The Jubilee—Its Definition
THE JUBILEE—ITS DEFINITION
In Luke 4:14-30 we see that the Man-Savior began His ministry by proclaiming the jubilee of grace. On the Sabbath day in the synagogue at Nazareth, He read from the book of Isaiah and proclaimed the acceptable year of the Lord (Luke 4:16-21). This acceptable year is the New Testament age of grace typified by the year of jubilee (Lev. 25:8-17), the fiftieth year in which all the slaves were liberated and every man's in heritance was restored to him.
THE PROCLAMATION OF GOD'S REDEMPTION
The word "jubilee" is anglicized from the Hebrew word yobel. This Hebrew word denotes the blast of a horn, specifically the signal of a silver trumpet. Hence, the word came to signify the instrument itself and the festival thus intro duced. Concerning this, Leviticus 25:9 says, "Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land."