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   Now let’s look at Pentecost:

 1 Corinthians Chapter 12 follows The Communion service with instruction about The Holy Spirit.

During The Feast of Unleavened Bread, the 7 Week Count started towards The Feast of Pentecost on the 50th day. Jesus’ resurrection on The First Day of this count, confirmed His Sacrifice was approved and accepted by GOD The Father. 50 Days later HE sent The Holy Spirit as we see in the 2nd Chapter of Acts.

-- In Chapter 12, Paul lists the 9 Gifts of The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit brings Giftings to each Christian as HE leads each New Life into GOD’s likeness and image.

 This process is ongoing and follows everyone who yields and walks as directed by The Holy Spirit. The 9 Giftings set out in 1Corinthians 12:1-11 are provided to enable The Heart and Mind to perceive information provided by The Holy Spirit – as we yield to GOD's Leadership in everyday life.

 Galatians 5 lists a set of 9 Fruit, which is given by The Holy Spirit. These enable a Christian to conform their Emotions to GOD’s leadership in everyday life.

1Corinthians 13 Defines Agape Love and how GOD applies this Fruit when we are connected intimately to The Holy Spirit.

 1Corinthians 14 provides instruction about how to apply and control Christian conversation in The Church. Both Prophecy and Tongues are to be used in an up-building manner, and the concept of Proper Judgment continues through all of 1Corinthians....

 Paul’s main theme is Passover but he does follow the pattern and the benefits promised by the other Set Times and Annual Feasts. We can see from JESUS’ death, burial and resurrection, that The Holy Spirit and Resurrection are proven to us in what JESUS did as The New Covenant was paid for, and as HE rose from The Tomb, and visited His Disciples during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. These events gave proof to The Church JESUS was victorious over sin and death.    

 During the Days of Unleavened Bread, The Weekly Sabbath signals the 7 Week count to Pentecost. Paul follows The Communion Service in Chapter 11, with The Gifts of The Holy Spirit  in the first 11 verses of 1Corinthians Chapter 12.

 These 9 gifts are given to help believers think as GOD would have us think. Note in the following diagram that the 9 gifts can be divided into 3 sets. The first 3 are given to each believer to enable GODly thinking, and the last 4 are given to insure GODly communication within The Church. Altogether these gifts are mainly given to help believers know what GOD knows in a specific way. These assist believers in the ministry GOD has placed them in.

 The simple pattern Paul uses thus follows The Feast Day Pattern and is The Plan of Salvation which GOD displays throughout His Word – Passover - Pentecost - and Tabernacles. With the three main events in Christian Growth – Justification - Sanctification - and Glorification.

 We should be able to see GOD’s Design is consistent with His Eternal Nature. The Old and New Testaments reveal GOD’s Love and Plan for Salvation. In The New Testament, we are encouraged to celebrate the plan and progress GOD sets out for believers from before the foundations of The Earth.... Eph 1:4, John 17:24