It may mean suffering like these recent experiences but He will be there to comfort and guide us. A new look at Pentecost may help us understand the need to share His Word while we await whatever God has for us in the future.
Myrtle V. Thompson, 91, is a retired missionary, educator and Bible teacher. Contact her at mvtgrt gmail. Click to share on Facebook Opens in new window Click to share on Twitter Opens in new window Click to print Opens in new window Click to email this to a friend Opens in new window.
By Myrtle Virginia Thompson The season called Passover, celebrated by both Jews and Christians has this year ended on a tragic note for the Jewish community.
More News Expanding student art into the community. Housing authority partners for Chorey Park food pantry. Acting economic development director to retire. What about the times Jesus appeared to His disciples during His 40 days on earth and the coming of the Holy Spirit? What do these days mean for Christ-followers today? Join us for a new series as Pastor Robert walks us through the Scriptures and 50 days that changed the world. Pastor Robert kicks off a new series, Passover to Pentecost , with an Easter message about the life-changing significance of Passover in our lives today.
Pastor Robert shares four areas in which we should not judge people and how to see them the way God sees them. First, Yeshua died as the perfect, sinless sacrifice. Then, He arose and became the firstfruits from the dead as described by the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians Seven weeks after the resurrection, the dynamic manifestation of the Holy Spirit among the early Jewish believers became the catalyst for many to put their faith in God's Messiah.
The Jewish pilgrims at Jerusalem who heard and received the good news of salvation joyfully brought it back to their native lands. There, it was received by Gentiles as well as by other Jews, an the Church became established abroad. Thus, the inclusion of the Gentiles completed the symbolism of the wave offering, where the High Priest offered two loaves of fine wheat flour baked with leaven. Centuries before it came to pass, the two loaves of the wave offering symbolized the Body of Messiah made up of both Jewish and Gentile believers.
Though the loaves were made of fine wheat flour, they contained leaven, a symbol of sin. That speaks of the fact that the Church, though refined cleansed by the blood of Yeshua's sacrifice , still retains the human sin nature until that day when she will be presented as the Bride of Christ, without spot or wrinkle.
Today, Pentecost should speak to us of the sowing of gospel seed and the harvest or ingathering of saved souls—redeemed people to become part of the Body of Christ. God wants such a harvest from every kindred tribe and nation. Some wrongly think that the chief purpose of the Church is to provide a place for people to worship and enjoy God.
This view of only one function of the Body as its prime purpose generates an "upper room" mentality that has us huddled together, waiting for God to act. Surely there are times when we ought to wait on the Lord for His empowerment, but He wants an active, dynamic Church to bring His message of salvation to the ends of the earth Acts That is, the Jewish Pentecost is the fiftieth day of the Jewish Passover, the Orthodox Pentecost is the fiftieth day of the Orthodox Passover, the western Christian Pentecost is the fiftieth day of the western Christian Passover, which we confusingly call Easter in English.
I say of Passover and not after Passover because the counting begins with one rather than zero. That is, if you are counting off the squares on the calendar, and you start by calling Passover or Easter as one, when you say fifty, your finger will be on Pentecost.
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