“‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams."
- Acts 2:17 -

Today is the celebration day of Pentecost in 2022 and the birthday of Vision, my dear wife.

The festival of Pentecost was agricultural, historical, and religious. This harvest season, together with the preceding Passover, was for the Jewish people inseparable from the Exodus salvation story. Of course, for the Christian church, the symbolism of both is caught up in the death of Christ for all people, with Pentecost being the celebration of the ‘firstfruits’. For our Christian minds, this event is redolent with memories of God’s big story. Here is the reversal of the Babel story, with God coming to man, bringing unity through the work of his Son Jesus. Here, at this moment, the Spirit of God descends, beginning a new chapter for the whole human race.

This is the foretold outpouring of God’s Spirit, which Jesus himself, had said was imminent in Acts 1:5. Somehow, Peter understands – this is a new beginning for God’s gospel mission (v

21).

Prayer: Today Lord, send the fullness of the Holy Spirit into my life and Vision as well as all my friends in Christ. The Spirit’s wisdom and understanding, his counsel and might, his knowledge and true godliness (Mostly from Encounter with God).