LESSON SUMMARY IN 300 WORDS

274^TH EDITION, AUGUST^3RD, 2025

1^ST LESSON: Numbers 28:26-31

2^ND LESSON: John 4:34-38

The Festival of Weeks is also called the Festival of Harvest; it is the time the new grain is presented to the Lord, marking the beginning of the wheat harvest.

It was later commonly known as Pentecost (the fiftieth day after Passover), and in the present day, observed as Shavuot.

As the second of the three festivals to be celebrated by all male Israelite at the sanctuary, they must call an official day for holy assembly.

It is a time to celebrate the Lord’s provision in the harvest and all life’s provisions.

They are to gather for worship on this day, skip all regular work, and offer burnt offerings to the Lord; as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.

Among which there must be a male goat to make atonement for themselves, making themselves right with God is at the centre of the harvest celebration.

They must be sure that all the animals used in the sacrifice have no defects.

Jesus said his nourishment comes from doing and completing the will of God.

People are familiar with the regular harvest time, but here is the dawn of the spiritual harvest season.

Asking the disciples to open their eyes is figurative because they were not literary closed.

Moreover, the agricultural season is the season of soul-winning, for through the ministry of Jesus, the earth has become ripe for harvest.

The Samaritans' response to Jesus’ message proves that the harvest has already begun in the history of salvation.

Jesus further instructed his disciples to go out to reap the benefits of the labour of labourers before them.

In this context, reaping the labour of others is not a material gain of other people’s wealth but the winning of souls by building on the works of the labourers (prophets) that have been before them.