PENTECOST

 

Pentecost is known also as: Feast of Weeks or Feast of First Fruits. The word Pentecost is found only three times in the scriptures. Let us do a study on it.

Exodus 23:14-17

14  Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.  ¹⁵  Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)  ¹⁶  And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.  ¹⁷  Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.

Exodus 34:21-23

21  Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.  ²²  And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year�s end. ²³  Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

Leviticus 23:15-16

15  And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:  ¹⁶  Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.

Leviticus 23:21-22

21  And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.  ²²  And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 16:7-12

7  And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.  ⁸  Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.  ⁹  Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.  ¹⁰  And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute  of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:  ¹¹  And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.  ¹²  And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

Deuteronomy 16:16-17

16  Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:  ¹⁷  Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.

Give to whom?

Deuteronomy 18:1-5

1  The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.  ²  Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.  ³  And this shall be the priest�s due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.  ⁴  The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.  ⁵  For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

2Chronicles 8:12-13

12  Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,  ¹³  Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

Acts 1:2-5

2  Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:  ³  To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:  ⁴  And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.  ⁵  For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

Acts 2:1-4

1  And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.  ²  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.  ³  And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.  ⁴  And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Acts 2:17

17  And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

Acts 2:21

21  And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Acts 20:16

16  For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

This is 26 years after the Messiah rose from the grave and ascended into the heavens.

1Chronicles 16:8

8  Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.

Romans 11:16-36

16  For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.  ¹⁷  And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;  ¹⁸  Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.  ¹⁹  Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.  ²⁰  Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:  ²¹  For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.  ²²  Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.  ²³  And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.  ²⁴  For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?  ²⁵  For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness  in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.  ²⁶  And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:  ²⁷  For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.  ²⁸  As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers� sakes.  ²⁹  For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.  ³⁰  For as ye in times past have not believed  God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:  ³¹  Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.  ³²  For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.  ³³  O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!  ³⁴  For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?  ³⁵  Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?  ³⁶  For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom  be glory for ever. Amen.

Romans 12:1-2

1  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.  ²  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Who accepts whom???

Leviticus 23:10-12

10  Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf  of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:  ¹¹  And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.  ¹²  And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.

We used to do this until Yahshua became our type of first fruit and gave Himself for us; which was the perfect and last sacrifice, known as the Paschal Lamb. The Lamb of El, as John the Baptist called Him.

Ephesians 5

1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;  ²  And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.  ³  But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;  ⁴  Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.  ⁵  For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.  ⁶  Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.  ⁷  Be not ye therefore partakers with them.  ⁸  For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:  ⁹  (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)  ¹⁰  Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.  ¹¹  And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.  ¹²  For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.  ¹³  But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.  ¹⁴  Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.  ¹⁵  See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,  ¹⁶  Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.  ¹⁷  Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.  ¹⁸  And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;  ¹⁹  Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;  ²⁰  Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;  ²¹  Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.  ²²  Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.  ²³  For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.  ²⁴  Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.  ²⁵  Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;  ²⁶  That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,  ²⁷  That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.  ²⁸  So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.  ²⁹  For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:  ³⁰  For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.  ³¹  For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.  ³²  This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.  ³³  Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Galatians 5:13-26

13  For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.  ¹⁴  For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.  ¹⁵  But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.  ¹⁶  This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.  ¹⁷  For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.  ¹⁸  But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.  ¹⁹  Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,  ²⁰  Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,  ²¹  Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.  ²²  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,  ²³  Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.  ²⁴  And they that are Christ�s have crucified the flesh with the affections  and lusts.  ²⁵  If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.  ²⁶  Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Galatians 6:1-8

1  Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.  ²  Bear ye one another�s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.  ³  For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.  ⁴  But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.  ⁵  For every man shall bear his own burden.  ⁶  Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.  ⁷  Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.  ⁸  For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

1Peter 2:20-25

20  For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.  ²¹  For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:  ²²  Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:  ²³  Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:  ²⁴  Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.  ²⁵  For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

 

 

 

 

HOME