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Each feast had a particular focus. Unleavened Bread remembered the redemption of Israel from Egypt, as Easter does for Christians today. Harvest and Ingathering celebrated the blessings of God’s provision, which were according to the promise of His covenant. These two are roughly equal to Pentecost and America’s Thanksgiving, with the former infinitely more important than the latter.
Christians do not celebrate Pentecost as exuberantly as they do Thanksgiving. I wonder why that is? Could it be that we have too low regard for the greater gifts of God and His Spirit, and too high regard for the more temporal and transient ones?
T. M. Moore
The Law of God is the soil which, fertilized by the rest of God’s Word and watered by His Spirit, brings forth the fruit of Christian life. If you’d like to understand this process better, and how to make best use of the Law in your walk with and work for the Lord, order the book, The Ground for Christian Ethics, from our online store.
Except as indicated, Scripture taken from the New King James Version. © Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.