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The Christian Festival of Pentecost is based on
the incident recounted in Acts 2 when the Holy Spirit cam upon the Christian
disciples gathered in the upper room at Jerusalem seven weeks after Easter.
The appearance was made known by a sound "like the rush of a mighty wind"
and by a light in the form of tongues "as of fire, distributed and resting
on each of them" (Acts 2:1-3).
The Jewish Pentecost which the disciples were
celebrating at the time was the Feast of Weeks, a thanksgiving for the first
fruits of the wheat harvest (Exodus 34:22). Later Christians in their
worship for this week also remembered, by reading Number 11:24-30, the
incident of the Spirit resting upon the seventy elder of Israel when they
were in the wilderness with Moses.
Symbols appropriate to Pentecost are those
indicating the appearance of God and his Holy Spirit. Chief among
these is the dove. Red is the liturgical color used for the Day of
Pentecost and it symbolizes the flames of fire seen at the time of the
descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples in Jerusalem.
If you have questions about the
ministries of the church, please contact
Senior Pastor Fred Morgan at 512-258-9117 x 13.
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