Wind, Fire & Empowered by the Spirit!
Acts 2:1-12
Matthew 28:18-20 (NIV)
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Acts 1:4-5 (ESV)
And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
Acts 1:8 (ESV)
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
Acts 2:1 (NKJV)
When the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
There were 3 Jewish Feasts that Jewish men were required to attend:
1st Feast of Unleavened Bread (aka First Fruits)
2nd Feast of Harvest (aka Weeks, Pentecost)
3rd Feast of Tabernacles (aka Booths, Sukkot)
Exodus 19:18 (MSG)
Mount Sinai was all smoke because God had come down on it as fire. Smoke poured from it like smoke from a furnace. The whole mountain shuddered in huge spasms.
Hebrews 12:21 (NIV)
The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, "I am trembling with fear."
Acts 2:1 (NKJV)
When the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Acts 2:2 (NIV)
Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
Genesis 3:8 (ESV)
And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
Job 38:1 (ESV)
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
Acts 2:6a (NIV)
When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment,
Acts 2:2-3 (NLT)
Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them.
Acts 2:4 (NIV)
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Acts 2:5-6 (NIV)
Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
Acts 2:7 (NIV)
Utterly amazed, they asked: "Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language?
Acts 2:11b (NIV)
We hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!
Acts 2:9-12 (NIV)
Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs — we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!" Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, "What does this mean?"
Revelation 7:9-10 (NIV)
After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb."
Acts 1:8 (ESV)
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
Acts 2:12 (NIV)
Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, "What does this mean?"
