Pentecost 2025: Why This Could Be the Most Prophetic Week of Our Lifetime

Most Christians think Acts 2 fulfilled Pentecost. But what if there’s more? A lot more?

May 31, 2025

Is Pentecost already fulfilled—or will there be a second outpouring of God’s Spirit?

I believe Pentecost 2025 could be one of the most prophetically significant events of our lifetime. Here’s what I’ll be watching for—during the next week—and why this feast may be bigger than we realize.

📜 Pentecost 2025: Be Watchful

This coming week we’re entering one of God’s three annual appointed feasts—Pentecost, also known as Shavuot (Weeks), and the Day of Firstfruits.

Many believers think Pentecost was fulfilled (for all time) in Acts 2. But that fulfillment—powerful as it was—may have only been the early rain (Joel 2:23), the first wave of something much greater that’s yet to come.

The Bible speaks of a latter rain outpouring—an end-time fulfillment that mirrors, but is much greater than, the first outpouring of God’s Spirit.

I dramatized this in Martyrs and Miracles, when the 144,000 ‘sons of God’ were caught up to God. They’re caught up to God—just like Paul in 2 Cor. 12:2—and commissioned to preach the gospel ultimatum. But, like Paul, they’re still mortal and they return to earth to minister the gospel. Their glorification comes later.

So while most Christians (and the rest of humanity) are treating this Pentecost like any other weekend, some of us will be in a state of expectant watchfulness. In this post I’ll tell you why.

But first, I need to explain why God may not be done fulfilling Pentecost.

🕊 What Is Pentecost?

Pentecost is one of three annual pilgrimage feasts (Deut. 16:16), when all Israelite men were commanded to appear before YHWH in Jerusalem. It celebrated the wheat harvest—so it’s also called the Feast of Firstfruits (Num. 28:26).

Two Firstfruits Feasts

Yom HaBikkurim (Firstfruits of Barley) — the day Jesus rose from the dead. A single sheaf was waved—the first (Lev. 23:10–11; 1 Cor. 15:20).
- By celebrating Easter instead of this biblical Firstfruits day, the Church lost sight of this day’s deep connection to the Sabbath, Pentecost, and Jubilee.
Shavuot (Firstfruits of Wheat) — fifty days later. Two loaves were waved—the many (Lev. 23:15–17; Num. 28:26).

That 50-day count is no accident. It’s a spiritual pattern—Jesus as the one firstfruit, followed by a corporate firstfruits: a Spirit-filled, empowered Body. Pentecost is the culmination of resurrection power—from one to many.

✨ Jesus was the firstfruits of one.
🔥 Pentecost is the firstfruits of many.

🧭 3. The 70th Jubilee Year - Why It Matters

2025 is the 70th Year of Jubilee since Israel entered the Promised Land in 1406 BC.

“Proclaim liberty throughout the land…” —Leviticus 25:10

The Number 70

The number 70 is an especially symbolic number in the Bible.

70 nations in Genesis chapter 10
70 elders of Israel
70 members of the Sanhedrin
70 Weeks prophecy in Daniel

70 is the product of two perfect numbers, 7 and 10
- 7 symbolizes spiritual perfection
  - 7 Spirits of God
  - 7 seals, trumpets, bowls in Revelation
  - 7 “I Am” statements of Jesus
  - 7 churches of Revelation
- 10 symbolizes perfection of divine order, the completion of a cycle, or the establishment of God's rule or standard.
  - Ten Commandments
  - Tithe of 10%
  - Ten is the number of testing, e.g., Pharaoh, Abraham, and Rev 2:10.
And so, the 70th Jubilee may usher-in spiritual perfection and divine order

Shavuot and Jubilee Are Related

Both are calculated using the same pattern: 7x7+1
- Shavuot is after 7x7+1 days, and it is celebrated for 1 day
- Jubilee is after 7x7+1 years, and it is celebrated for an entire year
So, as glorious as Pentecost is, Jubilee is so much more glorious, and I believe being in the 70th Jubilee year is very auspicious.

Therefore, if 2025 is the Year of Jubilee, Pentecost 2025 is obviously a time to be watchful for the ultimate fulfillment of Shavuot (corporate firstfruits) within the 70th Year of Jubilee!

🗓 When Is Pentecost 2025?

So, if Pentecost is still being fulfilled, we ought to be watching it every year. But when exactly is it?

🧭 I’m not 100% confident which calendar God uses—the rabbinical Lunisolar calendar, or the earlier Hebrew Solar calendar, so I watch for significant events to occur during both.
Hellenistic Jews adopted the Lunisolar calendar at the time of the Maccabean war, around 165BC. This was a primary reason the ‘sons of Zadok’ in the Essene community left Jerusalem and started the Qumran community in the desert, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. They said the compromised Hellenists in Jerusalem were apostate ‘sons of darkness.’ These sons of darkness evolved into the Pharisees and Sadducees in Jesus’ day.
The Zadokite solar calendar—unlike the Essene solar calendar—keeps the 7-day Sabbath cycle inviolate. Every Hebrew year begins on or after the spring equinox, on a Wednesday (4th day), when God created the lights (Gen. 1:14–19). This preserves the 7-day weekly Sabbath cycle God established at creation.
“If you’re curious to dive deeper into the biblical calendar debate, here’s a good place to start.”

With that said, here are the 2025 Pentecost dates in each calendar:

📘 Lunisolar Pentecost 2025 (Traditional Jewish Calendar):

Sunset, Sunday June 1 → Sunset, Monday June 2, 2025

📗 Solar Calendar Pentecost 2025 (from TorahIsLight.org):

Sunset, Saturday June 7 → Sunset, Sunday June 8, 2025

⚠️ Warning: Don’t Let ‘Normalcy Bias’ Numb You

The world mocks watchful Christians, just as they mocked Noah while he built the ark. The day came when it started to rain, and the ark’s door was shut.

Many believers have tired and grown cynical, thinking: “People have been saying Jesus is coming for hundreds of years…” Jesus predicted this attitude in Matthew 24:48–51.

But every time God moved powerfully in history (i.e., Exodus, Mt Sinai, Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection, and Acts 2) it was on one of His appointed times (Leviticus 23).

The New Testament tells us over and over: Stay awake. Be ready. Watch. The return of Jesus won’t catch the faithful by surprise—but it will surprise the world, and worldly believers who are asleep. This is why we shouldn’t ignore God’s appointed times, including Pentecost. Disciples of Jesus watch, expectantly, with oil in our lamps. (Mt 25:1-13)

What Jesus And The Apostles Said About Staying Awake

This Pentecost may pass quietly. Or it may mark an epic turning point at the end of the age. Either way, Jesus Himself commanded us, saying, “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.” (Matthew 25:13)

All four gospel writers, plus Peter and Paul, exhorted us with this same message:

“Therefore stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming… Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” (Matthew 24:42-44)
“Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come… lest he come suddenly and find you asleep. And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake.” (Mark 13:33-37)
“Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning… Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes.” (Luke 12:35-37)
“Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on…” (John, in Revelation 16:15)
“The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.” (1 Peter 4:7)
“So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.” (Paul, in 1 Thessalonians 5:6)

Whether Pentecost 2025 is quiet or climactic, one thing is certain: those who watch will never be ashamed. Let’s stay awake. Let’s stay ready!

—Maj. Tom, DMin
Author of the Positive Apocalypse Trilogy:
📚 Birth Pangs • Martyrs and Miracles • Restoring Eden
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