Tues.’s Devo - The First Pentecost

Read Ex. 19:16-21:21, Matt. 23:13-39, Ps. 28:1-9, Pr. 7:1-5 God appeared on the mountain exactly 50 days from the night they celebrated the Passover. This was the first feast of Pentecost, even though they didn’t know what Pentecost was. God would later give them the instructions when he told them about the feasts. A cloud came over the mountain, and there was a loud trumpet blast. The people and the mountain trembled while God descended on the top of the mountain in the form of fire. God spoke the ten commandments out loud which scared the people so much they begged that he talk to Moses and not them. Moses went on the mountain to get the rest. This was a precursor to the Pentecost after Jesus died. He had told his disciples to stay in Jerusalem and wait for his gift. It came on Pentecost as they were in the upper room praying. They became the mountain that God wanted to pour the thick presence of His spirit in. They trembled and the fire was on their heads. They went out and proclaimed the mighty words of God with power. This same Holy Spirit is available to all who believe. The Pharisees had tried to keep God’s presence from coming down to man because their hearts were evil, but God, through Jesus, made a way for all men to enter the door. Lord, help us to be a city set on a hill and a beacon of light to those who are lost, that they might find Jesus and be filled with His Holy Spirit.