Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me

Good morning. Now we have come to the day of Pentecost. When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. First of all, we do not know how long it had been since they cast lots for the replacement apostle. It could not have been too long because it was only 10 days from the day that Jesus ascended, to the day of Pentecost. My Bible says that it literally means when the day of Pentecost was being fulfilled. Jesus dying on the cross was the fulfillment of Passover - His blood saving us like the blood of the Passover lambs on the first Passover. Pentecost is also called the feast of weeks, the feast of the harvest, and the day of first fruits. All of these came about on this day. Now it does not say that it was the upper room – just that they were in one place. Most people agree that it was the upper room – I’m not sure that it makes any difference. It also does not say who “they“ were. Most people believe that it was the 120. The only ones that we know for sure that it is talking about are the apostles – which we will see later. And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. This seems to confirm the belief that it was the house where the upper room was located. By the way, notice it says that they were setting. It takes a lot more space for 120 people to sit than it does for them to stand. Perhaps some were in the upper room, and the rest of the 120 were inside the other parts of the house. And of course it says a sound like a violet rushing wind – not the wind itself, filled the whole house. In the end, they were exactly where God wanted them to be when He wanted them to be there. We will see next time what happened after this. Father help us to be exactly where You want us to be at the exact time You want us to be there. Help us to be sensitive to the guidance of Your Holy Spirit.