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Keeping the jubilee year with both crops and servants were an act of faith on the part of the people of Israel. It is difficult to live in freedom of liberty and it is so easy to fall into bondage and slavery. God set up a safety net to protect the people from permanent bondage and slavery and to protect the land from being over consumed and dried up.
Thought Questions
What is the Jubilee year?
What does the word mean in Hebrew?
Were all crops subjected to a jubilee year?
What crops were subjected to a jubilee year?
What is the importance of a seven-year cycle?
Does God condone slavery?
How long does God tell the people to store food?
How does this differ from our modern ideas of food storage?
How much blessing does God give in the sixth year?
Are we supposed to try to apply this principle in any land other than the land of Israel?
What condition does God impose on the land and the people for these blessings to come about?
What is the role of the Israelites in regards to the goyim?
Who is supposed to take care of the poor?
Does God want the government to take care of the poor?
Is this chapter really about grain and crops or about our own family, household and neighbors?
Speaker: Richard Agee. Reader: David De Fever.