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05/29/2026

05/20/2026

Shavuot 2026: God Is Not Finished With Israel
This year, Shavuot (“Feast of Weeks”) begins at sundown on May 21. The Levitical harvest feast speaks powerfully into these turbulent times.
For many Christians, Shavuot is associated mainly with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit over 2,000 years ago. And rightly so. Jewish followers of Yeshua were gathered in Jerusalem, in obedience to God’s appointed times, when the Spirit descended in fiery power. It was a world-changing moment which birthed the Church as one new humanity, thereby launching the spread of the gospel and a harvest not of barley, grain or wheat, but of souls (Acts 2:1-41).
Shavuot did not however, begin in Acts 2 (see Leviticus 23:15-16, Deuteronomy 16:9-10, Exodus 23:16; 34:22). Long before God poured out His Spirit in Jerusalem, Shavuot commemorated the giving of the Torah at Sinai. According to tradition, it was 50 days after the Exodus from Egypt that God covenanted with the Jewish people as a nation, entrusting them with His Holy Words (Exodus 19; 24:3-7).
Then, centuries later on that same feast day, God poured out His Spirit—not to erase Israel’s covenant story, but to deepen it. The Spirit was given in Jewish Jerusalem, to Jewish believers, during a holy, Jewish feast.

05/15/2026

On May 4, President Donald Trump issued a historic proclamation calling for this coming Sabbath, May 15–16, to be a celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. Now dubbed “National Shabbat” and “Shabbat 250,” the day is unprecedented, for no sitting American president has ever called on Jewish Americans to honor the Sabbath.
Trump’s proclamation references Jewish American Heritage month and names important Jewish contributions to American history. He then calls on American Jews “to observe a national Sabbath”:

In special honor of 250 glorious years of American independence and on the weekend of Rededicate 250—a national jubilee of prayer, praise, and thanksgiving—Jewish Americans are encouraged to observe a national Sabbath. From sundown on May 15 to nightfall on May 16, friends, families, and communities of all backgrounds may come together in gratitude for our great Nation. (Donald J. Trump, “Jewish American Heritage Month, 2026”)

Trump also calls on “all Americans” to join in on Shabbat 250:

I call upon Americans to celebrate the heritage and contributions of Jewish Americans and to observe this month with appropriate programs, activities, and ceremonies. I further call on all Americans to celebrate their faith and freedom throughout this year, during this month, and especially on Shabbat to celebrate our 250th year.

05/06/2026

If there isn't a gathering in your town, please take the extra time to pray for your town, state, country and the nations.