The Seven Jewish Feasts Commanded By G-d (4)

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The fourth annual feast to be celebrated was the Feast of Weeks/Shavuot/Pentecost.  The countdown for this festival began the day after Passover and extended 7 weeks and a day – so the culmination came 50 days after Passover. It was a feast of anticipation.  My research stated that in the O T, it anticipated the giving of the Torah to Moses. 

As part of the feast offerings, they offered two loaves of bread, which perfectly represented the 2 tablets on which the original Ten Commandments were inscribed – and the two loaves can also extend to represent the Old and New Testaments.   It is easy to segue to a parallel of Jesus as the Bread of Life.  Jesus’ life being lived through the body of Christ was fulfilled with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.  Pentecost represents the beginning of the ‘body of Christ’ on earth. 

The outpouring of the Holy Spirit perfectly fulfilled the timing of the historical Shavuot.   Jesus was seen over a period of 40 days between His resurrection and ascension – and just before He ascended He told His disciples to go to Jerusalem and wait for the promised Holy Spirit.  Ten days later – on the Day of Pentecost – the Holy Spirit was given to them as tongues of fire fell on the gathered group of 120 followers, and those who had come to Jerusalem for the festival heard the 120 miraculously speaking the praises of God in their various native languages – languages they had never learned. 

I love that in the year Jesus was crucified that He sent the Holy Spirit on the exact day of the culmination of their annual designated celebration!   Over and over God’s intentional design is apparent.   He is a God of design and order.  It is truly exciting to see the parallels and conspicuous fulfillments!

I know I am just skimming the surface of all that could be gleaned from the feasts – but a brief overview is my intention.  Everything in the Old Testament points toward Jesus; everything in the New Testament reveals Him.   That is what I want to demonstrate. 

This is the final feast that has already been fulfilled.  We are still awaiting the fulfillment of the final three commanded feasts.  I’m eager to delve into the feasts that have not yet been fulfilled.  The track record so far is that every feast finds its fulfillment in Yeshua/Jesus, and that God is a God of order.  With that in mind, there is an air of anticipation in reviewing the final three feasts!