Jubilee years - why they were celebrated in the olden days.
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The UK is currently basking in a two-day public holiday celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year rule. Not having to go to work for a few days is liberty of sorts, but the biblical and pre-biblical links between jubilee years and liberty were far more intimate in terms of jubilees being events declared by rulers which involved the cancellation of debt and the freeing of slaves from their personal bondage.
Jubilee years - why they were celebrated in the olden days.
Jubilee years - why they were celebrated in…
Jubilee years - why they were celebrated in the olden days.
The UK is currently basking in a two-day public holiday celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year rule. Not having to go to work for a few days is liberty of sorts, but the biblical and pre-biblical links between jubilee years and liberty were far more intimate in terms of jubilees being events declared by rulers which involved the cancellation of debt and the freeing of slaves from their personal bondage.