Second, we learn that the Great Commission, which our Lord commanded His apostles, was given through the Holy Spirit (1:2). The inference is, Dont just stand here; get going!5. These accounts of like what we have read in the gospels and others for a 40-day period. Because Pentecost is the day on which the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary received the gifts of the Holy Spirit, we tend to think of it as an exclusively Christian feast.But like many Christian feasts, including Easter, Pentecost has its roots in Jewish religious tradition.The Jewish Pentecost fell on the 50th day after Passover, and it celebrated the giving of . Between Easter and Pentecost: 50 Forgotten Days the - ChurchLeaders So if I can come back to the question that I asked, what was going through their mind on that morning of Pentecost? Find the date for Pentecost 2014 in the multifaith calendar. Where do we go from here? And over a three and a half year period they had had their lives transformed and then they'd watched Him die. This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven (Acts 1:9-11). What do I do about calling a priest father at my Catholic University? What do we do now? 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth. 9 After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight. Again, what they thought that they were becoming a part of was a movement that was noble, that was good, there had been many movements of other Messiah-type figures at this period of time in Judea. A fellowship, a community, prayer, sharing food together, much like we do today. What is Pentecost? Why Does It Matter? - Mark D. Roberts Even though they had seen miracles, again, another indication to us always to remember that miracles are important, miracles can be faith-builders, but miracles by themselves will not do it all. I think there are two things that are clear, and that should dominate our thinking. That Numbers 32 and verse 23, is correct. Let us consider what some of these lessons might be. Things will only get better from here. And there wasn't a Jew in Jerusalem, not a rabbi, not a priest who'd ever understood Joel or the Psalms in that way, nor would they have ever dreamed of applying it to what had happened just weeks earlier, with the arrest, crucifixion, and death of this Man called Jesus of Nazareth. The English word "Pentecost" is a transliteration of the Greek word pentekostos, which means "fifty.". 28 Watch out for yourselves and for all the flockof which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son (Acts 20:28, emphasis mine). A further matter of interest is that during this 40-day period, our Lord spoke with the apostles concerning the things pertaining to the kingdom of God (1:3).
