Part 2 of the Hope of Israel: We continue to examine the harvest holiday, Shavuot. In Jewish tradition, Shavuot is the day that the Torah was given to Moses. In the New Testament, Shavuot is the giving of the Holy Spirit. Same day; and it’s no coincidence! Many see the birth of the church and Christianity in Acts 2, but what really happened according to the text? God made himself known as the hope of the Jewish people. It all took place in the Temple Courts in Jerusalem, spoken in Hebrew on the day of Shavuot, so that the Jewish people could invite the Gentiles into the family of God. It was God's plan to save the whole world, Jew and Gentile, because everyone belongs in the family of God!