Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. (Leviticus 25:9)
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. (Leviticus 25:10)
The Jewish Year of Jubilee is of the greatest possible spiritual significance to Christian people. It is a time of holiness, of belonging especially to God.
It is a period of liberty, of restoration of that which has been lost in some manner.
The trumpet of the Jubilee was sounded on the Day of Atonement.
If you can imagine this, when I was in Bible school in 1948, having been a Christian for about four years, not having been raised in a Christian home, Christ spoke to me. He said, "The Day of Atonement represents judgment on the Christian people."
As it turns out, the judgment is on the evil that is in Christian people, the sinful nature and the self-will. It is a judgment on Satan, the ancient landlord. Thus we see it is a jubilee, a period of restoration and liberty.
I knew nothing about such things at the time the Lord spoke to me, being a fairly new Christian. All of this understanding has come about over the past 65 years.
Brother Oliver Ellenwood had been teaching at the Bible school. During his discourse he mentioned the feasts of the Lord. It was the first time I had ever heard of the Day of Atonement.
I told Brother Ellenwood what I believed God had spoken to me. As I remember he listened quietly but did not comment.