Read Luke 4:14-21
As Jesus began his public ministry he read a very specific passage from the Old Testament. And he said the time of fulfillment was now. It was the year of jubilee. It was time for good news for the poor, the imprisoned, the blind, and the oppressed. Jesus proclaimed that God's message is for the outcast and disenfranchised. It is time to celebrate a new vision of God's favor and grace. It is a time of jubilee.
Jesus announced larger groups are now included in God's love and grace. Sometimes we limit who is in and out of favor with God based any number of factors, but Jesus turned those categories inside out. God's freedom is on the way for all.
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