Promise Claiming to Proclaim the Glory of God

To proclaim the favourable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance and retribution of our God, to comfort all who mourn. Isaiah 61 v 2 The year of jubilee or the seventh year was in Jewish law and custom, the year of favour when the debts are cancelled and the mortage is lifted on land, the slaves were set free. The Lord Jesus was likewise declaring at the start of His public ministry that all people are set free from the mortgage of their souls, set free from the claims of satan on their lives and eternity. It was also the day of judgement for the Prince of Peace, Jesus was crushing the enemy's head under His heel as promised in the third chapter of Genesis. Jesus was also announcing the release of the Holy Spirit, the Comforter to comfort, assure, give hope, encourage all who believed in the truth- for Jesus is the very personification of truth. Instead of mourning, we can now rejoice in the Lord, again and again. He has anointed us with the spirit of joy and clothed us with the garment of praise. The crown of emotions, or the topmost emotion or feeling is joy. The Lord has anointed us - it implies that He has enabled us by the pouring of His spirit upon. The oil of joy is a metaphor referring to the Holy Spirit. Jesus is the chief source of our joy, for He has clothed us with salvation. He has declared us free from any charge or accusation that the enemy can bring against us. We,as the children of God, now have the power to decree or proclaim the Lord's favour upon other people. We have the power or right to bless people. Every day of our lives we need to walk in the grace or favour of the Lord. We do not need luck for the Lord's favour surrounds us. His love and kindness is better than life, sweeter than honey, more precious than gold. To proclaim is short for promise -claim. We taste the goodness of God, the power of God, the wisdom of God, the grace of Jesus, the comfort and encouragement of the Holy Spirit by claiming the promises of God contained in His word. Jesus, being the Yes and Amen to all God's promises, the Lord Amen or the One who fulfills all the promises of the Lord God is the One who stands as Guarantor of the new covenant promises.