{"id":1858,"date":"2025-05-27T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbooker.com\/?p=1858"},"modified":"2025-03-20T11:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:01:14","slug":"hag-shavuot-sameach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbooker.com\/?p=1858","title":{"rendered":"Hag Shavuot Sameach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Happy Pentecost Dear Ones. As we celebrate Shavuot\/Pentecost, let us take another look at where this event actually happened. What you are about to discover changes everything. It is much more powerful than you ever thought. ARE YOU READY?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me begin by asking you a question. Do you think that 120 people could get into a small upper room in the Old City of Jerusalem? Of course not. When we took our groups to Israel, we always went to the traditional site of the \u201cUpper Room.\u201d It was crowded with 50 people. Notice I said, \u201ctraditional site.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a few minutes to read again Acts 2:1-4. Do you see any mention of an \u201cupper room?\u2019 No you do not. You do see in verse two the English word, \u201chouse.\u201d Because of this translation, we have always been taught that the disciples were waiting for the Holy Spirit in an upper room of a house. NOT SO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Greek word that is translated as \u201chouse\u201d is also translated as Temple. Now here is a Scripture you know well, \u201cThen He [Jesus] went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, saying to them, \u2018It is written [Isaiah 56:7], My house is a house of prayer,\u2019 but you have made it a den of thieves.\u2019 And He was teaching daily in the temple [at Solomon\u2019s Porch]. But the chief priests, the scribes and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him, and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to Him (Luke 19:45-48).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notice that Jesus referred to the temple as a house. Christians often call their church building, \u201cThe House of God.\u201d Do you see my point? The \u201chouse\u201d mention in Acts 2:2 is the Temple. Jesus was teaching at the Temple in the area called, \u201cSolomon\u2019s Porch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solomon\u2019s Porch was a long covered promenade on the eastern side of the Temple grounds. It had double columns that were over 37 feet tall. This is where people gathered to hear a speech, where Jesus taught and debated with the religious leaders. This is also where the disciples gathered and taught and where Peter healed the lame man. (See John 10:22-23; Acts 3:11; Acts 5:12.) It was the community gathering spot on the Temple Mount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Holy Spirit fell on the disciples on the Temple Mount at Solomon\u2019s Porch where thousands of Jewish pilgrims had come to celebrate Shavuot. They all saw and heard the mighty wind of God and tongues of fire. They rushed to Solomon\u2019s Porch to see what was happening when Peter stood and gave His sermon. About three thousand gladly received Peter\u2019s words, accepted Yeshua\/Jesus as their Messiah, and walked down the southern steps of the Temple grounds and got baptized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have included two amazing pictures below to help you visualize where this all took place. It was a lot more powerful than we have always believed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you want to know more, please order Dr. Booker\u2019s book, Celebrating Jesus in the Biblical Feasts at <\/strong>www.rbooker.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Happy Pentecost Dear Ones. As we celebrate Shavuot\/Pentecost, let us take another look at where this event actually happened. What you are about to discover changes everything. It is much more powerful than you ever thought. ARE YOU READY? Let me begin by asking you a question. Do you think that 120 people could get … Continue reading Hag Shavuot Sameach<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-comments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbooker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbooker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbooker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbooker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbooker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1858"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rbooker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1862,"href":"https:\/\/rbooker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1858\/revisions\/1862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbooker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbooker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbooker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}