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"Jubilee"

“jubilee”

 

the story and the study

a few words from the writers

When I think of the word Jubilee, I think of the Lord’s Joy and His favor. love this song so much because it brings me so much joy. My favorite line is, “The laughter of the sisters as the dead man comes to life.” That is what God brings. He take dead things and brings them back to life. This song captures that joy and fills with me it every time I listen to it!

-Jonathan Lee

“Lift your eyes child”

This song starts with a picture of a little child staring at the waves after Pharaoh's army was swallowed up by the Red Sea. This child might not have known the significance of that moment, and I believe we can find ourselves in those places sometimes. Then, as we grow and learn, we literally see the goodness of God and the victories that He has brought us. Lift your eyes child. He has made a way. He has won the victory! We celebrate today and forever the God who continually parts the seas and causes the walls to fall! Sing it loud!

-Cliff Preston

Jubilee in the Old Testament happened every 50 years and was a time of releasing debts, celebrating, and feasting where slaves were freed, and the land would rest from its labor. It was a built-in time of restoration. When Jesus came, He fulfilled this, and in a way, became our Jubilee.

Our debts and sins have been forgiven. We are freed, and our souls have rest. When we sing this song, there is so much joy and celebration in it! We remember the freedom that Jesus has given us and celebrate the reality that He has brought us from death to life. He does indeed still have “promises we’ve yet to see” as we keep our eyes fixed on the hope of eternal life with Him.

–Jade Lundgren

The word “jubilee” literally means “ram’s horn”. We don’t think of “ram’s horn” when we hear that word, but it has a world of meaning for us! The ram’s horn (shofar) was blown at significant times throughout the history of Israel, but the common purpose was for an announcement: an announcement of war, an announcement of the Jubilee year, or an announcement on the day of Atonement.

What is most significant to me, however, is that it was blown to announce a new KING: King Jesus. He has come and we are living in the now, but not yet, Kingdom of God on earth! We have access to the freedom only He can bring, the joy that is produced through His Spirit in us, and the fullness of LIFE that He came to give us! “Lift your eyes child come and FLY WITH ME.”

-Jordan Merritt

 
 

“jubilee” lyrics

Verse 1
There’s a little child of Israel
Just staring at the waves
As a million others watch
The chariots just float away
What would you sing
If you were free?

Verse 2
Oh, Imagine all their questions
As they wandered years away
But the first step in the promise
Turned their questions into faith
What would you sing if you had seen?
I bet they’d sing full of belief!

Chorus
Lift your eyes child
Come and fly with me
He’s still got promises
We’ve yet to see
So shout it loud
Let dancin' fill the streets
Cause this is Ju-u-u-u, it’s jubilee
Oh, yes it tru-u-u-u
It’s jubilee
Come on now!

Verse 3
The laughter of the sisters
As the dead man comes to life
The tears of joy from the father
As the prodigal arrives
Oh, can't you see that’s what He brings?

Verse 4
So hold fast to His promise
Let His joy become your strength
For the momentary sadness
Of this world will fade away
So come with me and just receive!
Oh, let Him be our Jubilee! Yeah!

Verse 4
And that day will come
When we’ll finally enter in
And we’ll make our home
The eternal promise land
But we’ll sing this song till then

Tag
Oh, oh, let's feast with celebration!
Oh, we walk in liberation!

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