VPU - The Year Of The American Jubilee Is Coming
Scriptures record that, in ancient Israel, God instructed the Israelites to practice a radical custom meant to ensure dignity and equity to all the people. Every fiftieth year, the people would sound trumpets to “proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants” (Leviticus 25:10). This would be a tangible, material liberty – a liberation from multigenerational poverty. Since trumpets in those days were made from hollowed ram’s horns, this special year would be called “jubilee” – derived from the Hebrew word yobhel, meaning “ram” or “ram’s horn.”
The original jubilee from Scripture did