The Year of Jubilee

 

Leviticus 25:25 “If your brother becomes poor and sells part of his property, then his nearest redeemer shall come and redeem what his brother has sold. 26 If a man has no one to redeem it and then himself becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it, 27 let him calculate the years since he sold it and pay back the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and then return to his property. 28 But if he does not have sufficient means to recover it, then what he sold shall remain in the hand of the buyer until the year of jubilee. In the jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.

In this chapter is a concept that is so alien that we can hardly wrap our heads around it.  It is a reminder to all that the land was God's land, given to His people. It is a plan of hope against endless poverty.  Since land, homes, and property change hands so often in our society, it is hard to imagine this working, but in the promised land, it all was distributed by lots and recorded.  God's plans are indeed greater than we could ever imagine, full of love and mercy.  May we stand in awe of Him.