---------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 1994 by Return to God. ---------------------------------------------------------------- COPYRIGHT/REPRODUCTION LIMITATIONS: This data file is the sole property of Return to God. It may not be altered or edited in any way. It maybe reproduced only in its entirety for circulation as "freeware,"without charge. All reproductions of this data file must contain the copyright notice (i.e., "Copyright 1994 by Return to God"). This data file may not be used without the permission of Return to God for resale or the enhancement of any other product sold. This includes all of its content with the exception of a few brief quotations not to exceed more than 500 words. If you desire to reproduce less than 500 words of this data filefor resale or the enhancement of any other product for resale, please give the following source credit: Copyright 1994 by Return to God, P.O. Box 159, Carnation, WA 98014. ----------------------------------------------------------------- For more information, contact Return to God, P.O. Box 159, Carnation, WA 98014-0159; (206)333-4177; email: glenna@halcyon.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Year of Jubilee by Return to God. ----------------------------------------------------------------- "Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you..."-- Leviticus 25:10 The year of Jubilee, which God declared in Leviticus 25:10 is the final year of a fifty year cycle. This fifty year cycle is made up of seven seven-year portions (Leviticus 25:1-10). The seventh year in each of these smaller cycles is a Sabbath for the land in which the land is to be at rest, not being planted or harvested. The year of Jubilee or Yovel follows the seventh Sabbath for the land. Yovel in Hebrew translates as "ram's-horn". Jubilee has this name because of the special blowing of the ram's horn trumpet or shofar that begins the year of Jubilee on the fiftieth Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). In the year of Jubilee debts are canceled, servants are freed and property returns to its original owner. Ancient Jewish eschatology teaches that the Messiah would come in the 120th Jubilee from creation. This would be in the year 6000. According to today's Jewish calendar, we are currently (September 6, 1994 - September 24, 1995) in the year 5755 from creation. There is some dispute among Jewish scholars as to the accuracy of the Jewish calendar. Some scholars believe that more than 200 years were not counted. This would mean we're much closer to the year 6000, and if ancient Jewish eschatology is correct, the coming of the Messiah.