Jubilee.

                            

It was God's Will that after 7 times 7 years - i.e. in the 50th year - everything should be restored to its original fair distribution.

The land should revert to its original owners.

God realized that we would profit from others' misfortunes and some would become rich and others would be disinherited.

But this way of the world is not God's Will.

So He stipulated in the Law that in the 50th year everything would revert to its original state.

What does this tell us about God?

It shows us God's Will - all people are equal - and it shows us His forgiveness and mercy.

He writes off debts.

And He blots out transgressions.

We can give thanks for that.


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