The Real Passover Being the Jubilee
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Luke 4:18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has
anointed Me to announce the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me
to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to
the blind, to send away in release those who are oppressed,
(19) To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, the year of
jubilee."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We may say that the Passover was the Old Testament jubilee.
When the Passover was established, the oppressed Israelites
were released from bondage in Egypt, released from the tyranny
of Pharaoh. The Israelites had been captives in a condition of
slavery. On the negative side, the Passover set them free from
that bondage. On the positive side, the Passover brought them
into a feast to enjoy the lamb, which is a symbol of Christ as
the embodiment of God. On that day the children of Israel were
brought into the enjoyment of God; they enjoyed the lamb and
the Passover. Later, in the wilderness, they enjoyed manna.
After they entered into the good land, they enjoyed the riches
of the land, which is a type of Christ in His all-
inclusiveness. Now we can see that the Passover set the
Israelites free from bondage and brought them into the
enjoyment of God. However, they eventually lost this enjoyment
and were carried away again into captivity.
In Luke 4 the Man-Savior proclaimed a further stage of the
jubilee--the New Testament jubilee. The New Testament jubilee
also has a symbol or sign, and this symbol is the Lord's table.
The Lord's table is a sign of the jubilee that sets us free
from bondage and brings us into the full enjoyment of the
Triune God. The Lord's table is not only a replacement of the
Old Testament feast of Passover; it is also a continuation of
that feast.
The New Testament feast of the Lord's table will be replaced
and continued by the feast in the coming kingdom. The feast in
the kingdom will be the feast in the third stage. This coming
feast, which will be a replacement and continuation of the
Lord's table, will also be a symbol of the jubilee. At that
time God's chosen and redeemed people will be freed from all
occupations, bondages, and slaveries and will be brought into
the enjoyment of the Triune God in the kingdom age.
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible (RcV) and Words of Ministry,
from Witness Lee, Life-study of Luke, pp. 425-426. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. (Repeat
4/18/02)
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