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[406.64 --> 408.84] As we head into a new year, |
[409.28 --> 410.48] this year also, |
[410.80 --> 411.62] we give to God |
[411.62 --> 412.70] because this year |
[412.70 --> 414.26] is also a year |
[414.26 --> 415.28] of the Lord's favor. |
[415.74 --> 417.18] God's kingdom is here. |
[417.50 --> 418.84] It is all around us. |
[419.00 --> 420.34] And we live in that. |
[421.94 --> 422.34] And so, |
[422.54 --> 423.16] the proclamation |
[423.16 --> 424.64] that Jesus preaches from, |
[425.10 --> 426.24] that we got to look at |
[426.24 --> 427.82] from Luke chapter 4, |
[428.46 --> 429.36] is from the book. |
[429.68 --> 430.48] And we say book |
[430.48 --> 431.26] because we're so used |
[431.26 --> 432.16] to just reading books. |
[432.68 --> 434.24] He was actually handed a scroll. |
[434.98 --> 436.14] And why I emphasize this |
[436.14 --> 436.56] is because |
[436.56 --> 437.66] after he was handed |
[437.66 --> 438.90] the scroll of Isaiah, |
[439.14 --> 440.28] he unrolled it |
[440.28 --> 442.70] and he found the exact spot |
[442.70 --> 443.48] where he wanted |
[443.48 --> 444.24] to preach from. |
[445.08 --> 446.76] They had no chapter numbers, |
[446.88 --> 447.74] no page numbers. |
[447.94 --> 448.72] It was just a big, |
[448.92 --> 449.80] long scroll. |
[450.60 --> 451.88] And Jesus knew exactly |
[451.88 --> 452.66] where he was going |
[452.66 --> 453.36] to read from. |
[453.74 --> 455.22] And what he reads is |
[455.22 --> 456.94] that the Spirit of the Lord |
[456.94 --> 457.70] is on me |
[457.70 --> 459.62] to proclaim good news |
[459.62 --> 460.50] for the poor, |
[460.84 --> 461.38] the oppressed, |
[461.56 --> 462.16] the blind, |
[462.40 --> 463.92] because the year |
[463.92 --> 465.14] of the Lord's favor |
[465.14 --> 466.36] is fulfilled |
[466.36 --> 467.20] in your hearing. |
[470.28 --> 471.50] The Old Testament prophecy |
[471.50 --> 472.66] that Jesus reads from |
[472.66 --> 474.30] is actually from Isaiah 61 |
[474.30 --> 475.82] and actually even parts of 58. |
[476.44 --> 477.82] And it captures the vision |
[477.82 --> 478.50] of the year |
[478.50 --> 479.42] of the Lord's favor, |
[479.76 --> 480.70] which is a reference |
[480.70 --> 481.78] to the year of Jubilee, |
[481.92 --> 482.20] actually. |
[482.86 --> 484.04] This year of Jubilee |
[484.04 --> 484.82] is actually, |
[485.28 --> 486.80] it's a part of God's law |
[486.80 --> 488.82] in the book of Leviticus. |
[489.02 --> 489.84] So it's part of the first |
[489.84 --> 491.04] five books of the Bible |
[491.04 --> 491.76] called the Torah. |
[491.92 --> 492.46] It's the law. |
[492.86 --> 494.32] And part of God's law |
[494.32 --> 495.70] and command was |
[495.70 --> 497.58] that on the 50th year, |
[497.92 --> 499.38] seven times seven is 49, |
[499.38 --> 500.48] right? |
[500.76 --> 501.06] Yes. |
[501.52 --> 502.94] And then on the 50th year, |
[503.08 --> 504.16] you don't do much math |
[504.16 --> 505.12] when you prepare a sermon. |
[505.48 --> 507.46] So on the 50th year, |
[507.56 --> 509.24] as a symbolic representation |
[509.24 --> 510.78] of God's kingdom on earth, |
[511.00 --> 512.58] God commanded |
[512.58 --> 513.96] the year of Jubilee |
[513.96 --> 515.80] where all the land |
[515.80 --> 516.58] and all the people |
[516.58 --> 517.40] that are in debt |
[517.40 --> 520.04] was supposed to be set free. |
[520.22 --> 521.60] It was a lawful command. |
[522.26 --> 523.26] Now was it followed? |
[524.48 --> 525.64] That's a different story. |
[526.86 --> 527.28] And so, |
[527.28 --> 529.32] the symbolic portrayal |
[529.32 --> 530.04] of the completion |
[530.04 --> 531.48] of God's kingdom, |
[531.78 --> 532.70] redemptive plans |
[532.70 --> 533.32] for the world, |
[533.50 --> 534.60] where the curse of sin |
[534.60 --> 536.46] is entirely reversed. |
[537.24 --> 538.02] It's shalom, |
[538.56 --> 539.42] the Hebrew word, |
[540.02 --> 541.34] the image of perfection |
[541.34 --> 542.02] and wholeness. |
[542.32 --> 543.64] And this is what Jesus |
[543.64 --> 544.64] is preaching on. |
[545.06 --> 545.94] That's the text |
[545.94 --> 547.10] that he unrolls, |
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