Pentecost in Prophetic Poetry
Fifty days following First Fruits[1]
When Jesus rose from the dead[2]
Fulfilling a promise Isaiah and David had said[3]
The Passover Lamb[4] nailed on a stake[5]
Like unleavened bread[6]
No yeast in His soul
Now, seven Sabbaths plus one[7]
Shavuot is the name[8]
Sacrifices celebrating the first harvest of grain
A Priest two loaves of leavened bread would wave[9]
Two peoples represented
Whom Messiah would save[10]
Yes, the Jew and the Greek,[11]
The lofty
The weak[12]
The leaven of sin
That came from the fall[13]
Humanity corrupted and present in all[14]
The ransom now paid
There came from above
The symbol of peace
Found in a dove[15]
God’s Spirit
Descended
This fiftieth day[16]
To dwell in the ones
Forever to stay[17]
In those who believed in His name[18]
Their leaven removed
Would form a new man[19]
Together as one[20]
That was God’s plan[21]
The body of Messiah
Through what He has done[22]
Three thousand were saved[23]
The curse He became
As He hung on the tree[24]
Forgiveness of sin
Now set us free[25]
Another shadow that pointed
Was now complete
For He is the substance[26]
Now I entreat
What about you?
A just, holy God
Can you now meet?
Written by Jeff, Life in Messiah staff
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Endnotes:
[1] We call this Pentecost from the Greek word for 50.
[2] Jonah 1:17; Matthew 12:40.
[3] Isaiah 52:13–53:12 (specifically verse 10); Psalm 16:10-11; Acts 2:24.
[4] Genesis 22:7-8; Exodus 12:3-13; Isaiah 53:7; John 1:36; Acts 8:32; 1 Peter 1:19; Revelation 5:6-13.
[5] Psalm 22:1-31; John 19:14-30.
[6] 1 Corinthians 5:6-8.
[7] Leviticus 23:15-16.
[8] Deuteronomy 16:16. Shavuot is the Hebrew word for weeks.
[9] Leviticus 23:17.
[10] Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:5-8.
[11] Romans 1:16.
[12] Matthew 5:1-12; Romans 10:12.
[13] Genesis 3:1-24.
[14] Genesis 6:5; Genesis 6:12; 1 Kings 8:46; Ecclesiastes 7:20; Romans 3:10; Romans 3:23.
[15] Genesis 8:11; Matthew 3:16-17.
[16] Acts 2:1-18.
[17] John 14:15-17; Ephesians 1:13-14.
[18] Romans 10:8-12.
[19] Ephesians 2:14-16.
[20] Galatians 3:28.
[21] Psalm 22:27-31.
[22] John 19:30; Hebrews 10:1-18.
[23] Acts 2:14-41 (verse 41 in particular).
[24] Deuteronomy 21:23; Galatians 3:13.
[25] John 8:32-36; Romans 6:22.
[26] Colossians 2:16-17.