All About Pentecost in the Catholic Church, Peter the Apostle - Member of Jesus' Inner Circle, The Ascension of Jesus Bible Story Study Guide, Cornelius in the Bible Becomes a Christian, Introduction to the Catholic Religion: Beliefs, Practices and History, M.A., English Composition, Illinois State University, B.S., English Literature, Illinois State University, The apostles had chosen Mathias to replace, The apostles' ability to address foreign visitors in their own languages was a miracle from God. The translation project originally started as an attempt to provide an electronic version of a modern translation for electronic distribution over the Internet and on CD (compact disk). It was during this time that Matthias was selected as the twelfth apostle (Acts 1:9-26). This is a Pentecost sermon because this day that Peter preached was Pentecost. Pentecostal Christians: What Do They Believe? He dare not refer to himself as God’s “Holy One.” Neither dare he claim that his body will avoid decay in the tomb. Acts 2:1, “When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.” We can see that Mary was in the upper room among the 120 before Pentecost. 21 And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’1. No wonder those in the audience would ask, “What should we do, brothers?” (Acts 2:37b). It was very severe; there had been no locusts like them before, nor will there be such ever again.6 15 They covered the surface of all the ground, so that the ground became dark, and they ate all the vegetation of the ground and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. When it was evening on that day, the disciples locked themselves away. As I understand verse 4, it was actually a sequence of locust attacks, the end result of which was that Israel was left a barren wasteland, that was finally consumed with fire (Joel 1:19-20). 20 The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes. David was speaking as a prophet here, and he was speaking of his descendant, the Christ. The disciples pressed Jesus regarding the exact timing of the restoration of the kingdom to Israel but Jesus refused to supply this information, insisting instead that they were to be empowered to be His witnesses, beginning in Jerusalem and spreading from there to all Judea, Samaria, and the remotest part of the earth (Acts 1:6-8). On the day you were created they were prepared. It does not really seem to matter a great deal as the date of the locust plague is not indicated, nor does it have a great bearing on the interpretation and application of the message of Joel. They had the Word of God. He warns them that the day of divine judgment is near, and yet he gives hope because there is still an opportunity for repentance, salvation, and divine blessing. But the “day of the Lord” is a day of wrath for all who have rejected Him as Messiah. (Romans 10:13 NLT; see also Acts 2:21). Why would we be surprised to hear that the work of the Son is also the work of the Father, when Jesus made such a point of emphasizing that He did what the Father did, and what the Father gave Him to do? . It marked a turning point in the early church. Perhaps the double reference is most apparent in Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28, where human kings are rebuked, yet they are described in Satan-like terms. We know that at some point they are in the temple court where Peter preached his sermon. If he did not promptly get to the Scripture text, I would start reading the Scriptures for myself. Some today seem to think that one’s decision about who Jesus is and what He has done is a rather academic matter, with few implications. Call upon Him who is both Lord and Christ; call upon Him who died in your place and who was raised from the dead for salvation. 16 In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned; so I defiled you and banished you from the mountain of God, the guardian cherub expelled you from the midst of the stones of fire. 2 Copyright © 2005 by Community Bible Chapel, 418 E. Main Street, Richardson, TX 75081. The one who preaches represents the King and speaks for the King, and this conception of preaching must control all that is done in preaching. Peter said on that day. The Day of Pentecost arrived when the small company of believers3 were gathered together in one place. I’ve mentioned my “five minute rule” in the past, but I’ll repeat it for those who may not have heard it previously. The ministry of Jesus the Nazarene was attested by God the Father to be of divine origin. 14 Announce a holy fast; proclaim a sacred assembly. God raised Jesus from the dead, and the apostles were all witnesses of this fact. It was celebrated 50 days after Passover and was marked by pilgrims coming to Jerusalem from all over the world to celebrate the event. No matter what the text, the old theme arose week after week. the day. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you servants of my God, because no one brings grain offerings or drink offerings to the temple of your God anymore (Joel 1:5, 13). This is the good news. 11 Be distressed, farmers; wail, wine dressers, over the wheat and the barley. Chapter 2 (Joel 2:1-27) continues the theme of the locust plague, but in my opinion there is a double reference here. A Lasting Legacy: Choosing A Wife For Isaac (Gen. 24:1-67). The day of Pentecost marks the birth of the New Testament Church and we find the account of the events that took place on that day in Acts 2. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. 12 All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13 But others jeered at the speakers, saying, “They are drunk on new wine!”. In view of this, shortly before his ascension into heaven, the Lord proclaimed: “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day; and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem” (Luke 24:46, 47). June 4, Day of Pentecost. After that, they and the house they were staying at were "filled" with the aroma of the Holy Spirit. The point of this is that the king of Tyre manifests the same character flaws that characterize Satan himself. When God made His covenant with Israel, He warned that if Israel disregarded His covenant He would bring the plagues of Egypt upon her: 58 “If you refuse to obey all the words of this law, the things written in this scroll, and refuse to fear this glorious and awesome name, the Lord your God, 59 then the Lord will increase your punishments and those of your descendants—great and long-lasting afflictions and severe, enduring illnesses. Jesus was the first-born from the dead, the first fruits, if you would, of the resurrection. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me” (John 5:30). But preaching did work on the Day of Pentecost! 2 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. After they were filled with the Holy Spirit, the Bible says the 12 disciples performed, Right from the start of the church, as demonstrated on this Day of Pentecost in the book of Acts, God offered salvation to all nations. While the apostles were accused of being “full of sweet wine” (Acts 2:13, Greek text), Joel speaks of the absence of wine, so much so that normal sacrifices were impossible: 5 Awake, you drunkards, and weep! Trust in Jesus as the One who died in your place, bearing the penalty for your sins, and you will experience the forgiveness of your sins and the blessed hope of eternity in His presence. ", Learn Religions uses cookies to provide you with a great user experience. Learn more | Create PowerClip! In self defense, I established my “five minute rule” – once he began to preach, I gave the preacher five minutes to get to his text. (iii) He was filled with the power of the Holy Spirit. This sounds very much like the description of the “day of the Lord” elsewhere, such as in Isaiah 13: 9 Look, the Lord’s day of judgment is coming; it is a day of cruelty and savage, raging anger, destroying the earth and annihilating its sinners. By Rodney W. Francis. David himself prophesied concerning the resurrection of the Messiah: 25 For David says about him, ‘I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken. Bob is a pastor/teacher and elder at Community Bible Chapel in Richardson, Texas, and has contributed many of his Bible study series for use by the Foundation. Joel ends this section by assuring his Jewish readers that their repentance will bring defeat for Israel’s foes and showers of blessing for the people of God: 23 Citizens of Zion, rejoice! On the one hand, Joel continues the imagery of the literal locust plague of chapter one, but the plague in chapter two is worse than the plague Israel experienced in chapter one. And when Jesus was put to death, God raised Him from the dead, a vindication of His claim to be the promised Messiah. This was the substance of Peter’s great confession: 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:15-16). It is a three-part promise. The warning of judgment and the promise of salvation that Peter proclaimed to the Jews we now have proclaimed to us (Gentiles), because of the rejection of the Jews (Romans 11:11-12, 30-32). And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH PETER PREACHED. 36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. In Joel 2, Israel is once again called to repentance, with the hope of finding mercy and compassion: 12 “Yet even now,” the Lord says, “return to me with all your heart— with fasting, weeping, and mourning. 31 The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, before the day of the Lord comes— that great and terrible day! In fact, Luke and Acts are almost like a two volume set of one book. 1. Determining who Jesus is and whether you will submit to Him, and receive His salvation, is the most important decision you will ever make. Not only did God raise Jesus from the dead, He seated Him at His right hand to wait until He made Messiah’s enemies a “footstool for His feet.” It doesn’t take a great deal of thought to figure out who would be included among those enemies who were destined to become footstools. How often God’s plans and purposes exceed our own thoughts. Peter preached a text from a Jewish book (Joel) to a Jewish audience, warning them of impending judgment and offering them salvation in the name of Jesus. Today, we celebrate the revelation of the Trinity, the coming of the Holy Spirit, the day tradition views as the beginning of the Church. STUDIES IN ACTS (Chapters 1 – 3) by Francis Dixon Study verses: Acts 2:14-36. The sincere among this crowd wanted to know the meaning of what they heard, while others merely mocked, attributing what they heard to excessive drinking (Acts 2:12). Peter will explain this hope in the next few verses, which we shall take up in our next lesson. 9 As a result God exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow —in heaven and on earth and under the earth— 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father (Philippians 2:5-11).11. Lay Reading: Eph 1:17-23. 8 He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death —even death on a cross! The gospel is indeed good news to those who accept it, but it is bad news to those who reject it. Let us remember that this sermon was delivered by a divinely-energized Peter, who now boldly warns those who several weeks earlier had taken part in the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus. He preached upon the day of Pentecost. . 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. The Day of Pentecost is celebrated 50 days after Easter in Western branches of Christianity. 13 Granted, a few were proselytes, Gentiles who had converted to Judaism (see Acts 2:11-12). 6 I would understand this to mean that Egypt never saw the likes of such devastation again. Peter. This was the Jewish feast celebration. This was something unusual. The same kind of things seems to be taking place in the Book of Joel. The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds” (John 14:10). And in verse 33, Peter is emphatic that the One who has poured out the Spirit is Jesus. Or, to put it differently, Satan is behind many of the evils that take place at the hands of heathen kings. Wail, all you wine drinkers, over the sweet wine because it has been taken away from you. 28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of joy with your presence.’. 32 This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it” (Acts 2:29-32). Wail, you who minister at the altar! The pain of Jesus’ leaving, and maybe the fear of what they’d risked by loving him, had reached a threshold. There was no harvest of barley or of wheat: 9 No one brings grain offerings or drink offerings to the temple of the Lord anymore. 25 For David says about him, ‘I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken. We should remember that one of the judgments God brought upon Egypt was a locust plague: 12 And the Lord said to Moses, “Extend your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up over the land of Egypt and eat everything that grows in the ground, all that the hail has left.” 13 So Moses extended his rod over the land of Egypt, and then the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all night. Anyone is at liberty to use this lesson for educational purposes only, with or without credit. On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. This lament is for the “king of Tyre” (verse 12), but some of the descriptions cannot be of an earthly king. The One who was to bring the promised kingdom to Israel had been crucified by those He came to save. Elsewhere see Isaiah 13:6, 9; Ezekiel 13:5; 30:3; Amos 5:18, 20; Obadiah 1:15; Zephaniah 1:7, 14; Malachi 4:5; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:2; 2 Peter 3:10. Taking the gospel message to heart, Acts 2:41 records that about 3,000 people were baptized and added to the fledgling Christian church on that Day of Pentecost. 34 For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor? 8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men.” 9 Now what is the meaning of “he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth? So what hinders you from doing so? About 40 days after the resurrection of Jesus, the 12 apostles and other early followers were gathered together in a house in Jerusalem to celebrate the traditional Jewish Pentecost. The message preached on the Day of Pentecost centered on Jesus as the promised Messiah. The sun and the moon grow dark; the stars refuse to shine (Joel 2:10). Second, for those who want only a serendipity gospel of happy thoughts and of a God who is too kind to condemn any, take a good look at our text again. First, let us take note of the serious consequences of rejecting Jesus as Lord and Christ. It was then that the Holy Spirit came upon them in a powerful and dramatic way. Third, is the assurance that all those who call upon the name of the Lord for salvation will be saved (Joel 2:32a). For the harvest of the field has perished (Joel 1:9-11). When Joel promised that the Holy Spirit would be poured out on “all people” (Acts 2:17; citing Joel 2:28), he meant “all people,” and not just Jewish people. As Luke has already informed us in chapter one, the resurrected Jesus appeared to His followers for forty days, until He was taken up into heaven. Even before I attended seminary, I had set a high standard for the preaching of others. 16 But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel: 17 ‘And in the last days it will be,’ God says, ‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. It says in Acts 1:13-16 that the disciples were present in the upper room (v. 13) and that Mary was with them (v. 14). meaning of "Pentecost" fiftieth (50th day after Passover) what happened on Pentecost? Be glad because of what the Lord your God has done! (Granted, they did this with the help of Gentiles; see Acts 2:23.) Those who stood before Peter witnessed some of these attesting signs: “Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know (Acts 2:22). His tomb was there in (or just outside) Jerusalem, but unlike David’s tomb, the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth was empty. The third section begins with the text that Peter cited at the beginning of his sermon at Pentecost. Jack Zavada is a writer who covers the Bible, theology, and other Christianity topics. Peter now tells them that these events signaled the coming of the Holy Spirit, as the Father promised, and as Jesus told His apostles. No, they did not. The morning came, and the east wind had brought up the locusts! In some ways, the Book of Joel was an ideal text for Peter to cite. And the key to both was Him whom God had declared both Lord and Christ. 10 The crops of the fields have been destroyed. The day of Pentecost (aka the "Feast of Weeks" in the OT - Lev 23:15-21) was the very day that the Holy Spirit came down upon the apostles in the first century. 21 And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved’” (Acts 2:17-21). Thus David can speak of his own sufferings, and yet be describing the sufferings of Messiah as well (Psalm 22). I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me” (John 8:42). 61 Moreover, the Lord will bring upon you every kind of sickness and plague not mentioned in this scroll of commandments until you have perished (Deuteronomy 28:58-61; see also 29:18-28). To him be glory forever! That aroma in them, came out and filled Jerusalem. by Anne H. K. Apple. 8 Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance, 9 and don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones! Life was brought to Adam's physical body when God breathed into his nostrils (Genesis 2:7). His sermon is all about this text, as I hope to show in this message. Since Peter chooses to cite from the middle of the Book of Joel, it would be wise to briefly look at the message of the entire book, in order to gain insight into the portion of Joel that Peter has chosen to quote. 26 Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body also will live in hope, 27 because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay. Peter might even have gestured in the direction of David’s tomb there in Jerusalem as he reminded his audience that David had died, and that his tomb was in their midst. I believe that the book falls into three major sections: Section one: The Literal Locust Plague (Joel 1:1-20), Section two: The Locust Plague as a prototype of Israel’s Future Judgment (Joel 2:1-27), Section three: The Day of the Lord as Divine Blessings on the Jews and Judgment on Unbelieving Gentiles (Joel 2:28—3:21), The division of sections two and three may seem somewhat arbitrary because of the chapter divisions in our English Bibles. Red flowers may adorn alters and other areas. The God who offers men forgiveness for their sins and an eternity of bliss in His presence is also the God who takes the rejection of His blessed Son seriously. I’ve mentioned my “five minute rule” in the past, but I’ll repeat it for those who may not have heard it previously. God raised Him from the dead because corruption could not overtake the Son of God, and because Old Testament prophecies promised that He would rise from the dead. The Chapel believes the material presented herein to be true to the teaching of Scripture, and desires to further, not restrict, its potential use as an aid in the study of God’s Word. Peter promptly brushed aside the mocking explanation that those speaking in tongues were drunk. Therefore, the plague of locusts was an indication of great sin on the part of Israel, and thus also of divine indignation on the part of God. So the priests, those who serve the Lord, are in mourning. Suddenly, a terrific wind came from heaven and filled the place: Immediately, the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit, causing them to speak in tongues. However, they decided to tell the apostles that they had sold it for less than the actual amount and pretend that they were giving everything to the church. These things were prophesied in the Old Testament. Acts 2:1 says, “When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.” We’re not told specifically whether they were still in the upper room or not. This idea is what is behind the preaching of Peter on the Day of Pentecost. (My inclination, however, is that the book was written early, rather than late.). They meant that both judgment and blessing were near. From this background, let us seek to learn how Peter uses Joel 2:28-32 to explain the meaning of the miraculous events that have just occurred in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost. Israel’s devastation as described in Joel 1 would seem to surpass the desctruction Egypt suffered. If God would deal severely with Gentile pagans for their mistreatment of His people (as indicated in Joel 3), how much more severely would He deal with those Jews who had personally observed the life and ministry of Jesus, and then took part in His crucifixion? (vi) Peter became courageous. 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