Pentacost

Excerpt from Looking Through the Sea of Glass

The fire represents purification and devotion to God. Everyone must be ready to be tested, during your life for Messiah Yeshua, at any cost - even unto death if necessary. If you do die for God, you might be “absent from the body but present with Yeshua” for all of eternity. “For fire represents mesirut nefesh which means, “self-sacrifice” in Hebrew. Should we not sacrifice our lives daily to Jesus? He is our Creator and He died for our horrendous sins because He loved us so much. Messiah Yeshua laid down His earthly body as the slaughtered lamb and went through the fire; which is the total devotion to Adonai His father for our sake. Without this, self-sacrifice, we would be doomed to Hell and never to come before the face of Adonai.

Our sin in the Garden of Eden was the most dreadful act of disobedience that has ever been recorded and executed in all of eternity. “5Since we know that Messiah Yeshua was “at the beginning with God” and is Himself God (John 1:1-2), the “Head of the House of Creation”, He is none other than Yeshua the Mashiach (the Messiah) (Hebrew 3:4). This is further confirmed by the verse from Genesis 1:1 alongside the verse from John 1:1.”

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With Pentecost arriving on May 24th, my intention is to delve deeper into the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Disciples, marking the genesis of the Christian church.

Twelve disciples and many others in the room that day felt the Holy Spirit’s fire land on their heads, and they spoke in foreign tongues. The tongues of the other Jews from neighboring countries. This event became a profound moment for the Christian Church. That day ended the 50 days of the Resurrection/Easter season.

Dove in the middle of fire. Representing the Holy Spirit

What did the fire represent?

When you accept salvation, the Holy Spirit comes to dwell within you. During the time of Jesus Christ, this spiritual awakening did not occur upon acceptance. Instead, a dramatic event manifested the Holy Spirit as it descended upon the disciples as tongues of fire, resting upon each of them at that precise moment. This powerful moment marked their readiness to go forth and share the message of Jesus with others. The Holy Spirit did not restrict Himself to the Jewish people but passed it to the Gentiles. The religious groups we know today grew out of the twelve Jewish disciples of Jesus Christ, our coming King.

Cornelius, a Roman centurion, made history as the first Gentile to embrace Christianity when the Holy Spirit descended upon him and his household during Peter’s preaching, as described in Acts 10. This miraculous event, demonstrated by the Gentiles speaking in tongues, signaled divine approval for the availability of salvation to non-Jews. Peter baptized them despite the initial hesitation from the Jewish community.

Why did Peter hesitate?

In ancient times, Jewish individuals refrained from entering Roman households because of their rigid religious standards concerning ritual purity (taharah) and their vehement opposition to idolatry. Roman residences often featured household shrines (lares) dedicated to pagan deities, making the environment, food, and utensils impure or outright forbidden for observant Jews to contact. However, God instructed Peter to go, which he did, and Cornelius and his family members received a blessing to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with others.

Hurry and proclaim the wonderful tidings of Yeshua/Jesus, for time will not pause for our deliberation.

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