The annual celebration of שבועות‎ Shavuot, aka Πεντηκοστή Pentecost, is connected historically and lessonwise to the annual memorials of Pesakh (Passover) and Matzot (Unleavened Bread) by the 50 days in between. God’s instructions for Shavuot are connected to a harvest, but we can glean from its linkage to the giving of the Ten Commandments at Sinai and to the widespread outpouring of the Spirit deeper roots in the lessons of salvation in Pesakh and sanctification in Matzot.

The message of freedom from the past, contentment in the presence and strength for the future is not just for the whole world, and not just Israel.