Days of Creation
The previous study in this series, God’s Perspective of Time, precedes this study. This study, Days of Creation will continue that discussion as it tries to understand the age of the earth. Before that, there are a few concepts that should be reviewed.
Leviticus 23:39.
39Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto Yehovah seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
The Festival of Sukkoth or Tabernacles is seven days long. The first day is a holy convocation, a sabbath. Although Sukkoth is seven days, the Bible speaks of an eighth day that is a holy convocation. The eighth day is called Shemini Atsereth or the Eighth Festival. It is not a part of Sukkoth, yet it is not separate from Sukkoth.
In the study of God’s Perspective of Time, the Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee were examined including the laws and provisions related to them. The Sabbatical Year is every seven years. This is based on when the Children of Israel originally entered the land. During the Sabbatical Year, the land of Israel is to be at rest. No one is to harvest or prune. If the land does produce, it is to be shared with the servants, stranger and poor. During the Sabbatical Year, all debts are forgiven for the Children of Israel and Hebrew slaves are to be set free.
After every seventh Sabbatical Year or 49 years, there is a Jubilee. This is the 50TH year. Again, no one is to harvest or prune the land. All slaves are set free, the Children of Israel are to return to their possessions and their families.
Most of this Information can be found in Leviticus 23, 25 and Deuteronomy 15. One additional place is Exodus 23:10-11.
10And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: 11But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
This is the mentioning of the poor.
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