Leviticus
25:10 – Consecrate the fiftieth year
and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its
inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each of you is to return to
your family property and to your own clan.
Isaiah 61:1-3 – The Spirit of the
Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the
poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the
prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in
Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of
praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks
of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.
Luke
4:16-19 – He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and
on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to
read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was
handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed
me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and
recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the
year of the Lord’s favor.”
Application:
- · The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia is so named because this statement, “proclaim liberty…inhabitants”, was written on it.
- · Isaiah predicted primarily the liberation of Israel from the future Babylonian captivity, but Jesus proclaimed liberation from sin and all its consequences.
- · “Year of the Lord’s favor” corresponds to the day of salvation and the year of my redemption.
- · Jesus’ custom of regular worship sets an example for all His followers.
- · Luke 4 tells of the Messiah’s ministry of preaching and healing—to meet every human need.
All Scripture verses taken from ESV
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