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4. They practice the year of Jubilee, which is an Old Testament practice.

Zambia: What the Year of Jubilee Means
By Charles Kachikoti, 26 March 2014

The full meaning of the Year of Jubilee is that a nation and its citizens should enter into a state of rest and renewal in all areas of life. More than merely celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of independence or nationhood, individuals in that nation should forgive all their offenders and also receive forgiveness.

At the same time, the people and their Government should close the issues of the past and allow the economy, agriculture, natural environment, labour relations and governance to and embark on a totally new start. Across the nation, debts should be forgiven from individual to individual; and loans should be forgiven by corporate bodies and by Government.

Cumbersome employment contracts should be terminated. Houses bought from certain families, within the past one year, and cities similarly acquired, should be redeemed and returned to the original owners. The concept is taken from Leviticus 25 in the Old Testament, in which God intended that the nation of Israel observe the fiftieth anniversary with a year of complete rest, release, relief, remembrance, restoration, refreshing and renewal in all areas of personal and national life.

According to biblical records, the nation of Israel did not honour this instruction and failed to enter into God's rest. The Year of Jubilee is noticeable in this country by reason of the Christian Nation Declaration by the late Dr Frederick Chiluba in December 1991. This concept is not totally alien: Zambians have had a feel of a Jubilee.

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