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Power to the People

Power to the People. Death and Resurrection DVD, Lesson 9. The Big 3. Pesach aka Passover Mar/Apr Shavuot aka Pentecost May/Jun 50 days after Passover/Pesach Sukkot aka Tabernacles Sep/Oct. All Men. Per Jewish law all adult men had to attend all 3 Had to go to Jerusalem

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Power to the People

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  1. Power to the People Death and Resurrection DVD, Lesson 9

  2. The Big 3 • Pesach aka Passover • Mar/Apr • Shavuot aka Pentecost • May/Jun • 50 days after Passover/Pesach • Sukkot aka Tabernacles • Sep/Oct

  3. All Men • Per Jewish law all adult men had to attend all 3 • Had to go to Jerusalem • The population of Jerusalem would swell to maybe 1 million

  4. After DBR • Jesus was with the disciples for 40 days (Acts 1:3) • That leaves 10 days btwn His ascension and Pentecost

  5. Points of Interest • The house • The fire, wind • Worship • Baptism • Tongues understood • 3,000

  6. Acts 2 – Where? • General agreement that it is the Temple • Not universal agreement • The number of people present • The time of day • The events synch with the Temple

  7. Ruins of Temple’s southside staircase

  8. Ruins of Temple’s southside staircase

  9. Southside staircase

  10. Southside Staircase ruins

  11. Temple • In the OT, the temple is often called “the house” of God • The time of day is 9 a.m. • A scheduled time of prayer aka worship time • 3,000 baptized • No private house would fit this situation

  12. Temple • This south side of the Temple also had many mikvoths (pools) • They were used by Temple worshippers to become ritually “clean” • RVL likes this as the site of Acts 2 • These steps were also used by rabbis as “classrooms”

  13. Dedication of the Tabernacle • Signs of God’s presence • Ex 40:34-38 “Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. But when the cloud was lifted up from the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out on all their journeys; but if the cloud was not lifted up, then they would not journey further until the day it was lifted up. For the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, but fire would be on it at night, in plain view of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

  14. Dedicating Solomon’s Temple • Signs of God’s presence • II Chron 5: 7 “The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place under the wings of the cherubs.”

  15. Dedicating Solomon’s Temple • Signs of God’s presence • II Chron 5:11-14 “The priests left the holy place. All the priests who participated had consecrated themselves, no matter which division they represented. … They played cymbals and stringed instruments as they stood east of the altar. … The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the Lord. … they loudly praised the Lord, singing: “Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!” Then a cloud filled the Lord’s temple. The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord’s splendor filled God’s temple.”

  16. Pentecost • Signs of God’s presence • Acts 2:1-3 “Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting. And tongues spreading out like a fire appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them. ”

  17. God Moves In Pentecost Acts 2:1-3 sound of wind, fire (in Heb “holy spirit” is “holy wind) Acts 2:41 3,000 are reborn II Cor 3:3 & Jer 31:33 law on people’s hearts Rom 8:9 & I Cor 3:16-17 the wind & fire of Acts 2 is God moving from the Temple into His people Sinai • Ex 19:16-19 fire, smoke/cloud and thunder • Ex 32:1-4,19-20,27-28 the golden calf, 3,000 die • Ex 31:18 law on tablets of stone • II Chron 5:7-8, 13-14 in the desert God led as cloud and fire and then moved into Solomon’s temple

  18. Language(s) • Gen 11 mankind aspires to become like God • Languages come into being and people are divided • Acts 2 the apostles speak and everyone hears them in their homeland’s language

  19. Shavout • Lev 23:15-22 • AKA the Feast of Weeks • To the Jews this is also the day God gave Moses the Torah • Thanking God for the wheat harvest

  20. Shavout • Lev 23:15-22 • Note vs 22 “When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.’”

  21. Shavout • Lev 23:15-22 • Taking care of the poor was part of the Feast of Shavout! • Thank God for what He has given you ANDshare what you have with those in need

  22. Shavout • Lev 23:15-22 & Acts 2:42-47 • Acts 2:44-45 “All who believed were together and held everything in common, and they began selling their property and possessions and distributing the proceeds to everyone, as anyone had need.”

  23. Temple Ritual on Shavout • Exodus 19:1-20:26 • Ezekiel 1:22-28 • Ruth

  24. Temple Ritual on Shavout • Ex 19:1-20:26 • Israel arrives at Sinai • Cleansing of the people • Moses receives the 10 Commandments

  25. Temple Ritual on Shavout • Ez 1:22-28 • Over the heads of the living beings was something like a platform, … . Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body. When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings – it was like the sound of rushing waters, or the voice of the Almighty, or the tumult of an army. ...

  26. Temple Ritual on Shavout • Ez 1:22-28 • Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still. ... High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man. I saw an amber glow like a fire enclosed all around from his waist up. From his waist down I saw something that looked like fire. There was a brilliant light around it, ... This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.

  27. Temple Ritual on Shavout • Ruth • Daughter-in-law of a Jewish mother (Naomi) • Moabite • Boaz example in taking care of her • Gleanings and field corners • One simple act of kindness had ETERNAL impact • Ancestor of David and therefore of Jesus

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