After revisiting Leviticus 23:15-18, I
believe 7 years tribulation is hidden when God ordains
Pentecost.
Leviticus 23:15 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: 16 Even unto the morrow
after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days;
and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD. 17
Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves
of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they
shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits
unto the LORD. 18 And ye shall offer with the bread
seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one
young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt
offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and
their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of
sweet savour unto the LORD.
"And ye shall offer with the bread seven
lambs without blemish of the first year,"
On the day of Pentecost, God commands them
to bring "seven lambs without blemish of the first
year". Seven lambs and each one is one year old. When we
add them together, 7 lambs times 1 year, we have 7
years. I believe these 7 years represent the 7
years tribulation the Jews have to go through. And these
7 years tribulation shall be wrapped up in Pentecost.
They shall bring 7 lambs without the blemish of the
first year to God during the Pentecost, to commemorate
the 7 years they have gone through.
A note here.
"Even unto the morrow after the seventh
sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a
new meat offering unto the LORD. 17Ye shall bring out of
your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals:
they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with
leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD."
"they shall be of fine flour, they shall
be baken with leaven"
Leaven represents sin. but God doesn't
mind them baking with leaven/sin in it. It speaks of
their sin shall be forgiven in a future Pentecost. My
430 years iniquity of Israel and Judah ends on Pentecost
June 9 2030. God shall forgive all their sin in that
day.
The way that God ordains feast of Passover and
Pentecost, I can see how God deals with two different
groups of people / sinners.
When God ordains Passover and Unleavened bread,
leaven/sin is not allowed. Sin is replaced by God's
mercy and grace by sending His Son Jesus to die on the
cross for all the sinners. We the church belongs to this
group of people. We confess Jesus Christ as our savior
by accepting this gift from God. Our sin is forgiven by
God, represented by Unleavened bread. We belong to first
Fruit. But one day we the church shall be gone in
the day of rapture. It leaves the second group of people
God needs to deal with.
This group of people consists of the Jews and left
behind. But they come to christ in a different way.
Unlike us the church who come to christ by faith for not
seeing any evidence, they come to christ by seeing the
evidence in 7 years tribulation, by witnessing God's
many interventions and miracles. They have to go through
the trial and temptation such as mark of the beast,
seals, trumpets and vials judgment. They have to
constantly wash their white robes and keep it clean.
Their faith can stumble and not guaranteed. They bear
their sin until Pentecost arrives represented by bread
with leaven in it. They finally succeed in enduring the
trial and their faith in Christ is complete. In that dat
/ Pentecost, God finally forgives their sin. I believe
this is the reason why God allows leaven bread in the
day of Pentecost.
Going by leaven/sin is not allowed in Passover (because
sin has been forgiven by God through Jesus's blood on
the cross), and sin is continued until Pentecost (
represented by leaven in bread), I believe God has
clearly spoken how he shall deal with two different
groups of people who come to Him and Jesus in two
different periods. The first group is the church
represented by Unleavened bread. God sees our sin is
forgiven through the cleansing of Jesus's blood on the
cross. The other group is the Jews and left behind. They
shall carry their sin until they finish enduring the
trial and temptation, overcome the mark of the beast,
and come to Pentecost when their sin is finally forgiven
by God in that day.
It does seem God shall deal with sin in
two different stages. The first stage is Passover/
unleavened bread. Jesus was crucified in Passover.
Whoever receives Jesus as his her savior, their sin is
forgiven. The second stage is Pentecost. These Jews
and left behind shall go through enormous trial and
temptation in 7 years tribulation. They need to
overcome mark of the beast, natural disasters,
pestilence, and wars including seals, trumpets and
vials judgment in order to get saved. Even though they
come to christ in certain point of 7 years
tribulation, they can still stumble amid the
seriousness of trial and temptation. They shall carry
their sin to Pentecost. Their sin represented by bread
with leaven in it, shall be forgiven by God when Jesus
offers them to his Father in that day. Pentecost is
the second and final stage for all mankind to come to
God and Jesus Christ before the millennium.
Make my long story short. Passover
Unleavened bread whoever comes to Christ through
Passover event belong to the first harvest. Second
harvest takes place in Pentecost. The left behind
and the Jews belong to the second harvest.
Ray