Q: Daddy, why are all those cars beeping their horns? A: Because there's a wedding happening. Q: Don't we beep the horn as a warning signal, Daddy? A: Exactly, son.
PENTECOST
Isaiah 64:1 Prophet 650 years before Christ : “Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you! Isaiah’s Cry for the outpouring of the Spirit of the Love of God among his people.”
Matthew 3:16-17 The prophecy was fulfilled in Jesus. The heavens were rent and there was an outpouring of the Spirit of the Love of God on Jesus.
“ As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
Acts 2:1ff On Pentecost the heavens were rent and there was an outpouring of the Spirit of the Love of God on the Church.
“When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled,
they were all in one place together.
And suddenly there came from the sky
a noise like a strong driving wind,
and it filled the entire house in which they were.
Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire,
which parted and came to rest on each one of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak in different tongues,
as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.”
This Pentecost we pray for an abundant, fresh outpouring of God’s Spirit of Truth and Love in the Church, in our congregation, in our families and in ourselves, enabling us to proclaim His truth and love by our lives.