But Shavuot is not the Jewish Pentecost. When is Shavuot ? Click here to find out. Shavuot is celebrated seven weeks after Passover , and Pentecost is celebrated seven weeks after Easter. This is not a coincidence. The ritual of Deuteronomy 26 made reference to that history, but most of that ritual was contained already in the holiday of Passover.
And so over time, Shavuot took on a new character. By the time of Jesus, in addition to being the firstfruit holiday, it had also become the anniversary of the giving of the Law. It was on this very holiday, when tens of thousands of pilgrims were bringing their firstfruits, that the events of Acts 2 took place.
According to the Mishnah put in writing about AD , the processions to the holy city would be quite festive, and more than just wheat was brought as firstfruits, as we see from this description:. Those who lived near brought fresh figs and grapes, but those from a distance brought dried figs and raisins. An ox with horns bedecked with gold and with an olive-crown on its head led the way. The flute was played before them until they were nigh to Jerusalem; and when they arrived close to Jerusalem they sent messengers in advance, and ornamentally arrayed their bikkurim [firstfruits].
Mishnah Bikkurim Note the bolded words:. When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind , and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven.
And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. There was both an unusual aural phenomenon a great sound as well as a visual one tongues of flame in the upper room on this day.
This was definitely not a typical Shavuot occurrence! The disciples began to speak in languages they did not know and were understood by the Jewish people in attendance no matter what their mother tongue was.
What was it all about? Going back to Exodus 19 , when God first gave the Law at Mount Sinai remember, by the first century, Shavuot was the anniversary of this event , we see significant parallels:.
On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast , so that all the people in the camp trembled. Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly. And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder.
The same imagery continues in Exodus 20 :. The loud sound and tongues of fire in Acts 2 would have brought Exodus to mind for some in attendance—especially since this was the anniversary of the giving of the Law, and Mount Sinai would have been on the minds of many. Could the phenomena of Acts 2 be related to those of Exodus?
I claim in your promise and plead for your Holy SpiritLord. Your word says whoever asks shall receive. Let your Holy Spirit step into my heart and his mighty presence engulf me even now as I yield and surrender to Your holy will.
I am your holy temple. When the Holy Sporit dwells in me i will be endowed with the wisdom to descern the word and live according to it. Come Holy Spirit take control of me.
I promise to submit to all that you desire of me and to accept all that you wish to happen to me. Your zeal for the Lord is encouraging! May I remind you that upon a profession of faith in Jesus as your Lord and Savior, the Father and Son come to dwell with you. What your heart is crying out for is the release of your indeelling Holy Spirit which is the experience of the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
There are hundreds of millions living today who have been baptized in the Holy Spirit. My prayer is that you will have that blessed experience! Larry, your comment is consistent with modern Christian dogma, but not with Book of Acts apostolic doctrine.
Study carefully the infilling of the Holy Spirit as described in Acts 2, 8, , and The reference to what Peter quoted from Joel is incorrect. It is Joel Great article though. I love this!!
Thank you for everything you all do. God Bless!! In the Complete Jewish Bible you will find that the reference is as stated, from the original text. It is only in the English translations, where the partitioning is different that the references have been changed. I love the article which highlights how these feast days given by God to the Israelites are shadows of the New Testament Pentecost in Acts 2! Just one question…. Then you shall present a grain offering of new grain to the Lord.
It is a chronological tag which addresses itself to the time lapse between Passover and Shavuot. The Feast of Weeks Pentecost starts about 7 weeks after Passover. It was and is a one day celebration in Israel and now two days outside of Israel. Your comment about the Israelite festival being a shadow picture of what is to come was not just Pentacost! It is all of the appointed times that you can read about in Lev. They were all put in place by God as prophetic celebrations.
Am very exited your almost there, so keep connecting the dots! Jewish people are not supposed to be grafted into to Christianity. All believers are to be graphted into the Jewish people and worship the Father, Son and Holy Spirit together as one. That must be highlighted for clarity!
Another very good help for Chirstians to better understand why this explaination is needed can be better explained than myself by asking you to Google Upper Room Conspiracy.
Explained by Chaim Goldman. Lovely to know that we can learn from others like this current sharing. Enjoy the journey. You only find it mentioned 3 times in the entire bible, and never when it is talking about the coming kingdom. There is no prophecy that said that Yeshua would change the way we worship the Most High when he leaves and place himself at the top of the religion. Thanks for your article. Well summarized on the essentials. Wonderful article, Tuvya!
In , by the grace of God, I experienced my personal Pentecost. By that, I mean the Holy Spirit descended upon me and filled me.
It changed my life, all for the positive. Even though I was a Christian believer before this encounter with the Holy Spirit ramped up my love for Jesus Christ, my desire to pray, my desire to share the Gospel, heightened my sensitivity to sin in my life and desire to share the love of Jesus Christ with others AND more of an awareness of presence of the evil one and his plan to thwart the plan of the Gospel.
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