Pentecost Sunday is tomorrow……………
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” Acts 2: 1-11
Day of Pentecost: When the Church Was Born
Arnold Airhart wrote, “It is not possible to conceive of the Church without the Spirit. It is the Spirit who makes the Church truly the Church. The Church is rooted deep in pre-Pentecost history, but Pentecost marks the arrival of the Church as the body of Christ, and as God’s instrument of saving mission to the world.”
Examining and understanding the Day of Pentecost is a vital part of every believer’s quest for spiritual life.
The Day of Pentecost Is a Day of Fulfillment (Acts 1:1-21)
The New Testament’s Day of Pentecost is the Jewish Feast of Weeks. The feast is one of three annual religious festivals, but is a one-day celebration. It came on the 50th day (the Greek pentekostas) after the presentation of the harvest’s first fruits. It was known as the Feast of Weeks because it fell seven weeks (a week of weeks) after Passover. Later, it would commemorate the giving of the Law to Moses on Mount Sinai.
