پنطیکاست یک جشن مسیحی است که هر ساله برگزار می شود. در روز پنطیکاست, مسیحیان ریزش روح القدس را به یاد می آورند. The coming of the Holy Spirit was needed for humanity. اما چرا? What is the significance of Pentecost and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit according to the Bible?
The promise of the Father
When they therefore were come together, they asked of Him, گفت, پروردگار, wilt Thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? و او به آنها گفت, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in His own power. But ye shall receive power, پس از آن روح القدس بر شما می آید: و شما هر دو در اورشلیم برای من شاهد خواهید بود, و در تمام یهودیه, و در سامره, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. And when He had spoken these things, در حالی که آنها مشاهده کردند, او گرفته شد; و ابری او را از دیدگانشان پذیرفت (اعمال 1:6-9)
بعد از عیسی’ رستاخیز, عیسی خرج کرد 40 روزهایی با شاگردانش. Jesus taught His disciples about the Kingdom of God.
When Jesus and His disciples were on Mount Olives, Jesus commanded His disciples to wait in Jerusalem for the promise of the Father.
The disciples thought, that Jesus referred to the restoration of the kingdom of Israel. But Jesus spoke about another kingdom: را پادشاهی خدا.
Jesus answered His disciples, that it was not for them to know the times or the season. Because only the Father knew.
Jesus continued and promised that they would receive power after that the Holy Ghost would come upon them. به طوری که, they be His witnesses and preach the gospel and bring the Word into all the world.
بعد از عیسی به آسمان عروج کرد, the disciples returned to Jerusalem, to the upper room.
در اتاق بالایی, عیسی’ disciples waited for the promise of the Holy Ghost.
the disciples waited for the promise of the Holy Ghost during the Feast of the first fruits
While the disciples were in the upper room in Jerusalem, the celebration of the Feast of Weeks took place. This Feast of Weeks is also known as the Feast of the First Fruits (Feast of Pentecost).
The Jewish men came from all over the world to the temple in Jerusalem. They went to the temple, to give God their first fruits. They gave God a freewill offering of their hands and rejoiced before the Lord their God. On that day, they remembered the time that they were a bondman in Egypt.
The celebration of the Feast of Weeks took place at the same time that the disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ were together in the upper room. While the disciples were praying, they waited for the promise of the Holy Ghost.
They didn’t know, that they would become the first fruits of the new creation on the day of the celebration of the Feast of the First Fruits.
What happened on the day of Pentecost?
On the Day of Pentecost the disciples of Jesus received the promise of the Father and were filled with the Holy Ghost. On that wonderful Day of Pentecost, the birth of the new creations took place in Jerusalem.
During the Feast of Weeks, را 120 disciples were together in the upper room. And while they prayed, the Holy Ghost came upon the disciples.
هنگامی که روز پنطیکاست به طور کامل فرا رسید, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, و تمام خانه ای را که در آن نشسته بودند پر کرد. و زبانهای شکافته مانند آتش بر ایشان ظاهر شد, and it sat upon each of them And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, و با زبان های دیگر شروع به صحبت کرد, as the Spirit gave them utterance And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, مردان مومن, out of every nation under heaven.
در حال حاضر زمانی که این در خارج از کشور سر و صدا شد, انبوه جمع شدند, و گیج شدند, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed and marvelled, گفتن یکی به دیگری, ببین, همه اینها که صحبت می کنند جلیلی نیستند? و چگونه ما هر مردی را به زبان خود می شنویم, جایی که ما به دنیا آمدیم? اشکانیان, و مادها, و ایلامی ها, و ساکنان بین النهرین, و در یهودیه, و کاپادوکیه, در پونتوس, و آسیا, فریژیا, و پامفیلیا, در مصر, و در قسمتهای لیبی در مورد سیرنه, و غریبه های روم, یهودیان و دینداران, کرت و اعراب, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. And they were all amazed, و در تردید بودند, گفتن یکی به دیگری, این یعنی چی? دیگران با تمسخر گفتند, این مردان پر از شراب نو هستند(اعمال 2:1-13)
در روز پنطیکاست, the spirit of man was raised from the dead
What God lost in the باغ عدن returned to Him in the upper room; His sons and daughter. When the Holy Ghost came upon the disciples, their spirit quickened and rose from the dead. Through the baptism with the Holy Ghost, they received God’s Spirit and nature.
They became a new creation; a new species as foretold in the Bible. It was the end of the carnal nature of the old (افتاده) مرد (the devil’s nature) and the beginning of the new spiritual nature of the new man (طبیعت خدا).
It was the beginning of a میثاق جدید in the Spirit sealed by the precious blood of Jesus. The Holy Spirit quickened man’s spirit and reunited the spirit of the believers in Christ with the Spirit of God.
در روز پنطیکاست, the new creation was born
و همینطور هم شد, that on the Day of Pentecost, the new creation was born. The new creation lives no longer in a fallen state. But the new creation has been made whole in Jesus Christ and is seated in Him and operates in اقتدار او و قدرت روح القدس.
The disciples were no longer slaves of the old sinful nature of fallen man and the devil. But the disciples became masters over sin and death and masters over the devil and evil spirits (شیاطین).
Before they received the Holy Ghost and became a new creation, their spirit was dead.
They were natural and controlled and led by their flesh (حواس, ذهن نفسانی (افکار), احساس, عواطف, اراده, شهوات, و خواسته). They were dead in trespasses and sins (A.O. افسسیان 2, 1 پیتر 4:1-6, کولوسیان 3:5-11).
Therefore the coming of the Holy Spirit came with a visible and audible manifestation.
The disciples heard a sound, coming from heaven, as of a mighty wind. And there appeared unto them, cloven tongues like as of fire, و بر هر یک از آنها نشست.
The promise of Jesus was fulfilled, which was the promise of the Holy Ghost that the Father sent in His Name.
در روز پنطیکاست, the Holy Ghost came upon them and they became part of the (معنوی) Body of Jesus Christ; کلیسا.
They received His Spirit and nature. The Holy Ghost took His place in their bodies and their bodies became His dwelling place; His temple.
The outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the speaking in other tongues
عیسی گفت, that they would be His witnesses on all the earth. When the disciples received the baptism with the Holy Ghost, they began to speak in other tongues. The Holy Ghost spoke through them and witnessed of Jesus Christ the Messiah and the marvelous works of God. As Jesus said to His disciples, the Holy Ghost would be His witness. And that’s exactly what happened on the Day of Pentecost. از آنجا که 120 disciples began to speak in new tongues and spoke in all kinds of different languages.
مردان یهودی, who came from other countries and were all gathered together in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of the Weeks, heard this sound.
They came together and heard them speaking in their own languages.
The Jewish men were amazed and marveled. How could these unskilled Galileans speak in their own languages about the marvelous works of God? How was that possible?
They didn’t know, that the Holy Ghost spoke through them about the marvelous works of God.
Then Peter stood up with the 11 disciples and spoke boldly. Peter, که داشت عیسی را انکار کرد three times, because he was afraid for the people and his own life, now stood up in boldness. And in the power of the Holy Ghost, Peter spoke boldly to them.
How The words of the prophet Joel were fulfilled on the Day of Pentecost
در روز پنطیکاست, the words of the prophet Joel, that God would pour out His Spirit upon all flesh were fulfilled. Peter confirmed this event. Peter testified از عیسی; پسر خدا و کلام زنده. He testified of the promise, which God gave by the prophet Joel.
پس از آن واقع خواهد شد, that I will pour out My spirit upon all flesh; و پسران و دختران شما نبوت خواهند کرد, پیرمردان شما رویاهایی خواهند دید, جوانان شما رؤیاهایی خواهند دید: و همچنین بر بندگان و کنیزان در آن ایام روح خود را خواهم ریخت. و معجزات را در آسمانها و زمین نشان خواهم داد, خون, و آتش, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, و ماه به خون, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come. And it shall come to pass, تا هر که نام خداوند را بخواند نجات خواهد یافت (جوئل 2:28-32)
Peter witnessed of Jesus the Christ, مرگ او, و رستاخیز. When the people heard Peter preach, they were all pricked in the heart and asked what they had to do
پیتر به آنها پاسخ داد, "توبه کن and be غسل تعمید داد every one of you in the نام عیسی مسیح for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost".
They obeyed Peter’s words and were baptized. And on the Day of Pentecost, در مورد 3000 souls were added to the Church; بدن مسیح.
The first fruits of the new creation on the Day of Pentecost
What a perfect timing of God! On that Day of Pentecost, on the Day of the Feast of the Weeks (Feast of the First Fruits), when the Jewish people were gathered from every nation, در اورشلیم, the promise of the Holy Spirit came.
At the right moment; on the right day and at the right time, God came and revealed Himself through the other Comforter, the Holy Spirit and about 3120 became the first fruits of آفرینش جدید.
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