Jean Stepnoski (2 July 2023)
"The True Shavuot in 2023?"


Leviticus 23:15-16. Count One. "You shall count seven completed Sabbaths." Count Two. "After the Sabbath you count 50 days, then you shall bring a new grain offering to Yahuah." Which grain in Israel? Wheat. Next is a critically important question and answer. Is it the "old grain" associated with Spring wheat harvest around Sivan 6 or is it the "new grain" associated with Summer wheat harvest 50 days later? The text states it is to be the "new grain" of Summer in Israel. What serious error has been ongoing annually since days of old in Israel? They have essentially REVERSED THE ORDER COMMANDED IN LEVITICUS 23: 15-16!!! How? They have done the 50 Day Counting of the Omer WRONG! The pattern in Leviticus 23:15-16 is clear: Count  7 Sabbaths (49 days) then 50 days, not 50 days then 7 Sabbaths (49 days). So. Is THE TRUE SHAVUOT to be each year at Count 99-100 Days, which is also Omer Count Day 50? All the following important events would happen in the same Summertime frame: Shavuot, Pentecost, Feast of New Wine, and Av 9. WOW!!!

The new grain is the 2nd wheat harvest in Israel. NOT earlier at the first wheat Spring harvest associated with Sivan 6. Only the new grain, not the earlier harvest of old grain in Spring, can produce the fine flour for the grain offering at Day 100. Let us consider beginning the 99-100 day period at Nisan 16. It concludes on 7-25 to 26 in 2023. When we reflect upon Shavuot, Feast of New Wine, and Av 9, which is the most important? SHAVUOT: Feast # 4 of Elohim, the Messiah Lamp (The Midst of the Menorah), and Appointed Time # 4. It will be a Harvest Festival of the First Fruits of the New Grain Wheat. Summer Feast of Elohim, not Spring. Has Leviticus 23: 15-16 been misunderstood very seriously? Here are current highlights of the current 50 Day Counting of the Omer: Omer 28=7-4, Omer 35= 7-11, Omer 42=7-18, Omer 49=7-25, and Omer 50=7-26-2023.

A good case can be made that Feast # 4, Appointed Time # 4, is just before us. Is PENTECOST really meant to be the SAME DAY as SHAVUOT? Pente means 50. Each has a preparation period ascending for 50 DAYS, NOT 49! In the Scriptures, the number 99 represents divine completion. What about the number 9? See Galations 5:5. The number of The Fruit of the Spirit is 9. We live in momentous days. We shall see...

With Love and Shalom,
Jean