Turn your attention back to the timing of Jesus' resurrection and the outpouring of God's holy spirit upon the Christian congregation. These pivotal events are believed to have coincided with the beginning of the seasonal harvest activity in the Promised Land. These alignments are understood to convey meaning.

The resurrection of Jesus is said to have aligned with the offering of the first fruits of the harvest. On the 16th of Nisan, a sheaf was waved by the priest to signify the firstfruits of the barley harvest. The outpouring of God's holy spirit in 33 C.E. took place fifty days after the 16th of Nisan, on the 6th of Sivan. This is also the date of Pentecost, signaling the beginning of the wheat harvest, a crop that ripens later than barley.

These events, tied to the rhythm of the grain harvest, carry a weight of significance. But the story doesn't just end with the harvest; it also begins with the sowing. Heshvan/Bul, the month previously identified as the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, is also the time when both barley and wheat were sown in the Promised Land.

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