The Jewish authoritiesthe Sanhedrin, the Scribes, the Pharisees, the Sadduceesthat authority was intact in Jerusalem, running the temple, running the religious side of the culture and the social life of Judea under the Roman cap, and it too was a very, very powerful force you didn't run up against. But all of this in the midst of a troubled, terrified, frightened mindset that they were having to work through, during these days between the resurrection and Pentecost. It was true then. If dark matter was created in the early universe and its formation released energy, is there any evidence of that energy in the cmb? As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped corruption that is in the world through lust." Luke 1:15 says that John the Baptist was filled with the Spirit from his mother's womband he got his head chopped off for denouncing Herod's unlawful marriage. Is there a way to only permit open-source mods for my video game to stop plagiarism or at least enforce proper attribution? And if those are the weapons of our warfare, then we can handle them. People should see that in us. If we can make that decision and live with that reality that there is a God who lives, and before Him we stand every single day of our life and every major decision, every small decision of character, and the decisions that we make in the privacy of our own mind, and in our own actions that not everyone knows about, not even our mate, all are in accordance with righteousness and a desire for righteousness. These are the days of Pentecost, the days of the fullness of the Spirit, the days of worldwide mission. In Revelation chapter 14, we are given an image of the firstfruits, called the 144,000 in this part of the Revelation. Send inquiries regarding the operation of this Web site to webmaster@ucg.org. It was a mighty, powerful machine, the most powerful that the world in that day had ever seen. Did they experience fear, doubt, and disbelief as we sometimes do? 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. You may find that without a specific text of scripture your question could be voted for closure as 'off-topic'. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. The gospels and the book of Acts tell us that would-be zealots and messiahs had come and gone. Is the promise of "power" in Acts 1:8 only for the apostles or for Christians in all ages? As such, it requires a sabbath. So it's something for us to examine in our own way, see how much of that is being demonstrated in our life. All the gods of doubtand I say gods with a little g, because doubt, and guilt, and fear can really separate us from Godthe gods of doubt, and fear, and unbelief have all been shredded by Jesus Christ. ", A church begins to develop. Thank you Mr. McNeely , for making Christ more real. So if I can come back to the question that I asked, what was going through their mind on that morning of Pentecost? If we can learn to take on the divine nature and drink that in, in our lives, then we can banish doubt, uncertainty, and fear, unbelief, that will creep in at various times as we go through our lives, and stages in the developments of life. Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers. Not only apostles, but even the prophets of the Old Testament, who are lower than apostles, had a degree of presence of Spirit in themselves, through Whom they prophesied (needn't to give references, for they are so numerous!). If they got it at Pentecost, with what power then did the twelve these wonders if not with Holy Spirit? Every generation of God's people have done that. As you read on in Acts chapter 1, one of the main things they did was to choose a successor to Judas. And I can't help but think that knowledge for its own sake or art for art's sake is a very callous and unloving motto. It is a remarkable period of church history, because right here we have a vision being fulfilled that Jesus Christ has for His Church. Being mentally separated from other people (because of being ashamed of lost of their 'cause') made them being afraid of people. They turned the world upside down because they fully understood two simple . https://www.bible.com/bible/392/JHN.20.19-29.CEV. That's an important trait for a firstfruit, for a firstfruit to have in their life, and in their approach to life. And then even when we see in the days after Jesus' final ascension, a roughly 10-day period, when they came to make a decision to replace Judas, they read Scripture, they applied it properly, God blessed the decision. Did they doubt that it was real? They gave him a piece of broiled fish and honey comb, He takes it and he sits down and eats in their presence. Signs and wonders followed their ministration, and they were continually filled with [] And not for the reality that the 1st century world would have known and experienced, that other dimension. How can I explain to my manager that a project he wishes to undertake cannot be performed by the team? It is the ideal to which every subsequent church period has wished to be able to emulate, including ours today. This is the dimension that was given on Pentecost, and what this day is all about for those of us who are the firstfruits. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." So it was a bodily appearance that He made completely to them, and He showed them His hands and His feet. Eighth, some OT believers were enabled by the Spirit to do extraordinary feats of power to help God's people. Peter says, "In the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy." People should see God in the firstfruits. A Church that was grounded in the Word of God. Would it make any difference for our lives today if we knew the answer? Or is this authority that I mentioned just about Jesus' own power he gave them and isn't about Spirit in themselves like when he said to Peter to cast net into water and pulled out much fishes? The world sees a mechanical process of evolution and natural selection. Did they doubt what they were seeing? But I had to go to St. Louis about 100 miles north of my hometown and pick up what they called an express bus, that would go through the larger cities. That power would come in the form of the Holy Spirit. And what happened? They thought that the body had been ferretted away by the disciples, someone had stolen it. Jesus was enveloped within a burning bush, but was not harmed. That's what this day is all about as a firstfruit. And had they seen anything near that type of an ecstatic demonstration, it might have been in a form by someone doing something by their form of religion that they didn't identify with. Two things we can summarize to show what was the key to bring about this scene that we see here at the end of chapter 2 in Acts. A Second Wind: A Biblical Exploration of Gods Mind of Justice, The Essential Jesus (Part 17): The Resurrection of Jesus. The goal is that the addition of scriptural verses will assist you in meditating on the Mysteries of the Rosary as you pray. But Jesus immediately said to them: 'Take courage! The vision of the Church was coming together and the mission of the Church was being accomplished. If I make my bed in Sheol, thou art there! There are two groups of humans: those in the flesh (born of the flesh) and those in the Spirit (born again of the Spirit). And yet, they had not been able to completely separate the fact that now what they were part of was the real, the real thing, because Christ had died. Suddenly, Jesus appeared in the middle of the group. Really. If you forgive anyone's sins, they will be forgiven. The disciples had to walk a week away to get to Jerusalem (Acts 1:12). We're no different than them. This means that all the saints of the OT who trusted God and followed his ways in the obedience of faith were born again by the Spirit and indwelt by the Spirit. And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. He greeted them and showed them his hands and his side. [Darris McNeely] On the morning of Pentecost 31 AD, what do you think was going through the minds of the assembled disciples in Jerusalem? So Jesus had to rebuke them. The disciples were afraid of the Jewish leaders, and on the evening of that same Sunday they locked themselves in a room. They have two sons, who are both married, and four grandchildren. The disciples were afraid of the Jewish leaders, and on the evening of that same Sunday they locked themselves in a room. In the New Testament, Elisabeth, John the Forerunner's mother, was filled with Spirit as she saw the pregnant Virgin, and she prophesied immediately (Luke 1:39-41) and so did the old widow-prophetess Anna at vision of Jesus taken to the temple (Luke 2:36-38); John the Forerunner himself was filled with Holy Spirit from his childhood (Luke 1:15), and of course the apostles, even before the Pentecost, had a degree of presence of Spirit in them (at least no less than John the Forerunner), through which presence they could act miracles; they got even to a greater degree of intensity the gift of the Spirit, when Jesus - before the Pentecost - blew in them the Spirit and added to them (through this new dimension of the presence of Spirit) an ability to forgive sins (John 20:22). Colossians 2:15 Colossians 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.American King James Version, tells us that He disarmed the powers with His death. By clicking Post Your Answer, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and cookie policy. Finally, please know the disciples did receive the Spirit when Jesus breathed on them BEFORE Pentecost (Jn. Seven weeks later, on the day of Pentecost, the risen Lord Jesus fulfilled the promise he had made in John 15:26namely, that he would send the Holy Spirit. It did not become true after Jesus said that. In light of Acts 10:44-48, were the disciples in Acts 2 praising/exalting God in tongues (contrary to the view that they were "preaching" in tongues)? And you can begin to imagine how this dynamic begins to must have been being set up within the disciples, because when you begin to doubt one another, you begin to lose trust. "For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.". Luke chapter 24. If I ascend to heaven, thou art there! They were alone. Matthew 71:seventeen, XVII, 10-18, and on the Sabbath (beginning): Rome, 111:seventeen, XIII, 1-10. Verse 41, "But while they still did not believe for joy, and marveled, He said to them, 'Have you any food?'" And so Christ gives them teaching and He gives them understanding. Instead, they turned the world upside down. I am not comfortable with that speculation. Where do we go from here? When thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the ground.". This event is very significant because the Bible says when we are born again, we are sealed with the Holy Spirit; in other words, the Holy Spirit comes to live on the inside of us (Ephesians 1:13, 4:30). There was doubt. 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