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Topics — sv-04b Jubilee, Isaiah 61, and the Festival Calendar

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JUBILEE (Nave's)

  • Called "the acceptable year of the LORD" (Isa 61:2)
  • Called "the year of liberty" (Ezek 46:17)
  • Laws concerning: Lev 25:8-55; 27:17-24; Num 36:4
  • Proclaimed ON the Day of Atonement: Lev 25:9
  • Three restoration acts: debts cancelled, slaves freed, land returned (Lev 25:10,13,39-41)
  • Key verses: Lev 25:8-17, Lev 25:39-55, Lev 27:17-24, Num 36:4, Eze 46:17

LIBERTY (Nave's)

  • Proclaimed in year of Jubilee: Lev 25:10; Jer 34:8,15-17
  • Figurative: Isa 61:2; 63:4; Luk 4:19; Jhn 8:32,33,36; Gal 3:28; Eph 6:8; Col 3:11
  • Jesus quotes Isa 61:1-2 in Luke 4:18-19 — declares fulfillment

TABERNACLES, FEAST OF (Nave's)

  • Instituted: Exo 23:16; 34:22; Lev 23:34-43
  • Design of: Lev 23:42-43 (dwell in booths, remember exodus)
  • Commanded rejoicing: Lev 23:40 (samach before YHWH 7 days)
  • Tishri 15-22 — five days after DOA (Tishri 10)
  • Law read every 7th year: Deu 31:10-12; Neh 8:18
  • Post-captivity observance: Ezr 3:4; Neh 8:14-18
  • Eschatological: Zec 14:16-19 (all nations observe or face drought)
  • Penalty for non-observance: Zec 14:17-18

TRUMPETS (Nave's)

  • Feast of Trumpets: Lev 23:24-25; Num 29:1-6
  • Tishri 1 — the alarm that opens the Tishri sequence
  • zikron teruah — "memorial of blowing" (Lev 23:24)
  • Post-captivity celebration: Neh 8:2,9-12
  • Functions of trumpets: Num 10:1-10 (assembly, alarm, journeying, sacrifice, joy)

ATONEMENT, DAY OF (Nave's)

  • Time: Exo 30:10; Lev 23:27; 25:9; Num 29:7
  • How observed: Exo 30:10; Lev 16:2-34; 23:27-32; Num 29:7-11
  • Tishri 10 — between Trumpets (Tishri 1) and Tabernacles (Tishri 15)
  • Jubilee proclaimed ON the DOA: Lev 25:9
  • Required affliction: Lev 16:29,31; 23:27,32
  • Penalty for non-participation: Lev 23:29-30 (karath/abad)
  • Typified: Lev 16:30,34; 17:11

Supporting Topics

RIGHTEOUSNESS (Nave's)

  • Imputed: Gen 15:6; Rom 4:3-5
  • Garments of: Isa 61:10 (meil tsedaqah); Rev 19:8
  • Everlasting: Dan 9:24 (tsedeq olamim); Psa 119:142
  • Trees of: Isa 61:3 (eiley hatsedeq)
  • Before all nations: Isa 61:11

VENGEANCE (Nave's)

  • Belongs to God: Deu 32:35; Rom 12:19
  • Day of: Isa 34:8; 61:2; 63:4
  • Paired with favor: Isa 61:2 (ratson + naqam)
  • Eschatological: Rev 6:10; 19:2
  • Jubilee = restoration to original state (Lev 25:10,13)
  • Acts 3:21 "restitution of all things" — NT Jubilee echo
  • Shub (return) used twice in Lev 25:10 — return to property, return to family

The Tishri Calendar Summary

Day Festival Function Key Vocabulary
Tishri 1 Trumpets Alarm/wake-up call teruah (blowing), zikron (memorial)
Tishri 10 DOA Judgment/cleansing/affliction kaphar, taher, anah, karath
Tishri 10 Jubilee (50th yr) Restoration declaration deror (liberty), yobel (ram's horn), shub (return)
Tishri 15-22 Tabernacles Celebration/dwelling samach (rejoice), sukkah (booth)