Timing is Everything

On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.

Acts 2:1-4 NLT

You may remember that the first Day of Pentecost was not Israel's finest hour. It was fifty days after sacrificing the first Passover Lamb - the Israelites left Egypt on Passover and 40 days later arrived at Sinai. Then Moses went up on Mount Sinai to see God. Ten days later Moses came down with the Torah to find that the Israelites had broken the covenant and 3000 people died as a result. 

Jesus died on Passover and then, 40 days later He went up on a mountain to see God (Mount of Olives). Then 10 days after Jesus ascended into Heaven, the Holy Spirit came down and 3000 people were saved! Did you make the connection that it was 1200 years later to the day? A new and living covenant!

It's no coincidence. God's love is borne out in the details. Ephesians 4:4-7, tells us, Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son. He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.

Prayer:

Father,

          Thank You for the details! Holy Spirit, help us to not get lost in the details of this world, but to be fully immersed in every detailed evidence of God's love for us. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen