There is a reason so many Christians today live in fear and confusion. It is because they don't understand the joyful sound of Jubilee! They know that Jesus died and rose again, they know His blood has power to save. But they have not yet understood the joyful sound of all that He has provided for us to live in freedom!
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound..."
(Psalm 89:15)
The joyful sound we hear today is the trumpet of God proclaiming our deliverance, through the blood of Jesus Christ. Now, here are the other blessings of Jubilee:
1. "...they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance" (Psalm 89:15). The Hebrew meaning here suggests, "They shall walk in cheerfulness, secure in God's promises, at ease in His presence." Simply put, we no longer have to walk in darkness or confusion - because we will behold the light of His face!
2. "In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted"(Psalm 89:16). We know our own righteousness is as filthy rags. And so we are to take courage by rejoicing in his righteousness - which is ours by faith alone!
3. "For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted"(Psalm 89:17). We know that Christ alone is the source of all our strength. And we don't have to live under the devil's thumb anymore. All we have to do is look upon Satan's back, where we'll see the heel print of our Savior. Jesus has crushed our enemy!
4. "For the Lord is our defense... " (Psalm 89:18). We are utterly helpless in our flesh. And so we trust totally in the victory of Jesus'cross. He defends us against every enemy?
Dear saint, we are headed for one last, great Jubilee -
signaled by the final trumpet blast:
"...We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trump:
for the trumpet shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed"
(1 Corinthians 15:51-52).
"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord".
(1 Thessaloninans 4:16-17)
When those trumpets sound, the dead shall be raised. There will be no more prisons, no more bondage, no more sin, no more sickness. And in that moment, we will have eternal Jubilee. hallelujah!
Wilkerson, David. Times Square Church Pulpit Series. 13 October 1997.
Used with permission - link to Times Square Church here
Used with permission - link to Times Square Church here
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