What The Bible Says
Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice
“And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD” (Lev 23:15-16). The Lord Jesus Christ is our Sheaf of the Wave-Offering, and Passover Lamb and the feast of weeks marked off by these seven sabbaths ascribe a fulfilled Pentecost like no other. In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue and Jews were banished from Spain and settled into Jerusalem in droves. At Pentecost of 1492 BC the Law was given at Mount Sinai and the Covenant of Law was established by God. How appropriate that at Pentecost, fifty days after Christ's resurrection the Covenant of Law officially died and the Covenant of Grace was installed with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit of God as recorded in Acts 2. God's calendar, when the fullness of time was come, has no flaws or coincidences. For Bible believers every day is holy, we esteem each, but consider the importance of Pentecost for the believer. The Covenant of Law is dead and gone on its birthday; the New Covenant of Grace, the New Testament in his blood, and God's sending the Comforter on that fiftieth day marks a whole new dispensation in time. Praise His Holy Name. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so. Let us shew forth all his mighty works. A Bible believer rejoices in Pentecost and knows a New Covenant. A Protestant Covenant Theologian knows nothing of God's grace, mercy and truth in these things. Keep your Bible open in these last days, this dispensation of grace will close when he removes his church.
An Essay for week #20 May 20, 2018
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