Church Age · 30 AD
Day of Pentecost
The Spirit poured out
From the teaching of Apostle Mary Banks
The Day of Pentecost marked a pivotal moment in the establishment of the early church when the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the disciples gathered in Jerusalem. Prior to this event, the apostles and other believers, including women and Mary the mother of Jesus, had returned from the Mount of Olives and continued together in prayer and supplication in an upper room.
When the day of Pentecost had fully come, all the believers were gathered with one accord in one place. Suddenly there came a sound from heaven like a rushing mighty wind that filled the entire house where they were sitting. There appeared unto them cloven tongues like fire, and it sat upon each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
This manifestation of speaking in other tongues was not unknown languages but rather different languages from their own. There were devout Jews dwelling in Jerusalem from every nation under heaven, and when this was heard abroad, the multitude came together and were confounded because every man heard them speak in his own language. The people marveled that these Galileans could speak in the native tongues of Parthians, Medes, Elamites, dwellers in Mesopotamia, Judaea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, Libya, Rome, Crete, and Arabia, hearing them speak the wonderful works of God.
Peter explained this outpouring as the fulfillment of the prophecy spoken by Joel, declaring that God would pour out His Spirit upon all flesh, and that sons and daughters would prophesy. This event established the church and marked the beginning of the gospel being preached throughout the world. After Jesus' resurrection and ascension to the throne of God, He received the promised Holy Ghost from the Father and poured out that Spirit upon 120 of His followers on this day, enabling them to prophesy and minister in the fullness of God's presence, power, and glory.
The scriptures
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey. And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.