When the day of Pentecost was fully come.
Act 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Pentecost = "the fiftieth day"
the second of the three great Jewish feasts, celebrated at Jerusalem yearly,
the seventh week after the Passover, in grateful recognition of the
completed harvest
hmm.. a week of weeks..
Act 20:16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem
the day of Pentecost.
1Co 16:8 But I will tarry at Ephesus
until Pentecost.
Exo 34:22 And thou shalt observe
the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of
ingathering at the year's end.
Deu 16:9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee:
begin to number the seven weeks from
such time as thou
beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
Deu 16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the
feast of unleavened bread, and in the
feast of weeks, and in the
feast of tabernacles: and they shall
not appear before the LORD empty:
1Co 5:8 Therefore
let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with
the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Act 20:16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem
the day of Pentecost.
Lev 23:34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The
fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the
feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
Deu 16:13 Thou shalt observe the
feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast
gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
Act 18:1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
Act 18:2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome, and came unto them.
Act 18:3 And because he was
of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for
by their occupation they were tentmakers.
Exo 23:16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the
feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
Act 18:9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
Act 18:10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for
I have much people in this city.
Act 18:11 And he continued
there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
42 months
Luk 10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly
is great, but the labourers
are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
Which comes first, the wheat or the tares?
hmm.
Why was Paul still keeping the Sabbaths and the feasts, but we are told that today they have been changed?
Changed by whom?
Is God still gathering, or is all the wheat already in the barn?
Have all the tares been removed?
We NEED A REVIVAL!!
Get your plowshares and your pruning hooks..
spring is coming and it will be time to sow and reap, and celebrate!
The land has rested long enough!
:)
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