Shavout'

---

From Sinai to the Upper Room: A Feast of Fire, Word, and Power

At The Synagogues JWC, Shavuot is more than a historical commemoration—it is a divine encounter. Also known as the Feast of Weeks, Shavuot marks the end of the Counting of the Omer (49 days after Pesach) and stands as a powerful reminder of two monumental moments in Scripture:

1. The giving of the Law at Mount Sinai (Exodus 19–20)
2. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2)

ifty days after God delivered Israel from Egypt through Pesach, He brought them to Mount Sinai where He revealed His heart, His commandments, and His covenant.
This was not just about laws—it was about relationship. God was forming a nation set apart, governed not by Pharaoh, but by His voice.

Centuries later, on that very same feast day—Shavuot—God fulfilled His promise again.
This time, in the Upper Room, He didn’t write His law on tablets of stone…
He wrote it on the hearts of believers by sending His Holy Spirit (Jeremiah 31:33, Acts 2:1-4).

The early Church was born on Shavuot. The fire that fell on Mount Sinai fell again—this time in cloven tongues. The same God who thundered from the mountain now whispered through the Spirit within.

At The Synagogues JWC, we celebrate Shavuot as the moment:

• We receive fresh fire
• We recommit to His Word
• We realign with our assignment
• And we rejoice in the Spirit-filled life

Shavuot is the celebration of fullness.
It completes what began at Pesach: not just freedom from, but empowerment for.