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TexasProgresive

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1. I just connected 2 facts that I knew

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2015, 09:28 PM

May 2015

Shavuot celebrates the reception of the Torah- the Law.
Pentecost celebrates the reception of the Holy Spirit.

The first commemorates the foundation of the religion of Israel, and Pentecost the foundation of the Christian Church. The Law and then the Spirit.

edit to add: If anyone cares, I wrote the religion of Israel and not Judaism because in the beginning it was the religion of all 12 Hebrew tribes and not just Juda. Picky I know.

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The ‘Splainer: ‘Gifts’ of Pentecost and Shavuot [View all] hrmjustin May 2015 OP

I just connected 2 facts that I knew TexasProgresive May 2015 #1

I always loved Pentecost. hrmjustin May 2015 #2