September 28, 2024
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Reading along with us in Leviticus and Philippians? Here’s today’s reading:
Leviticus 25 (NIV)
The Sabbath Year
1 The Lord said to Moses at Mount Sinai, 2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you, the land itself must observe a sabbath to the Lord. 3 For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops.……Continue Reading
Leviticus 25
Leviticus 25
Leviticus 25
Leviticus 25 & 26.
You can’t help but think of the faith it would take to follow the instructions of the sabbath year and the year of Jubilee. How important this would be though in forming a society where people are more important than property and there would be protections against taking advantage of people or the circumstances they were in. You talk about justice being reenforced and avarice being squashed. But in the backdrop would be, I will strive less and I will think of others because I trust that God is going to take care of me and the land will just produce an abundance that sustains me for the years the land and the people would rest. How awesome and an expression of God’s grace and the Fatih that grace calls us to. It is interesting that there is never a report that Israel celebrated a Sabbath year or a year of Jubilee. It doesn’t mean they didn’t, but what a notable thing the Jubilee year would be if they did it.
Leviticus 25
Many commands here that are hard to get my head around. Everyone goes back to their original property after 50 years. If families grow or people die, how is ownership determined. I guess the tribes kept track of the land and ownership somehow.
And some clear parameters for slavery, owning slaves from other nations and giving them as an inheritance to your children. 😕 even here it does say not to “rule him with rigor”. It is interesting to think of how Christ changed the dynamic of how nations and individuals relate to one another in equality in Christ mindset.