Biblical Feasts: Pentecost/Shavout Resources

Please note that I am NOT an expert on the BIBLE or on any of the BIBLICAL FEASTS, but I know others are feeling led to celebrate the FEASTS as we are, so I am just sharing what we have been learning. This post, like many of my posts, is a helpful reminder for myself and a place to put links that I might otherwise forget about.

Who should celebrate the Seven Biblical Feasts?

Well, that is a debate among many, and I have been doing TONS of research. During that research, I read somewhere that we are not commanded to celebrate them, but we are invited to celebrate them as Jesus did. How would you feel if you had invited someone to celebrate with you and they didn’t show up?

First and foremost, I would say that you need to pray and see if GOD is leading you to celebrate… you should pray about any big changes in direction before heading down a path that life may be leading you down.

Holy Days vs. Holidays

Why celebrate Pentecost?

Secondly, you should do your own research about Pentecost. Find out the who, the what, the when, the where. the why, and the how… all of it! Then you can decide if and how you want to celebrate it. You can start by reading through Leviticus 23.

As I mentioned before, we have already been invited, so I definitely want to celebrate… it would be rude to keep ignoring the invite, and if we don’t go, then HE might invite someone else in our place! This is an exciting time, and I want to show GOD how thankful we are for ALL that HE has blessed us with.

This holy day has several names like Shavuoth, Festival of Weeks, Feast of Harvest, Day of the First Fruits, and Pentecost. It comes 7 weeks after the 2nd day of Pentecost… a little tricky to calculate, but if you were counting the Omer, then you know exactly when it is!

WHY NOT CELEBRATE?

I can’t think of any reason not to celebrate.

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Biblical Feasts: Holy Days vs Holidays

I’ve been extremely interested in the Biblical Feasts and Holy Days that are mentioned in the Bible, but it can be a little overwhelming to try to figure all of this out. Check out Leviticus 23 for more information.

The Sabbath is probably one of the most well-known of these Holy Days, and I would like to start keeping it the way it should be kept

Check out our Perpetual Meal Plans for ideas to celebrate some of these Holy Days!

These are some of the other Holy Days and Feasts that I want to learn more about so that they can be properly celebrated.

  1. Passover (Spring)
  2. Unleavened Bread (Spring)
  3. Feast of Weeks / Shavuot / Pentecost (Spring)
  4. Trumpets / Yom Teruah (Fall)
  5. Atonement / Yom Kippur / The Fast (Fall)
  6. Tabernacles / Sukkot (Fall)
  7. Eighth Day / Last Great Day (Fall)

The first three are about things that have already come to pass while the last four are telling us of things that are yet to come. It is more than a little exciting to think of all that we have to look forward to!

There are other days that I find interesting as well and I would like to research them a little more.

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