Why Count the Omer? Part 3: God’s Spirit Poured Out

This 3-part blog series focuses on the Lord’s instruction in Leviticus 23:15 to count the seven weeks (49 days) that occur before the Day of Pentecost (the 50^th day) also called the Festival of Weeks and Shavuot in Hebrew.  For the Israelites, the count was about the harvest, thus the word “omer” which was a unit of measure used to count and track grain harvests.  Yeshua taught us the spiritual meaning of “harvest” as those ready to receive the good news of the Messiah (Matt 9:37).  That’s what the third phase of counting the omer is about.

In Parts 1 and 2, I laid out a three-phase structure for the 49-day count:

1. The first 40 days
2. Days 41-49
3. The 50^th day

The first two phases prepare us for what’s about to happen on the 50^th day and beyond. (more…)

April 22, 2014 | Categories: Counting the Omer, Feast of the Harvest, Feasts, Holy Spirit, Ministry, Mo'edim, Pentecost, Power, Spring Feasts, Supernatural | Tags: 12 disciples, 49 days, 50th day, 7 weeks, Acts 1, Acts 2, ascension, Eph 2, Festival of weeks, Harvest, Jubilee, Lev. 25, Messiah, prayer, Sabbath, Shavuot, yovel | 3 Comments