Melchizedek
23rd April 2008, 05:43 PM
http://jerusalemcouncil.org/midrash/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=29&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
What is the significance of Yeshua's ascension on the 40th day of the Omer? There is no special recognition of this day in the Torah... or is there?
Wondering further,
It seems interesting that there must be a reason for the 10 days that the talmidim (disciples) of Yeshua waited before Shavuot (Pentecost). Since Shavuot was a reminder of the giving of the Torah from Mt. Sinai - the 10 Words (Commandments), then would the 10 days be a prepartory time to receive the 10 commandments - one commandment for each day?
Where else do we find 10 days on the calendar between two events?
Answer: The days between Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets/Rosh Hashannah) and Yom Kippor (Day of Atonement)! The 10 Days of Awe.
Perhaps then,
The 10 days before Shavuot is a calendrical reflection of the 10 days before Yom Kippor. The entire sequence then on the Fall side of the year might help explain the sequence on the Spring side of the year:
On Yom Teruah, the trumpets are sounded. It is on this day that many believe correlate to the "Last trump" in which the dead are raised to life - and we who are believers will rise to "meet the Lord in the air."
So then, the 40th day of the Omer, Yeshua's ascension, could possibly be a reflection of Yom Teruah, as he too rises into the air on that day - showing us how we too will also rise. Perhaps the 40th day of the Omer is an appointed time? If so, for what? Who knows?
It is possible that the talmidim might have been aware of this, and just like they knew to prepare during the 10 Days of Awe for Yom Kippor, they knew they were to prepare for Shavuot for 10 days after Yeshua rose into the air. On Yom Kippor, the atonement is given to cover the transgression of the Torah. On Shavuot, the Spirit who gives the Torah (teaching and instruction in how to love God and people perfectly) is given to the people - on Shavuot God relates to all mankind through all the languages of the world by the giving of the Torah (according to Jewish tradition), and on Yom Kippor, mankind relates to God through the one people of Israel and through the one person of the High Priest.
I do however think that this certainly has the potential for a very interesting midrash (theological discussion).
What are your thoughts?
What is the significance of Yeshua's ascension on the 40th day of the Omer? There is no special recognition of this day in the Torah... or is there?
Wondering further,
It seems interesting that there must be a reason for the 10 days that the talmidim (disciples) of Yeshua waited before Shavuot (Pentecost). Since Shavuot was a reminder of the giving of the Torah from Mt. Sinai - the 10 Words (Commandments), then would the 10 days be a prepartory time to receive the 10 commandments - one commandment for each day?
Where else do we find 10 days on the calendar between two events?
Answer: The days between Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets/Rosh Hashannah) and Yom Kippor (Day of Atonement)! The 10 Days of Awe.
Perhaps then,
The 10 days before Shavuot is a calendrical reflection of the 10 days before Yom Kippor. The entire sequence then on the Fall side of the year might help explain the sequence on the Spring side of the year:
On Yom Teruah, the trumpets are sounded. It is on this day that many believe correlate to the "Last trump" in which the dead are raised to life - and we who are believers will rise to "meet the Lord in the air."
So then, the 40th day of the Omer, Yeshua's ascension, could possibly be a reflection of Yom Teruah, as he too rises into the air on that day - showing us how we too will also rise. Perhaps the 40th day of the Omer is an appointed time? If so, for what? Who knows?
It is possible that the talmidim might have been aware of this, and just like they knew to prepare during the 10 Days of Awe for Yom Kippor, they knew they were to prepare for Shavuot for 10 days after Yeshua rose into the air. On Yom Kippor, the atonement is given to cover the transgression of the Torah. On Shavuot, the Spirit who gives the Torah (teaching and instruction in how to love God and people perfectly) is given to the people - on Shavuot God relates to all mankind through all the languages of the world by the giving of the Torah (according to Jewish tradition), and on Yom Kippor, mankind relates to God through the one people of Israel and through the one person of the High Priest.
I do however think that this certainly has the potential for a very interesting midrash (theological discussion).
What are your thoughts?