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Listen "#100 | The Year of Jubilee: God's Economy of Freedom and Forgiveness Part 3"
Episode Synopsis
It's the 100th episode! As mentionined in the podcast, here is a link to receive the four chapters on Jesus and the Atonement from a New Humanity perspective.
In this episode we continue to unpack the Year of Jubilee and how it sheds light on God's concern for restorative and transformative justice in the practicalities of people's everyday lives. When someone fell on hard times financially - whether that was because of their own choices, or circumstances beyond their control - God in his mercy instituted the Year of Jubilee to ensure that they, their families, and their succeeding generations were not permanently overcome by those hard times. God built into his economy for the Israelites a way for property or people that had been "sold" into servitude to pay off debts to be restored back to their original "owners" and family through a process of "redemption". One of the ways God provided for this to happen was by way of the "kinsmen redeemer." A family member could come and pay off the debt for the one who sold their land, themselves, or a family member, into servitude. God's main concern was that people had the opportunity to have their land and family members "redeemed" and restored back to them so they could fulfill their potential in God's promised land.
A word that is repeated over and over again in this passage is "redeemed". And this same exact word is used in the New Testament to describe what Jesus himself has done for us. In Titus 2 Paul speaks of Jesus "redeeming" or "ransoming" us from our lawless deeds. The basic idea is that through our choices we ended up losing things that should rightfully be ours. Christ can "redeem" us and "restore" those things back to us because he did not make those kinds of choices. Christ chose to say no to ungodliness and worldly lusts, choosing instead to live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present age. Christ paid a price to choose that way of life. Think about it - it's not easy resisting our fleshly desires. There are emotional and social consequences for choosing the way of God. By consistently choosing the difficult, yet increasingly healthy and rewarding path of God in his life, Jesus paid the price for developing a new, life-giving humanity in himself. This new, life-giving humanity is what makes it possible for us to be "redeemed" from the consequences of our choices and restored back to the kind of life God wants for us. Christ not only created a new way of life for us to follow, he himself is that life. The Holy Spirit shares this new life of Christ with us at our conversion, and leads us into God's new path of life for us. This new life is sometimes difficult, but nonetheless healthy and increasingly rewarding.
Key Passages
Leviticus 25:23-34
Titus 2:11-3:7
Explainer Video on how to use www.biblehub.com and www.blueletterbible.org
Leave us a question or comment at our website podcast page.
* Intro Music: "Admirable" Carlos Herrera Music
In this episode we continue to unpack the Year of Jubilee and how it sheds light on God's concern for restorative and transformative justice in the practicalities of people's everyday lives. When someone fell on hard times financially - whether that was because of their own choices, or circumstances beyond their control - God in his mercy instituted the Year of Jubilee to ensure that they, their families, and their succeeding generations were not permanently overcome by those hard times. God built into his economy for the Israelites a way for property or people that had been "sold" into servitude to pay off debts to be restored back to their original "owners" and family through a process of "redemption". One of the ways God provided for this to happen was by way of the "kinsmen redeemer." A family member could come and pay off the debt for the one who sold their land, themselves, or a family member, into servitude. God's main concern was that people had the opportunity to have their land and family members "redeemed" and restored back to them so they could fulfill their potential in God's promised land.
A word that is repeated over and over again in this passage is "redeemed". And this same exact word is used in the New Testament to describe what Jesus himself has done for us. In Titus 2 Paul speaks of Jesus "redeeming" or "ransoming" us from our lawless deeds. The basic idea is that through our choices we ended up losing things that should rightfully be ours. Christ can "redeem" us and "restore" those things back to us because he did not make those kinds of choices. Christ chose to say no to ungodliness and worldly lusts, choosing instead to live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present age. Christ paid a price to choose that way of life. Think about it - it's not easy resisting our fleshly desires. There are emotional and social consequences for choosing the way of God. By consistently choosing the difficult, yet increasingly healthy and rewarding path of God in his life, Jesus paid the price for developing a new, life-giving humanity in himself. This new, life-giving humanity is what makes it possible for us to be "redeemed" from the consequences of our choices and restored back to the kind of life God wants for us. Christ not only created a new way of life for us to follow, he himself is that life. The Holy Spirit shares this new life of Christ with us at our conversion, and leads us into God's new path of life for us. This new life is sometimes difficult, but nonetheless healthy and increasingly rewarding.
Key Passages
Leviticus 25:23-34
Titus 2:11-3:7
Explainer Video on how to use www.biblehub.com and www.blueletterbible.org
Leave us a question or comment at our website podcast page.
* Intro Music: "Admirable" Carlos Herrera Music
In God we trust