SHAVUOT/PENTECOST

(Part 2)

Although the first message on Shavuot was complete, I still need to expound on some issues.

I have said that the counting of the omer beginning of the first weekly Sabbath, however there is some discrepancies with the way the rabbis have been beginning the counting. Let us remember what the Scriptures say on this subject.

”Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. He shall wave the sheaf before Yehovah to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.”-Wayyiqra/Leviticus 23:10-11

The rabbis teach that the “Sabbath” which these Scriptures are talking about it is the first day of Chag HaMatzot, the day that Yehovah has commanded to be a day we must not work. Therefore they equate this day to the regular Sabbath. Because of this miscalculation they have assigned the 16 of Nissan as the day of First Fruits, and Hag Ha’Shavuot is celebrated fifty days later. However, we must remember that Chag HaShavuot is the day after the Sabbath, or the First Day of the week, which commonly is called Sunday in the English language.

Because Passover is according to the date, the 14 of the first Biblical month, and not according to the days of the week, we cannot count the Chag Ha’Bikkurim on the 16^th, because the 16^th it may not be the weekly Sabbath. We must count the omer beginning on the first weekly Sabbath after the Passover, because Chag Ha’Shavuot is always on the first day of the week. Only Yehovah knows why it has to be this way, but we must obey His commandments as He has given them to us.

“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. Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to Yehovah.”-Wayyiqra/ Leviticus 23:15-16

I see in this counting the importance of the Sabbath and the seven Sabbaths; the seven is the number of completion. The seventh thousand year from Creation is when we will experience the Millennium, and the Messiah will return on this earth. It will be a millennium of Peace on earth, with our Yehoshua Ha'Mashiach living in Jerusalem. The reason the First Fruits, or Chag HA'[Bikkurim in on Sunday, the day after the Sabbath, is because it represents the eight day, which is the day of new beginnings. This is the time we will see the renewal of the Heavens and the earth.

Keep in mind that the word translated new in the original Hebrew language is “chadash” (chet, dalet, shin), and it means to be renewed, not rebuilt, but it will look as brand new. It is related to the word Chodesh, or new moon, new month. The moon is not a “new” moon every month, but is the same moon. We call it new, but in reality in the Hebrew language means renewed.

“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.”-Yeshayahu/Isaiah 65:17

“For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before Me, “says Yehovah.”Yeshayahu/Isaiah 66:22

This is a Last Day prophecy and it will be fulfilled.

“Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.”-Chazon/Revelation 21:1

We may fully understand the last phrase when it all will come to pass. Amen.

I thought that we needed to make the point clear that each feast has a prophetic significance. Yes, Chag Ha’Shavuot has been partially fulfilled, therefore has an historic significance. However, there is also the Jubilee that occurs every fifty years (seven times seven years, and the following year is the Jubilee), and the final Jubilee when Mashiach will return and be with us forever in the renewed heaven and renewed earth! This is absolutely a marvelous thing to consider.

Let us continue with the teaching of the seven Sabbaths.

The Qahal or Ekklesia called also Christian Church has traditionally continued to incorrectly teach that Yehoshua was crucified on Friday; in the grave on Saturday and rose early Sunday morning. Although there is no evidence in the Scriptures of this, they have pursued there false teaching.

As we know the Feasts are a shadow picture of the life of the Messiah, and when the rabbis teach the First Fruits to be the 16^th, they are in fact in agreement with the Churches. We know that the First Fruits are the celebration of Messiah’s resurrection. I understand if the rabbis do not have the correct understanding therefore they, for the most part, have not believed the gospel, and do not know the Mashiach. But for the Church to continue in this false teaching, is deadly to the Body of Mashiach/Messiah, for it denies that He fulfilled the Scriptures of been buried three days and three nights and that He would rise on the third day on the Sabbath!

“But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Yonah. For as Yonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” -Mattithyahu/Matthew 12:39-40

When the churches make Friday the day of His crucifixion and Sunday His resurrection they are in fact declaring Yehoshua, their Savior, as a liar! Church you must repent, or your will be judged! Listen now; it is time for you to repent. Do not wait until you will die and have to give an answer to your Elohim. Repent today, and you will find mercy.

I will continue with this teaching on my next message. Thank you for reading it. Please get in touch with me on the address below.

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