Jesus and the Jubilee: The Biblical Roots of the Year of God's FavorIn biblical times, a jubilee was a time to rejoice. In Jesus and the Jubilee, biblical scholar John Bergsma gets to the roots of the jubilee, showing how this practice was established in order to preserve freedom, family, and the fullness of Gods blessing for the ancient Israelites. But what they were promised by Godand experienced partiallywas truly fulfilled by Jesus. As Jesus and the Jubilee reveals, the Catholic Church is the perpetual jubilee,