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June 11, 2006
Reuven and Mary Lou Doron:
"Pentecost--Power For Godly Living"
 The
Church and the nation of Israel recently celebrated the Feast of Pentecost.
Precisely 50 days following the Feast of First Fruits (in which we rejoice in
the resurrection of our Lord Jesus the Messiah), is the day of Pentecost.
During this early summer harvest celebration, God's people "rehearse" the
outpouring of God's Spirit upon all flesh.
What actually happened at Pentecost? How is it impacting our lives today? What
is the Spirit saying to the church through this fourth Biblical feast?
Pentecost
God's Spirit came to empower--not to enable His people.
"And when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all
together in one place. And suddenly there came from Heaven a noise like a
violent, rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they
rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and
began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance."
Acts 2: 1-4
From Passover to Pentecost
On the Feast of Shavuot (Pentecost, precisely 50 days following the Feast of
First Fruits), the resurrected Jesus poured out His Spirit upon the small band
of waiting disciples in the upper room. The separation between Heaven and earth
ended on that day, and the promise of the Father was realized among them.
At the first Pentecost recorded in Scriptures, God gave His people the Law at
Mount Sinai (Exodus 19). Then, nearly 1,500
years later, God gave them His Spirit at Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Both
visitations were accompanied with the sound of a mighty wind and fire. On Mount
Sinai, God wrote His law upon tablets of stone; on Mount Zion, He wrote it upon
the hearts of those who believed.
Why now? Why not during earlier generations who needed His Spirit just as
desperately? Why was God's Spirit able to touch only a few anointed prophets
here and there, but didn't revive and heal the rest of the nation?
The reason for His timing was because 50-plus days before this Pentecost, at the
Passover, the blood of the Holy Lamb of God was shed once and for all, doing
away with the sin that separated humanity from our Heavenly Father. Only at this
Pentecost, for the first time since man's fall and banishment from the Garden of
Eden, was our Creator now able to breathe His breath of life once again into the
nostrils of His children.
A Second Genesis--A New Birth
This particular Pentecost in Jerusalem was, in a very special way, a "redemptive
repeat" of the original Genesis (a new beginning). God once again was breathing
His Ruach, the eternal Spirit, into the nostrils of mankind. Because the blood
of Jesus was shed at Passover, our Heavenly Father was now able to draw near
once again, and send the breath of His mouth into our hearts to revive and
regenerate all who were dead in sin.
After thousands of years of the tragic separation between a Holy God and the
fallen humanity, Heaven could now kiss earth in blessed reconciliation. In fact,
as Pentecost is a natural progression following Passover in God's calendar, and
the work of our Savior, so the infilling of God's Spirit is a natural
progression to our salvation experience.
Passover (the redemption from Egypt's oppression) leads God's people to the
fullness of Pentecost, where God's Spirit (His very nature and character) now
instills purpose and identity in the hearts of men and women who believe in His
Son. At Passover, we were freed from the curse of sin and death. At Pentecost,
we become members of God's family, and partakers of His divine nature.
"But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right
to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born
not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."
John 1:12, 13
One Message to All
From Scripture, we know that the sound of the Heavenly wind was noticed in
Jerusalem, as multitudes gathered to celebrate the Feast. Transformed from being
a timid and leaderless group, now on fire with God's Spirit, the disciples'
testimony and praises swept through the crowded streets. Miraculously, their
words were understood by pilgrims from many nations and languages. What was God
doing?
The gift of languages that was given on that Pentecost day, closed the circle of
confusion, hostility and miscommunication that plagued humanity since God's
judgment at the Tower of Babel. After thousands of years of division, isolation
and enmity, the fractured and scattered human family could now, for the first
time since Babel's rebellion, hear and understand the same message--the message
of our salvation!
This is That...
Peter interpreted the phenomenon to the bewildered masses. He explained that God
was giving Israel a "down payment" of the outpouring of the Spirit prophesied by
the prophet Joel. That great outpouring Scripture promised, will sweep
throughout the earth like a tidal wave of divine power, and transform multitudes
without the distinction of race, gender, age or socio-economic class. It will be
the "great equalizer" that will baptize the final harvest into God's purpose, and
fill them with God's power before the coming of the great and terrible Day of
the Lord (Joel 2 and 3).
As the partial down payment of Pentecost, Joel's final outpouring is a divine
intervention for times of crisis; a supernatural global baptism of divine life
that will empower God's children to serve Him during the final and traumatic
days of this age.
With darkness covering many nations, natural disasters shaking all
continents, and Israel pressed and attacked by her enemies as never before, God
intends to have His people empowered and filled with His Spirit, so they can
walk and minister victoriously.
Pentecost, as Peter prophesied, ushered in the "down payment" of that great
spiritual promise. A generous portion of divine life and power was poured upon
the earth on that day for all who believed. With this fullness of Spirit, they
were able to serve God's purposes during the times of distress, conflict, and
the advancement the young church underwent from that time on. The Spirit was
sent not to enable us in our weaknesses, but to empower us to fulfill the will
of God in our generation.
Pentecost--Our Present Day Walk
Pentecost is the fourth of the seven Feasts of the Lord, and the last Feast that
was fulfilled during the Lord's first coming. In His life, suffering, death and
resurrection, the Son of God fulfilled the Feasts of Passover, Unleavened Bread
and First Fruits. And 50 days later at the early harvest, Feast of Pentecost, He
sent His Spirit to empower us for the journey. This is our time; this is the
season in which the church lives and accomplishes the works of God.
This season won't last forever. Once we enter into the core prophetic
fulfillment of the final three Feasts, Trumpets, Atonement and Tabernacles, we
will be ushered swiftly through the phases of Joel's prophecy, drawing rapidly
toward the culmination of the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord, and His second
coming in power to rule and reign upon the earth. Until then, let us be sure to
experience Pentecost to the fullest. It is the Feast in which the Lord fills us
with His Spirit, grants us His nature, and empowers us with Heaven's strength to
do His will.
Be blessed,
Reuven and Mary Lou Doron
One New Man Call
P.O. Box 164
Hayfield, MN 55940 USA
Email:
OneNewManMail@aol.com
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