Timeline Of Pentecost A new world begins. by ben tertin & bibleproject team – may 1, 2023. pentecost is a long standing jewish harvest party, a christian celebration as old as jesus’ church, and a greek word that means “fiftieth.”. and the pentecost moment described in the new testament is a 1st century event in jerusalem where people’s heads caught fire. And not just the believers at pentecost, but all believers from then on. when we are saved, we experience the death, burial, and resurrection of jesus. his experience becomes our experience. but we also experience pentecost. the holy spirit comes upon us, teaching us and guiding us into the truth.
Pentecost Explained 1. unmistakable. pentecost was unmistakable because of its three distinct phenomena, which served to make it perfectly clear that jesus had indeed come to his people by his spirit. first, there was an unmistakable “sound like a mighty rushing wind” that “filled the entire house” where the believers had gathered. Pentecost in the old testament. the word “pentecost” (from the greek word pentēkostē, meaning “fiftieth”) 4 comes from the greek name for a harvest festival that is also known as the “feast of weeks.”. this unique feast occurred 7 weeks after passover (49 days), culminating with the actual feast on day 50 (hence, the new testament. What is pentecost? pentecost is the celebration of the coming of the holy spirit and the birth of the church. the story is recounted in the book of acts. 'when the day of pentecost had come, they were all together in one place,' we are told. 'suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house. The shavuot was a celebration of the first fruits of the year’s harvest. and, in a sense, that is what pentecost is to christians. those believers in jerusalem on that momentous day were the.
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