At shemayisrael.net is a fine article by Todd D Bennett "When Do We Celebrate Shavuot" in the Articles Section. He notes the symbolic conclusion of the barley and the wheat harvests for Israel.at Shavuot. The 2 loaves of leavened wheat bread, created by priests at Jerusalem, relied upon just harvested wheat from fields all over Israel. It was brought by Israel 12 tribes pilgrims from their fields, their homes, to Jerusalem. In contrast, the barley first fruits initial harvest consisted of sheaves of barley harvested from a location at the Mt. of Olives. The 2 leavened wheat loaves were HUGE, each was 4 feet long! The pilgrims from diverse locations in Israel, could have harvested first fruits wheat for days before they would travel to Jerusalem with their wheat offerings. 

"Shavuot is a time that should interest anyone in the Covenant because they can expect to be "harvested" and brought to the House of YHWH." Todd also notes that the wheat and the tares are divided, separated, in harvest. Matthew 13: 30.  "Let them grow together until the harvest; and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, gather ye together first the tares, and bind them into bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn."

Possible Blessed Hope motifs at Shavuot: Fields of Grain (The Redeemed), Ripened Wheat and Tares, Division/Separation, Harvest, Homes, Travel, Community, First Fruits, Worship at the House of YHWH. Also remember The Book of Ruth. From a hymn of gratitude for harvest: "But His fruitful ears to store, in His garner evermore." According to The Torah Calendar, Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks, will begin at sundown on 5-14 and proceed 2 or 3 days until 5-16 or 17. The next appointed time is soon, very soon.

With Love and Shalom,

Jean