kings of other countries declared a Jubilee when they came into power, the Messianic King (Jesus) would as well. Isaiah says:

(Isaiah 61:1-2)

The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good newsto the poor. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to ‘Proclaim Freedom For The Captives’ and ‘Release (Shemittah)’ from darkness for the prisoners,

‘TO PROCLAIM THE EXCEPTABE YEAR OF THE LORD’. (Jubilee)!

This is a picture of‘The Coming Messianic King’, right after he is Anointed by God, Declaring Good News (Gospel) Of The JUBILEE Year’. Each phrase is about how great the ‘Year Of The Lord’s Favor’ will be to those who have been imprisoned or enslaved because of their debt. The King will let them go home and start life over, to their great joy!

(WHAT HAPPENS IN THE 7TH SHEMITTAH YEAR: ‘YOU PROCLAIM THE EXCEPTABE YEAR OF THE LORD’)!