S16 E9 - Jesus and the Jubilee: Chapters Three and Four
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🗓️ 17 March 2025
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Summary
In this episode, we continue our Lenten book study and focus on chapters 3 & 4. We discuss the Ten Commandments, how they teach us to say yes to true freedom, and why our voluntary yes helps us live in deeper communion with God and those around us. We also reflect on finding Eden in our Churches or homes, discovering our golden calves, and the significance of doing our daily duty well.
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Journal Questions:
- How is my experience of the Church being broken open and expanded throughout this study?
- Where have I been filling myself with things other than the Lord? Where have I been the unfaithful bride to the Lord?
- How do I rationalize your idols and areas of bondage in daily life?
- Do I allow myself to rest well and rest deeply?
Discussion Questions:
- How can we create a space in our home for people to rest?
- How have you experienced authentic freedom and sanctity in the “no’s” of Christianity and the Commandments?
- What external and internal structures in different areas of your life help to sustain your freedom?
- How are you tempted to replace the honest work of doing your daily duty well with other good things?
Quote to Ponder:
“But they lacked the garden-sanctuary of Eden. The Israelites were going to need a place where God could walk and talk with his children. Also, they had a long journey ahead through the desert to the Promised Land, a land flowing with milk and honey (an image of Eden), so their meeting-place with God had to be portable. Therefore, Moses went back up the mountain to get instructions for the tabernacle. The tabernacle would be a portable Eden, a place of communion and rest.” (Jesus and the Jubilee, John Bergsma, Page 38)
Scripture for Lectio:
“Every fifty years, the Day of Atonement also marked the beginning of the jubilee year. God commanded Moses on the day of atonement you shall send abroad the trumpet throughout all your land. And you shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants; it shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his family.” (Leviticus 25: 9–10)
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Camp Wojtyla
01:32 - Intro
02:24 - Welcome
05:43 - Scripture Verse and Guiding Quote
07:11 - Finding Eden Today
10:18 - True Freedom
15:22 - Enslaved to the Little Things
17:28 - In Right Order
18:37 - Our Golden Caves
20:24 - The Bride that is Unfaithful
21:39 - What We Need for Freedom
23:34 - Doing Our Daily Duty Well
25:05 - Trusting in God’s Provision
28:19 - One Things
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends, this episode is sponsored by Camp Wattewa. We invite you to check out Camp |
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| 0:20.8 | a closer relationship with God. They intentionally designed to bring each camper into a closer |
| 0:21.2 | relationship with God. They want kids to have amazing adventure experiences as well as faithful Catholic |
| 0:26.9 | formation together. In other words, they use the adventure experiences to teach about the faith. |
| 0:32.1 | With mass every day, adoration, confession, as well as things like campfires, mountaineering, |
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| 1:27.8 | We hope you enjoy this episode. |
| 1:31.7 | Hi, friends. |
| 1:32.7 | Welcome to the Abiding Together podcast, and we are delighted to be with you on this adventure, |
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