Members phkrause Posted June 4, 2022 Members Posted June 4, 2022 Wishing All a blessed Shavuot!! Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted June 4, 2022 Author Members Posted June 4, 2022 Shavuot is traditionally regarded as the time God gave the Torah to Israel. In just a few hours (tonight), the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) begins here in Israel. Around the world, work grinds to a halt as the Jewish community celebrates God's blessings through the abundance of new crops. "On the day of firstfruits, when you present to the LORD an offering of new grain during the Festival of Weeks [Shavuot], hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work." (Numbers 28:26) In addition to being a spring harvest feast, Shavuot is also regarded as the time that God gave the Torah to Israel at Mount Sinai, seven weeks after Israel's miraculous Exodus from Egypt. An Israeli child with a basket of fruit on Shavuot Most Christians know Shavuot as Pentecost, a name which comes from the Bible's command that a 50-day countdown to Shavuot begin on the second day of Passover. For that reason, Jews, who were influenced by Greek culture after the conquests of Alexander the Great, called the holiday Pentecost, from the Greek word pente, meaning fifty. On this very day almost 2,000 years ago, as the Jewish People were in Jerusalem celebrating Shavuot, God poured out the promised Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) on the first Believers in Yeshua (Jesus). "When the day of Pentecost came ... all of them were filled with the Ruach HaKodesh and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them." (Acts 2:1–4) Shavuot at the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem Just as the harvest of firstfruits is a tremendous blessing and gift from God, providing for our physical needs, how much more are the Torah and the Ruach, which enable us to reap a harvest of righteousness. The celebration of the giving of the Torah and the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) on the same day, as well as the offering of thanksgiving to God for the first fruits, reveals something wonderful about God's priorities. God wants us to know His Ways and be empowered by His Ruach to live holy lives, bearing much fruit in Him. "And I will put My Ruach within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes and be careful to obey My rules." (Ezekiel 36:27) When the Ruach descended in power, it transformed the Believers in Jerusalem from the inside out, empowering them to reach Israel and the nations with the Gospel of Yeshua. As Peter preached on Shavuot in Jerusalem, about 3,000 Jews came to faith in Yeshua. "And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, 'Save yourselves from this crooked generation.' So those who received his word were immersed, and there were added that day about three thousand souls." (Acts 2:40–41) Today, very few Jewish People know Yeshua or His Ruach, but you can make a difference. Please help us reach them with the Good News of Yeshua this Shavuot! This Shavuot, receive all the gifts of the Holy Spirit that God wants to give you. 1 Corinthians 12 Happy Shavuot! Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted June 5, 2022 Author Members Posted June 5, 2022 7 Fun Facts About Shavuot That You Should Know Cut me a double slice of cheesecake — Shavuot is nearly here! Shavuot, which this year is observed from sundown on May 16 through May 18, is both an agricultural festival and a commemoration of the giving of the Torah to the Israelites on Mount Sinai… in the most basic of terms. It is perhaps the most important Jewish holiday many Jews have never heard of. https://www.kveller.com/7-fun-facts-about-shavuot-that-you-should-know/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted May 26, 2023 Author Members Posted May 26, 2023 Wishing you a blessed Shavuot Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
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