THE SCROLL - NYOBS 07.73

RABBIT TRAIL FROM NYOBS 7 - ESCHATOLOGY

THE SCROLL - RABBIT TRAIL

• During trying times a Jewish family might have to give their land as a pledge to satisfy a debt.  The debtor could be taken as a slave for six years, but at the seventh go free. Land could not be taken away permanently, but could be pledged till the debt was paid.
• A scroll was prepared, written on the inside describing the possession, then rolled up. The terms, conditions and qualifications for a redeemer to purchase back the possessions were written on the outside of the scroll and then it was sealed with seven seals and placed in the Temple.

• When a qualified redeemer was found to open the scroll, the possessions were returned.

• Man’s inheritance was lost in the Garden of Eden, but was redeemed by Jesus at the cross
• God gave Adam the right to reign over the earth.  He lost that right to Satan when he sinned and then man became a slave to sin till the debt was paid.  The land became cursed with sorrow, thistles and thorns.
• The redeemer of the scroll had to meet certain qualifications:

Be a near kinsman;

Acting freely on his own; and

Have the ability to pay the price.

• Upon redemption; the Priest verified the qualifications; the redeemer paid the price and then opened the scroll and redeemed the land.

• Remembering a day to the Lord is like a thousand years; the slave would work 6 years (6,000 years) then go free at the seventh year.  We are entering the 7^th year (the last 1,000 years; the millennium reign.).  Christ will redeem the saints and the earth; all His creation.
• Each seal is a day and at the seventh seal the redemption of man and earth is complete.
• God made Adam the dictator of the earth, but he lost it; A near kinsman, God’s Son Jesus, was ready, willing and able to redeem the earth and free the slaves to sin. Christ’s paid the price with His death on the cross. He has the power to lay down His life and the power to pick it up again.
• Debt Paid; we have been redeemed and not only do we get the land back, but it is recreated NEW - just like it was in the Garden of Eden.  PRAISE THE LIVING LORD.

Rev 22:16

16 "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star." NIV

Rom 8:1-3

1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,  

2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.

3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man,  NIV

Heb 2:9

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. NIV

Heb 2:14

14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death-that is, the devil- NIV

Matt 3:17

17 And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased." NIV

John 10:17-18

17 The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life-only to take it up again.

18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father." NIV

1 Peter 1:18-20

18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers,

19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

20 He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. NIV

2 Peter 3:8

8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. NIV

Lev 25:23-26

23 `The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you are but aliens and my tenants.

24 Throughout the country that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption of the land.

25 "`If one of your countrymen becomes poor and sells some of his property, his nearest relative is to come and redeem what his countryman has sold. NIV