WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.879 Katie and I went to Bali for our honeymoon. 00:00:03.439 --> 00:00:08.220 We had an amazing time of surfing and relaxing and resting. 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:11.439 And after planning a wedding, you need that. 00:00:12.019 --> 00:00:13.519 You really do need that. 00:00:13.700 --> 00:00:16.420 Because planning a wedding is a very stressful thing to do. 00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:19.780 We need that holiday, and Bali was that just for us. 00:00:20.460 --> 00:00:26.160 Holidaying and resting presents an ideal many of us have for what work is and what work is about. 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:32.299 We earn enough money so we can indulge ourselves in holidays and travel and rest. 00:00:33.100 --> 00:00:43.140 Where instead of waking up in a 9-to-5 job, we wake up late and drag our feet to the resort pool and lounge and sip cocktails all day until we go to sleep. 00:00:43.420 --> 00:00:44.340 And do all over again. 00:00:45.179 --> 00:00:46.460 Or we might do the opposite thing. 00:00:47.260 --> 00:00:55.460 And we seek a thrilling adventure holiday where we might go hike mountains or dive in underwater caves or surf the best waves ever. 00:00:56.159 --> 00:01:00.519 Rest for these people is escaping the mundane cycle of life. 00:01:01.519 --> 00:01:06.759 And whatever throws themselves into an adventure where they don't know what might come next. 00:01:07.579 --> 00:01:10.459 For many, the goal of their work is rest. 00:01:10.679 --> 00:01:13.340 The goal of their work is holiday and travel. 00:01:13.979 --> 00:01:15.759 And it's not a wrong way to think of it. 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:19.060 For we see in the Bible, God has the same goal for work. 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:20.179 Rest. 00:01:20.180 --> 00:01:20.260 Rest. 00:01:21.260 --> 00:01:24.360 In Genesis 1, we have six days of creating, of working. 00:01:24.740 --> 00:01:26.400 As God creates, He works. 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:31.900 And after He has made the heavens and the earth, after He has made man in His likeness to bear His image, 00:01:32.060 --> 00:01:36.100 on the seventh day we read that God rested from His work. 00:01:36.660 --> 00:01:42.460 Our desire for rest from work is not simply due to our being limited or finite. 00:01:42.459 --> 00:01:54.979 Our desire to rest is actually patterned after God Himself who declared in His own rest that the crown, the jewel of all work, is rest. 00:01:56.439 --> 00:02:03.139 But because of man's rebellion, this work became fraught with toil and hardship. 00:02:03.140 --> 00:02:09.500 As we read in Genesis chapter 3, the crown of rest could no longer be realized because of sin. 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:18.240 The wonderful hope, though, is that God, out of His freedom and desire to know us and make a way for us to be in His presence, 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:23.080 sets up a system in which we are able to enjoy rest with Him. 00:02:23.659 --> 00:02:25.879 The kind of rest we were created for. 00:02:27.159 --> 00:02:28.020 Resting with God. 00:02:28.020 --> 00:02:32.960 He creates a day called the Sabbath, which you read about in Exodus chapter 20. 00:02:33.320 --> 00:02:41.180 A law that required the people of God to rest on the seventh day of the week, after working six days, just like in creation. 00:02:42.760 --> 00:02:48.640 We see that despite our sin, despite our rebellion, God intends to dwell with His people. 00:02:49.100 --> 00:02:53.219 Sabbath rest is the climax of the working week for the Hebrew people, 00:02:53.219 --> 00:02:59.580 as they gather as God's people in God's place to enjoy God's blessing and God's mercy. 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:04.079 And as we've been noting throughout this series, the book of Leviticus, 00:03:04.659 --> 00:03:11.780 this book is a book about how God graciously provides a way for people to live in His presence. 00:03:13.400 --> 00:03:18.060 They may become holy, set apart, and distinct from the rest of the nations. 00:03:18.060 --> 00:03:23.400 At the heart of this program for holiness was keeping the Sabbath. 00:03:24.180 --> 00:03:28.199 As long as they kept the Sabbath rest, they could enjoy the presence of God, 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:30.080 that which was like the Garden of Eden. 00:03:30.699 --> 00:03:35.259 And the back end of Leviticus is mostly about instructions on the Sabbath 00:03:35.259 --> 00:03:37.319 and the different kinds of Sabbath there are. 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:41.319 And I believe from chapters 23 to 26, 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:45.280 these chapters helpfully critique our modern world today 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:47.740 and its approach to work and rest. 00:03:48.759 --> 00:03:53.060 But more than that, they also foreshadow the rest that is to come, 00:03:53.640 --> 00:03:56.319 the rest that shapes the gospel as well. 00:03:57.300 --> 00:04:01.340 That is to say, the goal of the Sabbath laws was not to be an ending of themselves, 00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:04.740 but to point towards the rest that is to come in Jesus. 00:04:05.620 --> 00:04:09.980 But first, let's look at Leviticus and see how it critiques our modern day world. 00:04:09.979 --> 00:04:18.399 Firstly, it promotes the importance of rest and the danger of overworking for humanity. 00:04:19.420 --> 00:04:25.659 Jesus said Himself in Mark's gospel that Sabbath is for man and not man for Sabbath, 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:29.839 which is a helpful reminder when we read about Sabbath in Leviticus. 00:04:30.339 --> 00:04:33.759 It's there to serve us, to help us, to enjoy us, to rest. 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:39.599 In chapter 23 of Leviticus, we are given an outline of different kinds of feasts and festivals 00:04:39.599 --> 00:04:42.019 that the people of God were to celebrate. 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:46.339 But it's the Sabbath day principle that informs all of them. 00:04:46.339 --> 00:04:49.339 From verse 1 of 23, it says, 00:04:49.339 --> 00:05:14.379 These festivals were called sacred assemblies. 00:05:14.479 --> 00:05:18.179 That is, they were special gatherings of God's people. 00:05:18.180 --> 00:05:23.459 They were holy gatherings, set apart from the rest of the life that they lived. 00:05:24.620 --> 00:05:28.300 That the weekly Sabbath is also called a sacred assembly, 00:05:28.500 --> 00:05:31.439 characterizes the nature of these feasts and these festivals. 00:05:31.960 --> 00:05:37.740 That the point of them was to continue to underpin the importance of Sabbath rest. 00:05:38.819 --> 00:05:46.500 The regular pattern of life was constantly interrupted by the various festivals and the weekly Sabbath. 00:05:46.500 --> 00:05:54.759 Their whole calendar centered around it in order that they would be constantly aware of the God 00:05:54.759 --> 00:05:58.300 who called them to remember the Sabbath and to keep it holy. 00:05:58.300 --> 00:06:02.060 Our world today is nothing like this. 00:06:03.579 --> 00:06:11.220 We revolve our calendar around our work, around the end of financial year, not rest. 00:06:11.220 --> 00:06:15.780 We've seen this in the recent push to cut penalty rates on weekends. 00:06:16.780 --> 00:06:23.000 We no longer think it's necessary to compensate those who forego their rest for the sake of others. 00:06:23.740 --> 00:06:25.660 The modern day economy is seven days. 00:06:26.220 --> 00:06:27.380 Seven working days. 00:06:27.379 --> 00:06:33.719 God gave Sabbath rest to his people to show that work is relative, 00:06:34.379 --> 00:06:38.659 that no matter how much they work, it's still God who provides for them. 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:41.959 It's still God in the end who gives them what they have. 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:47.920 Everything they have is by the grace of God, not due to their effort in their work. 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:50.980 That's what the weekly Sabbath pointed towards. 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:54.500 That everything they have was given to them by God. 00:06:54.900 --> 00:07:01.160 These festivals and weekly Sabbaths remind people of that, to stop and be thankful. 00:07:02.520 --> 00:07:06.400 Such is an important lesson for us to remember. 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:11.439 That everything we have is by the gracious provision of God. 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:41.420 That everything we have is by the grace of God. 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:44.800 We have to be like the world, who in the end worships work. 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:47.160 Devoting themselves to it. 00:07:47.300 --> 00:07:50.180 Centering their whole lives and their calendar around it, 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:52.699 so they can feel secure and comfortable. 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:56.279 We devote ourselves to the Lord God. 00:07:57.339 --> 00:08:01.040 And Sabbath rest is a constant tool for the Israelite people, 00:08:01.620 --> 00:08:03.279 giving them the opportunity to do that. 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:07.439 To teach them, not to revolve their lives around their work. 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:10.720 Not to trust in themselves as the ones who provide for themselves. 00:08:10.720 --> 00:08:14.440 But to trust in God, who is good and gracious. 00:08:14.620 --> 00:08:17.280 Who makes a way to provide for them. 00:08:17.840 --> 00:08:19.020 To enjoy His presence. 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:21.320 So that's the first thing. 00:08:21.480 --> 00:08:27.640 Secondly, it promotes the importance of rest and the danger of overworking for the land. 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:32.460 Sabbath rest is made for man, but since it's made for man, 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:34.600 it ought to benefit the land as well. 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:42.379 For in creation, mankind and the land enjoyed a perfect relationship in which He could work without struggle, 00:08:42.500 --> 00:08:44.320 without toil, the ground. 00:08:44.740 --> 00:08:50.620 But because of sin, our relationship with the ground became disordered and dysfunctional and corrupted. 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:52.740 Work became a struggle. 00:08:52.740 --> 00:08:56.840 By the sweat of your brow, you will work the ground, as Genesis 3 says. 00:08:57.480 --> 00:09:02.279 And so it was important the ground also enjoyed Sabbath rest. 00:09:02.700 --> 00:09:04.799 Leviticus 25, the first two verses. 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:06.779 The Lord said to Moses at Mount Sinai, 00:09:06.899 --> 00:09:09.480 Speak to the Israelites and say to them, 00:09:09.580 --> 00:09:11.779 When you enter the land I am going to give you, 00:09:12.060 --> 00:09:16.960 the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the Lord. 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:22.540 My dad, in the last couple of years, has taken up gardening. 00:09:22.680 --> 00:09:23.960 He loves gardening now. 00:09:24.180 --> 00:09:26.100 He plants all his fruit and vegetables. 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:30.580 He's got four garden beds in his property at home, in the backyard. 00:09:31.340 --> 00:09:33.840 And I myself have actually taken quite a bit of interest in this. 00:09:34.259 --> 00:09:37.420 I've actually really enjoyed going back to my parents' place 00:09:37.420 --> 00:09:40.480 and looking at the garden and surveying all its wonder 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:41.680 and just sitting back and going, 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:42.259 Oh, wow. 00:09:42.940 --> 00:09:43.740 Where are you growing, Dad? 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:45.820 Where are you growing this kind of fruit, that kind of vegetable? 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:49.780 One of the really important things about growing a garden, 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:51.759 I'm sure if you're interested in it, you'll know, 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:55.580 is that you can't just continually grow things in the garden bed. 00:09:55.980 --> 00:09:59.340 You've got to let the garden bed every now and then rest, 00:09:59.920 --> 00:10:02.740 to fallow, to sit for a time period, 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:05.180 and then plant again in it. 00:10:05.700 --> 00:10:09.100 If you want sustainable growth from the best kind of crop, 00:10:09.560 --> 00:10:11.500 you've got to allow for this resting period. 00:10:12.500 --> 00:10:16.540 It's the same here in Leviticus 25. 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:22.340 God wants the land to have rest, its own Sabbath, 00:10:22.560 --> 00:10:26.340 every seventh year, to rest from being worked upon. 00:10:26.860 --> 00:10:31.379 The land then would have the freedom to produce whatever it could on its own, 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:34.480 and the Israelite people would feed from that. 00:10:34.940 --> 00:10:37.139 Such a Sabbath rest, though, 00:10:37.300 --> 00:10:43.120 ultimately allows for man to be reminded of their place in creation 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:44.980 and the immense value of the land. 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:48.259 It allows the people of God to humble themselves, 00:10:48.500 --> 00:10:54.259 to not see the land as theirs to consume and to pillage and to take from it, 00:10:54.720 --> 00:11:00.840 but the land as God's given to them to work and to take care of, 00:11:01.500 --> 00:11:04.139 to be image bearers as they do so, 00:11:04.299 --> 00:11:06.500 to show God's goodness in creation. 00:11:06.500 --> 00:11:10.500 God loves everything he has made. 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:12.200 And from the beginning, 00:11:12.740 --> 00:11:13.440 in Genesis 1, 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:15.159 before there even was man, 00:11:15.460 --> 00:11:17.120 there were six days of creation 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:18.059 in which God said, 00:11:18.220 --> 00:11:18.799 it was good, 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:19.639 it was good, 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:20.440 it was good, 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:21.179 it was good, 00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:21.980 it was good, 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:22.740 it was good. 00:11:23.620 --> 00:11:26.799 Creation has its own value apart from us as people. 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:33.199 And God won't take any injustice and abuse lightly. 00:11:33.899 --> 00:11:35.319 He has no patience for it. 00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:36.979 In the following chapter, 00:11:37.099 --> 00:11:38.579 he says in verse 27, 00:11:38.759 --> 00:11:45.419 verse 33, 00:11:45.419 --> 00:11:47.219 I will scatter you among the nations. 00:11:47.679 --> 00:11:48.419 He'll kick them out 00:11:48.419 --> 00:11:51.219 and draw out my sword and pursue you. 00:11:51.299 --> 00:11:52.919 He'll drive them out from the land. 00:11:54.699 --> 00:11:58.099 Then the land will enjoy its Sabbath years 00:11:58.099 --> 00:12:02.039 all the time that it lies desolate. 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:04.439 All that time that it lies desolate, 00:12:04.559 --> 00:12:07.860 the land will have the rest it did not have 00:12:07.860 --> 00:12:10.599 during its Sabbath you lived in it. 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:16.759 God immensely cares for his creation. 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:18.340 The land is precious to him 00:12:18.340 --> 00:12:23.279 and has immense dignity and value in its own right. 00:12:24.340 --> 00:12:26.920 Wouldn't it be awful if he lived in such a society 00:12:26.920 --> 00:12:29.879 that abused and pillaged the land 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:31.879 for its own financial gain? 00:12:34.700 --> 00:12:38.560 Many of us don't think about the idea of justice for the land. 00:12:38.559 --> 00:12:41.319 And if we're honest, we probably don't care. 00:12:43.219 --> 00:12:45.159 I know I'm guilty of that. 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:49.299 We may ignore all the science that tells us 00:12:49.299 --> 00:12:52.579 that our constant consumption is causing more harm than good, 00:12:52.859 --> 00:12:54.959 that our foresting and mining, 00:12:55.459 --> 00:12:57.659 our pumping into the air of CO2 emissions 00:12:57.659 --> 00:13:00.500 is having a detrimental effect on the wildlife 00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:02.899 and the earth itself. 00:13:03.479 --> 00:13:06.899 And the most scathing indictment upon us as believers 00:13:06.899 --> 00:13:08.840 is that the secular science 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:11.439 are the ones who are leading the charge 00:13:11.439 --> 00:13:14.959 in providing justice for the land. 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:17.720 People who are not believers, 00:13:18.579 --> 00:13:19.860 they're the ones leading the charge, 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:21.079 not God's people, 00:13:21.860 --> 00:13:24.360 not the ones who bear God's image, 00:13:24.459 --> 00:13:26.759 who are called to take care of the land. 00:13:28.100 --> 00:13:29.159 Now, I don't want you to think 00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:30.480 the application of this sermon 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:33.480 is to recycle and vote for the Greens. 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:37.300 Although those things aren't necessarily bad, 00:13:38.420 --> 00:13:39.800 but I do want you to be aware 00:13:39.800 --> 00:13:43.100 that the consumeristic society that we live in 00:13:43.100 --> 00:13:44.940 and rub up against daily 00:13:44.940 --> 00:13:47.700 not only harms our souls, 00:13:47.800 --> 00:13:48.800 it harms our earth. 00:13:49.060 --> 00:13:50.519 It harms our lands. 00:13:51.300 --> 00:13:53.259 Many Christians have been sold a lie 00:13:53.259 --> 00:13:55.060 when we think the condition of our earth 00:13:55.060 --> 00:13:57.159 simply doesn't matter. 00:13:57.759 --> 00:13:59.159 I wish to be bold and say, 00:13:59.279 --> 00:13:59.980 yes, it does. 00:13:59.980 --> 00:14:03.019 It's a gospel issue as well. 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:06.620 And it's not recycling or voting for the Greens 00:14:06.620 --> 00:14:08.039 that's going to solve this issue. 00:14:08.139 --> 00:14:10.300 It's the gospel that will solve it. 00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:11.840 For at the heart of the issue 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:13.240 is a failed grasp, 00:14:13.680 --> 00:14:14.980 as we have already talked about, 00:14:15.060 --> 00:14:17.500 that it is God who provides and sustains life. 00:14:17.659 --> 00:14:19.879 People are abusing our earth 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:21.480 and the land itself 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:24.259 because ultimately they're scared 00:14:24.259 --> 00:14:25.060 that they won't have enough 00:14:25.060 --> 00:14:27.379 or they want more than they need. 00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:31.139 and they don't trust that God will provide for them. 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:34.220 It's not the land itself, 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:36.159 nor the people who work it, 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:39.299 from which sustainability for life comes. 00:14:40.139 --> 00:14:41.360 It comes from the one 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:43.419 who's at the center of everything, 00:14:43.939 --> 00:14:44.919 the Lord of life. 00:14:45.980 --> 00:14:48.679 As we live and exist in this world today, 00:14:49.019 --> 00:14:50.220 we ought to remember 00:14:50.220 --> 00:14:53.100 the ground and who it belongs to. 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:54.820 It belongs to God, not ours. 00:14:54.820 --> 00:14:56.720 And He, the Lord, 00:14:56.920 --> 00:14:58.379 is at the center of everything. 00:14:58.920 --> 00:15:00.420 Everything that we enjoy 00:15:00.420 --> 00:15:02.060 producing the ground 00:15:02.060 --> 00:15:03.100 comes from Him 00:15:03.100 --> 00:15:05.340 who caused the ground to produce. 00:15:06.060 --> 00:15:07.080 The Sabbath year 00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:08.860 stops the Israelite people 00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:10.260 from getting out of control 00:15:10.260 --> 00:15:11.180 on their consumption 00:15:11.180 --> 00:15:12.680 and reminds them 00:15:12.680 --> 00:15:14.480 of their creational mandate 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:15.480 to look after 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:16.720 and to take care of the ground. 00:15:16.920 --> 00:15:18.860 It reminds them to trust the Lord 00:15:18.860 --> 00:15:20.640 who will provide for them 00:15:20.640 --> 00:15:22.120 even if in a whole year 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:23.960 they don't work the ground. 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:27.879 Indeed, as we read in chapter 25, 00:15:28.060 --> 00:15:28.960 God is gracious 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:31.080 in His abundance towards them 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:32.259 that they will have crop 00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:34.700 into the eighth and ninth year. 00:15:40.560 --> 00:15:42.440 We are called to represent Him well, 00:15:42.560 --> 00:15:43.740 not just in community, 00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:45.400 but in the way we look after 00:15:45.400 --> 00:15:46.400 and treat our earth. 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:49.939 And so finally, 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:51.000 from Leviticus 25, 00:15:51.179 --> 00:15:51.980 we see that Sabbath 00:15:51.980 --> 00:15:52.899 promotes 00:15:52.899 --> 00:15:54.879 the importance of rest 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:56.319 and freedom 00:15:56.319 --> 00:15:58.299 as the goal of creation. 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:00.399 The climax of Sabbath rest 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:02.179 comes in verse 28. 00:16:02.959 --> 00:16:04.740 Count off seven Sabbath years, 00:16:04.860 --> 00:16:05.759 seven times seven, 00:16:05.860 --> 00:16:07.559 so that the seven Sabbath years 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:09.659 amount to a period of 49 years. 00:16:10.019 --> 00:16:11.299 Then have the trumpet sound 00:16:11.299 --> 00:16:12.840 everywhere on the tenth day 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:13.679 of the seventh month 00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:14.980 on the Day of Atonement. 00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:16.139 Sound the trumpet 00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:17.200 throughout your land. 00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:19.159 Consecrate the 50th year 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:20.100 and proclaim liberty 00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:20.759 throughout the land 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:21.899 to all its inhabitants. 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:24.060 It shall be a jubilee for you. 00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:25.659 Each of you is to return 00:16:25.659 --> 00:16:26.740 to your family property 00:16:26.740 --> 00:16:28.120 and to your own clan. 00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:29.019 The 50th year 00:16:29.019 --> 00:16:30.720 shall be a jubilee for you. 00:16:31.060 --> 00:16:31.700 Do not sow 00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:32.360 and do not reap 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:33.519 what grows of itself 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:34.500 or harvest 00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:35.620 the unintended vines, 00:16:35.700 --> 00:16:36.779 for it is a jubilee 00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:39.100 and it is to be holy for you. 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:40.720 Eat only what is taken 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:41.960 directly from the fields. 00:16:42.420 --> 00:16:43.580 In this year of jubilee, 00:16:43.580 --> 00:16:45.580 everyone is to return 00:16:45.580 --> 00:16:46.720 to their property, 00:16:46.940 --> 00:16:47.620 their own property. 00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:49.259 The year of jubilee 00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:51.820 was the climactic celebration 00:16:51.820 --> 00:16:53.060 of the Sabbath. 00:16:53.240 --> 00:16:54.920 It encompassed elements 00:16:54.920 --> 00:16:56.020 of the yearly Sabbath 00:16:56.020 --> 00:16:57.680 and the weekly Sabbath 00:16:57.680 --> 00:16:59.360 by bringing an exciting 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:00.540 new element as well. 00:17:01.280 --> 00:17:02.660 All your debts were cancelled. 00:17:03.280 --> 00:17:04.100 You had your property 00:17:04.100 --> 00:17:04.940 returned to you. 00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:06.740 If you were a hired worker 00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:08.120 or even a slave, 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:08.980 you were freed. 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.900 That sounds pretty good. 00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:15.859 The stipulations listed 00:17:15.859 --> 00:17:16.740 for jubilee, though, 00:17:16.819 --> 00:17:17.839 weren't just for the sake 00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:19.759 of everyone's individual joy 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:21.400 so we could take 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:22.160 what was ours 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:22.880 and, yes, 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:24.019 get it back, finally. 00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:27.700 Because it meant, 00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.599 for some, 00:17:29.059 --> 00:17:29.740 giving back 00:17:29.740 --> 00:17:30.519 and giving it up, 00:17:31.140 --> 00:17:32.019 losing their wealth. 00:17:33.380 --> 00:17:34.440 The day of jubilee 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:36.600 was the great equaliser. 00:17:37.660 --> 00:17:38.720 Or as Von and I 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:39.240 were discussing, 00:17:39.360 --> 00:17:39.880 she told me, 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:41.660 it's the great reset button. 00:17:42.620 --> 00:17:43.740 For as years went on, 00:17:43.860 --> 00:17:44.680 some got richer 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:45.900 and some got poorer. 00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.920 To allow that divide 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:47.600 to get bigger 00:17:47.600 --> 00:17:48.519 and bigger 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:49.420 was to run against 00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:50.860 the grain of creation 00:17:50.860 --> 00:17:52.440 that God had made us equal. 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.380 And so, 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:55.960 the return of property. 00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:57.220 Also, 00:17:57.360 --> 00:17:58.100 as years went on, 00:17:58.140 --> 00:17:58.880 these poor people 00:17:58.880 --> 00:17:59.440 may have had to 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:01.480 sell themselves for work, 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:02.940 sell their property 00:18:02.940 --> 00:18:04.539 to pay off debt 00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:06.120 and to become hired hands. 00:18:06.860 --> 00:18:07.140 And so, 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:07.799 they were freed 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:08.799 every 50 years 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:09.880 of their bondage 00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:11.480 to debt and obligation. 00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.460 This day 00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:15.240 and year of jubilee 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:16.099 remind the people 00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:17.160 that they were created 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:17.920 by God 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:18.799 and they were owned 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:20.460 and belonged to God. 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:22.620 That's the constant 00:18:22.620 --> 00:18:24.799 line we see in Exodus. 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:26.740 I will be your God 00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:28.519 and you will be my people. 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:32.619 that everything they have 00:18:32.619 --> 00:18:33.720 is actually His 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:35.559 and it is His 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:36.779 to give back freely. 00:18:38.379 --> 00:18:40.019 That anyone who works for them, 00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:41.900 indebted or even enslaved, 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.759 is also God's. 00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:44.059 Indeed, 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:45.859 as verse 54 says, 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:47.279 even if someone 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:48.139 is not redeemed 00:18:48.139 --> 00:18:49.079 in any of these ways, 00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:51.019 they and their children 00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:51.740 are to be released 00:18:51.740 --> 00:18:52.720 in the year of jubilee. 00:18:53.639 --> 00:18:54.779 They are my servants 00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:56.240 whom I brought 00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:57.099 out of Egypt. 00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:58.500 I am the Lord your God. 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:00.960 The year of jubilee, 00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:01.940 this climactic 00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:02.740 Sabbath 00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.940 that happened every year, 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:04.759 lived up 00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.920 to the idea 00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:07.639 of sacred assembly. 00:19:08.900 --> 00:19:09.519 It protested 00:19:10.139 --> 00:19:10.759 the idea 00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:11.599 that the nation 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.420 of Israel 00:19:12.420 --> 00:19:13.279 ought to be built 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:14.240 upon tribute 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.700 and forced labor 00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:17.440 and state-imposed 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:18.440 slavery, 00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:20.519 which was so prevalent 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:21.759 in the nations 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.480 surrounding them. 00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:22.819 No, 00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:24.279 it pointed to the people 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:24.799 of God 00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:25.519 and to the nations 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.000 around them. 00:19:26.059 --> 00:19:26.859 They were built 00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:28.279 upon the Lord God 00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:28.819 himself 00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.439 and upon 00:19:29.439 --> 00:19:30.199 his mercy 00:19:30.199 --> 00:19:31.219 and grace, 00:19:31.879 --> 00:19:33.579 upon his 00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:35.399 wonderful provision 00:19:35.399 --> 00:19:38.079 and that he would 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:38.779 dwell with them. 00:19:40.479 --> 00:19:41.179 Our world 00:19:41.179 --> 00:19:42.099 is nothing like that. 00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:44.019 Our modern world 00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:45.099 is nothing like that. 00:19:46.699 --> 00:19:47.579 In little things, 00:19:47.659 --> 00:19:48.319 like if one is able 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:49.599 to get into the city market 00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.139 alone 00:19:50.139 --> 00:19:52.299 and buy a house, 00:19:52.399 --> 00:19:53.099 you are obligated 00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:54.480 yourself to a near-life, 00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:56.199 longer payment of debt, 00:19:56.500 --> 00:20:00.119 which will never be wiped. 00:20:01.639 --> 00:20:02.959 The divide between rich 00:20:02.959 --> 00:20:03.480 and poor 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.759 has never been greater 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:05.459 than it is today 00:20:05.459 --> 00:20:07.939 and will continue to grow 00:20:07.939 --> 00:20:08.599 if generating 00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:09.699 more and more wealth 00:20:09.699 --> 00:20:10.619 is the goal 00:20:10.619 --> 00:20:12.059 of our society. 00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:14.119 Most of the clothes 00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:14.939 that we wear, 00:20:15.719 --> 00:20:16.939 we may not be aware, 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:17.819 but are made 00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:19.439 in slave-like conditions, 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:21.519 if not in slavery. 00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:23.779 I found out a few years ago 00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:25.180 that the cocoa industry, 00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:25.920 that is, 00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:26.920 to make chocolate, 00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:28.740 is rife with corruption 00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.660 and slavery. 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:31.460 80% of cocoa made 00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:32.080 in our world 00:20:32.080 --> 00:20:33.600 comes from one particular 00:20:33.600 --> 00:20:34.480 place in Africa 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:37.220 and is one major supplier 00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:38.740 that most of our brands 00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.340 buy from, 00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:41.180 brands like Nestle, 00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:43.840 and they use child slaves 00:20:43.840 --> 00:20:45.120 to make and pick the cocoa. 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:48.019 That's happening today. 00:20:48.979 --> 00:20:49.659 There's all kinds 00:20:49.659 --> 00:20:50.679 of slavery as well 00:20:50.679 --> 00:20:51.959 in the sex industry, 00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.619 in all kinds of places. 00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.459 The principle 00:20:57.459 --> 00:20:58.179 at the heart 00:20:58.179 --> 00:20:59.379 of these stipulations 00:20:59.379 --> 00:21:01.399 for the year of Jubilee 00:21:01.399 --> 00:21:02.259 was the law 00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:03.379 that summed up 00:21:03.379 --> 00:21:04.299 the entire law 00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:05.799 according to Jesus. 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:07.639 Love the Lord 00:21:07.639 --> 00:21:08.779 with all your heart, 00:21:09.419 --> 00:21:09.959 mind, 00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:11.099 strength, 00:21:11.399 --> 00:21:12.879 and love your neighbor 00:21:12.879 --> 00:21:14.039 as yourself. 00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:17.919 It was a defining 00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:19.319 law for them 00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:20.179 that they wrote 00:21:20.179 --> 00:21:21.219 that into their 00:21:21.219 --> 00:21:21.979 moral code. 00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:23.899 And that's why 00:21:23.899 --> 00:21:24.739 they sought 00:21:24.739 --> 00:21:25.979 to look after the poor, 00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:27.599 to free the slayer. 00:21:27.699 --> 00:21:28.139 That's why 00:21:28.139 --> 00:21:29.079 every 50 years 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:30.299 they had a year of Jubilee. 00:21:33.139 --> 00:21:33.839 If there was 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:34.639 a defining law 00:21:34.639 --> 00:21:35.319 for us today 00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:35.919 it would be this, 00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:36.739 love yourself 00:21:36.739 --> 00:21:37.679 with all your heart, 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.519 mind, and strength 00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:39.399 and love your neighbor 00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:40.399 if it benefits you. 00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:43.319 The whole point 00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:44.359 of these repetitive 00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:46.279 Sabbath celebrations 00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.679 in their various forms 00:21:47.679 --> 00:21:48.419 were not to stop 00:21:48.419 --> 00:21:49.279 this from happening. 00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:50.699 So it was to stop 00:21:50.699 --> 00:21:51.439 this from happening 00:21:51.439 --> 00:21:52.159 for Israel. 00:21:52.899 --> 00:21:53.479 That they would not 00:21:53.479 --> 00:21:54.459 end up loving themselves 00:21:54.459 --> 00:21:55.059 and only caring 00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.639 for themselves 00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:57.279 but they would live out 00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:58.599 a life of constant 00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:59.159 worship 00:21:59.159 --> 00:22:00.059 with God 00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:01.019 in his presence 00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:02.159 and looking out 00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:02.819 for the poor 00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.619 and those who were 00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.099 mistreated 00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:04.959 and the destitute. 00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:05.959 They would look 00:22:05.959 --> 00:22:06.740 after the land 00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.339 and they would live 00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:07.879 for God 00:22:07.879 --> 00:22:08.859 and obey him. 00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:10.959 Only then 00:22:10.959 --> 00:22:11.539 would they enjoy 00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.180 his presence 00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:12.799 and blessing. 00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:14.879 But it didn't 00:22:14.879 --> 00:22:15.639 take long 00:22:15.639 --> 00:22:16.420 for them 00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:17.180 to end up 00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:17.819 living lives 00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.099 that look 00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:18.859 totally radically 00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:19.379 different. 00:22:20.399 --> 00:22:20.980 To live 00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.980 individually 00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:24.079 and to live 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:24.559 in a way 00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:24.779 that only 00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.599 benefits themselves. 00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:27.200 It didn't take long 00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.759 for their world 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.319 to look like 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:28.759 our world 00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.299 did today, 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.139 does today. 00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:31.940 And therefore 00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:33.039 it did not take long 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.819 for them to suffer 00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.879 the consequences 00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.579 where they were 00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.200 kicked out 00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:37.180 of the land 00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:38.180 into exile 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:39.200 just as Adam 00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.519 and Eve 00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:39.840 were kicked 00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:40.620 out of the garden. 00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:43.160 But there is hope. 00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:45.480 Because Leviticus 25 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.200 is not just 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.920 a staving 00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.920 perhaps critique 00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:49.860 on our modern world 00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.840 and our ideas 00:22:50.840 --> 00:22:51.360 of rest 00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:52.039 and work 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:53.980 but it also 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.820 gives us 00:22:54.820 --> 00:22:56.140 an idea 00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:56.920 of God's 00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:57.440 intention 00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:58.240 to dwell 00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.900 with his people. 00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:00.060 He wants 00:23:00.060 --> 00:23:00.840 to rest 00:23:00.840 --> 00:23:01.560 and he wants 00:23:01.560 --> 00:23:02.259 us to rest 00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:03.400 with him. 00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.080 And it gives 00:23:05.080 --> 00:23:05.740 us a picture 00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.700 of how the gospel 00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:08.100 impacts our world 00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:09.139 and shapes 00:23:09.139 --> 00:23:10.179 our community. 00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.339 The gospel 00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:12.439 is not another 00:23:12.439 --> 00:23:13.000 festival 00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:14.099 or calendar 00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:15.000 law for Sabbath 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.799 but it is the 00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.199 climax 00:23:16.199 --> 00:23:17.079 of all these 00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:17.559 things. 00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:18.579 As you've been 00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.019 reading it 00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.619 there's a big 00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.259 climax 00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.659 that's the 00:23:20.659 --> 00:23:21.619 weekly Sabbath 00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:22.179 and it's the 00:23:22.179 --> 00:23:22.699 seven yearly 00:23:22.699 --> 00:23:23.079 Sabbath 00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.859 and then after 00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.959 seven years 00:23:24.959 --> 00:23:25.240 Sabbath 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.879 there's the 00:23:25.879 --> 00:23:26.599 year of Jubilee 00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:27.459 and then we get 00:23:27.459 --> 00:23:28.219 to the climax 00:23:28.219 --> 00:23:28.939 in the gospels 00:23:28.939 --> 00:23:29.359 where the 00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:29.679 Lord 00:23:29.679 --> 00:23:30.259 the Sabbath 00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:31.539 himself 00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.740 comes. 00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.259 Jesus 00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:36.679 to bring 00:23:36.679 --> 00:23:37.139 the kind 00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:37.539 of rest 00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:37.799 we've been 00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.379 hoping for 00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:38.839 here in 00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.399 Leviticus. 00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.619 Leviticus 00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:41.359 shows that 00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:42.639 it is in 00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.299 the gospel 00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:44.519 that we can 00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.139 rest from our 00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:45.859 work and rest 00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.339 in the work 00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:46.899 of Jesus 00:23:46.899 --> 00:23:48.079 to bring us 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:48.359 into a 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:48.659 relationship 00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:49.119 with the 00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:49.440 Father 00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:50.259 that all 00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.559 of us 00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.000 who are 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.399 weary 00:23:51.399 --> 00:23:52.259 and burdened 00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.680 and heavy 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:53.099 laden 00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.919 can enjoy 00:23:53.919 --> 00:23:54.819 the rest 00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.419 that Jesus 00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:55.919 offers 00:23:55.919 --> 00:23:56.799 when he 00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.240 says come 00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.740 to me 00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.500 and I'll 00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:58.819 give you 00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:59.419 rest for 00:23:59.419 --> 00:24:00.099 your souls. 00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.139 Leviticus 00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:01.819 shows that 00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.480 the gospel 00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.180 encompasses 00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:04.619 not only us 00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:05.379 as individuals 00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:06.019 or us 00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.740 as a community 00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.720 but the 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.160 whole of 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.720 creation 00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:10.140 a salvation 00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:10.720 that Jesus 00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.000 has come 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.400 to bring 00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:12.160 is for 00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:12.660 the whole 00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.160 world 00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:13.720 it is 00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.200 cosmic 00:24:14.200 --> 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