tirsdag 26. oktober 2010

Jesus came to preach the acceptable year of the Lord

What is "the acceptable year of the Lord"? The word acceptable is the  Greek word dektos and it means accepted.
The background is this: In the Old Testament, every 50th year was the year of jubilee, or the acceptable year of the Lord. We read about it in Leviticus 25:10-13,
"Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each one of you is to return to his family property and each to his own clan.The fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you ... In this Year of Jubilee everyone is to return to his own property."

Every 50th year, people got their properties back, and they were set free from bondage. Maybe we can put it this way, Every 50th year they were accepted back to their original state.
Our original state in God was that we were without sin, because sin was not "invented" yet. Adam and Eve were created without sin and put in a wonderful garden to grow and tend it and the animals that were in it. But we know that they sinned, and were thrown out of the garden. Jesus came to restore our righteous standing with God, and I believe that's what Jesus was referring to when He said He was to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
The good thing, though, is that we don't have to wait 50 years for that to happen. The accpetable year of the Lord is every year and every day of the year. Jesus came to restore us to our righteous place in God.
Don't put it off, but accpet Him today if you haven't already done so. And if you're a Christian and living below your God-given standard, accept Jesus' offer to restore you back to the place of abundance. "I will satisfy the priests with abundance, and my people will be filled with my bounty," declares the LORD" (Jer.31,14. my emphasis).

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