Act 2:1 | KingComments | STEP | The believers still come together in the upper room. Then comes the day of Pentecost. On that day they receive an answer to their prayers, praying among other things for the Holy Spirit ( ). Luke says of this day that it “had come”. This day of Pentecost is foretold in the Old Testament ( ). It was one of the “feasts of the LORD”. The feast of Pentecost took place fifty days after the feast of the first fruits ( ). The sheaf of the first fruits speaks of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. He is “the first fruits of those who are asleep” ( ). At the feast of Pentecost a ‘new grain offering’ of two loaves of bread was brought. Those two loaves of bread symbolize Jew and Gentile who have been baptized into a unity by the coming of the Holy Spirit. Just as we see that what the Passover represented was fulfilled in the death of Christ, so we see that what the Feast of Pentecost represented is fulfilled in the coming of the Holy Spirit. Perhaps during the time that the disciples waited for the fulfillment of the promise, they spoke with each other about Leviticus 23. On this day of the fulfillment of the promise, they are all gathered together. They are together because they have a common interest that they want to share with each other. It is a special privilege, characteristic of the church, to come together to share the common faith in the Lord Jesus ( ).

‏ Acts 2:1

The Day of Pentecost

The believers still come together in the upper room. Then comes the day of Pentecost. On that day they receive an answer to their prayers, praying among other things for the Holy Spirit (Lk 11:13). Luke says of this day that it “had come”. This day of Pentecost is foretold in the Old Testament (Lev 23:15-21). It was one of the “feasts of the LORD”. The feast of Pentecost took place fifty days after the feast of the first fruits (Lev 23:9-14). The sheaf of the first fruits speaks of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. He is “the first fruits of those who are asleep” (1Cor 15:20).

At the feast of Pentecost a ‘new grain offering’ of two loaves of bread was brought. Those two loaves of bread symbolize Jew and Gentile who have been baptized into a unity by the coming of the Holy Spirit. Just as we see that what the Passover represented was fulfilled in the death of Christ, so we see that what the Feast of Pentecost represented is fulfilled in the coming of the Holy Spirit.

Perhaps during the time that the disciples waited for the fulfillment of the promise, they spoke with each other about Leviticus 23. On this day of the fulfillment of the promise, they are all gathered together. They are together because they have a common interest that they want to share with each other. It is a special privilege, characteristic of the church, to come together to share the common faith in the Lord Jesus (1Cor 11:20 ; 1Cor 14:26).