Outline of Service
15th December 2024
Reasons To Celebrate
The Feast of Weeks – Pentecost
. John
2:21
Hymn 3: God’s Appointed Time
The Lord’s
Prayer (Luke 11:2-4)
Psalm 146:1- 10 – Put TRUST in God
Bible
Readings:
Shavuot:
·
The
Feast of Weeks: Deut 16:9-12
·
The
Day of the Firstfruits: Num 28:26-31;
Lev 23:15-22
·
The
Feast of Harvest: Exod 23:16-17, 20-22
·
The
Day of Pentecost: Acts 2:1-4, 14-21
Ruth and Shavuot: Ruth 2:1-3, 14-23
The
Final Harvest: Matthew 13:36-43
Summary of Readings
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The
Celebration is known as The Feast of Weeks (Lev 23), The Day of the
Firstfruits (Num 28:6), The Feast of Harvest (Exo 23:16) and Pentecost
(Acts 2:1)
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It
is known by the Jews as Shavuot, and is celebrated 50 days – a week of
weeks plus one day – after Passover
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Fifty
days after they left Egypt was also the day on which Israel received the Ten
Commandments, and God commenced giving the Law to Moses (The Torah)
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The
most significant record of the Celebration in the Old Testament is in the story
of Ruth, and Ruth and Boaz may have been married on that Day
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In
the New Testament, in Acts Chapter 2, there is a record of celebration of The
Day of Pentecost
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The
purpose of The Feast was to thank God for the Harvest He had just given, which for
us, is a figure of thanking God and celebrating His blessings as we travel year
by year through this life
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The
great celebration will be the Harvest at the return of Jesus Christ to this
earth, when those who are preserved alive in spirit and soul and body will be
changed from mortal to immortal beings. (1
Thess 5:23)
Hymn 46: Signs and
Seasons
Message
Hymn 123: The Old
Prophetic Fire
Doxology
