THE FEAST OF PENTECOST AND THE RAPTURE.

THE FEAST OF PENTECOST:

THE ONLY FEAST ASSOCIATED 

WITH THE CHURCH!

Leviticus 23:15-17 -  And you shall count unto you from the morrow after the Sabbath (the weekly Sabbath at the end of the Feast of Firstfruits), from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be complete:  even unto the morrow after the seventh Sabbath shall you number fifty days (from which the name Pentecost comes); and you shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.  You shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves (one representing future Jews who will trust in Jesus, and the other, Gentiles who will trust in Him) of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven (leaven always represents sin in the Scriptures); they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.

Acts 1:2-5; 2:1-4 - Until the day in which He was taken up, after that He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments unto the apostles whom He had chosen:  to whom also He showed Himself alive after His passion (Crucifixion) by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:  and, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, said He, you have heard of Me.  For John truly baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days hence - - - And when the Day of Pentecost (50 days after the final Sabbath of the Feast of Firstfruits) was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.  And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.  And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

PENTECOST:  

THE BIRTH OF THE MYSTERY THAT IS THE CHURCH!

Mark 4:8-9 - And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.  And He said unto them, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.  [Note:  The highlighted words are associated with the Church Age as it is described in Revelation Chapters Two and Three - verses:  2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22].

Romans 11:24-25 - For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree:  how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?  For I would not, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.

Romans 16:25-27 - Now to Him Who is of power to establish you according to my Gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, but now is made manifest, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:  to God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever.  Amen.

Ephesians 1:5-10; 5:32; 6:19-20 - Having predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He has made us accepted in the Beloved.  In Whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace; wherein He has abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; having made known unto us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He has purposed in Himself:  that in the dispensation of the fullness of times (See Romans 11:24-25 above) He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in Him - - - This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church - - - And for me (Paul), that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the Gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds:  that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

Colossians 1:26-27 - Even the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to His saints:  to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

WARNING!

THE CHURCH AGE (A PARENTHETICAL PERIOD BETWEEN DANIEL'S SIXTY-NINTH AND SEVENTIETH WEEKS - DANIEL 9:24-27), WILL END WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE BODY OF CHRIST, JEWISH AND GENTILE BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS (KNOWN AS THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH - JOHN 14:1-3; 1 THESSALONIANS 1:10; 4:13-18; 5:9; AND REVELATION 4:1).  WHAT FOLLOWS OUR DEPARTURE WILL BE SEVEN YEARS OF "HELL ON EARTH" (DANIEL 9:27; MATTHEW 24:3-28; REVELATION CHAPTERS SIX - NINETEEN)!

CALL UPON THE LORD JESUS 

WHILE YOU STILL HAVE TIME!