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1 | Year of Jubilee for the Land? | Lev 25:24 | Just Read Mark | 137742 | ||
The land is to receive a Sabbath, just as we are. (see verse 4). Does this idea of a jubilee for the land (v 24) underline our responsibility for the environment? | ||||||
2 | Year of Jubilee for the Land? | Lev 25:24 | DocTrinsograce | 137759 | ||
I doubt it. Environmentalism like it is thought of today is not perfectly in tune with scripture. Neither are those who would do irrepairable damage to the environment. However, it is interesting to note that the Jews neglected the year of jubilee for 490 years. When God took them into captivity he kept them there 70 years. I guess God wanted the land rested the right number of years no matter what! :-) In HIm, Doc |
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3 | Year of Jubilee for the Land? | Lev 25:24 | Just Read Mark | 137784 | ||
Doc --- I really like your thought about the exile providing the land with a much-delayed Sabbath. Reading further in Leviticus, I found that it is actually made explicit : They will be taken into the land of their enemies (v 41)... And if while they repent in Exile, God will "remember the land. For the land will be deserted by them and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them." (verse 43) Pretty cool, eh? As for the "environmentalism" you referred to, I would suggest there is a Biblical model for caring for the environment that goes right back to the garden of Eden. Somehow, Leviticus pictures the year of Jubilee as freeing slaves, returning property, and also treating the "land" well. I'd like to understand this better. Here is a verse that points to our role as stewards of God's land (rather than owners who can do as we wish): "The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are but aliens and sojourners with Me." Lev 25:23. Peace. JRM |
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4 | Year of Jubilee for the Land? | Lev 25:24 | DocTrinsograce | 137805 | ||
Very interesting, JR! (By the way, George Washington is the only historic figure I know who practiced a rest for the land in one of seven years, in emulation of the Mosaic requirement.) Yes, I agree, we are to be stewards of the land. Environmentalism, however, does not seek ot glorify God as its primary purpose. As Christians, we would care for that which God has given, but we know that it will all pass away one day. That is the distinction I meant to make. Thank you again for the insights! In Him, Doc |
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