Pentecost

by Edgar P. Ellyson

"When the day of Pentecost was fully come" -- Acts 2:1God has His own divinely arranged time card, His schedule of events; He has His times, seasons and days, His year and week and day calendar in His revealed program for man. In His arrangements given through Moses for Israel there is the "Year of Jubilee," the six days of work, the one-day-sabbath of rest; then there are the set feasts, some continuing for a week and some but for one day. These are all fixed as to time as are the special days on this calendar, and God is careful from His standpoint to observe these exact times. Pentecost was one of these days of the divine calendar and the exactness of time is indicated in the sentence quoted above, "When the day of Pentecost was fully come." The disciples in the upper room waited until the calendar day arrived. Ten days after the Ascension, fifty days after the resurrection, it came exactly according to the prophetic calendar.Pentecost holds one of the most prominent places in sacred history. It is prominent in the Old Testament annals; it is prominent in New Testament times; it is prominent in the history of the Christian church. It has not always been given its purposed place by men, has not been observed or experienced or carried out by them as divinely designed, but God has never failed. Its place ofprominence and importance in the divine program is beyond question. Men have sometimes neglected it, or have brought it into disrepute, but here it is standing out in bold relief. Men reject it at their peril. The church neglects it at the price of its larger success.

28 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 16, 2010