What does Tribe teach about pentecost?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At Tribe, the teaching on Pentecost starts with the biblical feast of Shavuot and the conviction that the seven feasts God established are not Jewish feasts that have nothing to do with Gentile Christians. They are God's feasts, and Israel was simply the first to be invited in. Brian Hunter teaches that God designed all seven of these yearly traditions for the same three reasons: to help his people remember what he has done, to recalibrate when they have drifted, and to rehearse events that have not yet unfolded in history.
The rehearsal aspect carries the most weight in Brian's teaching. Several of the spring feasts have already seen prophetic fulfillment, and Pentecost is the clearest example. When the Holy Spirit came in Acts 2, Peter could stand up and say 'this is that' because he recognized what was happening. Brian teaches that this is exactly why God wants his people familiar with the feasts now, so that when the remaining three are fulfilled, believers will have their footing rather than losing their bearings. He also worked through the specific details in Leviticus 23, showing how the seven lambs and two loaves each point to Jesus. Brian says, 'The law reveals sin that condemns us, but the spirit reveals the Messiah who saves us.'
The story of Ruth, traditionally read during Shavuot, runs through this teaching as well. Brian draws out the repeated act of following in the text and holds it up as a picture of what it looks like to follow the Holy Spirit's lead. He also notes that even after Naomi tried to rename herself Mara out of grief, the inspired narrator kept calling her Naomi. God, Brian says, only ever calls you by the name he has for you. And on the question of timing, his word to anyone who feels they have missed their moment is this: Brian says, 'At 80 years old, remember, it's never too late to get synced up with the plan of the Holy Spirit.'
Taught from Leviticus 23:15-21 · Acts 2:1-4 · Deuteronomy 16:9-12 · Ruth 1:1-22 · Luke 4:1
“God's like, I'm only ever going to call you by the name that I have for you.”
From Following the Holy Spirit
The passage taught · Deuteronomy 16:9-12
9 You shall count for yourselves seven weeks. From the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain you shall begin to count seven weeks.
10 You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give, according as Yahweh your God blesses you.
11 You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are among you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.
12 You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt. You shall observe and do these statutes.
World English Bible
Messages that go deeper
- June 10, 2024 Following the Holy Spirit Brian Hunter closes a six-week series on walking in the Spirit, tracing the feast of Shavuot, the book of Ruth, and what it really means to follow where the Holy Spirit leads.
- June 9, 2024 The Festival of Shavuot Brian Hunter walks through Deuteronomy 16, the book of Ruth, and Acts 2 to show what it actually looks like to follow the Holy Spirit rather than your own instincts.
- May 29, 2023 Seven Lambs and Two Loaves Brian Hunter preaches on Pentecost, tracing seven lambs and two loaves from Leviticus through Acts to show how the Holy Spirit fills surrendered hearts today.