Most
Calendars do not observe the Scriptural Sabbaths
Days of 8, 15, 22 and 29 of the Hebrew Month. In
addition to this the 50 day Pentecost count starts
from the Day AFTER the Lord was taken up and NOT on
First-fruits. This Year, in 2020, the 50 Day Pentecost
count began on the 31st of May.
In
the the Scriptures we read that the disciples
"...returned to Jerusalem from the mount called
Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s
journey. [Acts 1:10-12] A Sabbath day's journey is a
journey a Jew is allowed to make on the Sabbath
without breaking God's commandment of working on the
Sabbath.
This
tells us that the Lord was taken up from the mount of
Olivet on the Sabbath! This was the 7th Sabbath from
First-fruits. When you count 40 Days from First-fruits
you will not arrive on a Sabbath day! This is a major
error many make in counting for Pentecost.
If
the Day following after the 7th Sabbath was Pentecost,
as many have been led to believe, the Lord would have
said so. He didn't. He said "...John truly baptized
with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy
Ghost NOT MANY DAYS HENCE." [Acts 1:5] He did not say
"ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost tomorrow"
"Not many days hence" Means that they would be
baptized in the Holy Ghost in 50 days time.
We
also have to account for a 40 day period during which
the Lord was with the disciples, every day for 40 days
without a break. This 40 day period of time didn't
start until the Lord appeared, the third time, to the
disciples on the sea shores of Tiberias. This was on
Day 28 of the 1st Month. Count 40 days from this Date
and we arrive at Day 8 Month 3, the seventh Sabbath
from First-fruit [Day 16 Month 1]
The
Lord appeared to the Disciples the 1st time on
First-fruits on Day 16 of Month 1. Then there's a
break. So the 40 Day period couldn't have started on
this Date.
Then
the Lord appeared to the Disciples the 2nd time, for
the sake of Thomas, on Day 23 of Month 1. Then there's
another break. So the 40 Day period couldn't have
started on this Date either.
It's
only after the Lord appeared to the Disciples the 3rd
time, on the sea shores of Tiberias does the 40 Day
period begin. This was when the Lord said to Peter,
who represents all the Disciples, "Follow me" This,
they did for the next 40 Days until the Lord was taken
up on the 7th Sabbath, on Day 8 Month 3. The 50 Day
Pentecost count THEN began the following Day, on Day 9
Month 3. Pentecost correctly falls on Day 29 Month 4.
This Year this will be the 19th of July. So I'll be
watching for a possible Pentecost Rapture on the 19th
of July 2020.