Mt Sinai (Art) |
The Following notes were taken at the
Open
Door Church
as the Bible Study lessons on “POWER” continued.
In the Jewish culture,
Pentecost is a feast where they partied and had a good time in their worship;
remembering their deliverance from Egypt .
On mount Sinai, Moses spent
40 days in God’s presence as God gave him the law.
This mount Zion is probably
where Jesus gathered the 500 followers and told them to return to Jerusalem and wait for
the Holy Spirit to be poured out.
Both mountains held significant events; Sinai
for a newly redeemed birth of Israel ,
recognizing a new covenant; and Mount
Zion the birth of
Christianity, with a brand new covenant.
Both events involved fire,
and are in the same time line – month and day.
The children of Israel
left Egypt
at Pass-Over and traveled for 40 days.
Moses went up on the mountain
for 40 days and returned with the Torah.
Fifty days following the
sacrifice of Jesus, believers received a New Covenant, that required NO more
sacrifice.
Both events had similar
sounds and symbols. There was wind,
smoke, fire and voices from Heaven.
The fire at Mount
Sinai was visible to all and fear came on all the people. The fire at Pentecost was visible on the heads
of each person filled with the Holy Spirit Baptism.
At Sinai, the people were
kept away from the fire, but in Acts the fire came down on the people.
Both happenings God was
present. In both cases, God sealed a
covenant, giving the Law at Sinai, and at Pentecost, the Law was written on
their hearts.
In both cases a multitude of
people were present.
This happened 1200 years
apart as spoken by the Old Testament Prophets.
At Pentecost, the people in the street could hear the noise and see the fire, and wondered what does all this mean? The Believers were acting strangely and the crowd thought they must be drunk.
Peter spoke to the crowd
on the day of Pentecost, saying,
“Fellow Jews and all of you who live in
and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
21 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
3 comments:
This is insightful! Never sat down once to study the difference.
Thank you for sharing Hazel
Doesn't that word "anyone" just thrill your heart? God doesn't play favorites....all we have to do is call. Loved reading about Sinai and Pentecost. I would have enjoyed hearing the sermon.
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