Sermon: The Appointed Weeks of Pentecost
#1767
David C. Grabbe
Given 15-Jun-24; 67 minutes
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Each of the Holy Days revolves around a particular harvest, indicating a wait for God to bring something to fruition. The Harvest of Weeks depicts the harvesting of the first fruits, namely a grain offering in which two loaves baked with leaven, representing the fruits of our labors, our dedication to our fellow man, are presented before Almighty God. Because our lives are a combination of righteousness and corruption, they are not placed on the altar where the burnt offering (of Christ's sacrifice) has made us acceptable to Almighty God but are consumed by the priests as a peace offering. The quality of the waved loaves is determined by how much we have inculcated in the "reap what we sow" principle, indicating that if we have sown corruption, we will reap the consequences. Any seed of carnality will grow whether we (or anyone else) are aware of it. The lives of Abraham, Jacob, Moses, David, and all of God's called-out saints are combinations of righteousness and carnal corruption. God's water mark 7-7-7-7-7-7 applies to the counting to Pentecost, the land Sabbaths, and the Jubilee all revolving around harvest seasons where Almighty God alone is responsible for the timed outcome.