Giving of the 10 Commandments
Shavuot is observed fifty days after Passover and originally this Appointed Time by GOD commemorated God’s giving of the Torah, GOD’s WORD, through Moses, which provided the Hebrews with instructions for living a holy lifestyle. The Torah made the Hebrew people into a nation consecrated to Adonai. No other nation on earth was like God’s people. The awesome power and might of this moment are recorded in Exodus 34:22, Deuteronomy 16:10, and 2 Chronicles 8:13.
Shavuot is also known as The Feast of Weeks because God’s people were to count seven weeks (49 days) after Passover until the 50th Day for the observance of Shavuot. This season marks the beginning of the summer wheat harvest, when every Hebrew adult male brought in a portion of their wheat harvest as an offering to God at the Temple in Jerusalem. The measure of wheat was known as the “omer”; thus the “Counting of the Omer” name was attached to the seven weeks. Shavuot was one of the three commanded feasts:
Pesach (Passover / Unleavened Bread and Firstfruits),Shavuot (Feast of Weeks or Pentecost),Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles, Tents or Booths)
At these three times of the year all Israelites were commanded by GOD to come to the Temple (make a pilgrimage trip) to Jerusalem for worship and celebration. Adult males were not to come empty handed; each man was to present an offering to Adonai, and everyone was to rejoice before the Lord. This celebration commemorated freedom from physical Egyptian bondage, and freedom from pagan idolatry because Israel was given enlightenment through HIS WORD.
Giving of the Holy Spirit
Acts 2:1-4
2 When the day of Shavuot (Pentecost) came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
GOD choose Shavuot as the time to fully implement the New Covenant with Israel and all believers in the Messiah! Yeshua sent his disciples to Jerusalem to wait on a gift from God. Jews from every nation and language had gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the commanded feast of Shavuot. As Yeshua’s disciples waited in the Upper Room, as promised the Holy Spirit came and fell upon them giving them power, abilities, and the gift of speaking in languages so every nation could hear and understand the Gospel in their native tongue.
This New Covenant is prophesied throughout scripture in the Old Testament and emphasized in the New Testament. See Jeremiah 31:31-33 Complete Jewish Bible:
31 (32) It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers on the day I took them by their hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt; Also read Hebrews 10:16, Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 36:26, and Hebrews 8:10.
After His resurrection, the risen Messiah Yeshua walked on the earth for 40 days, leading up to Shavuot (the 50th Day). During this time Yeshua appeared to some 500 people at one time, taught his disciples about the kingdom and even ate with his disciples on several occasions. Yeshua/Jesus gave the disciples instructions to remain in Jerusalem until they had received anointing from On High. They would already be in Jerusalem for the Appointed Time of the Feast of Shavuot.
Could this also be the Appointed Time for the Gift of Salvation?
This is a concept I first posted in my blog on December 16, 2022. I think it bears repeating because the Biblical Calendar provides strong evidence for this hypothesis, which is worthy of further investigation.
Luke 1:26-32 (Complete Jewish Bible) In the Sixth Month, the angel Gavri’el was sent by God to a city in the Galil called Natzeret, to a virgin engaged to a man named Yosef, of the house of David; the virgin’s name was Miryam. Approaching her, the angel said, “Shalom, favored lady! ADONAI is with you!” She was deeply troubled by his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Miryam, for you have found favor with God. Look! You will become pregnant, you will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Yeshua (Jesus).
In the book of Luke, the Bible tells us that “In the Sixth Month,” the angel was sent by God to Miryam (Mary) and the Messiah was conceived in the Sixth Month of Elul. Therefore, based on God’s calendar, counting 9 months from conception, the Messiah would have been born some time in May or June which is the month of Sivan or the Third Month on the Biblical Calendar. See the chart below. The Biblical Calendar is a treasure trove of Bible facts. Knowing God’s order and names for the months of the year can reveal amazing information in the scriptures.
For me personally it makes sense and follows the pattern of GOD doing great works in the earth on HIS Appointed Times on the calendar HE has established!
Biblical Month
Hebrew Name
Modern
Calendar
Counting from Conception
| First | Nisan / Aviv | March/April | 7 |
| Second | Iyyar / Ziv | April/May | 8 |
| Third | Sivan | May/June | 9 |
| Fourth | Tammuz | June/July | |
| Fifth | Ab | July/August | |
| Sixth | Elul | August/September | Conception |
| Seventh | Tishri | September/October | 1 |
| Eighth | Heshvan | October/November | 2 |
| Ninth | Chislev | November/December | 3 |
| Tenth | Tebeth | December/January | 4 |
| Eleventh | Shebat | January/February | 5 |
| Twelfth | Adar | February/March | 6 |
