Hi Doves:
 
   Not only does Patricia S make a great point about the two counts to the true Pentecost, but look up the sacrifices that are required for each: they are different.
 
   Numbers 28:27 and Leviticus 23:18 are not the same.  The ‘wave loaves’  are only called out in Leviticus after the 50 day count.
 
   The first ‘Wave’ offering applied to Jesus’s resurrection, the ‘wave’ offering of the loaves is too important to miss.
 
   I don’t believe that God makes that kind of mistake in the Scriptures.  He hid the true count to Pentecost in plain sight, and man misinterpreted the rest.  Wow!
 
   The first of these two festivals is the ‘Feast of Weeks (or Harvest), which is 7 weeks after Easter.
 
   The second festival is 50 days after the ‘Feast of Weeks’:  July 15, 2012.  It’s the time that Aaron (as High Priest) ‘called’ for the festival in Exodus 32:5.     3000 perished in Aaron’s day; 3000 saved in Peter’s day!
 
   That’s my two cents for a high watch date this year!!!
 
Thanks, and in Christ; to Him be the Glory...
 
Craig H