[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]LOCATING THE ANCIENT BIBLE JUBILEE [/FONT]
The prophecies of Moses are the first written record showing the significance of the Jubilee. Theancient Bible Jubilee year is easily located in the Bible and in other ancient historical Hebrew records.
In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. 2 Corinthians 13:1
The testimony of all three witnesses and more will be given topinpoint the Jubilee year.
The Jubilee years were prophetic oftwo of the great events in the plan of redemption; the first day of Christ's public ministry at His first advent, and, also, the day of vengeance of our God, just before the second advent, see ([FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Isaiah 61:1,2[/FONT]). According to the prophecy which God gave to Moses in Leviticus 23 and 25, the Jubilee (in fulfillment) must be ushered in on a Day of Atonement and that day must be a seventh-day Sabbath. (The Jubilee calendar can be seen on the last page of this study).
This is precisely how Jesus fulfilled the first part of the Jubilee prophecy. In the proclamation of the Jubilee on the Day of Atonement, in the synagogue on the seventh-day Sabbath, Jesus stopped in the middle of the sentence, omitting the phrase, and the day of vengeance of our God, which was the last part of the same sentence that He was reading from the Jubilee prophecy of Isaiah 61. He closed the book and then proclaimed,
This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. Luke 4:21
... as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 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 4:16-21
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD,... Isaiah 61:1,2[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The Bible cross-reference to the text in Luke is Isaiah 61:1, 2, and then, from Isaiah, the reference is to Leviticus 25, the great Jubilee prophecy. Jesus did not complete the sentence He was reading from Isaiah 61, as that portion of the Jubilee prophecy did not apply to His first advent. The part of the sentence that He omitted applies to the day of vengeance of our God: which will be fulfilled just before He returns to earth for the second time.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]This Jubilee, the day of vengeance of our God, was illustrated by the experience of Elijah, the prophet, in his three and one-half year ministry culminating on Mt. Carmel where Elijah dealt with the priests of Baal, who had led God's people into apostasy. This was just before the time of the appearance of the small cloud, the size of a man's hand, representing the second coming of Jesus.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]And it came to pass at the[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] seventh time[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], that he said, Behold, there ariseth a [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] 1 Kings 18:44. [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Soon there appears in the east a [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]small black cloud, about half the size of a man's hand.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] It is the cloud which surrounds the Saviour, and which seems in the distance to be shrouded in darkness. The people of God know this to be the sign of the Son of man. GC 640 E.G. White[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]In the ancient Hebrew writings from the time of Elijah, there is recorded an amazing statement regarding the location of the Jubilee. (an actual statement made by Elijah) [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Elijah told Judah, the brother of Sala Hasida, 'The world will endure not less than 85 Jubilees, and on the last Jubilee the Son of David will come. (Sanh.97b) [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]from the book, Sabbatical Year and Jubilee, p. 581-582 (Jewish Synagogue Library)[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]([/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]No one knows how long [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]the earth endured from the creation of the world until man fell into sin,[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] but it couldn't have been much over the time of two Jubilees (a period of 98 years), [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]as Adam's third son was born when Adam was one hundred and thirty years old[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] (Genesis 5:3) and Abel had just been killed by Cain. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]From the entrance of sin until 27 C.E. when Jesus started His public ministry, could have been about 4067 years or 83 Jubilee cycles, which consequently would have been 85 Jubilee's after creation, fitting exactly the prophecy of Elijah)[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]In these same ancient Hebrew writings is stated, [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The sages ... reckoned the historical order and the end of time by Sabbatical Years and Jubilees. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]from the book, Sabbatical Year and Jubilee, p. 581 (Jewish Synagogue Library)[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Israel counted 17 Jubilees from the time they entered the land to the time they left it (Ar. 12b). [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]from the book, Sabbatical Year and Jubilee, p. 581 (Jewish Synagogue Library) [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Josephus, the first century Jewish historian, in the book JOSEPHUS COMPLETE WORKS, p. 706, begins his list of the ancient Jubilee years with the year, 1787 B.C.E. and ends the list with his last recorded Jubilee year of 27 C.E.. [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Each Jubilee cycle is forty-nine years in sequence, the Jubile year is the 50th year, but it was also the first year in the next set of 49 years. His placement agrees perfectly with the proclamation Jesus made announcing the Jubilee (Luke 4:16-21). This completely harmonizes with the date of 27 A.D. for this event given by the prophet, E.G. White, recorded in Prophets and Kings, p. 698.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]In A.D. 27, Jesus at His baptism received the anointing of the Holy Spirit and soon afterward began His ministry. Then the message was proclaimed, "The time is fulfilled."[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] Mark 1:15. PK 698 [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]E.G. White[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Regarding the last Jubilee, the day of vengeance of our God, the prophet E.G. White describes the occurrence of this great Jubilee in Early Writings, p. 285. Please note that this is not the time of the second coming of Jesus, which takes place some number of days after this time. The number of days is unknown until the Father speaks the day and the hour of Jesus' second coming at the moment the Jubilee commences.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]And as [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]God spoke the day and hour of Jesus' coming[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], [Ezekiel 12:25. Mark 13:32.] and delivered the everlasting covenant to His people, [Ezekiel 20:37. Hebrews 12:22-25.] He spoke one sentence, and then paused, while the words were rolling through the earth! [Jeremiah 25:30, 31.] The Israel of God stood with their eyes fixed upwards, listening to the words as they came from the mouth of Jehovah, and rolled through the earth like peals of loudest thunder! It was awfully solemn. At the end of every sentence, the saints shouted, Glory! Hallelujah! Their countenances were lighted up with the glory of[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]God; and they shone with the glory as Moses' face did when he came down from Sinai. The wicked could not look on them, for the glory. [Song of Solomon 5:1-5.] And when the never ending blessing was pronounced on those who had honored God,[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]in keeping His Sabbath holy,[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]there was a mighty shout of victory over the Beast, and over his Image. [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Then commenced the jubilee[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], when the land should rest. I saw the pious slave rise in triumph and victory, and shake off the chains that bound him, while his wicked master was in confusion, and knew not what to do; [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]for the wicked could not understand the words of the voice of God.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [Daniel 12:10.] Soon appeared the great white cloud. Revelation 14:14. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Early Writings, p. 285[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]E.G. White[/FONT]
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