Lesson 15 Pentecost! The Prophetic Program Continues

I ask that as we go through these lessons, that you get your Bible, read it, pray, study, and ask the Holy Spirit of the Living God, to help guide you into truth.

By comparing scripture with scripture, and comparing spiritual things with spiritual things, we as Christians are able to discern truth from error.

I would like to return to our ongoing study of God’s directions to the disciples of the prophetic program to Israel, compared to the directions of the  mystery as given to the Apostle Paul and the Body of Christ.   

We will look at some of the most misused, misunderstood, and at the same time simple to understand verses in the Bible, and with the help of the Holy Spirit open the eyes of the misled.

We will look at the first 11 verses of Acts Chp. 2, we are going to look at the verses and not try and make them say anything but what they say and teach, we are not going to twist or wrest these verses against themselves, or any other verses. I believe these verses are simple to understand as written.

Acts.2  [1] And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.  [2] And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. [3] And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. [4] And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. [5] And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. [6] Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. [7] And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? [8] And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? [9] Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,  [10] Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,  [11] Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

I want you to look this up for yourself and verify it, Pentecost was the Jewish festival of Shavuoth.

The definition of Shavuoth as found in Merriam Webster English dictionary is : a Jewish holiday observed on the sixth and seventh of Sivan in commemoration of the revelation of the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai —called also Pentecost

If you have read the previous lessons about what Jesus was teaching in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, I believe we proved beyond a shadow of doubt that Jesus was preaching and teaching people to follow the Mosaic Laws.

I have yet for anyone to show, or produce one verse where Jesus, or his disciples, ever told anyone that the rules had changed, and they did not have to follow the Old Testament Laws prior to Paul's conversion in Acts Chp. 9.

It is fitting that on the day of Pentecost, a day the Jews celebrated the revelation of the Ten Commandments, that the Holy Ghost now descends upon them.

Please notice, and don’t let your emotions drive you, but pray and ask the Holy Ghost to reveal the truth to you, as we look closer at these verses.

Acts.2  [4] And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

In verse 4, when they began to speak with tongues, it was as the Spirit gave them utterance, this simply means it was an orderly thing, they spoke one at a time, not chaotically or uncontrolled.

Acts.2  [5] And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

In verse 5, we see these were Jews out of every nation under heaven, this simply means it was a diverse group of Jews, which did not speak the same language.

Acts.2  [6] Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

In verse 6, we see the Biblical definition of what happened, notice every man heard them speak in their own language.

Acts.2 [7] And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

In verse 7, we see that all of the speakers were Galileans, not everyone present was speaking.

Acts.2 [8] And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

In verse 8, we get an ever clearer definition of what happened, the languages being heard were in each person’s native language where they were born.

Acts.2 [9] Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,  [10] Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,  [11] Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

In verses 9-11, we have listed all the different areas that the group of men (Jews not Gentiles) were from. We also are told that the things being spoken of, was the wonderful works of God

The miracle here in these verses, was that a person (Galilean) would speak in an orderly fashion, and the crowd would here them in their own language!

Today’s equivalent would be a United Nations meeting, where a person is speaking, and with the help of modern day technology, each person from another country hears the speaker in his own tongue, or language.

If you look at these verses, just read them, take them as they are written, there is nothing being spoken here on the day of Pentecost, that was not in a known language!

There is no other correct interpretation of what is happening here in these verses. It’s that simple.

I will conclude this lesson at verse 11 as the next section of verses I would like to cover would make the post too long. I encourage you to study ahead with the rest of Acts Chp. 2 as we will continue it in Lesson 16.

Remember Romans 10: [9] That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. [10] For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

The words of our Apostle Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles!

2Tim.2 [15] Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

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