Jesus Our Jubilee!
By Mary Ann Wray According to the Hebrew Calendar, we are into the year 5777 called “Ayin Zayin”. The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, began on October 2 of 2016 and ends on October 4 of 2017. It just so happens that 5777 is also a seven year of “release” and a 50 year Jubilee (the seventh year of seven years). For the past several weeks in prayer I kept hearing in my spirit, “A year of release.” I couldn’t shake this thought so that is what sent me on the search for more revelation from the scriptures. To lay a bit of a foundation for what I believe is the prophetic significance of this season, we can see layers of meaning in the characters of the year 5777. You see, the Hebrew alphabet doubles as letter or numbers. Ayin’s character for “70” is two “eyes” so the significance of it means to see, to watch and know, and Divine Providence. Zayin’s character, the number seven, has several layers of meaning too. It means harvest, food as from the harvest that is cut from an implement s...