![]() ![]() The gift of the Holy Spirit is often given as God deals with the flesh and there is a dying to self.The gift of the Holy Spirit can come upon not only individuals, but also upon groups (see also Acts 2:4, 4:31, 10:44). ![]() The gift of the Holy Spirit comes as He wills, often not according to our expectation.The gift of the Holy Spirit is worth waiting for.The gift of the Holy Spirit is promised to us.What this passage tells us about the gift of the Holy Spirit. We can imagine how their patience and kindness and compassion was tested during this time, yet they all stayed together. But who would have suspected that? God used this time to break them down and then to build them up. The only possible Scriptural precedent for this might be Jeremiah 42:7: Ten days later the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah. But they had to wait a full 10 days, until the Day of Pentecost had fully come. It would be easy for them to think it would come the same afternoon Jesus ascended to heaven or after 3 days, or 7 days. They waited until the Day of Pentecost had fully come, but they didn’t know ahead of time how long they would have to wait. The disciples heard Jesus command them to wait for a promised baptism of the Holy Spirit that would empower them to be witnesses (Acts 1:4-5).The disciples received the Holy Spirit in a new way after Jesus finished His work on the cross and instituted the New Covenant in His blood (John 20:19-23).The disciples heard Jesus promise a new, coming work of the Holy Spirit (John 14:15-18).The disciples experienced something of the power of the Spirit as they stepped out and served God (Luke 10:1-20).The disciples saw the Holy Spirit continually at work in the ministry of Jesus.The disciples were not strangers to the person and work of the Holy Spirit. When the Day of Pentecost had fully come: It was now 10 days after the time Jesus ascended to heaven (Acts 1:3), and since Jesus commanded them to wait for the coming of the Holy Spirit. “ Were there not two loaves? Not only shall Israel be saved, but the multitude of the Gentiles shall be turned unto the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Spurgeon)ī. It says that two loaves of leavened bread were to be waved before the Lord by the priest as part of the celebration. Leviticus 23:15-22 gives the original instructions for the celebration of Pentecost. There was never a more cosmopolitan gathering in Jerusalem than this one.” (Hughes) “It was the best-attended of the great feasts because traveling conditions were at their best. On the Old Testament Day of Pentecost Israel received the Law on the New Testament Day of Pentecost the Church received the Spirit of Grace in fullness. The Jews sometimes called Pentecost zman matan torah or “the season of the giving of the law.” Jewish tradition also taught that Pentecost marked the day when the Law was given to Israel. But at Pentecost, the firstfruits of the wheat harvest were presented to God therefore, Pentecost is called the day of the firstfruits (Numbers 28:26). In the Jewish rituals of that time, the first sheaf reaped from the barley harvest was presented to God at Passover. It celebrated the firstfruits of the wheat harvest. The Day of Pentecost: This was a Jewish feast held 50 days after Passover. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.Ī. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. ![]() (1-4a) The disciples are filled with the Holy Spirit. The initial experience of the filling of the Holy Spirit. ![]()
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