| (Copyright 03-22-2025) by Keith Slough (Kannapolis, North Carolina) |
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|  I noticed a typo in your Holyday dates at the end of the page. The Day of Pentecost is JUNE 8th. Someone wrote June 2nd — so I thought I would bring this to your attention so you can correct it. I’m an independent COG minister in North Carolina — AC graduate in Pasadena  Editor’s Note: My education comes directly from God and Christ through their Holy Scriptures (the Bible) and the Holy Spirit that was granted to me at Baptism. I am glad we got those credentials out of the way.  June 2, 2025, is Sivan 6, which is the correct day to keep Pentecost as per God’s Word in the Bible.  Exodus 19 Exo 19:1 In the third month (Sivan is the 3rd Month), when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day (Meaning the day matched the month, in other words in the 3rd month on the 3rd day of the 3rd month.) came they into the wilderness of Sinai. Exo 19:2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. Exo 19:3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; Exo 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself. Exo 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: Exo 19:6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. Exo 19:7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. Exo 19:8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD. Exo 19:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. Exo 19:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow (meaning the 4th and 5th day of Sivan), and let them wash their clothes, Exo 19:11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. (This would be the 3rd day from the 3rd day spoken of in verse 1 or in other words they were to be sanctified by the 6th of Sivan.) Exo 19:12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: Exo 19:13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. Exo 19:14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. Exo 19:15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day (the 3rd day from when they arrived spoken of in verse 1 or in other words, Sivan 6.): come not at your wives. Exo 19:16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning (Again talking about 3 days after they arrived as spoken of in verse 1 or Sivan 6), that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. Exo 19:17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. Exo 19:18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. Exo 19:19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. Exo 19:20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. Exo 19:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. Exo 19:22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. Exo 19:23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. Exo 19:24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them. Exo 19:25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.  Then continue reading into Exodus Chapter 20 and you will find that according to scripture the giving of the law was on Sivan 6 or as we know it Pentecost.  Please show me in scripture where Pentecost was kept on June 8 (Sivan 12) instead of Sivan 6 as spoken of in scripture. In other words can you prove from scripture what day Pentecost was actually kept on? If so, I would love to see those articles. Our Pentecost date is not a typo. We keep a Sivan 6 Pentecost according to scripture and in 2025 Sivan 6 falls on June 2nd. Laura Lee  ——————————————————————————————- Reprinted with permission from: Christian Fellowship Ministries Christian Fellowship Ministries | A Non-Denominational Ministry ——————————————————————————————- |
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In the third month (Sivan is the 3rd Month), when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day…
Your comment that “THE SAME DAY” “means the day matched the month, in other words in the 3rd month on the 3rd day of the 3rd month”.
is a different take that. Had no heard that before.
Exo 19:1 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.Â
I am not the only one that understands it this way. Read it carefully as it backs up the dates on the Hebrew Calendar and shows that Sivan 6 is Pentecost.
Sivan 6th each year is the orthodox Jewish pentecost as they do not count from the weekly Sabbath as God commands us to. The year they were at Mt. Sinai, it says they came in the third “month” — chodesh, in Hebrew, which here should be translated new moon. In the 3rd day from the day they came into Sinai (or Sivan 3rd) was the day of Pentecost.
That is correct, Sivan 6 each year is the day the Orthodox Jews keep Pentecost. And no, the Orthodox Jews do not start the count to Pentecost after the weekly Sabbath. The Orthodox Jews start the count to Pentecost on Nisan 16 the day after the high holy day of Passover/First Day of Unleavened Bread. The Sadducees are the ones that start the count to Pentecost from the day after the weekly Sabbath. There is no command in scripture for you to follow anything the Sadducees did, but Christ Himself said the following: Mat 23:1Â Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Mat 23:2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat: Mat 23:3Â All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.Â
Christ Himself endorsed the Pharisees in Matthew 23:1-3. The Pharisees are the Orthodox Jews today. Where is your scripture showing that Christ endorsed the Sadducees? You are primarily all mixed up when you keep the Sadducees Calendar for half the year and the Orthodox Jews Calendar for the rest of the year.
You need to read Exodus 19 more carefully. Just because month means new moon doesn’t mean Sivan 3 was Pentecost in Exodus 19. It says they arrived in the 3rd month (which is Sivan) and they arrived on the 3rd day of the 3rd month and then it goes on to say they were to prepare for two days Sivan 4 and Sivan 5. In other words, they had two days of Preparation before the reading of the law on Sivan 6. The law was given on Sivan 6 Pentecost which means Pentecost is on Sivan 6 just like the Orthodox Jewish Calendar says it is.
Herbert Armstrong originally kept a Sivan 6 Pentecost then he changed it to Monday and then to Sunday. Perhaps he was confused. In that case perhaps you should not follow a man in regard to his teaching on Pentecost. Perhaps you should study your bible from cover to cover instead so that you also can understand what day Pentecost is on.