Today the Christian church celebrates Pentecost. In the Old Testament book of Joel, God promised through His prophet: “I will pour out my Spirt on all people” (Joel 2:28). According to the Holy Spirit’s divinely inspired writer of the book of Acts (2:17ff), we know God fulfilled this promise on “Pentecost Day.” 50 days after Jesus’ rising from the dead, Peter declared how Jesus kept His promise to give a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit’s gifts to build the church at this time in its infancy. Jesus, too, had instructed His disciples, especially in light of His ascension, which occurred 40 days after Easter Sunday: “Do not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for what the Father promised, which you heard from me”
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