Every time I read the word, "jubilee" I become filled with joy and marvel at God's love.  God designed it in such a way that there would be no perpetual cycle of poverty in the land.  I could only imagine the life that we enjoy in the kingdom where my God rules!  How would it be possible not to love such a God?  God is adequate as my keeper, sustainer, and lover whose love is work of His omnipotence!

Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, nor will I so abhor them as to destroy them, breaking My covenant with them; for I am the Lord their God. But I will remember for them the covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the Lord (Leviticus 26:44-45).

Did you notice this? Apart from the conditional and temporary provisions of the Mosaic Covenant, bringing blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience, God acknowledged the continuity of the Abrahamic Covenant, which was both unconditional and eternal. In keeping with this covenant God promised to never reject His people so as to completely destroy them. 

The Abrahamic Covenant was the basis for three other unconditional and eternal covenants, namely, the Palestinian Covenant (Genesis 15:18-19), whereby God promised to give the land of Canaan to them as an eternal inheritance, the Davidic Covenant (2 Samuel 7:11-16), whereby God promised to give them an eternal king from the line of David who would establish their kingdom forever, and the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:31-34; 32:38-40; ), whereby God would give them a new and obedient heart.

Jesus Christ established this New Covenant through His blood on the cross, by bringing about the forgiveness of all the sins committed in violation of the Mosaic Covenant:

In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you" (Luke 22:20; 1 Corinthians 11:25).

For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant (Hebrews 9:15).

This New Covenant in Christ has replaced the Old Mosaic Covenant

For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another... By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear (Hebrews 8:7,13).

We are now ministers not of the Old Covenant based on the ordinances of the Law but of the New Covenant based on new birth by the Spirit:

But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code (Romans 7:6).

He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life (2 Corinthians 3:6).

Friends, just as the nation of Israel had hope even when they were being judged for their sins because of God's unconditional and eternal covenant with Abraham, we as individuals have hope even in the midst of our struggle with sin because of the unconditional and eternal New Covenant we enjoy in Christ. Praise the Lord!

"If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to carry them out, then..." (Leviticus 26:3-4)

1. Seasonal rains and unfailing harvest (v. 4)

2. Plentiful food (v. 5)

3. Peace from threats and wild animals (v. 6)

4. Overwhelming victory over enemies (vv. 7-8)

5. Population growth (v. 9)

6. Constant supply of new food (v. 10)

7. God's presence (vv. 11-12)

"But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments..." (Leviticus 26:14ff)

1. Sudden terror, consumption and fever (v. 16a)

2. Enemies will eat your harvest (v. 16b)

3. God will turn against you and let your enemies strike you down and rule over you (v. 17)

4. If you continue to sin, punishment will be sevenfold for unrepentance (v. 18)

5. God will break your pride - no rain, no produce (vv. 19-20))

6. If you continue to sin, plagues will be increased sevenfold (v. 21)

7. Wild beasts will kill your children and cattle and leave your roads deserted (v. 22)

8. If you continue to sin, God will strike you sevenfold (vv. 23-24)

9. God will send a vengeful sword (v. 25)

10. God will send pestilence and deliver you over to your enemies (v. 25)

11. There will be extreme rationing and continual hunger (v. 26)

12. If you continue to sin, God will punish you seventold (vv. 27-28)

13. You will eat the flesh of your sons and daughters (v.29)

14. God will destroy your idols and overlay them with your dead bodies (v. 30)

15. God will lay waste your cities and make your sancturaries desolate and not accept your sacrifices (v. 31)

16. God will make the land desolate (v. 32)

17. God will scatter you among the nations with drawn sword pursuing you (v. 33)

18. The land will enjoy its sabbath rest while you are in exile (vv. 34-35)

19. God will make survivors weak and fearful (v. 36-37)

20. You will perish in enemy lands (v. 38-39)

Do you notice how there are many more curses for disobedience than there are blessings for obedience? Many of these blessings for obedience are cited by Prosperity Theologians to "encourage" Christians to have hope and trust that God always wants to bless them. These same theologians hardly ever talk about the curses for disobedience, even though there are three times as many of them as blessings, even though people are much more likely to receive the curses than the blessings because of their natural tendency toward rebellion and sin. These theologians also give very little attention to the matter of obedience and disobedience. They simply want to focus on the blessings of knowing God. Thus, they treat the Bible like a buffet line, picking and choosing just what they want and ignoring the rest.

Now, on the same side as the Prosperity Theologians are those that preach that Christians must still follow the Law (of Moses). The difference is that while the prosperity preachers only preach blessings, these preachers at least preach the obedience that produces the blessings. Nevertheless, these preachers still treat the Bible like a buffet line, picking and choosing what parts of the Law should be obeyed and almost completely neglecting the curses associated with disobedience. 

What is the truth? The whole Old Covenant, which includes the Law of Moses, has been made obsolete by the cross of Christ, who has replaced the mandates, blessings, cursings, all of it, with the New Covenant (Hebrews 8:6-13), which was inaugurated by the blood of Christ whereby the Holy Spirit empowers every believer to live by faith expressed through love (Romans 7:6; 8:1-4; Galatians 5:6,18). 

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If your valuation is of the male from twenty years even to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels (Leviticus 27:3-4).

Someone might read this text and conclude that men are more important than women because they are valued nearly double what women are valued; however, this would be too simplistic. As I have repeatedly emphasized, the context must be considered. In this context, valuation is connected to things that are vowed to the Lord, whether for service in the temple or as a sacrifice. In this context, men certainly have a greater utility than women, both in general strength as well as what they are permitted to do with respect to the temple service. Therefore, the valuation is not based on essence but utility. 

A woman's fashion show may find greater utility in women over men. A professional football team may find greater utility in men over women. 

Men and women are both created in the image of God, thus, both genders carry equal essential value in the sight of God; however, they do not carry equal utility or functionaity or even culpability (i.e. with respect to the Fall). 

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I have more extensive discussions on the topic of tithing; however, just two obversations here. First, notice that tithing is one of the ordinanaces of the Law of Moses. Thus, unless it is reiterated in the New Covenant Law of Christ, which it is not, Christians are not bound to follow the rule. Second, tithing is always of food and not money:

Thus all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord. If, therefore, a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he shall add to it one-fifth of it (Leviticus 27:30-31).

The only place for money is in the redemption of the tithe; that is, if a person does not want to give the tithe (literally "tenth") of his harvest, he can replace it with the monetary equivalent of the tithe plus twenty percent. 

A good paper on this topic: Should the Church Teach Tithing by Dr. Russell Earl Kelly

Leviticus 26 is a very interesting chapter as God promises blessing for obedience and curses for disobedience.  As Stephen already mentioned, the punishment for disobedience is prophetic. God warns of the punishment they will incur if they do not keep the LORD's commands. Just as the Israelites quickly forgot their promise to obey the Laws, it seems they didn't pay much attention to this last part of it either.  They didn't trust the blessings that would come from obedience nor did they believe the punishment that would come from disobedience. Unfortunately, Israel does face ALL of these punishments as we continue reading further into Israel's history, even canabalism is documented in 2 Kings 6. She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son so we may eat him today, and tomorrow we’ll eat my son.’ ²⁹ So we cooked my son and ate him. The next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son so we may eat him,’ but she had hidden him.”

 We can see our God faithfully keeps ALL his promises, and what did God promise to us as faithful followers of Christ?

 ²⁵ And this is what he promised us—eternal life. (1 John 2)

 ¹² Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. (James 1)