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Shavuot and Pentecost are the exact same holy days. When Shavuot was first given, it was not a celebration of the giving of Torah, but a celebration of the firstfruits of the wheat harvest which would then allow for the main wheat harvest to begin. When the 50th day came in Acts 2, the Holy Spirit was the former rain needed to allow the firstfruits of the wheat harvest of souls to begin forming/growing. The recipients of that outpouring of the Spirit were celebrating Shavuot on that 50th day. Pentecost/Shavuot has yet to be totally fulfilled. It will totally be fulfilled when all the firstfruits are offered up to YHWH prior to the main wheat harvest of souls.Yes they are the same dates but they celebrate different things. Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Torah to Israel and Pentecost celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit to the Ekklesia. When I go to Synagogue for Shavuot, there is no mention of the Holy Spirit coming, and when I go to church for Pentecost, there is no mention of the giving of the Torah. I feel any conflation of the two seems rather forced.
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