Tag: pentecost
πεντηκοστή
Pentecost = “the fiftieth day”
the second of the three great Jewish feasts, celebrated at Jerusalem yearly, the seventh week after the Passover, in grateful recognition of the completed harvest
Deuteronomy 16:
9 Shivah shavu’ot (seven weeks) shalt thou number unto thee; begin to number the shivah shavu’ot from such time as thou begin to put the sickle to the standing crop.
10 And thou shalt observe Chag Shavuos unto Hashem Eloheicha by giving a terumah (freewill offering) of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto Hashem Eloheicha, according as Hashem Eloheicha hath blessed thee:
Acts 1:
When the day of Pentecost had arrived, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were staying.
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The Paraclete of Pentecost – Christ our Advocate
I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper [paraclete], so that He may be with you forever.. John 14:16 NASB20 Pentecost WE, as Christians, tend to compartmentalize the tenants of our faith. FATHER, that is GOD of the Old Testament. And then the SON, Jesus born, crucified buried, resurrected in body…
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What’s the occasion? Festival of Weeks + Pentecost
When the day of Pentecost [was being fulfilled] had come, they were all together in one place. “Observe the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest.. Exodus 34:18a From a Festival of Weeks to Pentecost How is Pentecost the firstfruits of these last days? Have you ever thought about it? Followers of…
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Christ IS risen, IS with us and will return
Luke-Acts, a Gentile Witness of the Christ What witness of the ascension of the risen Christ shall we share? Our witness of Christ two-thousand and some years after the resurrection and ascension is different than first century believers. Some, but not all, had had encounters with the risen Christ! Many were Jews and some Gentiles,…
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