The Day of Pentecost  is also called the Feast
of Weeks and the Feast of Firstfruits.

What is the new knowledge for this feast.

Why is this Feast called the Feast of Firstfruits.

LEV 23 V 15-17

And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: 
Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD. 
Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD. 

Lev 23 v 21-22
And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. 
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God. 

DEUT 16 V 9-10

Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn. 
And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: 

Look at how God instructs us to observe the Feast of Pentecost.  We rejoice and remember that we were in slavery to sin and God called us out of that slavery. 

DEUT 16 V 11-12

And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there. 
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. 

This day is one of the three times that God says the men  are to appear before Him with an offering

Deu 16:16  Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: 
Deu 16:17  Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee. 

Another example of the counting of weeks. 

NUM 28 V 26

Notice Pentecost is called here the day of the firstfruits.

Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: 

Two loaves of bread are waved at Pentecost.  These loaves picture the firstfruits. 
One pictures Christ who is the bread of life

Joh 6:35  And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. 

The other loaf represents the people of God who are the firstfruits.

If it were not for the elect who are the firstfruits the world would be destroyed

Mat 24:22  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 

LEV 23 V 16-17

Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD. 
Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD. 

Christ told the disciples that they would receive the Holy Spirit from the Father 

JOHN 14 V 16.

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 

JOHN 14 V 26

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 

The spirit is also called the spirit of truth. 

JOHN 15 V 26

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: 

The Father and Christ  sent the Holy Spirit once Christ returned to Him 

JOHN 16 V 7

Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 

The Holy Spirit of Power was given to the disciples on the day of Pentecost. 
They had already received the earnest of the spirit at baptism. 

If we read and believe the scriptures, the truth becomes plain to us.  It is so obvious by the following scriptures that the disciples received the Earnest of the spirit at baptism and then at Pentecost they received the Spirit of Power or Truth. 

ACTS 1 V 8

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 

These scriptures shows that they received the earnest of the Spirit at baptism. 

ACTS 11 V 15

And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning. 

ACTS 11 V 17

Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?

Notice also that Christ said the disciples would receive another  comforter which means they already had the earnest of the spirit at that time. 

JOHN 14 V 16

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 

Christ said in the following verse that they already
had the spirit dwelling in them.

JOHN 14 V 17J

Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 

so did Paul

Rom 8:23  And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. 

Notice the events of the day of Pentecost 

ACTS 2 V 1-4

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 
And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 

The disciples were promised the Holy Spirit of power on the day  Christ was raised from the dead.  This Spirit was given to them on  the day of Pentecost 

JOHN 20 V 22

And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 

It is important that we understand the difference between the earnest of the spirit and the Holy Spirit of power. 
We are given the earnest of the spirit at baptism, which is a small down payment. This is given when we are called. 
After many years of trial and testing, God decides if we believe Him and obey Him, if we love Him and are capable of having the Spirit of power.  When God is sure of this He then gives us the Holy Spirit of Power, that is when we are chosen. 
Once we have the Holy Spirit of power we have eternal life, we must continue to the end and prove faithful stewards, we must continue on being close to God, believing Him and obeying, growing and learning all the time. 
God does not give the Spirit of power without a great deal of testing and trial for us.  The stakes are too high, if we fail we will then have eternal death.  We must be serious about this calling as eternal life is at stake. 

Pentecost pictures the receiving of the Holy Spirit of Power.  This is eternal life inherant.

The Day of Pentecost is also called the Feast of Firstfruits.  That is because when we receive the Holy Spirit of Power we are then a firstfruit.  We are not a firstfruit until that time.

On the day of Pentecost mentioned in Acts 2, Peter was preaching and told of what would happen in the time before the Day of the Lord.  That is the end time, that is the time of  the Laodicean era of Gods church.

Now notice what will happen at that time, the spirit will be poured out on all flesh and your sons and daughters will prophesy.

Act 2:17  And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
 
 

The scriptures states clearly that there will be both male and female prophets at the end time before the day of the Lord. 

Act 2:18  And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 

There is an exciting parallel between the 40 days that the spies searched out the promised land, and the 40 days that Christ appeared to His disciples after He was risen from the dead.

The holy spirit of power was promised 50 days before it was given

Joh 20:22  And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 

Luk 24:49  And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. 

Act 1:4  And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. 

Act 2:4  And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 

There is a good reason for the 50 days from the wave sheaf to Pentecost.  During this time, the spirit of truth is with us.  This is the time that God teaches us the knowledge of the truth.  We already have the earnest of the spirit, and now the spirit of truth is with us.

Joh 14:16  And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 
Joh 14:17  Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 

Caleb had the spirit with him when he searched the promised land

Num 14:24  But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. 

There were twelve men sent into the promised land by Moses, one from each tribe

Num 13:2  Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. 

They spent forty days searching the promised land

Num 13:25  And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. 

Jesus taught about the promised land for forty days.

Act 1:3  To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: 

What a beautiful truth .  The men spent forty days in the promised land, searching it out.  Christ spent forty days showing the disciples the promised land.

Ten men brought an evil report of the promised land.

Num 13:27  And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. 

Num 13:32  And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. 

Num 13:33  And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. 

Only Joshua and Caleb wanted the promised land.

Num 14:6  And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: 
Num 14:7  And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. 
Num 14:8  If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. 
Num 14:9  Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not. 

Only Joshua and Caleb eventually went into the promised land.

Num 14:30  Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 

The men who were fearful died by the plague.

Num 14:37  Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD. 

The disciples all wanted the promised land [eternal life] and spent ten days waiting for the spirit of life,  to come after being taught forty days about the kingdom.

Act 1:3  To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: 
Act 1:4  And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. 
Act 1:5  For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. 

My wife and I have loved the knowledge of the truth and have pledged our lives to obeying Christ and God the Father.  This truth is only available from God, and when He decides to reveal it to us.

2Ti 3:7  Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 

Luk 10:22  All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. 

Joh 17:3  And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

How beautiful is the meaning of the day of Pentecost, and the days leading up to this day.

When God decides to offer us eternal life, He puts the spirit of truth with us, so we can learn of the kingdom of God, God then gives us time to reflect and pray about the kingdom, and then He gives us eternal life in the form of the Holy Spirit of life.

Gods tremendous love and patience is shown at this time.  If we refuse eternal life during the fifty days, we can go back to the world and still have a chance at eternal life later on.  By doing this, we will not please God, and have thrown away our chance to be a firstfruit.  We do not yet have the spirit of truth in us until God gives it to us, the disciples received it at Pentecost, and it is probable that this is when it is given today also.
We cannot blaspheme the spirit prior to receiving it.

THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE that people would actually refuse eternal life.  We are not talking about people in the world here, we are talking about people who already have the earnest of the spirit.  So how can they not want eternal life.........................

Obvioisly their hearts are not right towards God.

During the time of the exodus, God required the men to have physical courage to enter the promised land.  Physical and spiritual courage is required to enter the promised land by Gods spiritual servants. [eternal life in the form of the spirit of truth.

Jos 1:6  Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. 

Rev 21:6  And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 
Rev 21:7  He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 
Rev 21:8  But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. 

Pentecost is a holy day and no work is to be done.

Lev 23:21  And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. 

We are called chosen and faithful, if we are to be firstfruits. 
We are called when we receive the earnest of the spirit. 
We are chosen when we accept the end time knowledge for Gods church and pass the tests and trials which God puts before us, we must believe and obey God,  then we receive the Holy Spirit of power. 
We then must press on with our spiritual calling and prove faithful until the end. 

What a fabulous plan God has for His people.  The new knowledge of this day is exciting, let us rejoice in this holy day as God instructs us.

The receiving of the holy spirit of power is eternal life inherant, what a priceless gift.

Our God is a God of love, let's not disappoint Him, let us strive with our whole heart and mind and being to be a firstfruit.

No greater gift could be offered let's prove to be faithful and endure to the end.