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Topic: Pentecost, The Arrival

Scripture focus:
“The Gates of hell shall not prevail”..Y’Shua

Matt 16:18  And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

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 Watchman & Friends 05-30-09-Pentecost, the arrival [91:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

INTRODUCTION: Feast of Pentecost (Shavu’ot = pronounced Sha-voo-OAT
Line of David through Ruth: Jews read the book of Ruth and study the Torah, the giving of the law
Ruth speaks of the kinsman redeemer, illustrating Christ, Ruth gave birth to Obed, who begat Jesse, who begat David, Jesus Y’shua was of the Line of David
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Ruth 4:12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
13 ¶So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
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The giving of the Law, Torah, Ex 19-20, sound of Trumpet, Fear of this living God, but through Christ we have been brought near unto Him. From the Law and Torah to the Spirit of the Law, which is Love!
Exodus 19:15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
16 ¶And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
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Exodus 20:18 ¶And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

**note not all these notes were used in the show, these are for background, information, and biblical for use***

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Penecost & Shavuot Celebrations!
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Below are some celebration and Shavuot use suggestions: Study text of Pentecost follows these.
Celebrating Shavuot or Pentecost:

The Texts of Shavuot

The Eve of Pentecost: Shavuot, 1st day

The Giving of Torah: Exodus 19-20

The Commands of Shavuot: Leviticus 23:15-21; Deuteronomy 16:9-12, 16-17.

Pentecost: Shavuot, 2nd day

Read the Megillah (Scroll) To Be Studied for Shavuot: Ruth [book set during grain harvest!]

The Next Step for Shavuot: Acts 2:1-13

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The Traditions of Shavuot
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Prepare and enjoy dairy dishes, especially we like to have cheesecake and cheese blintzes with fruit. Why dairy? I like the explanation that says it is because the Torah is like milk to us, sustaining and growing us.

Decorate with cut flowers. Why flowers? I like the explanation that says we are welcoming the Torah (and Spirit) with seasonal joy.

Read and discuss the book of Ruth. Why Ruth? It is a book set during the grain harvest.

Stay up late (or all night if you want) reading Torah on the night of Shavuot. You can purchase a Tikkun Lel Shavuot or choose your own reading plan or read the first and last parts of each Torah portion.

Read some Shavuot liturgy, especially the Akdamut, which is exceptionally beautiful.

If you like (not a firm tradition), bake a Shavuot loaf or two, or at least bake some whole wheat bread (use honey if you like and even cinnamon to make it sweet).

Other Traditions:
Take Communion
Study the Great Commission
Know the Message that the first group of Jewish believers in Y’Shua brought to those on the day of Pentecost!

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Then you can study all scriptures below!
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Then you can study all scriptures below!

The Charge to Simon Peter, “the gates of hell shall not prevail against my church”

Matthew 16:16  And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17  And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
18  And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Many other Signs did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you will have life through his name!

John 20:30  And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
31  But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name

John 21:25  And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen

They now were absolutely, postively convinced of Jesus Resurrection by seeing him personally and also seeing his ascension to the Father.

Acts 1:2  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.
6  ¶When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7  And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
8  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
9  And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10  And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11  Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

From a frightened group, dispersed to now a unified, excited, group of believers gathered in his name in the upper room celebrating the ‘festival of weeks’ or ‘pentecost’, ‘feast of firstfruits’, waiting for the ‘promise of the Father’ to arrive.

Acts 1:13  And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
14  These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
15  ¶And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)

Pentecost is not just about the coming of the Promise of the Father, it was about the ‘first fruits’

Acts 2:1  ¶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 2:14  ¶But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
15  For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
16  But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
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:
18  And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19  And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20  The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

Jesus was the firstfruit, then we!

1 Corinthians 15:20  ¶But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
21  For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23  But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
24  Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
25  For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
26  The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

Romans 16:5  Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.

1 Corinthians 16:15  I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
James 1:18  Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Revelation 14:4  These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

We have the Firstfruits of the Spirit!

Romans 8:23  And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
24  For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25  But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
26  ¶Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27  And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

Romans 16:5  Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.

The Message of Pentecost!
-Promise of the Father has been received, you both see and hear!
-Determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God
-Jesus of Nazareth, approved of God
-Miracles, signs, wonders
-crucifed and slain
-God raised up
-He is exalted at the right hand of God
-He will put down all enemies
-He is both LORD and Christ
-We are all witnesses to this

Acts 2:21  And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
22  Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
23  Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
24  Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
25  For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
26  Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27  Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
28  Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
29  Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30  Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31  He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
32  This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

Acts 2:33  Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34  For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35  Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
36  Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

The Firstfruits of Pentecost, just the beginning!
-3000 added, the firstfruits!
-God’s righteous act to redeem Israel and all who will believe, fulfilling Mt. Sinai

Jewish tradition asserts that YAHWEH God wrote the Ten Commandments on tables of stone with His own finger and gave them to humanity on the day of Pentecost. This teaches us that a work of the Holy Spirit is to write the laws of God upon the tables of our hearts (2 Corinthians 3:3).

“Ye shall bring out of your habitation TWO WAVE LOAVES (wheat bread)….they are the firstfruits unto the Lord.” Lev. 23:17

Here is another invaluable truth to be learned from this agricultural feast. God said, “Ye shall bring out of your habitation TWO WAVE LOAVES (wheat bread)….they are the firstfruits unto the Lord.” The spiritual and prophetic lesson to be learned from this demonstration of the Old Testament concerns the Jew and Gentile people. The spiritual crop that God will harvest out of these two nations of people is represented in the two loaves (1 Corinthians 10:17; James 1:18).

1 Corinthians 10:17  For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

James 1:18  Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Galatians 3:28  There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

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Acts 2:37  ¶Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
38  Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39  For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
40  And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
41  Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

-The Three thousand lost at Mt. Sinai, the fulfillment of God’s redemptive act was and is in Y’Shua, Jesus The Christ, this was the message at Pentecost by Peter who convinced his Jewish audience in Jerusalem that Jesus Y’Shua fulfilled the scriptures!

Exodus 32:24  And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
25  And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
26  Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD’S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
27  And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
28  And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
29  For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
30  ¶And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
31  And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
32  Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin–; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

Exodus 32:33  And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
34  Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
35  And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

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Pentecost, Remember LORDS Death!
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1 Corinthians 11:23  ¶For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24  And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25  After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
26  For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.
27  Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
28  But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
29  For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.

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Origin, history Pentecost!
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When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest. He is to wave the sheaf before the LORD so it will be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.(Leviticus 23,10-11)

Originally, Shavuot was a time of bringing the first fruits of harvest to Jerusalem as a show of thanks but has since transformed into the anniversary of the day the Torah was given to the Jewish people.
It is customary to read from the Book of Ruth and study the Torah during Shavuot.

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Shavua is week in Hebrew, and Shavu’ot means 7 weeks, on the eve of the last day would be the beginning to the 50th day, from the second day of Passover “Pessah”.
The second day of the Feast of Pessah was the Feast of First Fruits, on the Jewish calendar called “Omer”.
The day our Messiah rose from the grave, it was the day of the Resurrection.
It is also worth noting that the number fifty is the number for the Holy Spirit.
So Yeshua said He would send the Holy Spirit, and He did it on the 50th day after His resurrection.
It is the second of the three Pilgrim festivals and it happen in Israel on the 6th of Sivan.
It has other names in Hebrew such as Hag Ha-Katzir meaning Harvest Festival.
It was when the ingathering of barley crop ended and the season of wheat harvest began.
But Yom Ha-Kikkurim (Day of First Fruits or Shavu’ot in the Jewish World, and Pentecost in the Christian World) According the Rabbis, this festival also commemorates the events at Sinai which traditionally occurred on the 6th of Sivan and have long overshadowed the original (agricultural) aspect of Shavu’ot.
Therefore it is also called the giving of the Law (Torah) Dairy products are generally eaten, and favorite dishes are cheesecakes and cheese pancakes. (Yiddish blintzes, pancakes)
Here in Israel it is a state holiday, and a time for pilgrimage to Jerusalem. There is lots of dancing and folklore. Generally a very nice time to be in Israel. Just thought you’d appreciate a little run down on this Biblical event in the Jewish world and should be part of the Christian world as well. In fact, there is much to learn about your Jewish roots here
Shalom, jerry golden
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Pentecost Protrayed in Acts!
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In biblical times and today again, on the first day after Passover – Holiday (Sabbath), the feast of Firstfruits is celebrated.
Jesus resurrection. He is the First Fruit.

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. (1.Cor 15,20)

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Church Founded at Pentecost
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Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Paul Wanted to be at Jerusalem for Pentecost
Acts 20:16 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.
Paul Wanted to Stay at Ephesus Until Pentecost
I Corinthians 16:8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
His reason for staying at Ephesus until Pentecost? Verse 9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.

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Christians Are Firstfruits
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FIRSTFRUITS — Aparche
Greek #536 aparchepronounced “ap-ar-khay’,” from a composite of #575 apo (separation, departure) and #756 archomai (to commence, begin), a beginning of sacrifice, firstfruits.
Christians Are Firstfruits
Romans 16:5 Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.
I Corinthians 16:15 . . . the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia . . . .
James 1:18 Of His own will begat He us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
Christians Have Firstfruits of God’s Spirit
Romans 8:14, 23 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God . . . which have the firstfruits of the Spirit . . . .
Christ the Firstfruits of the Dead
I Corinthians 15:20, 22-23 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept . . . in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at His coming.
144,000 Are a Firstfruits Unto God
Revelation 14:1, 4 And I looked, and lo, a Lamb stood on the Mount Sion, and with Him an hundred forty and four thousand, having His Father’s name written in their foreheads . . . . These were redeemed from among men, being the [a] firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

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Pentecost: FULLY COME
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Greek #4845 sumpleroo pronounced “soom-play-ro-o,” from #4862, sun, (completeness) and #4137, pleroo, (accomplish; complete, expire, fill up, make full, perfect), to accomplish completely, fill up, fully come.
Pentecost Was Fully Come When Holy Spirit Given
Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come . . . .
Ship of Jesus and Disciples Filled With Water
Luke 8:23 . . . and there came down a storm of wind on the lake, and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.
Jesus Knew When His Time Was Come
Luke 9:51 . . . when the time was come that He should be received up, He stedfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem.
NOTE: The Englishman’s Greek New Testament translates Acts 2:1 literally as “and during the accomplishing of the day of Pentecost . . . .” The spiritual meaning of Pentecost was accomplished in the morning (around the third hour, nine o’clock) when the wave loaves were offered in 31 A.D. when God’s Holy Spirit came.

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Pentecost: WITH ONE ACCORD -power of unity~
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Greek #3661 homothumadon pronounced “hom-oth-oo-mad-on’,” unanimously, with one accord or mind, from #3674, homou, (at the same place or time, together) and #2372, thumos, (passion, as if breathing hard, fierceness, indignation, wrath) which comes from #2380, thuo, (to rush or breathe hard, blow; to sacrifice, kill slay).
Just Before Pentecost the Apostles Were With One Accord
Acts 1:14 These all [eleven apostles, verse 13] continued with one accord in prayer and supplication . . . .
At Pentecost, the Disciples With One Accord in One Place
Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
After Pentecost, Christians Continued With One Accord
Acts 2:44-46 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart.
Church Prayed for Peter and John with One Accord
Acts 4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord . . . .
The result?
Verses 31-32 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spake the word of God with boldness. And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Miracles and Converts Because Christians With One Accord
Acts 5:12, 14 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch . . . . And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
Fighters Against God Were With One Accord
Acts 7:57-58 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him [Stephen] with one accord . . . . and stoned him . . . .
Acts 12:20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him . . . .
Acts 18:12 . . . the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat.
Acts 19:29 And the whole city [Ephesus] was filled with confusion . . . they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
Samaritans Gave One Accord to Philip’s Preaching
Acts 8:6 And the people [of Samaria] with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
Ministers With One Accord at Jerusalem Conference
Acts 15:25 . . . being assembled with one accord . . . .
Glorify God With One Mind
Romans 15:5-6 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to [margin: after the example of] Christ Jesus: That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God . . . .

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OLD Testament Ref. To Pentecost and Related material:

FIRSTFRUITS — Bikkuwr
Hebrew #1061 bikkuwr, “bikkoor’,” from #1069 bakar (to burst the womb, bear or make early fruit, firstborn, firstling), the firstfruits of the crop, hasty fruit.
Pentecost One of Two Harvest Feasts
Exodus 23:16 And the feast of harvest [Pentecost], the firstfruits of thy labors, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering [Tabernacles], which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labors out of the field.
Exodus 34:22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks [Pentecost], of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end [margin: revolution of the year].
See also Leviticus 23:10.
Sacrificial Offering of Firstfruits
Exodus 23:19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
See also Exodus 34:26.
Leviticus 2:14 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.
Leviticus 23:17, 20 [on Pentecost] Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD . . . . And the priest shall wave them [the special sacrifices for the feast] with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
Day of Firstfruits, No Work, A Holy Convocation Forever
Numbers 28:26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
Leviticus 23:21 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.
Firstfruits Given to Elisha Fed One Hundred Men
II Kings 4:42, 44 [during a severe drought, verse 38] And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people that they may eat . . . . So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof . . . .
Firstfruits Brought to God’s House at Appointed Times
Nehemiah 10:34-35 . . . at times appointed year by year . . . . And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD.
Nehemiah 13:31 . . . at times appointed, and for the firstfruits.
Sons of Zadok To Receive Firstfruits
Ezekiel 44:30 And the first [chief] of all the firstfruits of all things . . . shall be the priest’s.
FIRSTFRUITS — Re’shiyth
Hebrew #7225 re’shiyth pronounced “ray-sheeth’,” from the same root as #7218 ro’sh (the head, captain, chief, first), the first, in place, time, order or rank; beginning, chief, firstfruits; principal.
Firstfruits and Sacrificial System
Leviticus 2:12-13 As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savor. And every oblation of thy meat offering, shalt thou season with salt, neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering.
Firstfruits were thus not burnt.
Wavesheaf Offering of Firstfruits
Leviticus 23:10-11, 14 When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and reap the harvest . . . then ye shall bring a sheaf [Hebrew: omer] of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: 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 . . . . And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Priests Given Tithes and Firstfruits
Numbers 18:12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee [Aaron and his sons].
II Chronicles 31:5 . . . the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things they brought in abundantly.
Firstfruits a Reminder of Exodus and Promised Land
Deuteronomy 26:1-11 . . . when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance . . . thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth . . . and put it in a basket, and go to the place . . . unto the priest . . . and say . . . the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand . . . [therefore] I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou O LORD, hast given me . . . . And thou shalt rejoice . . . thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
Nehemiah Reinstituted Tithing and Firstfruits
Nehemiah 10:37 And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites . . . .
Nehemiah 12:44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes . . . .
Honor God With Your Firstfruits — You’ll Be Blessed
Proverbs 3:9-10 Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Israel Is Special — God’s Firstfruits
Jeremiah 2:3 [JPS] Israel is the LORD’s hallowed portion, His first-fruits of the increase; all that devour him shall be held guilty, evil shall come upon them . . . .
Firstfruits Are Holy Unto God
Ezekiel 48:14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.
Firstfruits Will Be Required in the World Tomorrow
Ezekiel 20:40 For in mine holy mountain . . . there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
Firstfruits Remind of Second Exodus
Ezekiel 20:41-43 I will accept you with your sweet savor, when I . . . . gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered . . . . And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel . . . . And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled . . . and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.
Note: Compare with Acts 2:36-38, where Peter exhorted the Jews to repentance by rembering their part in the death of the Savior.
WEEKS
Hebrew #7620 shabuwaor shabua or shebuah pronounced “sheb-oo-aw’,” seven, a week. This is distinct from the Hebrew word for Sabbath, #7676, and does not mean “Sabbath.”
Pentecost Also Called Feast of Weeks
Exodus 34:22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest . . . .
Deuteronomy 16:9-12 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. 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. 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. And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
Deuteronomy 16:16 Three times in a year shalt 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:
II Chronicles 8:13 . . . on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in a year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks and in the feast of tabernacles.
Pentecost Is Feast of Weeks Because It Must Be Counted
Numbers 28:26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
Deuteronomy 16:9 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.
Leviticus 23:15-16 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: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days . . . .
Feast of Weeks Offering Given God
Deuteronomy 16:10, 16-17 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks . . . 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 has blessed thee in the feast of weeks . . . and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which He hath given thee.
Feast of Weeks a Feast of Rejoicing at a Special Place
Deuteronomy 16:10-12 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks . . . . And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God . . . in the place which the LORD thy God has chosen to place His name there. And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
Passover to Pentecost a Type of the Spiritual Harvest
Jeremiah 5:15, 17, 24-25 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far . . . . And they shall eat up thine harvest . . . . Neither say they [Israel] in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that given rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest . . . . your sins have withholden good things from you.
USE OF FIFTY IN THE BIBLE
Ark Fifty Cubits Wide, It Rained a Hundred Fifty Days
Genesis 6:15 The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Genesis 7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
Genesis 8:3 . . . and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Sodom Would Have Been Spared For Fifty Righteous Persons
Genesis 18:24, 26, 28 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: . . . . And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous . . . . I will spare all the place for their sakes . . . . Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty . . . .
Moses Placed Judges Over Fifties
Exodus 18:21-22 [Jethro speaking:] . . . thou shalt provide . . . able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, and rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: and let them judge the people at all seasons . . . .
Deuteronomy 1:15 So I took . . . wise men and known, and made them captains over thousands, . . . hundreds . . . fifties . . . tens . . . .
Fifty Loops On the Ten Curtains of the Tabernacle
Exodus 26:1, 5-11 Fifty loops shall you make in one curtain . . . fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps, that the tabernacle may be one whole [JPS].
Tabernacle Court Fifty Cubits Wide
Exodus 27:13, 18 The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where . . . .
Pentecost Fifty Days From Wavesheaf Day
Leviticus 23:15-16 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: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall you number fifty days . . . [KJV].
And you shall count unto you from the morrow after the day of rest, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the waving; seven weeks shall there be complete; even unto the morrow after the seventh week shall you number fifty days . . . [JPS].
Levites Had to Retire at Age Fifty
Numbers 4:3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers 8:25-26 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more: But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service.
Jubile the Fiftieth Year
Leviticus 25:10-11 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. A Jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself . . . .
Fifty in a Company of Soldiers
I Kings 1:5 . . . and fifty men to run before him.
II Kings 1:9 . . . a captain of fifty with his fifty . . . .
God’s Fifty Prophets and Disciples
I Kings 18:4 . . . when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.
Luke 9:14 . . . for they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, make them sit down by fifties in a company.
PENTECOST — THE THIRD MONTH
Israel Came to Sinai in the Third Month
Exodus 19:1-2 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai . . . and there Israel camped before the mount.
Asa’s Covenant With God in the Third Month
II Chronicles 15:3, 10-13 Now for a long season Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law . . . . So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa . . . . And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their soul; That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death . . . .
Hezekiah Brings Firstfruits and Tithes in Third Month
II Chronicles 31:7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
Jews Permitted to Defend Selves in Third Month
Esther 8:9-11 Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof . . . . Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life . . . .
Ezekiel’s Third Month Prophecy for Egypt and Assyria
Ezekiel 31:1-2 And it came to pass . . . in the third month, in first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt . . . .
NOTE: Some “scholars” have noted that Pentecost is not mentioned in Ezekiel 45 and 46, although Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Tabernacles are specified. This does notshow the invalidity of Pentecost in the World Tomorrow, because the general term “feasts, new moons, and sabbaths” is used in these chapters to refer to all the feast days.

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