From Sinai to Pentecost: The Promise the Church Forgot

When Holy Spirit fell on the 120 in the upper room, it was not a random spectacle. It was the fulfilment of a promise spoken at Sinai, foretold by Joel, preserved in rabbinic tradition, and proclaimed by John the Baptist as the explicit mission of Jesus Himself.  

In this message, Glenn Bleakney opens Acts 1 and 2 and walks through the often overlooked connection between the giving of the Torah at Sinai and the outpouring of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost. 

Why was Pentecost being celebrated as the inauguration of God's covenant by the time Jesus walked the earth? What did the rabbis mean when they taught that God's voice at Sinai split into seventy tongues of fire, one for every nation listed in Genesis 10? And why does it matter that the tongues of fire fell again on the 120 in Jerusalem?  This is a teaching for every believer who senses there is more, who refuses to settle for Father, Son, and Holy Bible, and who wants to step into the koinonia, the shared life, of the Holy Spirit.