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Appointments With God Discussions Pentecost/Shavuot Tabernacles The Eighth Day

Spirit-filled connections between Shemini Atzeret (Eighth Day), Shavuot (Pentecost) and Sukkot (Tabernacles)

Palm branches are linked to Sukkot and Chanukah.
Palm branches are linked to Sukkot and Chanukah.

Shemini Atzeret (Convocation of the Eighth Day, Lev. 23:33–36, 39–43), the day following the seven days of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles or Booths), and Shavuot (Pentecost) are “buddies.” The symbolism of one is mirrored in the other. What happened on Shavuot throughout the Bible is a “shadow,” a likeness, of what will happen on a Shemini Atzeret during the Day of the LORD.

Spirit beings need God’s breath, “water” from the God and the Tree of Life. We will experience seeing God face to face, and we will be able to keep His commandments without any hinderance. He will be our Father, and we will be His children in fullness. We will “look like” God, which was God’s intent all along.

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Discussions Shabbat Torah

Genesis 2:1-7 — ‘rest,’ ‘mist’ and ‘breath’

God created things in the physical world to explain what happens in the spiritual world. What is the spiritual teaching behind “rest,” “mist” and “breath” in Gen. 2:1-7?

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Apostolic Writings Discussions

Acts 4:32 – chapter 5 — ‘of one heart and one mind’ vs. greed of Ananias & Sapphira

https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/080809%20Acts%204v32-ch5.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:35 — )Subscribe: RSSWhen people come together with “one mind” and “one heart,” the result can range from the kingdom of Heaven on Earth at best and blasphemous Babel at worst. To be one, believers in Messiah must look for ways to unite, as husband and wife […]

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Apostolic Writings Discussions

Acts 4:32 — ‘of one heart and one mind’

The early believers in Yeshua as God’s special Anointed One, His Messiah, had the Spirit of God bringing them together in “one heart” and “one mind.” Though the sharing of resources was a temporary necessity for pilgrims far from home and hungry for God, the commonality they experienced is something all believers throughout time must embrace.

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Apostolic Writings Discussions Pentecost/Shavuot

Acts 2 — Peter preaches with power purposefully on Pentecost

Peter’s Pentecost sermon not only made A’s for power of the Spirit but also for being “politically incorrect” in condemning the listeners. Why did Peter say what he said this particular Pentecost? What are the consistent lessons of Pentecost, called Shavuot in Hebrew for “sevens” or “weeks”?