Now the Father did not say anything against the fifteenth day in the eighth moon because the day was right, it was the eighth moon that was wrong. The same thing in Aaron’s case, the Father said nothing against the day or the moon because it was right (fifty days after the seventh Sabbath). It was the molten calf they made and worshipped that the Father YHWH reproved them for, and not the day or month. We cannot ignore the inspired Word.
If Aaron had said that tomorrow is the Sabbath and built an alter and worshipped the calf, and YHWH rebuked him for the calf and said nothing against the day or moon like in Jeroboam’s case, would you still say it was not the Sabbath just because he worshipped the calf on that day? Remember all scripture is inspired of YHWH. Even this one.
I am not sure that they were trying to please YHWH, and through ignorance, they made the calf, or they wanted something that the Egyptians could see when they returned to Egypt. I don’t understand how they could have turned from the One who had done so many miracles that they had witnessed. Now, after Moses was gone for so long, it can be seen why they would want to go back to Egypt. They would be able to rule Egypt again as Joseph did, because Egypt was whipped even before Pharaoh and his army were destroyed, and Pharaoh’s son was dead.
They could have easily ruled Egypt, and in a natural way of looking at things; it was the best thing to do, but YHWH had a better plan that they did not understand. All they could see was their leader was missing and, it was time for Pentecost. Moses should have been back and they knew they could have been rulers in Egypt if they returned, knowing the army was defeated and Egypt was in a bad position. YHWH did not want His people to rule Egypt, but to rule the World so long as they obeyed His voice.
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What we do know is that it was fifty days after the seventh Sabbath (Lev. 23) that Aaron said this, and that YHWH did not say anything about the day or month being wrong, when Aaron said it was a Pilgrim Feast to YHWH, Pentecost.
Another fact that suggests a latter Pentecost is in Acts 2:13 when they were accused of being full of new wine. There is no New wine (sweet wine) in the third moon (grapes were not ripe yet) but are at the end of the fourth moon and that is when Aaron said it was the Feast. Peter could have said there is no new wine for them to be full of, but said they were not drunk as they supposed.
(It is only 9:00). Nehemiah observed men trading the wine presses and gathering sheaves (wheat) and bringing grapes etc on the Sabbath day. There is no grapes to tread in the third moon and only winter wheat, but in the end of 4th moon He could have seen grapes (new wine) and sheaves of summer wheat being gathered. Winter sheaves gathering was over before grapes were ready. Nemiah (13:15) Great embarrassment for 3rd month Pentecost doctrine.
Also, Paul kept a latter Pentecost. Count the days in Acts 20:6-38 and 21:1-30. It shows the Apostle Paul keeping Pentecost beyond fifty days from Passover. Pay close attention to the phrase many days.
John 5:9 put the Feast on a Sabbath (29th) and early church Fathers understood this to be the Feast of Pentecost because John records all three Feasts. John 2:13-23 — Passover, John 5:1-9 — Pentecost and John 7:2 — Tabernacle. Now if John 5:1-9 was Pentecost it was on a Sabbath, not the morrow after Sabbath, like most think. Pentecost is on the 29th (Sabbath) of the fourth moon. Same as the other two Pilgrim Feasts (first and seventh moons) are on Sabbaths. Why think it strange the third Pilgrim Feast is on a Sabbath also, instead of morrow after Sabbath? It can be on the 28th, the day before the Sabbath but not the day after the Sabbath. Never.
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