Our end result is to bear fruit unto Our Heavenly Father:
Romans 7:4 Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. NKJV
In order to bear fruit unto HIM, we must die to the flesh and walk in THE SPIRIT. Otherwise we bear fruit unto death:
:5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death.
Thus in the final analysis, we are going to bear some type of fruit for inspection before the Throne of Our Heavenly Father; either good fruit or bad fruit. The Law is in effect to oversee its enforcement of inspection. The Law of Equal Weights and Measures is still in effect and executing judgment over diverse situations today. Our Heavenly Father’s judgment is based on HIS Divine Intent and HIS Divine Intent arises out of HIS Love for us. It is HIS plan for us to be delivered from death which the Law demands:
:6 But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.
Our old man was judged against the righteous standard of the Law given at Mount Sinai. That standard was raised up on the first Day of Pentecost. We should honor that Day with great reverence. On that day Our Heavenly Father spoke forth HIS Divine Intent of Love to the people. HIS Standard of life and death was expressed so that all men would know where they stood. Without setting an expectation of performance and maturity, how could we really bear righteous fruit in the end? What good is a race if there is no established finish line?
In the beginning of the earthly ministry of Jesus, He was tempted by the devil. The first temptation was to compromise the complete Word of GOD:
Matthew 4:4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”
Jesus established that we must honor and focus on the entirety of the Word, not just portions of it. The devil’s first attempt to dilute Jesus’ ministry was by tempting Him to compromise the Word (The Law). The pattern Son established the important of the Law given at Pentecost in His response. He quoted Deuteronomy 8:
:3 “So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.
Our carnal man would have us compromise the full Word of GOD by reasoning that the Law is no longer in effect. It is clear that Jesus disagreed with that view. He came to fulfill the Law, not do away with it:
Matthew 5:17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.”
“Fulfilling” does not mean ending something. It means to bring to a fullness. How? By providing us a full picture of what has been spoken and prophesied by the Law and the Prophets. The carnal mind would have you believe that Jesus finalized or completed the use of the Law. Jesus specifically said that He did not come to destroy, abolish, or do away with the Law. If the Law is not abolished, it is still in effect. That standard which was raised on the first Day of Pentecost remains the standard by which all men are judged. Their carnal nature is judged to die according to that standard.
The Feast of Pentecost is known by two major events: the giving of the Law at Mount Sinai and the “giving” of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2. In Romans 7:14, Paul clearly states that the Law is spiritual:
:14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.
The Pentecostal Age depicts the process of growing into full maturity as a Son. It is the bridge between Passover (justification) and the 8th Day of Tabernacles where the mature Sons are presented as firstfruits to Our Heavenly Father. The Age of Pentecost is the age of growing and maturing. We are to rise up (leaven) into mature sons during this Age. Our maturing process does not occur during the Age of Tabernacles, it occurs during the current Age of Pentecost. Ruling and reigning occurs after we have been presented and accepted on the 8th day.
A mature Son will honor the process required to achieve the end result as being good fruit unto Our Heavenly Father. This process is celebrated at the 2nd Feast designated by Our Heavenly Father: The Feast of Pentecost. These feasts are HIS feasts and we should reverently honor all three of them, that is if we truly live by every Word that proceeds out of HIS Mouth.
The old man would like to bypass the process of Pentecost and move directly to the glory and honor of glorification. That will not happen for the old man must die during the process of maturity that Pentecost represents. The initial giving of the Law sentenced the old man to death whereas the giving of the Spirit provided us the solution to death: walking in and serving in the newness of the Spirit.
We will honor and celebrate this Feast of Pentecost on June 8th. It will no longer be viewed as a lesser feast day than the others. We must embrace the feast that requires us to mature in stature and prepares us for presentation on the 8th Day of Tabernacles. As we near full maturity, we begin to appreciate the process that was required to mature us. Let us honor Our Heavenly Father by honoring HIS Feast: The Feast of Pentecost.