Pentecost Study Material - General Coverage - Herbert W Armstrong & Herman L Hoeh - 1974

Herbert W Armstrong & Herman L Hoeh

Purpose: To summarize the questions and difficulties which have arisen both inside and outside the Worldwide Church of God regarding the proper observance of the Pentecost Holy Day. Background: Pentecost (Greek, "fiftieth [day]"), called the Feast of Weeks, or of Harvest, or of Firstfruits in the O.T., is the second great "Pilgrim Festival" of three commanded annual times (Ex. 23:14-19; Lev. 23:10-21; etc.). Since, as Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong pointed out, these Feasts of the Eternal are intended to remind man of God's Plan of Salvation, the Church has faithfully kept all seven annual Sabbaths (grouped into three "times" or seasons) since its inception. After learning of God's Sabbaths from the Bible, Mr. Armstrong turned to the Jews for basic knowledge of the Sacred Calendar ï¿½ a calendar which he felt was included in the "oracles of God" (Rom. 3:1-2), and which was demonstrated by the undeniable physical fact that the Jews were keeping Saturday on the same day for lo these many centuries worldwide! - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library