THE DAY OF PENTECOST

And when The Day of Pentecost had fully come,

They were all assembled together in one place,

When suddenly there came a sound from Heaven

Like the rushing of a violent tempest blast,

And it filled the Whole House in which they were sitting.

And there appeared to them tongues resembling fire,

Which were separated and distributed and that settled on each one of them.

And they were all FILLED—DIFFUSED throughout their souls--

With the Holy Spirit

And began to speak in other (different, foreign) languages,

as the Spirit kept giving them clear and loud expression

(In each tongue in appropriate words).

Now there were then residing in Jerusalem Jews,

Devout and God-fearing men from every country under heaven.

And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together

And they were astonished and bewildered,

Because each one heard them speaking in his own (particular) dialect.

And they were beside themselves with amazement,

Saying Are not all these who are talking Galileans?

Then how is it that we hear, each of us in our own (particular) dialect

To which we were born?

Parthians and Medes and Elamites and inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea And Cappadocia, Pontus and [the province of] Asia,

Phygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene,

And the transient residents from Rome,

Both Jews and the proselytes [to Judaism from other religions];

Cretans and Arabians too—we hear them speaking in our own native tongues

[And telling of] the mighty works of God!

And all were beside themselves with amazement

And were puzzled and bewildered,

Saying one to another, What can this mean?

But others made a joke of it and derisively said,

They are simply drunk and full of sweet [intoxicating] wine.

But Peter, standing with the Eleven, raise his voice and addressed them;

You Jews and all you residents of Jerusalem,

Let this be [explained] to you so that you will know and understand;

Listen closely to what I have to say.

FOR THESE MEN ARE NOT DRUNK, AS YOU IMAGINE,

For it is [only] the third hour [about nine o'clock] of the day;

But [instead,] this is [the beginning of]

What was spoken through the Prophet Joel:

And it shall come to pass in the Last Days,

(The Last Two Days of Time, the Last Two Thousand Years)

God declares, that I will POUR OUT out of My Spirit upon ALL MANKIND,

And your sons and daughters shall prophesy--

Telling for the the Divine Counsels--

And your young men shall see visions

(That is, Divinely granted appearances),

And your old men shall dream [divinely suggested] dreams.

Yes, and on My menservants also and on My maidservants

In those days I will POUR OUT of My Spirit, and they shall Prophesy--

Telling forth the Divine Counsels and Predicting Future Events

Pertaining especially to God's Kingdom.

AND I WILL SHOW WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE

And signs on the earth beneath, BLOOD and FIRE and SMOKING VAPOR;

The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon into blood,

BEFORE THE OBVIOUS DAY OF THE LORD COMES,

THAT GREAT AND NOTABLE AND CONSPICUOUS AND RENOWNED [DAY].

And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord--

That is, Invoking, Adoring and Worshiping the Lord (Christ)--

Shall be Saved. [Joel 2:28-32.]

You men of Israel, listen to what I have to say:

Jesus of Nazareth, a Man accredited and pointed out and shown forth

And commended and attested to you by God,

BY MIGHTY WORKS and [the power of performing] WONDERS and SIGNS

Which God worked through Him [right] in your midst,

As you yourselves know,

THIS JESUS, when delivered up

ACCORDING TO THE DEFINITE AND FIXED PURPOSE

AND SETTLED PLAN AND FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD,

You crucified and put out of the way, [killing Him]

by the hands of lawless and wicked men.

[But] God raised Him up,

Liberating Him from the pangs of Death,

Seeing that it was not possible for Him to continue

To be controlled or retained by it.

(Acts 2:1-24, AMP)

This same experience that the 120 had on the First Pentecost

Is NORMAL Christianity.

This same experience and the same Manifestations will be present

Wherever there are Christians.

God does not change, He is the Same, Yesterday, Today and FOREVER.

(Hebrews 13:8)

Unfortunately, men and women change.

Following Christ Jesus is SUPERNATURAL from START to FINISH.

Today, the World is Raging against God,

Rushing toward Oblivion. (Psalm 2)

This World in its Present Form is Passing Away.

(1 Corinthians 7:31)

America is being Ground to Powder

Because of her SIN against God.

Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!

Father, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done,

On Earth as in Heaven!