116 The Holy Spirit Descends at Pentecost

Acts 2:1-21, TBC Book Two, Chapter 116
On this 50th day after Passover, Pentecost Sunday, the disciples had no hint of what they were about to experience. 

Sitting together in a house in Jerusalem, not far from the Temple, they suddenly heard a violently rushing wind, tearing its way inside. Staring in amazement, they saw before them what looked like a flame of fire, hovering in midair, now separating into smaller tongues of fire, and spreading throughout the room, resting above each disciple.

At that moment, each one of them was suddenly filled with the Holy Spirit, and they all began speaking in other languages—languages they had never learned!

No one could miss the sound of the mighty rush of wind as it shook the house. The commotion that followed was so loud that people passing by stopped in their tracks and turned back toward the house. As they drew closer, the crowd realized that all of the men in that house were talking at the same time—in different languages.

“What’s going on?” someone shouted in Aramaic. . . .

(See THE BIBLE CLICKS, Book Two, Chapter 116, for the rest of the story.)
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 Today’s Takeaways
     A proverb to guide you: The promised Holy Spirit arrives dramatically, fulfilling Joel’s prophecy—but not completely. Heads up . . .
     A promise to cling to: “ ‘If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because it remains with you, and will be in you.’ ” John 12:15-17 NIV
     A praise to fill you: More Power to Ya  Petra     [Can skip ad after first 5 seconds]

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