The holiday that Jews and messianics refer to as Shavuot, and which Christians call Pentecost, is a matter of some controversy; all three groups celebrate it on a different day and some feel it might take a CAT5e to figure out the truth.

Well, that’s not so. In fact, it’s a rather simple matter.

Christians are on an entirely different calendar altogether, led there centuries ago by the anti-Judaeic Constantine, so their date for Shavuot/Passover is way off.

That leaves the Jewish Shavuot and the “other” Shavuot. The Jewish Shavuot is a tradition handed down by the Pharisees, who counted seven Shabbats, which included a festival Shabbat and has them celebrating Shavuot a few days earlier than those who celebrate the “other” Shavuot.

The “other” Shavuot tradition comes from the Sadducees, who reacted to the Pharisees interpretation and said, basically, “Hold on, the meaning of Torah here is seven REGULAR Shabbats after the feast of first fruits of the barley harvest.” That means that, for messianics like those of us at Sar Shalom, Shavuot must always fall on a first day of the week - Sunday - which was yesterday.

Anyone who reads the Torah passage completely in relation to this would, I believe, come to the same conclusion.