Jeremiah 31:31-33 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Last night marked the beginning of Shavuot–a feast that many Christians recognize as Pentecost, the day the Holy Spirit was poured out in Acts 2. But the roots of Shavuot stretch back much further. Long before that upper room encounter–about 1,500 years earlier–Shavuot was the day God gave the law to Moses on Mount Sinai, writing His commandments on tablets of stone.
Fast forward to fifty days after Jesus’ resurrection, and we see God once again writing His law–this time, not on stone, but on hearts. Just as the prophets Ezekiel and Jeremiah foretold, God was doing something new: giving His Spirit, transforming lives from the inside out.
Shavuot is both a celebration of God’s faithfulness in the early harvest and a prophetic picture of the greater harvest yet to come. On that first Pentecost, 3,000 Jewish souls came to faith in the Messiah. That was just the beginning. A day is coming when the prayers and tears we’ve poured out for our loved ones–and for Israel–will be answered. “All Israel shall be saved.”
So today, let’s ask for a fresh infilling of the Holy Spirit. Let’s believe for a breakthrough. Pray for eyes to be opened, for hearts to be softened, and for the salvation of Israel. The same Spirit who came in power still moves today. Let’s pray with expectation.
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