Busy Time of the Year

Spring is a busy season, especially with the Lord’s Feasts—Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, and the 50-day count to Pentecost. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed!

Scripture commands us to count 50 days from First Fruits (the day after the Sabbath) to Pentecost. This can be hard to grasp, but we hope to clarify it in the coming days.

Shavuot (Pentecost) is introduced in Leviticus 23 and Genesis 1:14 as part of God’s prophetic calendar. Interestingly, after Yeshua’s resurrection, the Apostle Paul still observed this feast (1 Cor. 16:8). If the feasts ended at the cross, why did Paul continue? Surely he would have known.

Forty days after His resurrection (Acts 1:3), Yeshua ascended (Acts 1:9). The disciples completed the omer count in Jerusalem, eagerly awaiting the fiftieth day—Shavuot (Acts 2:1).

Shavuot is one of three pilgrimage feasts (Ex. 34:22; Deut. 16:9–10), established in Genesis 1:14, and occurs 50 days after the spring appointed times (Lev. 23:16). It celebrates the giving of the Torah at Sinai (Ex. 19–24). The crowd at the Acts 2 revival had all counted the omer.

Like Paul, we live after Messiah’s resurrection. If Torah applied to him, shouldn’t it still apply? By God’s grace, we can participate in His appointed times, established long before humanity (Gen. 1:14; Lev. 23).

Paul made every effort to be in Jerusalem for Shavuot (Acts 20:16). By the grace of our gracious God (Ex. 34:6), may the omer count be a transformative season, preparing us for new heights in our faith.

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