something i had never put together

In 'The Year of Living Biblically,' A.J. Jacobs talks about Jubilee year spoken about in the Bible. Every 49 years (7 years x 7) was the year of Jubilee: people were free from work, debts were cancelled, and property was returned to its original owner. Apparently there is now a movement devoted to use this idea to deal with third-world debt, giving those countries a clean slate. He quoted Bono, who spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast in 2006, saying: "It is such an important idea, Jubilee, that Jesus begins his ministry with this. Jesus is a young man, he's met with the rabbis, impressed everyone, people are talking. The elders say he's a clever guy, this Jesus, but he hasn't done much - yet. He hasnt' spoken in public before...When he does, his first words are from Isaiah: 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,' he says, ' because He has annointed me to preach good news to the poor.' And Jesus proclaims the year of the Lord's favor, the year of Jubilee (Luke 4:18). What he was really talking about was an era of grace - and we're still in it."
I had never put the two together, Jesus proclaiming the year of Jubilee and what the year of Jubilee was. What a wonderful thought. We're in the year of grace and forgiveness and clean starts and joy. That's such a happy thought!
(And we all know that my Jewish side loves to see all the connections between the Old and New Testaments. A.J. Jacobs named his religious alter-ego Jacob. I've always called my Jewish one Leah. :) )