Hello Doves:

 

 The count to Pentecost revisited

An alternative count to Pentecost to consider, and I believe the correct one!

Lev 23:15 And you shall number to you from the next day after the sabbath, from the day you bring in the sheaf of the wave offering; they shall be seven complete sabbaths; 
Lev 23:16 the next day after the seventh sabbath, you shall number fifty days; and you shall bring near a new food offering to Jehovah; (Literal Translation of the Holy Bible)

Pentecost which means 50 seems to fall exactly 50 days from Resurrection Sunday, or the day of the sheaf of wave offering, above. But with different phrasing to the verse, it seems that you start the 50 day count from the day after there are 7 complete sabbaths (weeks) after the wave offering. That would total 99 days: 7 weeks and 50 days!

It’s an important yet overlooked feast day! The day the Law was given to Moses, the day the Holy Spirit fell on the disciples and the second feast day of the sacred year that will be celebrated in the Millennium. Something special about it! It’s a moveable feast day too; possibly why Jesus said no man knows the day or the hour. But I believe that as we get closer, we can know that the day is drawing near (Heb 10:24).

Oh, the traditional Pentecost was on June 8th, 2014, but I’m watching July 27th intently (that’s the 99 day count)!

OK, any scriptural evidence for this, or is this just a long shot at twisting the Scriptures to make Pentecost fall later in the year?

Consider the following:

1) If the Law was given on the traditional 50 day count, then it was given before Moses came down from Mt. Sinai because they came to Mt. Sinai in the third month and Moses was up on the mountain for 40 days, and then came down with the two tablets. That would put it in the fourth month.

2) Spring wheat takes 110-120 days to mature. If they planted it in the spring (March), then were supposed to make two loaves of bread at Pentecost from the first wheat that was harvested, how is the wheat going to be ready 50 days later in the third month? It has to be four months!

3) The disciples were accused of being drunk with sweet (new) wine. Grapes aren’t picked until the fourth month (June) at the earliest. 

4) Paul desired to make it to Jerusalem by Pentecost on his third missionary journey. He left Philippi right after the spring feast. If you count the days that he didn’t travel, plus the many days at Caesarea, you find he had to average way more than 30 miles/day which seems about the right travel distance/day for the time. But he’d have made it in time for the fourth month. 

5) This is the one that convinced me: Aaron was the high priest and made a proclamation, when Moses was about to come down from Mt. Sinai, that the next day would be a feast to the Lord (Ex 32:5). He used the same word as the 3 mandatory feasts that will be celebrated in the Millennium. He made that statement in the fourth month, not the third. Did he just make up a feast on his own, or was he speaking for the Lord as High Priest? They didn’t know about God’s feast days until the month before. I think that the count was fresh on his mind!

So I’m convinced that Pentecost is a feast of the fourth month, not the third!

You don’t have to believe it, let’s just watch the July 27th timeframe.

Sincerely,

Craig