The Basics
Every 7th year and 7 groups of 7s similar to prophecies
Sabbatical/Seventh Year:
- Complete rest for land - no planting or harvesting - Leviticus 25:3-5.
- So field workers must get at least some rest that year also.
- Debts canceled - Deuteronomy 15:1-2.
Jubilee/50th Year:
- Proclaim liberty - each returns to his clan and property - Leviticus 25:10.
- Any who sold selves into servitude freed.
- Any land sold returns to original owner.
How it might work out
Practical outworkings
Sabbatical/Seventh Year:
- People and animals fed from what grows on land naturally.
- At least many get a sort of sabbatical.
- No long-term and no zombie debt, but it's 'lenders beware'.
Jubilee/50th Year:
- Neither one's person or belongings need be permanently lost.
- No life long 'serfdom' or generational slavery.
- Land not really sold but used for a time for harvests by buyer.
Possible applications for today?
Would and should these ideas be applied today?
Sabbatical/Seventh Year:
- It's often proved good to let land rest after some years of farming it.
- Seems like a good idea if more people besides just the academic fields got sabbaticals.
- Much of modern day economies are leveraged on credit, but it would be good for society in general to be rid of long term indebtedness.
Jubilee/50th Year:
- A periodic season of liberty for all (or most)
- May be a way to work off something owed without permanent loss of freedom.
- A way to use ('rent') belongings that's mutually beneficial.