The Feast
of Weeks
Lesson VI
Introduction
We
have called these feasts of Leviticus, “the special days marked on God’s
Calendar”, all being shadows of great events to take place in later history.
The
first four feasts, that were really only pictures, have merged into history as
actual, literal events.
The feast of Passover (on our Calendar April 14), pointing forward to the cross.
The
feast that followed (15),pointing forward to
fellowship based on the cross
The
Sheaf of firstfruits pointing forward to the
resurrection of Jesus from the tomb
The
feast of weeks pointing forward to the Day of Pentecost
At
a glance, one can see that all were fulfilled by the First Coming of Jesus
Christ.
Is
it therefore, unreasonable to expect the pictures of the last three feasts,
when fulfilled, will
become actual historical events? All to be connected with the Second Coming of Christ at His
Revelation.
Between
the first four feasts and the last three there was a space of months. We believe that space represents this age. This age in which we live, may rightly be
named: The dispensation of grace, the
dispensation of the Church , and the dispensation of
the Holy Spirit.
I
Leviticus
The feast of firstfruits
was at the beginning of harvest season
The feast of weeks was at the end
of the harvest season.
You cannot date a harvest’s beginning
or date of ending.
At this feast they waved two loaves
made with leaven. Why two loaves? God is
now going to deal with both Jews and Gentiles.
These loaves do not speak of Christ because of the leaven, but of the
Church in which there
will be evil until Rapture
II Acts 2:1 “And when the day of Pentecost was fully
come…”
The word ‘Pentecost” means 50th,
so this event took place 50 days after Christ’s resurrection. That was the day
on which the Holy Spirit was sent.
A personal ministry of the Holy
Spirit began “taking out from Jew and Gentile a people for his name” Acts
Remember, His ministry did not
begin at Pentecost, He
was at work at the beginning of Creation.
Genesis 1:2
III The Holy
Spirit brings Conviction to the unsaved.
John 16:7-11
of sin (vs9),the sin of unbelief .
of righteousness (vs 10), because I go to my Father; of provided
righteousness Romans
of judgment (not to come)
(vs 11) , judgment already executed on Satan.
John 16:12-15
the Holy Spirit does not speak of
Himself, but leads people to Christ.
IV
The Holy Spirit Regenerates to Indwell the one
who believes in Christ
Titus 3:5 regeneration is a work
of the Holy Spirit
Ephesians
2:1 He brings
from death to life
John
3:3,6 this
is called a new birth of the Spirit
1
Corinthians
Romans
8:9 without
which, we are not His
1
Corinthians
2
Corinthians
V
The Holy Spirit was sent to be our Comforter
John
14:16-20 Comforter or helper
Romans
Romans
Romans
8:26-27 He helps us pray
VI
The Holy Spirit is restraining evil in this world.
2 Thessalonians 2:7 the old word ‘let’ then meant ‘restrain’
VII The Holy
Spirit gives gifts to the Church
Acts 2:4;
2
Corinthians
1 Corinthians 12:4-11 a list of special gifts
1
Corinthians 12:28-3 a list of ministry gifts
Galatians
1
Corinthians 13:1-3 to have spiritual gifts and
ministry gifts without the fruit of
the Spirit will profit nothing!
VIII Conclusion
Ephesians