Peter Barnes | Leviticus 23:15-22
SERMON NOTES
THE FEAST OF WEEKS (PENTECOST) (Lev.23:15-22)
Leviticus 23:9-22; Acts 2:1-13, 22-24
– Lev.23 lists the weekly Sabbath plus seven annual feasts. We are looking to see Christ in them (Col.2:16-17). The feast of harvest (Ex.23:16) or weeks is called Pentecost in Greek, and refers to the wheat harvest. It is on a Sunday.
1. This was a joyous celebration of the end of the harvest.
– Deut.16:11; Lev.23:17-21; this has five offering: a burnt offering (Lev.1), grain offerings (Lev.2), drink offerings (see Gen.35:14), a sin offering (Lev.4-5), and a fellowship or peace offering (Lev.3).
– contrast to the Baal worship (Baal was a fertility god)
2. It is a sign of a greater harvest to come.
– 1 Cor.16:8; Acts 20:16, but especially Acts 2:1
– note all of Acts 2
3. Grace leads to compassion.
– Lev.23:22; seems odd addition at first
– Ruth 2:5-7
– but it is an outworking of God’s grace and kindness (Eph.4:32)