Church in the home Wednesday evenings 28th Apr. 2010

Church in the home Wednesday evenings 28th Apr. 2010


The Day of Pentecost

See also …
http://truthortradition.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1237
by John Schoenheit

Pentecost
There are 3 main feasts (feasts of the Lord Lev 23:4) mentioned in the Old Testament, which were to be celebrated by God’s people


In Deut 16:16, 3 feasts are mentioned. More detail is given in Leviticus chapter 23

The feast of unleavened bread – Passover (Lev 4-8)
The feast of weeks – Pentecost (Lev 23: 15-16)
The feast of Tabernacles – Harvest feast (Lev 23:34, Exodus 23: 16)


For the feast of unleavened bread also know as Passover. The sacrifice of the lamb was made at about 3 o clock in afternoon then at 6 o clock the feast of unleavened bread started. This lasted 7 days.

Feast of weeks is equivalent to Pentecost but it can be called different things in the Old Testament. Pentecost feats can also be called the “First fruits”.

The feast of unleavened bread – Passover (Lev 4-8) and The feast of weeks – Pentecost (Lev 23: 15-16) were 7-day celebrations, but Pentecost was a one-day feast.


In James 1:18 we are called a “kind of firstfruits of His ceatures”. So too is Jesus Christ as is stated in 1 Cor 15:23? How can the whole church be the First fruits as described in James? Well we are part of the administration of the “sacred secret” (the Mystery as is used in other circles) and as such we are consecrated to God, cleansed and justified before Him. This was of course unknown to man in the Old Testament so it is not revealed for our learning and reading.

This is important to understand what happened on the day of Pentecost. The Jews from all over the World were in Jerusalem for the “feast of weeks”, but may not have been in the temple every day for the duration of their stay, but on that one day, they were all there in the “house”, from all over the World. God gave the Jews his best shot; faithful Jews from all over the World had a chance to be there to witness the start of the church of God, and to spread the Word all over the world.

Where? “in the house where they were sitting” this is from all biblical angles the temple.

Who? The answer is “they” and later when Peter stood up with the eleven, that means that the they were twelve in number, and were the 11 original apostles as Judas was not there any more, and the newly elected member of the twelve Matthias.

Why? This was God’s and Jesus way of starting the church, the body of Christ church with Jesus as the head.

When? This was the 3rd hour of prayer on the 1-day feast, the “feast of weeks”.

What? There was a sound from heaven, clover tongues of fire that came down from Heaven, as a sign and a cue for the first time for someone to speak in tongues.




http://www.biblicalunitarian.com (Biblical Unitarianism website)
http://www.truthortradition.com (Truth or Tradition web site)
http://www.stfonline.org/ (Spirit and Truth fellowship online website)