In the Old Testament, the Feast caled Pentecost, or the Feast of Weeks, celebrated the beginning of the wheat harvest, then later, the giving of the Law to the People of Israel. It celebrated God's past work and foreshadowed and celebrate a coming greater blessing. It is no wonder that the blessed coming of the Holy Spirit, as promised by Christ, came 50 days after Passover, the day of his resurrection, on Pentecost, anticipating a new more glorious coming of the Spirit. As Jesus prepared to ascend, he promised his followers that the Spirit would come to empower the gospel's promulgation to the Jews, Samaritans and then to usher in the kingdom of God to include the Gentiles. (Act 1:8) Ten days after the ascension, while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Pentecost, all Jews, who could, were expected to pilgrimage to the temple for the event, anticipating the wheat harvest and the giving of the Law, and a greater blessing from God in the consummation of his kingdom. It wa
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