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Originally Posted by awareness
Nell,
Since there's no way the I'm gonna buy any of this stuff, can you at least explain a little about Shemitah?
Is it a universal cycle of God? Does it apply to the whole earth for all time? or is it a Israel or America thing?
Is it Gods' cycle, or nature's? Is it a eternal principle, or temporary?
Please explain it a little, and where, when, how long, it applies.
Please pretty please, with a cherry on top....
Help this idiot out.
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Well, new best friend, awareness. That didn't take long.
Here's what I've found:
Your question: Since there's no way the (that) I'm gonna buy any of this stuff, can you at least explain a little about Shemitah?
In English, the Elul 29 command ordains that every creditor shall "grant a release." But the original Hebrew commands every creditor to make a "
shemitah." In those first two verses of Deuteronomy 15 the word
shemitah appears no fewer than four times. At the end of the second verse it is written, "Because it is called the Lord's release." In Hebrew it is called the Lord's "
Shemitah."
The word
shemitah is most often translated as "the release" or "the remission." The English word remission is defined as "the cancellation or reduction of a debt or penalty." The
Shemitah of ancient Israel refers not only to the releasing of the land but also to the nullification of debt and credit ordained by God and performed on a massive nationwide scale.
http://www.charismamag.com/spirit/pr...mitah-revealed
Quoting Cahn's book
The Mystery of the Shemitah. Sorry. I looked for non-Cahn references but couldn't find one that defined the word "shemitah" as to its literal meaining.
Your question: Is it a universal cycle of God? Does it apply to the whole earth for all time?
That would be a question for God. I don't know. Here are the verses about what might be considered a "universal cycle of God".
Book of Leviticus: The Sabbath Year
25 The Lord said to Moses at Mount Sinai, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you, the land itself must observe a sabbath to the Lord. 3 For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops. 4 But in the seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest, a sabbath to the Lord. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards.
Leviticus 25:1-4 New International Version (NIV)
Book of Exodus: Sabbath Laws
10 “For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops, 11 but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused. Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
Exodus 23:10-11 New International Version (NIV)
Book of Deuteronomy: The Year for Canceling Debts
15 At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. 2 This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel any loan they have made to a fellow Israelite. They shall not require payment from anyone among their own people, because the Lord’s time for canceling debts has been proclaimed.
Deuteronomy 15:1-2 New International Version (NIV)
Book of Jeremiah:
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying: "At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee"; but your fathers hearkened not unto Me, neither inclined their ear." (Jeremiah 34:13–14)[12]
Book of Nehemiah:
"and if the peoples of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt." (Nehemiah 10:31)[13]
Books of Chronicles:
"... And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia; to fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah,
until the land had been paid her sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. (2 Chronicles 36:20–21)[14]
Books of Kings:
(Isaiah speaking) "... And this is the sign for you: This year you eat what grows of itself, and the next year what springs from that, and in the third year, sow and reap and plant vineyards and eat their fruit. And the survivors of the House of Judah that have escaped shall regenerate its stock below and produce boughs above." (2 Kings 19:20–30).
Your questions: Is it Gods' cycle, or nature's? Is it a eternal principle, or temporary?
Since God wrote it down in his book, I’d say it was his "cycle". (His seven day "cycle", a seven year "cycle", then seven seven-year "cycles" leading up to "the Jubilee" in the fiftieth year, which logically leads up to more "cycles" of 50 years.)
I don’t know of any verses that indicate this "cycle" (Shemitah) has an expiration date, but I don’t know. We do have this clue though:
Hebrews 8: 13 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. (NIV)
If you believe that Jesus is God, and I do, this would seem to indicate that the Shemitah indeed could be considered a “universal cycle of God” and further, that the Shemitah is in effect today. But that's just me...thinking things through.
Your question: or is it a Israel or America thing? It's definitely an Israel thing. If it truly is a "universal cycle of God", would America be excluded? Would any nation be excluded? Ahhhhh…more questions.
Your question: Please explain it a little, and where, when, how long, it applies
I really don’t claim to be qualified to explain any more than “a little” and only then based on “a little” research. “Where” would be up to God. JCahn has put forth his theory about “where” as have others on this forum.
How long it applies? That question can be rephrased “When did it stop ‘applying’?” If indeed it did..."stop applying".
This is just what I think. I'm not qualified to speak with authority on this topic. It interests me and if God is doing something, I want to find out as much as there is to know about it.
Nell