“In the year of the Jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it
was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the Land did belong.”
Lev.27:24
“And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of
Heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shalt be bound in heaven: and whatsoever
thou shalt lose on earth shalt be loosed in heaven.” Mt.16:19
As I began to meditate on this great word of this last month
of the year of our Rehoboth, it dawned on me that this is the last month of our
seventh year as a ministry. I understand seven to be significant of completion
or perfection. A closer look at the meaning of Jubilee would disclose to us
that God instituted that law in the Old Testament to enable his people to take
advantage of their Sabbath years to not only rest but experience release from
their burdens and also release others of their burdens as they had the power to
do.
The children of Israel were instructed to observe one of the
seven days of the week as a day to rest and be refreshed. See Ex.31:16-17 and
Gen.2:1-3. We are told in these text that God rested from all His work and
hallowed the seventh day setting it apart for rest and refreshing. Please
understand that the children of Israel had been slaves for four hundred years
and at the time of the exodus, God wanted to show them how to live in a model
community by divine standards. One of the requirements was for them to separate
time to rest. He also wanted even the land He was giving to them to rest as
well. So He created different levels of the Sabbath. There was the seventh day,
the seventh month, the seventh year, the forty ninth year and the fiftieth
year.
In Leviticus 25, the ordinance of the Jubile was instituted
by God through His man Moses. It was meant to be a time when people were to be
released and to release others from their indebtedness and other weights of
debts according to the rules He set forth for them.
How this applies to us is that this is the last month of our
seventh year as a Ministry, God intends to release to us all that is still
hanging of His intended inheritance for us. An examination of the word of God
would make us understand that for this to happen the Lord would have to avenge
us of our adversaries [Ps,149:6-9 and Lk.18:1-8]. Now as a rule in His word
also, for this to happen we have to make room for Him to do so by releasing all
indebted to us. We learn from the word that we are forgiven to the extent we
forgive our brethren. When we do this, we leave place to the Lord to carry out
the vengeance by himself because God would not share His right to avenge with
anyone without the due order. What is the due order? When we forgive in
obedience to the word of God, we bring ourselves under His mighty hand and He
would have the opportunity to assess the situation himself and attend to it
according to his perfect will.
Please understand that the wicked will never go unpunished.
The only person who knows the true state of things including the thoughts of
the hearts of people is God. So when He is allowed to avenge, He does it better
than any of us can hitting the nail on the head of the culprit. Many of us
would accuse the wrong person of evil if God does not reveal behind the scenes
to us. However, God is faithful and cannot lie. He is always accurate and fair
and just in His assessment and ruling. It is indeed a blessed experience to let
Him lead us and guide our paths into His rest for us. See Rm.12:19; Ez.25:14;
Isa.63:4; Mk.11:24; Mt.6:12, 14-15; Pr.11:21; Ex.4:22-23; Ex.12:12 and Jas.4:7.
Today, as we look at this word of the month, we understand
that by His death, burial and resurrection, the Lord Jesus Christ took our
place and paid the full price for our redemption so that we can enter into the
Lord’s Jubile where we are released from all the consequences of Adam’s sin and
given another opportunity through the new creation life to live for God again
without bowing to sin anymore. To enable us live for God in victory over sin
and its consequences, the Lord assured us that He would give us the keys of the
kingdom of Heaven to enable us to bind and lose on earth in such a way that
would reflect in heaven as well. One of the keys of the kingdom we have
received is Jubile which includes rest from all our toils. It is assessable by
faith which is why the author of Hebrews tells us that we enter into rest by
faith [See Heb.4:1-12]. In our text scripture above, we see this promise:
“… And on this rock I
will build my Church and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it. And I
will give you the keys of the kingdom of Heaven…” Mt.16:18-19.
Please understand that when Jesus told his disciples this, he
did not give them any physical keys, he left it as “the secret things” which
belong to us and we must position ourselves to receive divine revelations of
them to be able to take advantage of their benefits to us. [See Deu.29:29;
Mt.13:35 and 1Cor.2:7-14].
To this end, as we come to the wrap up of our year of Rehoboth, we shall be looking at this very interesting theme I tag: “Understanding the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven”. I call this theme very interesting because they encapsulate truths in the word of God which are hidden to so many with which we have seen the move of God in the mission field on a consistent basis. In the days we are in, only a revelation of the mysteries of God and their correct application would deliver the goods of the kingdom of heaven to us. The mysteries are hidden truths embedded in the scriptures for our glory. In these last days the mystery of iniquity at work can only be destroyed by the mystery of righteousness part of which are known as the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Some of these are what we are going to be examining this month [see Rm.8:13; 1Cor.14:2, 4, 14 and 2Thess.2:7]. It is my heart felt prayer that these truths will be a big blessing to you as it has been to me.
Meanwhile someone is reading this blog and finding it hard to
understand what we are saying here because you are yet to embrace Jesus Christ
as your Saviour and Lord; you can begin to receive understanding right away
because Jesus also died for you and you can receive him now by saying the
following prayer out loud in faith and you will be born again:
Heavenly Father,
Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that
Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I
therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I
renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and
Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.
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