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• Jubilee

  The Jubilee was an Old Testament institution established in Leviticus 25. In the fiftieth year, after seven sabbatical cycles, land that had been sold returned to the family that originally held it, Israelites who had become servants were set free, and the land was left to rest.

• Leviticus 25:8–12

  A provision of the Law commanding that the fiftieth year, which follows seven sabbatical years (forty-nine years), be kept holy as the "Jubilee." It calls for a trumpet to be sounded on the Day of Atonement to proclaim liberty and for each person to return to his land and family. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of the ministry of Jesus and of social justice.

• Leviticus 25

  Leviticus 25 contains the regulations for the sabbatical year and the Year of Jubilee given at Mount Sinai. It commands that the land rest in the seventh year and that, in the fiftieth year, sold land be returned and fellow Israelites who had sold themselves be set free.

• Leviticus 24

  Leviticus 24 contains regulations for the sanctuary lamps and for the bread set out every Sabbath (the showbread), followed by the execution of a man who blasphemed the name of the LORD and the law of retaliation expressed as "eye for eye, tooth for tooth."

• The Poor

  In the Bible, "the poor" refers to people who struggle to make a living and need protection. The Old Testament makes caring for them a duty of the covenant people, and the New Testament presents the proclamation of the gospel to them as a sign of the kingdom of God.

• Leviticus 26

  Leviticus 26 proclaims the blessings that will follow faithfulness to the covenant and the punishments that will come in escalating stages if it is broken. It also promises that, even after Israel has been scattered, God will remember the covenant He made with the patriarchs if the people confess their sin.

• Year of Release

  The year of release is an institution prescribed in Deuteronomy 15 under which, every seventh year, Israelites were to release debts owed to them by fellow Israelites.

• Sabbatical Year (Old Testament)

  The sabbatical year was an institution of Old Testament law under which the land was to rest every seventh year and debts owed by fellow Israelites were to be released. It appears in Leviticus 25, Exodus 23, and Deuteronomy 15.

• Church Year

  The church year is the church's calendar, which arranges a year of worship in sequence according to the life of Jesus Christ and the coming of the Holy Spirit, beginning with Advent and continuing through the season after Pentecost. It is also referred to as the cycle of church seasons.

• Edict of Cyrus

  The Edict of Cyrus was a command issued by Cyrus, king of Persia, in the first year of his reign. It permitted the people of Judah who had been carried captive to Babylon to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple. It is recorded in 2 Chronicles and Ezra.

• Sennacherib's Invasion of Judah

  Sennacherib's invasion of Judah is the event, recounted in Scripture, in which Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked the cities of Judah and threatened Jerusalem in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah. According to the biblical account, Jerusalem did not fall because God intervened.

• Luke 4:18-19

  Luke 4:18-19 records the words Jesus read from the book of Isaiah in the synagogue at Nazareth and proclaimed as the purpose of his ministry. Because the passage speaks of preaching the gospel to the poor, the captives, the blind, and the oppressed, interpreters have long debated whether it refers to spiritual salvation alone or also includes social liberation.

• Ignatius of Antioch

  Ignatius of Antioch was bishop of the church in Antioch in the early second century. While being taken to Rome to be martyred, he wrote seven letters. He is counted among the Apostolic Fathers.

• Silk Letter of Hwang Sa-yeong

  The Silk Letter of Hwang Sa-yeong is a secret letter written on white silk by the Catholic believer Hwang Sa-yeong during the Sinyu Persecution of 1801. It describes the course of the persecution and proposes remedies. Intended for Bishop Gouvea in Beijing, it was discovered before it could be delivered, and its discovery intensified the suppression of Catholicism.

• Gihae Persecution

  The Gihae Persecution was a suppression of Catholicism that took place in 1839 (the gihae year), the fifth year of the reign of King Heonjong of Joseon. Three French missionaries and leaders of the Korean Catholic Church, including Jeong Ha-sang, lost their lives in the persecution.

• Fall of the Northern Kingdom of Israel

  The fall of the northern kingdom of Israel was the late eighth-century BC event in which Assyria captured Samaria, the capital of the northern kingdom, and deported its inhabitants. It is recorded in 2 Kings 17.

• Shishak

  Shishak was a king of Egypt in the time of Solomon and Rehoboam. He gave refuge to Jeroboam when Jeroboam fled from Solomon, and in the fifth year of Rehoboam's reign he invaded Judah and carried off the treasures of the temple and the royal palace.

• Fall of Jerusalem

  The fall of Jerusalem was the event in which Jerusalem, the capital of the southern kingdom of Judah, fell to the army of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and the temple was burned. It took place during the reign of King Zedekiah, bringing the kingdom of Judah to an end and marking the beginning of the Babylonian exile.

• Elah (King of Israel)

  Elah was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel and the son of Baasha. According to 1 Kings 16, he reigned for two years and was killed by his servant Zimri while drunk. His death brought the dynasty of Baasha to an end.

• Daniel 8

  Daniel 8 records Daniel's vision of a ram and a male goat in the third year of King Belshazzar, together with its interpretation by the angel Gabriel. The chapter features a "little horn" that defiles the sanctuary and the "two thousand and three hundred days."