Section 10
The jubilee began from the first month of the fiftieth year, but the sounding of the trumpet of the jubilee was in the middle of the forty-ninth year, six months earlier. When applied to our spiritual experience, this indicates that the preach ing of the gospel comes first and the jubilee follows. Many of us can testify that in our expe rience of salvation we heard the preaching of the gospel long before we were saved. The preach ing of the gospel came to us a considerable time before we entered into the jubilee.
ON THE FIFTIETH YEAR
The jubilee was, of course, on the fiftieth year. "A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you" (Lev. 25:11a). The fiftieth year was after seven sabbaths of years, that is, after seven times seven years. In typology the sabbath refers to rest. Hence, seven sabbaths of years signify seven times seven rests.
The year of jubilee was to be on the first of a new period of seven years, or on an eighth year. Just as the day of Pentecost was on the fiftieth day, the first day after seven weeks, so the jubi lee was on the fiftieth year, the first year after seven weeks, or sabbaths, of years. In the Scrip tures the eighth day signifies resurrection. The