God the Father knows the day He has planned for the marriage of His Son to the church, Part 1.

 

Hello John and Doves,

 

Due to a health condition, I must underwent surgery in the hospital, and I was unable to continue the promised teaching. I am no longer the youngest, I will be 73 in June, and therefore my recovery has not been as fast as I would have liked. For a better understanding of the message being brought, it will be wise to repeat the first part of the teaching.

 

We know that the Lord Jesus fulfilled the four spring feasts on the exact day of their celebration. Now the fifth in order, the feast of Pentecost, awaits fulfillment. Therefore, it is very important to understand what the Scriptures teach about the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Pentecost, because they are two different feasts. It is also necessary to know from the Scriptures on which day of the year the Feast of Pentecost actually falls.

 

When we examine the verses that deal with these two feasts in detail, we will find that they are very different from each other. I will discuss these differences in two parts so that each part can be thoroughly thought through. Therefore, we will carefully examine and closely follow every detail of the verses mentioned, and then it will be easy to orient ourselves biblically.

 

Part 1

We will find out the day from which the feasts begin to be counted and how the day of their celebration is counted.

 

Feast of Weeks: Deut 16:9 “Count off seven weeks. Begin to count off seven weeks from the day the sickle is first laid to the unharvested grain.”

 

The counting of seven weeks clearly begins from the day the sickle is first laid to the barley. Today we would say the day the harvest began. And this day is always before the 14th of Nisan, that is, before the beginning of the feast of Passover. On the 14th and 15th of Nisan, barley was not allowed to be harvested. On the 16th of Nisan, on the feast of Firstfruits, the priest brought a sheaf of barley as a wave offering before the Lord. It is clear that the barley had to have been harvested before this date.

 

The day of the feast is counted from the day the sickle is first laid on the barley and seven weeks are counted. These are ordinary weeks. So on the 49th day the Feast of Weeks is celebrated, it is always in the spring.

 

Feast of Pentecost: Lev 23:15-16 “15 From the day that you brought the sheaf as a wave offering, count off seven weeks from the second day after Saturday They must be complete.

16 From the day after the seventh Sabbath you shall count off fifty days, and then you shall bring a new additional offering to the Lord.”

 

This feast begins counting from the day after the Sabbath (after Nisan 15), that is, from Nisan 16 - the Feast of Firstfruits, when the priest brings the sheaf of barley as a wave offering to God. Note well that COMPLETE WEEKS begin counting from this day. This requirement is clearly EMPHASIZED in Deut 23:15.

 

What is meant by the term complete week? It is a week where the first to seventh days, i.e. the entire week, are in one month of the Jewish calendar. One part of the week cannot be in one month and the other part in another month, then it is not a complete week, but a regular week. Seven complete weeks therefore do not correspond to 49 days, but to approximately 58 days.

 

Then follows the second part of the calculation (Deut. 23:16), which begins from the day after the seventh day of rest of the seventh complete week and counts another 50 days from that day. On the fiftieth day, the feast of Pentecost is celebrated, which in this biblical calculation always falls in the summer season. On this 50th day, the Holy Spirit was poured out on the disciples of the Lord at Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4).

 

For a better understanding, you can watch the video, which provides a detailed graphic representation of the calculation of the day Feast of Pentecost. It is only a little over 1 minute long and is very clearly presented.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCM_h5ve6So

 

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Blessings to all, Petr