SEVEN REASONS WHY NT BELIEVERS SHOULD KEEP THE FEAST OF WEEKS - SHAVUOT


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1.     Because on one solemn antitypical Shavuot around 2000 years ago, dozens of devout followers of Christ were permanently indwelt by the Holy Ghost during observation of this very same feast. 

2.     Because this event (in Acts 2) is seen as the inauguration of the New Testament assembly/church/congregation, all for whom Christ died should commemorate this feast in Thanksgiving for the Father sending another comforter to His assembly/congregation/church.

3.     Because Shavuot is a divine and perpetual ordinance (Leviticus 23:21).

4.     Because Shavuot is indicative of Gentiles joining the people of God. The “stranger” (i.e. Gentiles within Israel) is explicitly mentioned in the explanation of Shavuot’s observance. (Deuteronomy 16:9-11)

5.     Because the Gentile believers:

a.      who were formerly “strangers from the covenants of promise” are now fellow citizens of the commonwealth of Israel (Ephesians 2:12-14,19) 

b.     having been grafted into a Jewish olive tree (Romans 11:16-24) 

c.     and made partakers of a Jewish covenant through faith in the Gospel. (Jeremiah 31:31, 32:40, Romans 11:17)

d.     As a partaker of the “commonwealth of Israel"   (Romans 11:16-24) If the Gentile’s membership in the New Covenant makes him a partaker of the “commonwealth of Israel,” it only makes sense that — for the sake of edification — they should also adhere to the laws of that commonwealth.

6.     Because Shavuot, is an appointment that belongs to the Lord not to Israel, as with the weekly Sabbath and the other six annual feasts. (Exodus 12:11). The feasts are times appointed by God for rest, worship, and the rehearsal of other specific memorials. God’s appointed times are perpetual appointments for His congregation (i.e. Hebrew: miqra; Greek: ecclesia) to observe.

7.     Israel was “set in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her” to provoke conformance (e.g. Deuteronomy 4:6, Ezekiel 5:5-7, Romans 2:17-20). So that Israel, through the keeping of God’s statutes and judgments would be an example to the world of holiness in dedication to God. 

8.     The fact that God wanted the other nations to also become joined to Him (Isaiah 45:22) and even gave Israel instructions regarding which Gentiles were allowed to join His congregation (Deuteronomy 23) demonstrates that He wanted the other nations to also keep his statutes and judgments. In other words, the Jews were supposed to be a light to the other nations. This implies that their beliefs were supposed to be indicative of the ideal beliefs of all of the world’s inhabitants.

How Should Gentile Believers Keep The Feast of Weeks?

1.     Observe the High Sabbath

2.     Spend time studying the book of Ruth

3.     Spend time studying the Book of Acts

4.     Express Thanksgiving for the Gift of the Holy Spirit 


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