Testament jubilee. A genuine conversion should
Testament jubilee. A genuine conversion should be like that of the prodigal son portrayed in this parable.
We have pointed out that the first blessing of the jubilee is the return to our lost possession. In the jubilee those who have lost their inheri tance were returned to their possession. This is typified in Leviticus 25:9-13.
The first main blessing of the New Testament jubilee is to return to the possession which we had left. This possession was not anything mate rial—our possession was God Himself.
GOD'S INTENTION TO BE MAN'S POSSESSION
Man's true possession is God, and man was created as a vessel to contain God. Genesis 1:26 says that man was made in the image of God, and Romans 9 reveals that man was created to be a vessel. Man was created a vessel to contain God so that God might fill man and express Himself through man.
In the realm of material things, if we have the needed possessions, we shall have land for the producing of food, and we shall have a house for our lodging. Daily we need food to eat and a house in which to dwell. In brief, we need land