126 GOOD MORNING, HOLY SPIRIT
Christ even described what it would be like and how it
would change their lives: "You shall receive power when
the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be
witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the end of the earth" (v. 8).
THE SPIRIT'S ARRIVAL
A Violent Wind
Just as real as the coming of Jesus to earth, so was the
coming of the Holy Ghost. Just as the prophets predicted
the Messiah, so did they foretell the coming of the Spirit.
Hundreds of years before Christ, God told Joel,
I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams,Your young men shall see visions; And also on My (^)
menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spiritin those days. (Joel 2:28-29)
The Holy Spirit came. And what a mighty entrance!
The sound of a thunderous wind. Tongues of fire. A
demonstration of God's power. His arrival on earth was
nothing short of spectacular!
When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all withone accord in one place. And suddenly there came from (^)
heaven, a sound of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled thewhole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to (^)
them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each ofthem. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began (^)
to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.(Acts 2:1-4)
It was exactly as Isaiah had foretold: "With stammering
lips and another tongue / He will speak... " (Isa. 28:11).
Now when Jesus was born, the moment was marked by
peace and quietness. It was a beautiful night in Bethlehem,
so clear that the shepherds followed the star to the manger.