Pentecost
This had never happened before in history. We most likely have not seen and heard these physical manifestations of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit but we should rely upon the witness of those in the Scriptures to allow ourselves to arrive at a deep and transforming faith that the Holy Spirit is real and wants to enter our lives in the same way.
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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 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit.
. The word Pentecost from the Greek word pentēkostē meaning fiftieth 4 comes from the Greek name for a harvest festival that is also known as the Feast of Weeks. Christians throughout the world will celebrate Pentecost Sunday and the coming of the Holy Spiritin a new and fresh way to begin the church agethis coming Sunday. The obvious miracle was that they were able to speak about Jesus in a way that attracted people.
The word has its roots in the Greek word pentecoste which means 50th day. Throughout the Old Testament the Holy. This unique feast occurred 7 weeks after Passover 49 days culminating with the actual feast on day 50 hence the New Testament term Pentecost.
The Pentecost was the Jewish harvest-home and the people were especially exhorted to rejoice before Jehovah with their families their servants the Levite within their gates the stranger the fatherless and the widow in the place chosen by God for his name as they brought a free-will offering of their hand to Jehovah their God. The Jewish Festival of Pentecost called Shavuot meaning weeks in Hebrew falls on the fiftieth day after the original Passover. The Greek word means fifty and refers to the fifty days that have elapsed since the wave offering of Passover.
It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and other disciples following the Crucifixion Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus Christ Acts of the Apostles chapter 2 and. Pentecost changed their lives. The Christian festival of Pentecost falls on the 50th day after the resurrection of Jesus.
The word Pentecost is Greek and it means 50th day Fifty days after Easter Sunday we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and their followers and the beginning of their Earthly ministry to make disciples of all nations. The Holy Spirit the same Spirit who was present when the foundations of the earth were laid the Spirit by whom our Savior was conceived the Spirit that was with Him every day of His life on earth that same Spirit came and made His dwelling place with the sons of men. It lasted for but one day.
In these Old Testament passages we find the historical and Biblical origins of what we now call Pentecost. The separation into differing feasts is due to our human time-and-space constrained limitation but it should little surprise us that. On Pentecost Sunday the Holy Spirit filled the Church with power and added 3000 new believers.
This was a significant feast in the Jewish calendar that celebrated God giving them the Ten Commandments 50 days after the Exodus from Egypt. From the sixteenth of Nisan seven weeks were reckoned inclusively and the next or fiftieth day was the day of Pentecost which fell on the sixth of Sivan. 1 Corinthians 123b-7 12-13.
The word Pentecost comes from a Greek word meaning fiftieth. Pentecost is also a Jewish holiday which the Jews use to celebrate the end of Passover. 1 day agoPentecost always occurs 50 days after the death and resurrection of Jesus and 10 days after his ascension into heaven.
Most importantly it marks the time when the Holy Spirit permanently indwells us. God commanded his people to observe the Festival. Pentecost also known as Whitsunday will be celebrated on June 5 this year.
The birth of the church. 2 days agoPentecost Sunday. Pentecost Sunday celebrates the provision of God.
On that day God gave the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai. Pentecost has multiple meanings. Pentecost is a major festival in the Christian church and is celebrated by believers on the Sunday that falls on the 50th day of Easter.
The Day of Pentecost is a facet of the great diamond which is the one movement of Gods self-emptying in creating the universe becoming incarnate dying rising sending the Spirit to draw us into divinity. Because Easter is a moveable feast without a fixed date and Pentecost. Pentecost that is the fiftieth day from a Greek word meaning fiftieth or Harvest Feast or Feast of Weeks may be regarded as a supplement to the Passover.
Pentecost is actually the Greek name for a festival known in the Old Testament as the Feast of Weeks Leviticus 2315. Pentecost is the Greek name meaning 50 th day after Easter given for the ancient. Pentecost also called Whitsunday Pentecost from Greek pentecostē 50th day major festival in the Christian church celebrated on the Sunday that falls on the 50th day of Easter.
Interestingly these celebrations may not involve many of our readers as oftentimes the churches in our circles do not make much of this day on the calendar. It is the Greek name for the Festival of Weeks. Pentecost is significant in both the Old and New Testaments.
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