The Feast of Weeks (Leviticus 23:15–22), also known as Pentecost, symbolizes the time of the gathering when the Holy Spirit dwells on earth.
Many have wondered why two loaves of bread, each made from two-tenths of a fine flour, were to be brought with the new grain offering at this feast. Why wasn’t one loaf used? Wouldn’t that have been a nice connection to the New Testament, where it says, “We are one loaf, one body, though we are many” (1 Cor. 10:17)?
Well, the Feast of Weeks is not about presenting a picture of the one body in its heavenly connection with Christ. Rather, it is about showing the witness character of God’s assembly on earth (which also fits much better with the line of thought in Leviticus 23). And the number two is very appropriate here, because two is the minimum number when witnesses are called.
We also see this witness character in the assembly as described by the apostle John. On the one hand, there are the lampstands on earth; on the other hand, there is a heavenly city that will shed its light on this earth (Rev. 2–3; Rev. 21). This is not the highest view of the assembly of God, but it is necessary, because it makes it clear that God receives a testimony through the assembly. This testimony will be found on earth as long as Israel is set aside, and this testimony will then come from heaven when Israel is accepted again.