First of all, thank you Gerlinda
and Keith Davidson for your comments a few days ago, which
were much appreciated!
Today I received a message asking for more
scriptural references about Pentecost being in July.
My references are the Creation Calendar
website and the Lunar Sabbath website.
http://www.creationcalendar.com/
http://lunarsabbath.info/index.html
In both websites, before touching the subject
of the correct method of calculating when the Feast of
Shavuot (Pentecost) is fully come, they first explain
(with an abundance of scriptural evidence) that the 7th
day of the ancient Hebrew week (the Sabbath) is not equivalent
to the Gregorian Calendar’s “Saturday”.
With that explained, they present the fact that nowhere in scriptures
does it say that Pentecost is in spring neither that
Pentecost takes place in the beginning of the 3rd
Hebrew month. Pentecost is a summer Feast
that concludes the GRAIN harvest. The main grain harvests in Israel were barley (which begins to ripen on the Feast of
Firstfruits, on Nisan 16th) and wheat
(which ripens in the end of the 4th Hebrew
month if we’re referring to wheat planted in spring, not in
fall or winter. Scripture always refer to new grain
not old grain). Only wheat planted in the fall gets ripe in
the beginning of the 3rd Hebrew month. Wheat
planted in spring takes about 4 months to
mature and this can be confirmed by the Department of
Agriculture.
The Feast of Pentecost falls on the 28th
day of the 4th Hebrew month (also
called “Tammuz” after the Babylonian exile). In 2012 this date will land on July 18th . Author Troy Miller says that it’s the 29th
of 4th month, but I think the 28th
is the correct counting, because the morrow after
the 7th Sabbath (9th of Sivan) is already counted
as the 1st day in the counting from 1 to
50.
In the book of Ruth, the story begins in the
beginning of the Barley harvest (Ruth 1:22) and
ends at the end of the barley AND the wheat
harvest (Ruth 2:23). The end of the redemption
process [which is the main subject of the Book of Ruth: a
Redeemer (type of Christ) taking a gentile bride (type of the Church)] takes
place on the Feast of Pentecost. This is a significant hint in Scriptures.
There were two silver trumps for the calling
of the assembly: one on Pentecost and the other on the
Feast of Trumpets. Most people think that the Feast of
Pentecost has already been completely fulfilled but then I ask: what’s the meaning
of the two loaves of leavened bread being lifter UP by the
Priest? Nothing has gone UP to the Father on that Feast
yet. In the previous partial fulfillments of that Feasts,
things came DOWN from Heaven, not up. I believe that the Rapture of the Churth
(Boaz getting married to Ruth) will take place on that
Feast, whatever the year. Notice that I’m not
saying that anything has to happen this year.
In the book of Revelation, Jesus appears in
the middle of the seven candlesticks. The Feast of
Pentecost is represented by the central lamp in the Menorah (as the 4th Feast, in the middle
of the seven). The marriage of the Son of God is a central
event in the prophetic calendar.
Below I present the articles that refer to
the Feast of Pentecost, but first, the reader must understand the Lunar Sabbath
explanation in the other articles. The day we know today
as “Saturday” (in the Gregorian Calendar) is not the Sabbath of the ancient Hebrew
calendar. Secondly, the counting of 50 days comes
AFTER seven lunar Sabbaths are counted. The seventh
(lunar) Sabbath after Passover was May 29th (8th
of Sivan). Today (May 30th, the 9th
of Sivan) is the 1st day of the omer (counting to 50). The 50th
day of the omer is July 18th.
http://www.creationcalendar.com/CalendarIssue/16-QT-WhatSeasonWheatHarvested.pdf
http://creationcalendar.com/CalendarIssue/17-FeastOfWeeks.pdf
http://creationcalendar.com/CalendarIssue/17-3WitnessCalendarCount.pdf
http://lunarsabbath.info/id4.html
http://lunarsabbath.info/id20.html
http://lunarsabbath.info/id6.html
http://lunarsabbath.us/id9.html
http://lunarsabbath.info/id15.html
Blessings to all,
Eliane B.