The seventh year and the year of jubilee are not mentioned in the Ten Commandments. They were to be kept only 'in the land' of Israel and were not once kept in the wilderness before the Israelites entered Canaan. They are parts of that 'law of commandments contained in ordinances' (Ephesians 2:15) that ended at the cross.
Adapted from H.M.S. Richards,
Hard Nuts Cracked, 3.
The contrast between the Sabbath of the Lord and these sabbaths of the Hebrews is strongly marked.
- The Sabbath of the Lord was instituted at the close of the first week of time; while these were ordained in connection with the Jewish feasts.
- The ...
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