Verses — sv-04b Jubilee, Isaiah 61, and the Festival Calendar¶
A. The Tishri Festival Sequence (Leviticus 23:23-44)¶
Trumpets — Tishri 1 (vv.23-25)¶
Lev 23:24 "In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets (zikron teruah), an holy convocation." Lev 23:25 "Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD."
Day of Atonement — Tishri 10 (vv.26-32)¶
Lev 23:27 "Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement (yom hakippurim): it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls (anah Piel + nephesh), and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD." Lev 23:28 "And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God." Lev 23:29 "For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted (lo te'unneh, Pual) in that same day, he shall be cut off (nikhretah, Niphal of karath) from among his people." Lev 23:30 "And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy (ve'ha'avadeti, Hiphil of abad — God as explicit agent) from among his people." Lev 23:32 "It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath."
Tabernacles — Tishri 15-22 (vv.33-44)¶
Lev 23:34 "The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles (chag hasukkot) for seven days unto the LORD." Lev 23:40 "And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice (usamachtem, Qal perf 2mp of samach) before the LORD your God seven days." Lev 23:42 "Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:" Lev 23:43 "That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God."
B. The Jubilee Institution (Leviticus 25:8-17)¶
Lev 25:9 "Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound (ha'avarta showphar teruah — Hiphil of avar) on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement (beyom hakippurim) shall ye make the trumpet sound (ta'aviru — Hiphil of avar) throughout all your land." Lev 25:10 "And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty (uqratem deror) throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile (yobel) unto you; and ye shall return (shavtem) every man unto his possession, and ye shall return (tashuvu) every man unto his family." Lev 25:11 "A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed." Lev 25:12 "For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field." Lev 25:13 "In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession."
Servant Release in the Jubilee¶
Lev 25:39-41 "And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant... he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubile: And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return."
C. Isaiah 61 — The Vocabulary Chain¶
Isa 61:1 "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed (mashach) me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty (liqro... deror, H1865) to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;" Isa 61:2 "To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD (shnat ratson, H7522), and the day of vengeance of our God (yom naqam, H5359); to comfort all that mourn;" Isa 61:3 "To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness (eiley hatsedeq, H6664), the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified." Isa 61:8 "For I the LORD love judgment (ohev mishpat, H4941), I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant (berit olam ekhrot — karath, same verb as Lev 23:29) with them." Isa 61:10 "I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me (hilbishani, Hiphil of labash) with the garments of salvation (bigdey yesha, H3444), he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness (meil tsedaqah, H6666), as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments (kechatan yekahen pe'er — Piel of kahan = acts as priest!), and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels." Isa 61:11 "For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness (tsedaqah, H6666) and praise to spring forth (yatsmiyach, Hiphil of tsamach) before all the nations."
D. Jeremiah 34 — The Deror Binary¶
Jer 34:8 "This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty (liqro... deror) unto them;" Jer 34:15 "And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight (vata'asu et hayashar be'einay), in proclaiming liberty (liqro deror) every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house that is called by my name:" Jer 34:17 "Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty (liqro deror), every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty (qore lakhem deror) for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth."
E. Zechariah 3 — Post-Judgment Garment Change¶
Zec 3:1 "And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him." Zec 3:3 "Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel." Zec 3:4 "And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee (he'evarti, Hiphil of avar — same form as Lev 25:9!), and I will clothe thee (vehalbbesh, Hiphil of labash) with change of raiment (machalatsot, H4254)." Zec 3:5 "And I said, Let them set a fair mitre (tsaniyf tahor — PURE turban, tahor = DOA vocabulary H2891) upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him (yalbishuhu, Hiphil of labash) with garments, and the angel of the LORD stood by."
F. Eschatological Tabernacles¶
Rev 21:3 "And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God." Rev 21:4 "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." Zec 14:16 "And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles." Zec 14:17-18 "And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain." Rev 7:9 "After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;" Rev 7:15 "Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them."
G. Supporting Passages¶
Isaiah 58 — True Affliction and Liberty¶
Isa 58:6 "Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?"
Isaiah 59:17 — Divine Armor¶
Isa 59:17 "For he put on righteousness (tsedaqah) as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation (yeshuah) upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance (naqam) for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke."
Luke 4 — Jesus Reads Isaiah 61¶
Luke 4:18-19 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord." Luke 4:20-21 "And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears."
Daniel 7-8 — Judgment and Vindication¶
Dan 7:9-10 "I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit... the judgment was set, and the books were opened." Dan 8:13 "How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?" Dan 8:14 "Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed (nitsdaq)."
Isaiah 4:4-6 — DOA-to-Tabernacles Progression¶
Isa 4:4 "When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment (mishpat), and by the spirit of burning." Isa 4:5-6 "And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain."
Ezekiel 46:17 — Year of Liberty¶
Eze 46:17 "But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty (shnat haderor); after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them."