JUBILEE

At the moment I am busy getting plans together for the Jubilee weekend, the tiem we celebrate the Queen being queen for 60 years how amazing! At the moment I just see busy busy rather than celebration with a fun day to help prepare, a big lunch an open house and a beacon lighting act of worship all to be organised within a short time.
This weeekend for most is a time for an extended weekend with an extra bank holiday giving most people 4 days of rest to spend time with friends and family. No matter what you may think about the monarchy you can’t deny that anyone who manages to stay in the same very public job for 60 years, touring the world and making major decisions at the age of 86 has to be celebrated in some way!

If we look back over time a year of Jubilee is actually a Biblical principle;

The most unusual observance that God commanded the Israelites through Moses was the keeping of the year of jubilee. For most people this celebration occurred only once in their life time, and for many not even that, as it occurred only once every 50 years. At this year of jubilee all Israelites who had sold themselves into slavery were set free, and all land that had been sold reverted to its original owner. This meant that no Israelite could ever be in permanent slavery; nor could any Israelite permanently lose his inheritance.

The English word jubilee comes from the Hebrew word yobel meaning a trumpet or ram’s horn. These rams’ horns were blown on the Day of Atonement to announce the start of the year of jubilee.

I pray that the extended weeeknd gives people the time to reconcile with family, frineds and neighbours, to celebrate to enjoy and to just be together!