A series on Restoration

In the Year of Jubilee, God declared a radical interruption and a holy reset. Every 50th year, the trumpet would sound and a sacred rhythm would begin: Release, Rest, Restoration, and Redemption. Debts cancelled. Land returned. Slaves set free. It wasn’t just economic or social; it was deeply spiritual, Jubilee revealed the heart of God: to restore His people to their inheritance and identity. 

Isaiah 61 is the anthem of this restoration. It points to the Messiah who brings the ultimate Jubilee, trading ashes for beauty, mourning for joy, despair for praise. This is not a distant dream; it’s a present invitation. 

Jesus stood in the synagogue, read Isaiah’s words, and declared, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” (Luke 4:21) He is the Restorer-King, the One who takes what was lost, broken, or stolen, and makes it whole again. In Him, we find not just healing from the past, but commissioning for the future. 

This series will walk through Isaiah 61 alongside the life of Jesus, watching the promises fulfilled in real encounters: 

• From ashes to beauty: loss exchanged for renewed vision. 

• From mourning to joy: despair replaced with Spirit-filled gladness. 

• From shaken to rooted: planted as oaks of righteousness in God’s truth. 

• From shame to double honour: re-named and re-clothed in His grace. 

• From restored to sent: robed in salvation and commissioned as priests in His presence. 

So, here’s the invitation as we step into this series as God continues to call us into a year of release: 

• Release what has held you captive. 

• Rest in what Christ has finished. 

• Be restored in who He has called you to be. 

• Walk in the redemption already secured at the cross.