Pentecost Friday 5
FOR PENTECOST THIS WEEKEND:
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FROM ACTS CHAPTER 2: 14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: "Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. 15 These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning! 16 No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:17 " 'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. 18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. 19 I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. 20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. 21 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'.
Presbyterian Gal @ Revgals says: Anyway, it's Pentecost and my very first Friday Five! Thinking about all the gifts of the spirit and what Peter said of the "last days"......
Have you or anyone you know
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1. ...ever experienced a prophesy (vision or dream) that came true?
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After loosing baby Sarah to stillbirth I had a dream of 2 babies and a rainbow, a friend interpreted it for me, and sure enough the next March I gave birth to twins Jo and Jon, they are now 19, both away studying at University.
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We also received a prophecy concerning Chris; from John 11 we were give "this sickness will not end in death but be to the glory of God"; Chris has come close to death on many occasions, he suffers a major heart condition, right now he is studying theology at Cliff College and hopes to be a Hospital Chaplin.
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2. ...dreamed of a stranger, then actually met them later?
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Yes- I often experience deja-vu type moments- very matrix like!!! Can't truly explain it....strange!
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3. ...seen a wonder in heaven? (including UFO's)
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Shooting stars while camping in the Peak District....
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4. ...seen a "sign" on the earth?
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I believe we see them every day, it is just that sometimes we are too dull to notice!
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5. ...experienced knowledge of another language without ever having studied it?
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Well I do have the gift of tongues, which I believe is a prayer language, and sometimes that comes close to sounding intelligible without me being able to understand it on one level...but as for an actual language- no not really.
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Bonus Question: What would a modern day news coverage of the first Pentecost have sounded like?
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Breaking news:
Men, women and children burst out of an upstairs apartment here in Jerusalem this morning in a state of Ecstasy, they were laughing and crying and praising God, even more strange were the number of different languages they were speaking. An eyewitness, a visitor from Egypt was amazed to find that she understood every word, someone was speaking in her language.
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The revellers claim that God had come amongst them in a new and powerful way, the leader a man named Peter gave an impassioned speech; explaining how a criminal Jesus of Nazareth, crucified over a month ago had come to life, and was in fact God in the flesh. He called people to believe, to repent and to start life anew following this crucified prophet, claiming that this man Jesus was alive once more....
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A spokesman for the Sanhedrin claims that this is nonsense, and that the Jesus cult were trying to emotionally hoodwink the crowds. Peter however claims that more than 3,000 people responded to his message. This reporter believes that this story will not die away easily, we will bring you more from Jerusalem as events unfold....
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