Jesus did not come to declare an eternal holiday for his followers. The year of Jubilee, which Jesus invoked in his teaching, did not mean a year of no work of any sort. It meant, rather, a newfound dedication to doing the Lord’s work. Listen for a moment to how Jesus describes why he came to this earth in John 9:4: “I must work the works of the One who sent me while it is day; the night comes when no one can work.” In this passage Jesus is not talking about the twenty-four-hour cycle of light and