THE HAG

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Hag ha-Shavuot or the Feast of Pentecost which was held 50 days after Passover, which the people of Israel is commemorated as the day of harvest and thanksgiving to God, Christianity interpreted as the day grateful for the descent of the Holy Spirit to the apostles that marks the harvest of God for the salvation of Jesus Christ with the establishment of the early church in Jerusalem. (Acts 2:1-2)

If all hope of Jews through the feasts have been fulfilled in Jesus Christ, is there any meaning Christians to make pilgrimages to the Holy Land (especially Jerusalem)? Did not Jesus also explicitly says to the Samaritan woman whom he met, “believe Me that the hour cometh when neither in this mountain, nor at Urishlem, you shall worship the Father”?

Everything is true, have all been fulfilled. Only, make pilgrimages to the Holy Land of Palestine-Israel is not the same as the pilgrimage at other places. For those of you who have visited the Vatican, Lourdes, Mount Athos, or other places of pilgrimage, you may feel the spiritual experiences, but you will feel something different when it comes to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, especially if the pilgrimage at Easter. 'Aliyah to the Holy Land, especially with the ritual of the Cross (Tariq al-'Alam) stations for the stations, we would feel like to walk with the Messiah, retrace one by one, step by step of the great salvation of God, in misery the World Savior (Mukhalish al-'Alam).

Through a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, we are invited to enter and immerse yourself in the Bible times. We see close cultural treasures of a people that through this people, God acts to save mankind. Like the words of Jesus, “for salvation is from the Jihudoyee (the Jews)”. Our hearts will be touched when heard the Psalmist sang שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלֹות shiyr hammaaloth (Song of Pilgrimage) filled with a yearning for the divine salvation that will come, once commonly sung at the 'aliyah to the Holy City of Yerushalayim.
Psalm 122:1-4
שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלֹות לְדָוִד מַחְתִּי בְּאֹמְרִים לִי בֵּית יְהוָה נֵלֵֽךְ׃
עֹמְדֹות הָיוּ רַגְלֵינוּ בִּשְׁעָרַיִךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
יְרוּשָׁלִַם הַבְּנוּיָה כְּעִיר שֶׁחֻבְּרָה־לָּהּ יַחְדָּֽו׃
שֶׁשָּׁם עָלוּ שְׁבָטִים שִׁבְטֵי־יָהּ עֵדוּת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְהֹדֹות לְשֵׁם יְהוָֽה׃

From the Holy City of Jerusalem, feel how melodious ballad 'Id al-Fashha in joy:
المسيح قام من بين الاموات. ووطظيء الاموت با لموت وهب لحياة للذين في القبور
Al-Masih qama min bainal amwat. Wa wathi’ al-mauta bil maut, wa wahabal hayyata lilladzina fil qubuur.
Christ is risen from the dead. By His death He has trampled death and given life for everyone who was in the grave.