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Podcast: Open the Bible UK Daily
Episode: The Firstfruits of the Holy Spirit
Description: We ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. MATTHEW 5:6In New Testament times, the Feast of Weeks was known by another name. If you count forward seven weeks from the Passover (forty-nine days), the following day (the fiftieth day) was known as Pentecost.“When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place” (Acts 2:1). Luke says that “there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven” (2:5). They had come to celebrate the Feast of...