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May 26, 2023
Pentecost and the Feast of Weeks
The Feast of Weeks (Shavuot in Hebrew) occurs exactly 50 days after the first Sabbath after Passover and is largely associated with the wheat harvest. However, there is a strong rabbinic tradition that this holiday also commemorates the giving of the law which occurred 50 days after the exodus from Egypt. Why did the Lord choose this day to pour out the Holy Spirit in Acts 2? Listen in for the exciting answers.
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Pentecost and the Feast of Weeks (Out of Zion Episode #182)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Transcript
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Well, the Feast of Weeks occurs exactly fifty days after the first Sabbath after the Passover.
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It is largely associated with the wheat harvest.
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And one of the requirements was the priests were to wave two loaves of bread before the
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Lord in the tabernacle.
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Now why do you think that the Lord chose this day to pour out the Holy Spirit in Acts chapter
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2?
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And why do we call it Pentecost?
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Listen in for some answers.
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So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional when I seek to share a little inspiration
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and bring a little peace to the clothes of your very busy week.
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This week we're taking a break from our Torah portions because this week is the Feast of
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Weeks, or what we know in the Church as Pentecost.
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Now most Christians are familiar with the term Pentecost as it's associated with the
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outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 2.
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But most are largely unfamiliar with the Hebrew name of Pentecost, which is Shavuot.
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So let's review.
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Two weeks ago we talked about Leviticus 23 and the list of the Feast of the Lord.
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There were spring Feast, summer Feast, and fall Feast.
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Shavuot is the summer Feast.
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There were three Feasts of the Lord.
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It was required that all the Israelites were to come up before Him in Jerusalem.
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So these were known as the Pilgrimage Feast that was Passover, Weeks, and Tabernacle.
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So now Shavuot in Hebrew means Weeks.
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So the Feast of Weeks is the Feast of Shavuot in Hebrew.
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It was largely a Feast of the Wheat Harvest and it occurred exactly 50 days after the
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first Shavuot after Passover.
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This was the first day after seven weeks or the 50th day and it was called the Feast
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of Weeks.
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It's also called the Feast of the Harvest of the First Fruits and it's also called
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the First Fruits of the Wheat Harvest.
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So in addition to that, there's a strong rabbinic tradition that says it was on the
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50th day after Passover that the law was given on Sinai.
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Now nowhere in Scripture does it say that, but this is a very strong tradition rabbinically.
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But when you look at the parallels between the giving of the law on Sinai and the outpouring
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of the Holy Spirit, you really do have to wonder.
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So both events brought an earth-shaking paradigm shift, the first one for Israel under Moses.
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The second one is for all believers in Jesus.
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Now both events were accompanied by supernatural phenomenon.
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You know at Sinai there was thunder and a very loud trumpet sound and on the day of
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Pentecost there was a noise like a violent wind that filled the place.
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At Sinai there were lightning flashes and on the day of Pentecost there was what appeared
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to be tongues of fire.
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At Sinai the presence of the Lord was so thick it covered the mountain in a form of smoke
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and fire.
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On the day of Pentecost the glory of the Lord fell as tongues of fire on the people.
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The phenomenon of both events also evoked very strong emotions and response from the
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people.
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At Sinai it says that when the people saw this and heard this they trembled and stood
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at a distance.
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On the day of Pentecost the crowd was bewildered, amazed and astonished at the sound and what
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they were hearing in their own languages.
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But as I close I have to mention to you Jeremiah 31.
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This is the famous scripture that talks about where the prophet Jeremiah foretells of the
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day when God is going to make a new covenant with the people of Israel and it says that
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their sins will be forgiven and the law will be written on their hearts.
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Here on the day of Pentecost after Jesus has cut the new covenant with his own blood he
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00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:38,960
ascended to heaven and sent the Holy Spirit on the day of the giving of the law so that
58
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the Spirit would write the law on our hearts.
59
00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:51,960
This is just another example of how exciting the Bible is and the power and sovereignty
60
00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:58,680
of our God, the Creator of the universe, that he not only fulfills his promises and confirms
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00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:07,120
his word, he does it at the very exact time that he has already foreordained thousands
62
00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:08,760
of years earlier.
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00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:14,880
Now if that's not exciting, I don't know what is and so with that I wish you Shabbat Shalom.
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Well, the Feast of Weeks occurs exactly fifty days after the first Sabbath after the Passover.
2
00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:10,640
It is largely associated with the wheat harvest.
3
00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:17,040
And one of the requirements was the priests were to wave two loaves of bread before the
4
00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,440
Lord in the tabernacle.
5
00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:25,880
Now why do you think that the Lord chose this day to pour out the Holy Spirit in Acts chapter
6
00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:27,080
2?
7
00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,960
And why do we call it Pentecost?
8
00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,080
Listen in for some answers.
9
00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:37,000
So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional when I seek to share a little inspiration
10
00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:41,640
and bring a little peace to the clothes of your very busy week.
11
00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:48,000
This week we're taking a break from our Torah portions because this week is the Feast of
12
00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:52,080
Weeks, or what we know in the Church as Pentecost.
13
00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,320
Now most Christians are familiar with the term Pentecost as it's associated with the
14
00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:00,280
outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 2.
15
00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:07,560
But most are largely unfamiliar with the Hebrew name of Pentecost, which is Shavuot.
16
00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,080
So let's review.
17
00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:14,840
Two weeks ago we talked about Leviticus 23 and the list of the Feast of the Lord.
18
00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,320
There were spring Feast, summer Feast, and fall Feast.
19
00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:21,440
Shavuot is the summer Feast.
20
00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:23,000
There were three Feasts of the Lord.
21
00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:29,440
It was required that all the Israelites were to come up before Him in Jerusalem.
22
00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:36,760
So these were known as the Pilgrimage Feast that was Passover, Weeks, and Tabernacle.
23
00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:41,360
So now Shavuot in Hebrew means Weeks.
24
00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,680
So the Feast of Weeks is the Feast of Shavuot in Hebrew.
25
00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:51,880
It was largely a Feast of the Wheat Harvest and it occurred exactly 50 days after the
26
00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,160
first Shavuot after Passover.
27
00:01:55,160 --> 00:02:00,880
This was the first day after seven weeks or the 50th day and it was called the Feast
28
00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:01,880
of Weeks.
29
00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:06,840
It's also called the Feast of the Harvest of the First Fruits and it's also called
30
00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,840
the First Fruits of the Wheat Harvest.
31
00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:17,080
So in addition to that, there's a strong rabbinic tradition that says it was on the
32
00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:23,120
50th day after Passover that the law was given on Sinai.
33
00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:29,120
Now nowhere in Scripture does it say that, but this is a very strong tradition rabbinically.
34
00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:34,720
But when you look at the parallels between the giving of the law on Sinai and the outpouring
35
00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:39,000
of the Holy Spirit, you really do have to wonder.
36
00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:48,600
So both events brought an earth-shaking paradigm shift, the first one for Israel under Moses.
37
00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:53,320
The second one is for all believers in Jesus.
38
00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:58,360
Now both events were accompanied by supernatural phenomenon.
39
00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:03,960
You know at Sinai there was thunder and a very loud trumpet sound and on the day of
40
00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:09,840
Pentecost there was a noise like a violent wind that filled the place.
41
00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:14,720
At Sinai there were lightning flashes and on the day of Pentecost there was what appeared
42
00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,440
to be tongues of fire.
43
00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:24,280
At Sinai the presence of the Lord was so thick it covered the mountain in a form of smoke
44
00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,280
and fire.
45
00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:34,320
On the day of Pentecost the glory of the Lord fell as tongues of fire on the people.
46
00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:40,680
The phenomenon of both events also evoked very strong emotions and response from the
47
00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:41,840
people.
48
00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:47,600
At Sinai it says that when the people saw this and heard this they trembled and stood
49
00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,520
at a distance.
50
00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:56,960
On the day of Pentecost the crowd was bewildered, amazed and astonished at the sound and what
51
00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:00,760
they were hearing in their own languages.
52
00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:05,640
But as I close I have to mention to you Jeremiah 31.
53
00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:10,920
This is the famous scripture that talks about where the prophet Jeremiah foretells of the
54
00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:17,080
day when God is going to make a new covenant with the people of Israel and it says that
55
00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:24,760
their sins will be forgiven and the law will be written on their hearts.
56
00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:31,520
Here on the day of Pentecost after Jesus has cut the new covenant with his own blood he
57
00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:38,960
ascended to heaven and sent the Holy Spirit on the day of the giving of the law so that
58
00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:43,000
the Spirit would write the law on our hearts.
59
00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:51,960
This is just another example of how exciting the Bible is and the power and sovereignty
60
00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:58,680
of our God, the Creator of the universe, that he not only fulfills his promises and confirms
61
00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:07,120
his word, he does it at the very exact time that he has already foreordained thousands
62
00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:08,760
of years earlier.
63
00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:14,880
Now if that's not exciting, I don't know what is and so with that I wish you Shabbat Shalom.
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