Pentecost Sunday Exodus 23 CJB 14 Three times

Pentecost Sunday

Exodus 23 CJB 14 “Three times a year, you are to observe a festival for me. 15 Keep the festival of matzah (unleaven bread): for festival of matzah seven days, as I ordered you, you are to eat matzah at the time determined in the month of Aviv; for it was in that month that you left Egypt. No one is to appear before me empty-handed.

Exodus 23 CJB 16 Next, the festival of harvest (weeks), the firstfruits of your efforts sowing in the field; and last, the festival of ingathering (tabernacles), at the end of the year, when you gather in from the fields the results of your efforts.

Blessings for Keeping the 7 Feasts • Rain in due season • A good harvest of grain • A good harvest of fruits • Animals will be strong and healthy • Season of rest and refreshing • Season of fellowship with others

Blessings for Keeping the 7 Feasts • Good outcome for the coming year • Angel would go before you to defeat your enemies • God will rebuke the drought, famines, and devourer • Plenty wine (grapes), oil (olives) • Filled with Joy

Satanic Attacks during the Feasts • Feast of Passover – Jn. 5: 1 – Jews Sought to kill Jews –Jn. 6: 4 – The storm struck the boat in Galilee, Matt. 26: 2 – Christ arrested and killed • Feast Unleavened Bread – Lk. 22 2 -3 – Chief Priests Feast Unleavened Bread sought to kill Jesus, Satan enters Judas’s heart - Acts 12 - James killed, Peter imprisoned

Satanic Attacks during the Feasts • Feast of Tabernacles – Jn. 7: 11 – Sought to apprehend Jesus • Feast of Pentecost – Acts 2 – persecution of Church – Acts 20: 16 – Paul arrested in Jerusalem

The Feasts unto the Lord 7 feasts – Centered around (A) Major Events with Israel (B) Harvest: I. Spring Feasts: 1. 1. Passover 2. 2. Unleaved Bread 3. 3. First Fruits

The Feasts unto the Lord II. Early Summer feasts: 4. Weeks/ Harvest III. Fall Feasts: 5. Feast of Trumpets, 6. Day of Atonement, 7. Feast of Tabernacles (or Booths)

Jesus the Prophetic Fulfillment of the Feasts 1. Passover: Yeshua’s Death - Fulfillment in His 1 st Coming 2. Unleaved Bread: Yeshua’s burial - Fulfillment in His 1 st Coming 3. First Fruits: Yeshua’s Resurrection - Fulfillment in His 1 st Coming 4. Weeks/ Pentecost: Yeshua sends Holy Spirit – (2000 years)

Jesus the Prophetic Fulfillment of the Feasts 5. Trumpets: Yeshua’s Gathering Saints –Fulfillment in His 2 nd Coming 6. Day of Atonement: Yeshua’s Wrath – Fulfillment in His 2 nd Coming 7. Tabernacles: Yeshua’s Reign - Fulfillment in His 2 nd Coming

Leviticus 23: 15 -16 NKJV The Feast of Weeks. 15 ‘And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. 16 Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord.

Feast of Harvest

The Baptism of the Holy Spirit Acts 1: 4 -5 4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which, ” He said, “you have heard from Me; 5 “for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now. ”

Acts 2 NLT 1 On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. 2 Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. 3 Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. 4 And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability

Feast of Pentecost Shavuot is called the Festival of Weeks According to Jewish tradition, Pentecost commemorates God giving the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai fifty days after the Exodus. First Pentecost: “God Gave the law” The last one: “God Gave the Holy Spirit”

Feast of Pentecost • On Mount Sinai God's presence was accompanied by fire, smoke, and the sound of thunder (Ex. 19: 16 -19). • God's presence during Pentecost was accompanied by the sound of wind, tongues of fire, and the gift of different languages (Acts 2: 1 -3).

Feast of Pentecost • When God gave the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai, the people were worshiping the golden calf. About 3, 000 people died as punishment for their sins. • When Spirit was given during the Feast of Pentecost, the people repented, and about 3, 000 people believed and found spiritual life.

Feast of Pentecost Mt. Sinai/ Upper Room • God's presence was symbolized by a cloud and fire, which led the Israelites out of Egypt. Later, God moved his presence into the temple (2 Chron. 5: 7 -8, 13 -14). • During Pentecost, God's presence moved from the temple into a "new temple, " the followers of Jesus (Rom. 8: 9).

Feast of Pentecost Mt. Sinai/ Upper Room • Finally, The Torah provided God's teachings for the Old Testament community of people. • At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit became the Teacher of believers (John 14: 26).

Exodus 19 16 On the morning of the third day, thunder roared and lightning flashed, and a dense cloud came down on the mountain. There was a long, loud blast from a ram’s horn, and all the people trembled. 17 Moses led them out from the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

Exodus 19 18 All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the Lord had descended on it in the form of fire. The smoke billowed into the sky like smoke from a brick kiln, and the whole mountain shook violently. 19 As the blast of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God thundered his reply. 20 The Lord came down on the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses climbed the mountain.

Acts 9: 31 (NLT) The church then had peace throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, and it became stronger as the believers lived in the fear of the Lord. And with the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it also grew in numbers.

Acts 2: 38 -40 NLT 38 Peter replied, “Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away—all who have been called by the Lord our God. ” 40 Then Peter continued preaching for a long time, strongly urging all his listeners, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!