Why Celebrate Shavuot?
Pentecost is directly related to Passover. Israel is told to count fifty days from the Feast of Firstfruits, which takes place during Passover. Pentecost is like the crowning of Passover, bringing all the spring Feasts to a full end. It is the final Feast connected with Yeshua’s first coming, bringing it to a full completion. “Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. …Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.” (Ac 2:33,36) The remaining three Feast of the Lord all occur together four months later, and are linked to Yeshua’s second coming. Because these remaining Feasts have had no historic, “New Testament” fulfillment yet, they are not observed in the Church. It is therefore not strange that most Christians today have no clear view of the future, or where we are going. The common doctrinal position of the Church is that th
