Acts 2:1-4
(CJB, MSG, NKJV, VOICE)1When the Feast Day (festival) of Pentecost came 50 days after Passover, the believers were all gathered together with one accord in one place.
2And suddenly, without warning, there came a sound from heaven, as the roar of a rushing (violent) mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
3 Then they saw what looked like tongues of fire, which separated and came to rest on each one of them.
4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues [in different languages], as the Spirit prompted and gave them utterance [enabled them to speak].
Acts 2:14-21 (NKJV, CJB, AMPC)
14 Then
Peter stood up with the Eleven and raised his voice to address them: “You
Judeans, and all of you staying here in Jerusalem! Let me tell you what this
means so that you will know and understand! Listen closely and
pay attention to what I have to say!
15 “These
people aren’t drunk, as you suppose — it’s only nine in the morning. 16 No,
this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel:17 ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I will pour out from My Spirit upon everyone (all flesh); your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Yes, even on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out from My Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy.
19 I will show wonders and perform miracles in heaven above and signs in and on the earth beneath — blood and fire and thick vapor of smoke.
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the coming of the great and fearful and awesome Day of the Lord.
21 And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
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Thinking of Pentecost this past weekend, and I kept hearing William McDowell's voice in my head singing, "Come like a rushing wind, come like never before ..."
Also thinking about Ezekiel 37 verses:
Ezekiel 37:1-14 (AMP)
1 The hand
of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of
bones. 2 He
caused me to pass all around them, and behold, there were very many
[human bones] in the open valley; and lo, they were very dry.
3 And He said to me,
“Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, You know.” 4 Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and
say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.’
5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones, ‘Behold, I will make breath enter you so that you
may come to life. 6 I
will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin, and I
will put breath in you so that you may come alive; and you will know that I am
the Lord.’”
7 So I prophesied as
I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a [thundering] noise, and
behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
8 And I looked, and
behold, there were sinews on the bones, and flesh grew and skin covered them;
but there was no breath in them. 9 Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, son
of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain,
that they may live.”’” 10 So
I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they came
to life and stood up on their feet, an exceedingly great army.
11 Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are
the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our
hope is lost. We are completely cut off.’ 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says
the Lord God, “Behold, I will open your graves and make you come up out of your
graves, My people; and I will bring you [back home] to the land of Israel.
13 Then you will know
[with confidence] that I am the Lord, when I
have opened your graves and made you come up out of your graves, My people.
14 I will put My Spirit
in you and you will come to life, and I will place you in your own land. Then
you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and fulfilled it,”
says the Lord.’”
LORD, thank You that in Your faithfulness, You watch over Your Word to perform it, and that You fulfill what You have spoken. Amen. Selah.
... and my journey with my Faithful God continues ...
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