Pentecost

Acts 2

Fire, wind, and every language hearing the same message.

DwellingNations

4 connections

Dwelling

indirect

points forward to · fire on a new temple

Fire settled on the tent and on Solomon's temple at their dedication. At Pentecost it settles on people.

Exodus 40

Nations

indirect

points forward to · languages reversed

At Babel one language became many and the nations scattered. At Pentecost many languages hear one message and the nations begin to gather.

Genesis 11

direct

points forward to · power to go

Jesus tells them to wait for power before going; Acts 2 is that power arriving, and the first sermon reaches a city full of nations.

Matthew 28

Covenant

indirect

grows out of · fifty days later

Pentecost is the feast counted fifty days from Passover, associated in Jewish tradition with the giving of the law at Sinai. Fire, wind and a voice arrive again — this time on people rather than a mountain.

Exodus 19