Christian Holiday: Day of Pentecost

YHWH||ANYAMARY||JESUSISRAEL say in agreement together,

Introduction

Pentecost, is the celebration of the gift of the Holy Spirit given unto the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ on the seventh Sunday (June 5, 2022) from His Resurrection from the dead (50 days after Easter). Following the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ from the dead, He appeared to 500 people, who witnessed communing with Him at precisely the same time (i.e., simultaneously).

Easter occurs on the last day of Passover, which celebrates the day that the LORD God in the Lord Jesus Christ liberated the Jews from their Egyptian persecutors. And Passover follows closely after the Jewish Holiday of Purim, when the LORD God in the Lord Jesus Christ delivered the Jews from a lottery-determined extermination date.

Background

At about 9:00 am in the morning on the Day of Pentecost that occurred ten days following the ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ into Heaven by a cloud, the followers of Jesus Christ began to speak into different dialects foreign to their native languages. As devout Jews, who were celebrating Shavuot, looked on with amazement. Foreigners present at the event understood translation of the tongues of fire from the Holy Spirit into their own languages that testified to the glory of God, as the Holy Spirit gave utterance.

Many are just as baffled by the language of the Holy Spirit now as the spectators were who witnessed the Power of God back then. But if one of understanding truly ponders the end result of the Act recorded in the Book of Acts, they will realize and recognize that it is an expressive force from the Almighty God in the Lord Jesus Christ released by faith as a defensive mechanism against the forces and the powers of darkness operating against born again in the Holy Spirit believers in Christ.

YHWH||ANYAMARY||JESUSISRAEL share scripture, Acts 1:2-11:

Until the day when He ascended, after He through the Holy Spirit had instructed and commanded the apostles (special messengers) whom He had chosen. To them also He showed Himself alive after His passion (His suffering in the garden and on the cross) by [a series of] many convincing demonstrations [unquestionable evidences and infallible proofs], appearing to them during forty days and talking [to them] about the things of the kingdom of God. And while being in their company and eating with them, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for what the Father had promised, Of which [He said] you have heard Me speak. [John 14:16, 26; 15:26.] For John baptized with water, but not many days from now you shall be baptized with (placed in, introduced into) the Holy Spirit. So when they were assembled, they asked Him, Lord, is this the time when You will reestablish the kingdom and restore it to Israel? He said to them, It is not for you to become acquainted with and know what time brings [the things and events of time and their definite periods] or fixed years and seasons (their critical niche in time), which the Father has appointed (fixed and reserved) by His own choice and authority and personal power. But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth. And when He had said this, even as they were looking [at Him], He was caught up, and a cloud received and carried Him away out of their sight. And while they were gazing intently into heaven as He went, behold, two men [dressed] in white robes suddenly stood beside them, Who said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing into heaven? This same Jesus, Who was caught away and lifted up from among you into heaven, will return in [just] the same way in which you saw Him go into heaven.

YHWH||ANYAMARY||JESUSISRAEL share scripture, Acts 2:1-21:

AND WHEN the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all assembled together in one place, When suddenly there came a sound from heaven like the rushing of a violent tempest blast, and it filled the whole house in which they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues resembling fire, which were separated and distributed and which settled on each one of them. And they were all filled (diffused throughout their souls) with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other (different, foreign) languages (tongues), as the Spirit kept giving them clear and loud expression [in each tongue in appropriate words]. Now there were then residing in Jerusalem Jews, devout and God-fearing men from every country under heaven. And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together and they were astonished and bewildered, because each one heard them [the apostles] speaking in his own [particular] dialect. And they were beside themselves with amazement, saying, Are not all these who are talking Galileans? Then how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own (particular) dialect to which we were born? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and [the province of] Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and the transient residents from Rome, both Jews and the proselytes [to Judaism from other religions], Cretans and Arabians too–we all hear them speaking in our own native tongues [and telling of] the mighty works of God! And all were beside themselves with amazement and were puzzled and bewildered, saying one to another, What can this mean? But others made a joke of it and derisively said, They are simply drunk and full of sweet [intoxicating] wine. But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: You Jews and all you residents of Jerusalem, let this be [explained] to you so that you will know and understand; listen closely to what I have to say. For these men are not drunk, as you imagine, for it is [only] the third hour (about 9:00 a.m.) of the day; But [instead] this is [the beginning of] what was spoken through the prophet Joel: And it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels] and your young men shall see visions (divinely granted appearances), and your old men shall dream [divinely suggested] dreams. Yes, and on My menservants also and on My maidservants in those days I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels and predicting future events pertaining especially to God’s kingdom]. And I will show wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth beneath, blood and fire and smoking vapor; The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the obvious day of the Lord comes–that great and notable and conspicuous and renowned [day]. And it shall be that whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord [invoking, adoring, and worshiping the Lord–Christ] shall be saved. [Joel 2:28-32.]

Where to Find Out More:

For insight into the Power of the Holy Spirit and instruction on how to receive the Baptism of Fire, consider delving into these articles from the Everlasting Joy Blog that explain how you can personally request the Baptism of the Holy Spirit Fire in prayer:

The Baptism of the Holy Spirit (Part 1)

The Baptism of the Holy Spirt (Part 2)