Pentecost Blessing

Pentecost (Shavu'ot). Leviticus 23:16 says, "Even unto the morrow after the seventh Sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord." (Leviticus 23:16 KJV) In late May or early June, Shavu'ot marked the summer harvest. Leviticus 23: 17 requires an offering of two loaves of bread, baked with leaven. These loaves symbolize the church being comprised of both Jew and Gentile.

A review of the first four feasts reveals that Yeshua was crucified on Pesach, buried on Unleavened Bread, raised on First Fruits, and sent the Ruach HaKodesh on Shavu'ot. Because we have not yet seen the fulfillment of feast number five - Trumpets - we remain under the orders of Shavu'ot. These points are truly prophetic and will be discussed in a future Bishop’s Buzz.

The festival of Shavuot ("Weeks, "Pentecost") marks the culmination of the redemption, sometimes called Atzeret Pesach, or "the Gathering rally of Passover." Since the Exodus from Egypt was intended to lead to the revelation of Sinai, the goal of Passover is the giving of the Torah to the Jewish people. God took the Jews out of Egypt so that they would be His treasured people, holy and separated from the pagan cultures around them. Indeed, all of the holidays are connected with this event, including the fall festivals of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot.
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According to scripture, the new moon of Nisan marks the start of sacred time. Passover remembers the sacrifice of the Passover Lamb, the first day of Unleavened Bread remembers the Exodus from Egypt, the seventh day of Unleavened Bread remembers the crossing of the Red Sea, the counting of the Omer recalls the days before the giving of the Torah at Sinai, and Shavuot remembers the giving of the Torah exactly seven weeks after the Exodus (on Sivan 6). Indeed, Shavuot at Mount Sinai is sometimes considered the day on which Judaism was born.

In the same manner, Pentecost, fifty days after Resurrection Sunday, marks the culmination of the redemption of the resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ, Yeshua Hamashiach, redeemed us during the Passover season and birthed us during Pentecost. In the book of Acts, chapter 2, we find a powerful and documented experience that launched the church. While in Exodus from Egypt, God on Mount Sinai, gave us the Word and confirmed to the world that He was our God, He loves us, and we were His people. Acts 2:1-6 reads “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.” (Acts 2:1-6 KJV) Here we find He used fingers of fire to write the tablets supernaturally. In the “Upper Room,” exactly fifty days after the resurrection of Jesus, God gave us His Spirit (Holy Spirit) in an equally supernatural way. He used what appeared to be cloven tongues of fire. He confirmed to the World that He was our God, He loves us, and we were His people. On Mount Sinai, he did that with the Word of God (Torah) and in the upper room, He gave us Holy Spirit. Both ways saying the same thing, we are his people and He would be with us forever. What a blessing from Heaven.

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In May, Prophetess Adrinne Blackstock instructed us to declare in the atmosphere the following refrain:
May will be filled with blessings.
May will be filled with positivity.
May will be filled with progress.
May will be filled with opportunity.
May will be filled with new beginnings.
May will be filled with “peace of mind.”

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God Bless You!

Bishop Adam Blackstock