Notice that God commanded the Israelites to hold this annual, one-day harvest festival “fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath” (v. It is a statute forever in all your dwelling places throughout your generations. ![]() And you shall make a proclamation on the same day. They shall be holy to the Lord for the priest. And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs. And you shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old as a sacrifice of peace offerings. They shall be a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. They shall be of fine flour, and they shall be baked with leaven, as firstfruits to the Lord.Īnd you shall present with the bread seven lambs a year old without blemish, and one bull from the herd and two rams. You shall bring from your dwelling places two loaves of bread to be waved, made of two tenths of an ephah. Then you shall present a grain offering of new grain to the Lord. You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath. You shall count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering. The details about the Feast of Weeks are found in Leviticus 23:15–21: 7 In Jesus’ day, Jews who didn’t live in or near Jerusalem often had to travel long distances to keep the festival according to God’s instruction. Of the seven feasts, the Feast of Weeks is one of three that God commanded Israel to celebrate at the temple after it was established in Jerusalem (Deut 16:16–17) and so was a “pilgrimage” feast. The shadow only gives an idea of what the tree looks like, smells like, feels like. Picture the shadow of a tree with clearly defined branches. (Emphasis added)Īccording to Paul, these feasts are not the reality but the shadow that points to and finds its fulfillment in Christ. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. Paul referenced these feasts (festivals) in Colossians 2:16–17: Pentecost was the last spring feast on the Hebrew calendar. ![]() ![]() In Hebrew, the word for “feast” is mo’ed, which means “appointed time, place, or meeting.” (Some translations use the word “festival.”) These were seven set times throughout the year God commanded the nation of Israel to meet with him 2-four in the spring and the remaining three in the fall: Sabbath, Passover, the Feast of Firstfruits, the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Booths (or “Tabernacles”). Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, these are the appointed feasts of the Lord that you shall proclaim as holy convocations they are my appointed feasts. God initiated these “feasts” in Leviticus 23: Pentecost in the Bible: foreshadowed by Joel.Understanding this feast and God’s initiation of it in the Old Testament helps us to comprehend the magnitude of what happened that day when the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples-the day God’s church began.īut before we head to the Old Testament to learn more about Pentecost in the Bible, let’s first unpack what a “feast” is. Not if you understand what the Feast of Weeks was all about. In fact, that first Pentecost occurred on the ancient Jewish holiday known as the Feast of Weeks. However, Acts 2 was not the first celebration of Pentecost. That day, as about 120 disciples huddled in a room in Jerusalem, those promises were fulfilled. ![]() Jesus had promised his disciples a “baptism in the Holy Spirit” (Acts 1:5, 8), that he would send them a “Helper” who would “teach all things” (John 14:26), and that he would not leave the disciples “as orphans” (John 14:18). And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. What is Pentecost in the Bible? Most people associate it with the New Testament: the day God poured out his Holy Spirit on the Jerusalem church in the Upper Room, enabling his disciples to perform incredible acts-like healings, speaking in tongues, prophesying, and inspired preaching 1-as told in Acts 2:1–4: Facebook Reddit Pinterest Email LinkedIn WhatsApp
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