Tag Archives: Pentecost

Light from the Old Testament Upon the Acts, Episode 4: Witnessing to Jesus

Acts 2:22-36; Psalm 15 LXX/16:8-11; Psalm 109 LXX/10:1; Luke 24:13-45; Phil. 2:5-11, 2 Peter 1:19 In this past week, we rejoiced in God’s promise of Pentecost, and the enlivening of the apostles when the Holy Spirit made the fishermen “most wise.”  We have a tendency, though, to gloss over a major part of the firstContinue reading “Light from the Old Testament Upon the Acts, Episode 4: Witnessing to Jesus”

Light from the Old Testament Upon Acts, Episode 3: Pentecost, The Great Reversal

Acts 2:1-21, Genesis 10-11, Exodus 24:17, Leviticus 23:15-17, Joel 2:28-32, 3 Kingdoms/1 Kings 8:27-30; 41-43, Hebrews 12:18 The story of Pentecost is one of the most dramatic scenes in the entire Bible. It takes place during a holy time of fulfillment, after a time of prayer and watchfulness in the Upper Room.  Evidently those outsideContinue reading “Light from the Old Testament Upon Acts, Episode 3: Pentecost, The Great Reversal”