5/30/2023 0 Comments The deeper meaning of pentecost![]() “ But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.” Jesus promised the Holy Spirit in John 14:26, who would be the Helper for his people. The Holy Spirit was prophesied in the Old Testament and promised by Jesus. “Through this baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire, the apostles became more knowing, and had a greater understanding of the mysteries of the Gospel, and were more qualified to preach it to people of all nations and languages.”Ģ. John Gill expresses the significance in his commentary: This is why Christians still celebrate Pentecost. By the end of the day that the Holy Spirit came, the Church grew by 3,000 people ( Acts 2:41). This strange occurrence drew a large crowd, and Peter stood up to speak to them about repentance and the gospel of Christ ( Acts 2:14). “ All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them” ( Acts 2:4). On Pentecost Sunday, the Holy Spirit filled the Church with power and added 3,000 new believers. The account in Act 2 reports that, after Jesus ascended into heaven, Jesus’ followers were gathered together for the Feast of Harvest (aka Pentecost), and the Holy Spirit “ filled the whole house where they were sitting” ( Acts 2:2). ![]() And they were amazed and astonished, saying, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians-we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God." And all were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?" But others mocking said, "They are filled with new wine." ( Acts 2:1-13)ġ. And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. ![]() It is mentioned in five places in the first five books - in Exodus 23, Exodus 24, Leviticus 16, Numbers 28, and Deuteronomy 16. The Jews called it the Feast of Harvest or the Feast of Weeks. If you go back and read the Old Testament, you will discover that Pentecost was one of the Jewish feast days. ![]()
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