Sunday, May 31, 2009

Joy of Jubilee

"Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound... in the day of atonement.... the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you" (Leviticus 25:9,10). "She shall rejoice in time to come" (Proverbs 31:25). "Mine eyes have seen Thy salvation, which Thou hast prepared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy people Israel" (Luke 2:30-32).

The trumpet of the jubilee
Proclaimed the fiftieth year
To be a time of liberty,
Atonement, and of cheer.

The people saw that day draw near,
And temporal things they owned
Were not accounted then so dear,
For they had just been loaned.

It was a day of liberation
Proclaimed through all the land,
And here we see our own salvation
In terms we understand.

For soon our temporal things possessed
Shall all be put aside,
And we shall be forever blessed,
As God has testified.

My eyes of faith have seen the day
Of eternal jubilee!
Hold lightly things that pass away,
But embrace eternity!

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