The Space Between

Today we sit in the space between First Fruits and Shavuot. A lot of focus and study goes into what is the historical and spiritual significance of these Feast days yet many times the stories of the space between are overlooked.

In Exodus 17 we story of the water from the rock. Where the Israelites chose to tempt the Lord and play the victims.

Anyone in here ever struggle with making themselves the victim and tempt the Lord?

Then we have the Amalek war. I want to paint a word picture for you real quick. I have to give credit to Ephraim for this. I have looked throughout the internet and have not been able to find another commentary that portrays this situation this way.

Moses lifting up his arms and having them be held up.

The picture of the cross and Calvary comes in the space between.

Ok so let’s follow that picture. In the space between the Giving of the Torah at Sinai at Shavuot and the Giving of the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Shavuot in Acts 2 what happens in the space between?

Lots right lol.

Jesus’ birth happens, his ministry happens, his death happens, his resurrection happens and his ascension happens.

The greater exodus takes place. The exodus of sin and death. The space between the Feasts is normally thought of as a time where we kinda all go back to our normal lives. Sometimes it is a downtime, yet many historical and biblical events took place in the space between the various Feasts of the Lord.

Right now we sit in the space between the first coming and the second coming of Messiah.

What does the Bible show us we should be doing. In Acts 2 the men gathered in Jerusalem. It was commanded. They would bring offerings to the Temple, it was commanded. They probably had no idea what was going to happen. They didn’t place certain expectations on God and they did what they were told and the results were far greater than what they could have imagined. They continued to follow the commandments both with the Spirit by which they were given and the letter by which they were given (to the best of their abilities). They weren’t attempting to be God, they weren’t attempting to shape his power or might. They were honoring their role in His kingdom.

A lot of focus is placed on when Messiah will be coming back. As a Messianic the irony of people’s frustration over the rapture theology makes me laugh. We too have set up an escape plan. One that doesn’t allow us to fly away but somehow make it to Jerusalem without harm. All the while forgetting what our mandate is as believers in the space between. To show up, speak life, and actually walk out the fruit of our Salvation as a light for all to see. To help bring Heaven to earth.

Just like our forefathers when we place our eyes on Calvary and our faith in the one who died there we find hope. Hope that the space between won’t be met with the despair we see around us. But with the hope that if we show up and obey God will always manifest himself mightily. This isn’t something we have to hope too hard for, lest we forget that God has always triumphed in the space between.

Anytime we or our forefathers were in the space between we forgot about God, made our own idols, forgot about the previous miracles and God sends an adversary to refocus us from internal fighting to Him.