The Words Feast of Weeks and Pentecost

The word Pentecost is found in Acts 2:1; 18:21; 20:16. Pentecost is the same as the Feast of Weeks given in Leviticus 23:15-22, Exodus 34:22; and Deuteronomy 16:9-12, 16.  The word translated Pentecost in the New Testament means 50.  In Leviticus 23 Feast of Weeks is prescribed to begin 50... Read More

Food Laws and Purity Laws

God gave food and purity laws for ceremonial/ ritual and health purposes.  The ceremonial purpose was to set God’s people apart from the rest of the world; that is, they were to be a holy people. Leviticus chapter 11 outlines a number of laws regarding what beasts, insects, birds, and... Read More