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 harvest and the beginning of the wheat harvest for Israel at Shavuot. The 2 loaves of leavened wheat bread, baked by the priests at the Temple at Jerusalem, relied upon just harvested wheat from fields all over Israel. It was brought by Israel 12 tribes pilgrims from their fields to Jerusalem. In contrast, the barley first fruits earlier harvest consisted of sheaves of barley harvested from one location at the Mt, of Olives. The 2 leavened wheat loaves were huge; each was 4 feet long! The pilgrims, from diverse locations, could have harvested first fruit wheat for days, before they travelled 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 to the harvest; and in the time of the 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."
On the Day of Shavuot, the lamp on the 7-pronged menorah goes from 3 to 4, to the Midst of the Menorah Lamp and the Center Lamp. The Messiah Lamp. The Barley Season with the Counting up of the Omer for 50 days symbolically ends as Shavuot begins. The wheat harvest symbolically begins. According to the torah calendar, Shavuot is 5-23 to 24 in 2026.
Possible Day of the Blessed Hope Motifs on Shavuot:
Fields of Grain (The Redeemed)Barley Harvest CompleteRipened Wheat and TaresDivision/SeparationHarvestHomesTravelCommunityEternal FamilyFirst FruitsWorship at the House of YHWHMarriage Covenant VowsThe Indwelling Spirit SentEcclesia BegunPilgrimage Festival 2 pf 3The Return of the Bridegroom
The Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) is near, very near!
With Love and Shalom,Jean