Worship into the Week
Acts 2- Filled with the Holy Spirit
A bit of history-
Pentecost is the Christian celebration
that takes place on the 50th day
or the Seventh Sunday after Easter Sunday.
We acknowledge it as the day the Holy Spirit descended
on the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ
while they were in Jerusalem.
They were there to celebrate the Feast of Weeks-
or the Jewish Festival of Shavuot.
It is a harvest festival- the day of First Fruits
from Numbers 28:26.
The word Pentecost comes from the Greek (Pentekoste)
and means fiftieth.
Some Jews were already living in the Diaspora.
According to Acts 2:5-11 for this Festival
there were Jews from
every nation under heaven."
They had come as pilgrims
to be in Jerusalem for the Festival.
We give thanks for this great gift of Holy Spirit power
we receive at our baptism.
We are united in the work of the Spirit-
for the sake of His Kingdom.
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