Happiness is that awesome feeling when everything just seems right in the world. In the Bible, there are verses that remind us to appreciate the good times. Like in Psalm 118:24, which says, “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” So, when ...
If we misunderstand this miraculous event of momentous magnitude, we will be in error concerning the Bible teaching about the Holy Spirit. Let us, therefore, examine this chapter carefully. THE DRAMA IN THE UPPER ROOM "When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord...
I thought I would write a little about the time we see in scriptures called Shavu’oth, which we see translated sometimes as Pentecost, the feast Continue reading A timeline of the death of Yahshua February 27, 2018 robrichmond The day before passover was the thirteenth day of the month ...
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This is according to all that you asked of the LORD your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, let me not see this great fire anymore, or I will die.' The LORD said to me, 'They have spoken well. ...
John also witnessed the impact of the Holy Spirit, not only on the life of Peter on the Day of Pentecost but on the number of Jews (over 3000) who came to an understanding that Jesus was the Messiah they longed for. Suddenly, there was a great need for a Pastor. What would that ...
These background notes cover every assigned text in the Revised Common Lectionary for each Sunday and major observance throughout the year. Proper 17 | OT 22 | Pentecost 13, Cycle A (Ellingsen) THEME OF THE DAY Things look better up ahead. The texts invite reflection on the possibilities of...
The shepherd's pipe of thy theology/ vanquished the clarions of the rhetors;/ for beauties of discourse were added to thee/ who delved into the depths of the Spirit.// O father Gregory, entreat Christ God, that out souls be saved. Kontakion, Tone III, "Today the Virgin" O glorious ...
It should not surprise us, then, to see that on the Day of Pentecost, Peter boldly preached to the Jews of Jerusalem that Jesus’ death on the Cross came “by the set plan and foreknowledge of God” (Acts 2:23). We understood from the Gospel reading how important it was to Jesus, ...
the Prophets, and who on the day of Pentecost descended on the Apostles in the form of fiery tongues, here, in Jerusalem, in the Upper Church of the Apostles…” Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures, 16:4 (c. A.D. 350).