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Year of Jubilee (212A)
By: Tony Campolo

Big idea: Jubilee isn’t just an old term; it’s today’s good news for everyone. Main Points: How does Leviticus 25 define the jubilee? Was the jubilee observed? In Christ, "jubilee" is alive and well today. ***See outline of this message below.

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Year of Jubilee (212A)

Speaker: Tony Campolo

Date: 1/1/1900

References: Luke 4:17-19

Introduction:

Christ declares the kingdom of God.
Big Idea: The kingdom of God is a jubilee.

How does Leviticus 25 define the jubilee?

Debts are cancelled.
Prisoners are freed.
Land is returned to original owners.

Was the jubilee observed?

Never once did the Jews observe it.
The Messiah will declare it (Isaiah 61).
Christ declares it (Luke 4).
- Illustration: Campolo retells in detail and with humor Christ reading from the prophet Isaiah in the synagogue in Nazareth.

In Christ, "jubilee" is alive and well today.

It's good news for the poor.
- Illustration: Campolo meets Christ in the guise of a poor, homeless man on the streets of Philadelphia.
It's healing (not necessarily curing) for the sick.
- Illustration: Campolo prays for a dying man embittered about his illness, whose wife later says, "He wasn't cured, but he was healed [from his bitterness]."
It's deliverance for those oppressed by sin.
- Illustration: Since God is outside of time, Campolo says that when Christ was crucified, he is looking at us today from the Cross and forgives and frees us.
- Illustration: At a funeral, the pastor shuts the casket and says, "Good night, Clarence. God is going to give you a good morning," and the choir sings, "On that great getting-up morning, we shall rise."

Conclusion:

The jubilee is the whole gospel.

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