Pentecost: Difference between revisions

==Origin of Pentecost==

The Day of Pentecost originated from the Feast of Weeks in the Old Testament times. The Feast of Weeks was established to commemorate the day [[Moses]] went up to Mount Sinai to receive the tablets with Ten Commandments for the first time. The Israelites, who were freed from Egypt, crossed the Red Sea which was divided by the power of God. On the fortieth day after crossing the Red Sea, Moses was called by [[God]] and went up to Mount Sinai.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+19%3A1-7&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Exodus 19:1–7 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Then God told him that He would give him tablets with the Ten Commandments inscribed on them, so Moses went up to Mount Sinai again ten days later.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+24%3A12-18&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Exodus 24:12–18 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> God appointed this day as the Feast of Weeks.  

The work of Moses was a prophecy of what Jesus would do in the future.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Deuteronomy+18%3A18&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Deuteronomy 18:18 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Acts+3%3A20-24&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Acts 3:20–24 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Just as Moses went up Mount Sinai on the fortieth day after landing from the Red Sea, Jesus ascended to heaven on the fortieth day after His resurrection.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Acts+1%3A3-9&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Acts 1:3–9 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> And just as Moses went up to receive the Ten Commandments on the fiftieth day, which was ten days later, Jesus entered the Most Holy Place in heaven<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Hebrews+9%3A11-24&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Hebrews 9:11–24 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> to receive the Holy Spirit and poured it upon His disciples on the fiftieth day after His resurrection.<ref>Chapter 2 The Seven Feasts in Three Times, THE MYSTERY OF GOD AND THE SPRING OF THE WATER OF LIFE, Ahnsahnghong, pg. 53, ''Melchizedek Pub. Co.'', Ltd, It took a total of fifty days from the twenty-second day of the first month when the Israelites passed through the Red Sea after the Exodus, up to the eleventh day of the third month when Moses went up Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments (Ex 19:16-25, 24:1-18). God appointed the Feast of Harvest, so that they might remember these days and commemorate them for the generations to come (Ex 14:29-31; 19:1-2; 24:12-16). The prophecy of this feast was fulfilled by Jesus when He was resurrected and entered the Most Holy Place in heaven to pour out the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, the fiftieth day after the Resurrection. Moses went up Mount Sinai and received the Ten Commandments, which represented that Jesus would enter the Most Holy Place in heaven and receive the Holy Spirit and pour it out on His disciples (Ac 2:1-4; Heb 9:11-12).</ref>