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Originally Posted by Nell
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.”
The Shemitah is all about the land resting every 7 years, then there is the cancellation of debt. To distinguish "bad things" from the Shemitah "bad things" in general, look in the Bible. It's clear what is the Sabbath rest. Seven days; seven years. "on the 7th day God rested." It started there.
“But the Shemitah has two edges. To a nation that by and large upholds the way of God, it comes as a blessing. But to a nation that has once known the ways of God but now rejects and defies them, the Shemitah comes not as a blessing but a judgment---and brings not a rising but a fall.” p. 206, The Mystery of the Shemitah by Jonathan Cahn.
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Thanks, Nell. OK. Life has two edges. Blessing and judgment can come, and do come at any time. So it seems good and bad things happen during Shemitah just like any other year. So, maybe I'm missing something because Shemitah just seems like life in general.
What's more, it seems to me that bad things happen to good people [ if you believe there is such a thing] and good things happen to bad people. This observation is supported by Jesus when he says, "Your father in heaven maketh the sun to shine on the evil and the good and sendeth the rain on the just and the unjust." Doesn't that nullify Cahn's idea of Shemitah?