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Pentecost serves as an annual reminder that our Creator still works miracles, granting His Spirit to those called to be the firstfruits of His spiritual harvest, empowering them to carry out His work in this world.
The Feast of Pentecost, or firstfruits, teaches us that Jesus Christ came to build His Church. This festival pictures the coming of the Holy Spirit and the establishment of the Church. The firstfruits are those who will be given salvation...
Beyond Today Dailys
by Steve Myers
2021-06-04
Pentecost is a time of beginnings, a reset to remind us to be God's firstfruits.
Beyond Today Dailys
by Darris McNeely
2017-06-01
With the Feast of Pentecost just around the corner, Darris McNeely takes a look through the lens of this biblical festival to see hope in a seemingly hopeless world.
Sermon
by Greg Thomas
2023-05-28
Cleveland, OH
On this ancient Feast of Harvest, or Firstfruits in 31AD, God’s Spirit came in the form of tongues of fire and settled on the new believers. We could say that God’s presence moved out of his old physical “House”, the Temple, and moved into...
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by William Bradford
2023-05-20
Beloit, WI
The upcoming Feast of Pentecost is also referred to as the Feast of Firstfruits. There is a group of 144,000 that Scripture refers to as firstfruits as well. Who are they? What are their characteristics?
Good News
by Jerold Aust
In ancient Israel, the beginning of the spring grain harvest was marked with an unusual ceremony—the waving of the first sheaf of grain to be accepted by God. This simple act holds great spiritual significance!
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by Robin Webber
2018-05-12
Los Angeles, CA
The management theory called "The Peter Principle" speaks to people rising to their level of incompetence. Yet, God's Word tells how "He takes the weak things of this world to confound the mighty." Why and how? Vital questions as we...
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by Frederick Kellers
2018-05-20
Nashville, TN
What is the meaning of the Day of Pentecost, and why do we observe it in the Church today? This sermon answers those questions with a cursory examination of the scriptures. This message was given on the Feast of Pentecost 2018.
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by Fred Nance
2017-09-21
Jonesboro, AR
This sermon examines the importance of the Feast of Trumpets as it relates to the firstfruits. It points to the day when Christ will return to this earth to rule with the saints.
Good News
by Bill Bradford
If Jesus Christ intended to save the world, has the world truly been saved? Is it logical to conclude, when we observe man’s inhumanity to man on an unprecedented scale, that the world is saved? Did Christ fail in His mission, or have we...
Sermon
by Barry Howdeshell
2018-05-19
Little Rock, AR
The feast of the Firstfruits, also called the Feast of Weeks and Pentecost, is very important to us in at least two ways: it helps us understand part of God’s plan of salvation; and, it is about those of us who hope to be in the first...
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by Roger J Korthuis
2018-05-20
Burlington, WA
The Days of Unleavened Bread are connected to the Feast of Pentecost by the Wave Sheaf Offering and the 7 weeks plus one day that follow it. Because Christ is accepted by God as the first wave sheaf, the first of the first-fruits, we are...
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by Donald Ward
2019-04-26
East Texas
Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread introduce the significance and symbols of the firstborn in God’s master plan. God placed great importance the authority, rights and privileges of the firstborn. The birthright went to the...
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by Jerold Aust
2013-05-11
Atlanta, GA
Jerold Aust discusses the upcoming Feast of Pentecost and the part it plays in the harvest seasons–an integral part of the Holy Days and God's plan of salvation. He lays the groundwork for Pentecost observance and exhorts our preparation...
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by Darris McNeely
2020-10-03
Bakersfield, CA
The Feast of Tabernacles is a master class for God's firstfruits. God the Father and Jesus Christ have summoned us to appear at this festival. This is an opportunity to review our progress on journey to the Kingdom of God. Jesus Christ is...
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by Kevin Call
2022-06-05
Portsmouth, OH
God has a plan. But when skeptics look at the sorry state of world conditions, many of them doubt the existence of God. After all, they reason, how can you have a God who created the heavens and earth, put man on the earth and left the...
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by Andy Duran
2023-05-27
Southern New Hampshire
On Pentecost, or the Feast of Weeks, at the completion of the count to 50 from the wave sheaf offering, Israel was commanded to bring a leavened bread offering. Specifically, two loaves baked of fine flour, salt, oil, and leaven. The...

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