WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.520 God was prophesying already then about what he 00:00:02.520 --> 00:00:05.440 was going to do on that day of Pentecost, that 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:10.080 specific day. All the other ones were a rehearsal 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:13.380 for what he was going to do on that day when 00:00:13.380 --> 00:00:16.600 he was going to pour out of his spirit on all 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:23.539 flesh. God promises in Joel 2 .28 to pour out 00:00:23.539 --> 00:00:26.890 of his spirit on all humanity. Welcome to Global 00:00:26.890 --> 00:00:28.969 Outpouring. Will we contend for that promised 00:00:28.969 --> 00:00:32.619 outpouring? We equip for that outpouring so that 00:00:32.619 --> 00:00:35.460 we may engage in that very outpouring. I'm Philip 00:00:35.460 --> 00:00:38.219 Buss. And I'm Sharon Buss. Welcome to the podcast 00:00:38.219 --> 00:00:41.200 today. We're so delighted that you are with us. 00:00:41.420 --> 00:00:44.960 We're getting ready for our convention 2026. 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:48.960 And we didn't even know when we planned it for 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:51.859 Memorial Day weekend that it was going to be 00:00:51.859 --> 00:00:55.539 Shavuot. It was going to be Pentecost. And opening 00:00:55.539 --> 00:00:59.820 night is the opening of Shavuot. And the very 00:00:59.820 --> 00:01:03.439 last day is Pentecost Sunday and they don't always 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:07.400 come together. So we've really been moved by 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:12.319 God to prepare for Pentecost because you and 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:19.959 I, we have an appointment with God. Thanks so 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:22.480 much for joining us today. We're so happy, happy, 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:25.719 happy that we can do this together with you and 00:01:25.719 --> 00:01:30.140 with God and let His Spirit pour out on you because 00:01:30.140 --> 00:01:32.799 we're preparing for Pentecost. But before we 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:34.719 get started, we want to encourage you, if you 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:37.340 haven't already done so, that you go to our website, 00:01:37.540 --> 00:01:40.739 globaloutpouring .net, and click on that subscribe 00:01:40.739 --> 00:01:43.920 button and subscribe to our email lists, any 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:46.359 of them that you want, and you can hear from 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:49.060 us and we can let you know other things. that 00:01:49.060 --> 00:01:51.120 are happening besides this podcast. We've got 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:53.500 lots of things that are happening. If you're 00:01:53.500 --> 00:01:56.400 enjoying this podcast, there's so much more material 00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:59.140 that's available on our website and on our YouTube 00:01:59.140 --> 00:02:02.920 channel. We've got lots and lots of content there 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:07.670 that's waiting to help equip you for God's hand 00:02:07.670 --> 00:02:10.710 on you for the outpouring that's already begun. 00:02:10.990 --> 00:02:14.090 And just like we learned from Pastor Tony in 00:02:14.090 --> 00:02:17.990 episode 306, he was teaching us about the capacity 00:02:17.990 --> 00:02:20.330 code. And if you haven't heard that, I really 00:02:20.330 --> 00:02:23.189 encourage you to go and listen to that because 00:02:23.189 --> 00:02:27.069 we took it to heart. And God has changed a whole 00:02:27.069 --> 00:02:29.889 lot of things in our lives and in the ministry. 00:02:30.129 --> 00:02:33.669 He's just opened some amazing doors and opened 00:02:33.669 --> 00:02:36.509 some amazing provision. And we're just excited. 00:02:36.490 --> 00:02:40.889 at what God is doing because God is meeting us. 00:02:41.069 --> 00:02:44.810 And that's what this episode is all about, is 00:02:44.810 --> 00:02:48.650 meeting with God. You have an appointment with 00:02:48.650 --> 00:02:52.909 God. So where does this appointment idea come 00:02:52.909 --> 00:02:56.379 from? There's a scripture right in Genesis chapter 00:02:56.379 --> 00:03:00.659 1 that gives us a clue. You know, you look for 00:03:00.659 --> 00:03:04.780 the very first place where a word appears. There's 00:03:04.780 --> 00:03:07.259 a thing called the law of first mention. And 00:03:07.259 --> 00:03:10.780 when you get into that, you can see there's a 00:03:10.780 --> 00:03:13.800 special attachment to the meaning when you see 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:17.939 where it is used first. So Genesis 1, 14 to 19. 00:03:18.039 --> 00:03:19.699 Philip, would you like to read that from the 00:03:19.699 --> 00:03:24.150 ESV? And God said, Let there be lights in the 00:03:24.150 --> 00:03:26.909 expanse of the heavens to separate the day from 00:03:26.909 --> 00:03:29.870 the night. And let them be for signs and for 00:03:29.870 --> 00:03:33.490 seasons and for days and years. And let them 00:03:33.490 --> 00:03:36.129 be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give 00:03:36.129 --> 00:03:39.909 light upon the earth. And it was so. And God 00:03:39.909 --> 00:03:42.189 made the two great lights, the greater light 00:03:42.189 --> 00:03:44.650 to rule the day and the lesser light to rule 00:03:44.650 --> 00:03:48.469 the night and the stars. And God set them in 00:03:48.469 --> 00:03:51.030 the expanse of the heavens to give light on the 00:03:51.030 --> 00:03:53.740 earth. to rule over the day and over the night, 00:03:53.819 --> 00:03:56.159 and to separate the light from the darkness. 00:03:56.379 --> 00:04:00.240 And God saw that it was good. And there was evening 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:03.500 and there was morning the fourth day. So this 00:04:03.500 --> 00:04:05.560 isn't going to be a study in Genesis, but the 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:07.800 first place where this word that we're looking 00:04:07.800 --> 00:04:13.460 for shows up is in verse 14. It says, let them 00:04:13.460 --> 00:04:16.920 be for signs and for seasons. And that word seasons, 00:04:17.139 --> 00:04:21.600 obviously it means seasons because we set Our 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:24.980 months, and we set our years by the moon and 00:04:24.980 --> 00:04:28.259 the sun work together in expressing our months. 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:31.980 The Hebrew calendar is based mostly on the lunar 00:04:31.980 --> 00:04:34.540 calendar because they begin their month at the 00:04:34.540 --> 00:04:37.920 new moon, but they have a way of adding an extra 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:42.540 month so that it stays lined up with the sun 00:04:42.540 --> 00:04:46.519 calendar, which the year begins with spring. 00:04:47.069 --> 00:04:51.569 So with spring, you can see the seasons. The 00:04:51.569 --> 00:04:55.110 seasons begin with spring and summer and fall 00:04:55.110 --> 00:05:00.930 and winter. And so this word for seasons is moed, 00:05:01.129 --> 00:05:04.069 or in this case, moedim. That's the plural of 00:05:04.069 --> 00:05:08.649 moed in Hebrew. And moed means... It does mean 00:05:08.649 --> 00:05:11.649 seasons, but it also means an appointed place 00:05:11.649 --> 00:05:15.689 or an appointed time. It's a meeting place or 00:05:15.689 --> 00:05:18.730 just a meeting. So wherever it talks about the 00:05:18.730 --> 00:05:22.629 tent of meeting, it's the tent of Moed. And so 00:05:22.629 --> 00:05:26.230 all of these things that God tells the Israelites 00:05:26.230 --> 00:05:30.430 to do, especially the appointed feasts that they're 00:05:30.430 --> 00:05:33.170 all supposed to come to Jerusalem for, those 00:05:33.170 --> 00:05:38.610 are Moedim. They're appointments. It's like you 00:05:38.610 --> 00:05:40.829 set an appointment with your dentist, right? 00:05:41.089 --> 00:05:44.769 So at 2 .30 on Tuesday, you need to be there. 00:05:45.269 --> 00:05:48.470 And if you're late, you might completely miss 00:05:48.470 --> 00:05:51.610 your appointment, right? Yeah. And these days, 00:05:51.649 --> 00:05:53.930 they'll send you a text or give you a call and 00:05:53.930 --> 00:05:56.829 say, here's a reminder. You've got a reminder. 00:05:56.870 --> 00:05:59.680 You have an appointment. So are you going to 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:01.480 cancel or are you going to come? And, you know, 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:04.040 it gives you an opportunity to respond. You know, 00:06:04.079 --> 00:06:07.100 push this button or click that or whatever. And 00:06:07.100 --> 00:06:11.519 so you can set yourself up to say yes. I'm going 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:14.199 to be there. Well, we have this convention coming 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:18.100 up, and it's an appointment. It's an appointment 00:06:18.100 --> 00:06:22.079 with God. And we've used that expression, our 00:06:22.079 --> 00:06:25.199 founder, Sister Gwen, in probably, I want to 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:28.040 say, the second or third convention that we ever 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:31.480 had back in the 70s. She had this little song, 00:06:31.620 --> 00:06:34.000 You Have an Appointment with God. He's here to 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:37.839 meet you, my friend. And we have had appointment 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:40.360 after appointment after appointment with God 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:44.100 in these conventions. But this year, it's going 00:06:44.100 --> 00:06:46.339 to be on Pentecost. Oh, that's just amazingly 00:06:46.339 --> 00:06:50.139 awesome. We're so blown away because, you know, 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:52.420 it's all about the outpouring, right? In our 00:06:52.420 --> 00:06:55.259 hearts now, it's all about the outpouring. So 00:06:55.259 --> 00:06:59.569 this idea of a set... season, a set feast, an 00:06:59.569 --> 00:07:03.189 appointed time, an appointed place, a meeting. 00:07:03.889 --> 00:07:08.189 It's a fixed time. It's a certain time. And you 00:07:08.189 --> 00:07:10.889 don't want to miss your appointment. You just 00:07:10.889 --> 00:07:14.550 don't want to miss it, right? And it's also for 00:07:14.550 --> 00:07:17.750 an assembly. So you're going to assemble together, 00:07:17.949 --> 00:07:20.589 to convene together. That's why we call it a 00:07:20.589 --> 00:07:23.990 convention, because we convene. Everybody else 00:07:23.990 --> 00:07:28.100 is calling their thing a conference. And we thought 00:07:28.100 --> 00:07:31.019 of that for a while. You know, lots of people 00:07:31.019 --> 00:07:34.100 call it a conference, but we call it a convention 00:07:34.100 --> 00:07:37.300 because we convene together. We're getting together. 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:40.519 We're assembling together because God is going 00:07:40.519 --> 00:07:43.160 to do something. He's going to do something in 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:46.439 us and through us. And so it's just an appointment. 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:50.019 It's an appointed time. So where do we see this 00:07:50.019 --> 00:07:55.860 word next in Genesis? Yeah, Genesis 17, 21. And 00:07:55.860 --> 00:07:59.439 my covenant. I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:02.959 doth bear to thee at this appointed time in the 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:07.060 next year. Okay, so God has already given an 00:08:07.060 --> 00:08:09.040 appointment. He knows when that baby is going 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:10.680 to be born and it hasn't even been conceived 00:08:10.680 --> 00:08:12.699 yet. And when it comes, it comes. When it comes, 00:08:12.699 --> 00:08:15.060 it comes. When it's time for the baby to come, 00:08:15.139 --> 00:08:18.500 the baby comes. So that's an appointment. And 00:08:18.500 --> 00:08:21.639 I think it's very significant that God uses that 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:27.449 word in that scenario. He's trying to explain 00:08:27.449 --> 00:08:30.990 that this is an appointment. You have an appointment, 00:08:31.250 --> 00:08:34.049 Sarah. You have an appointment to have a baby. 00:08:34.129 --> 00:08:37.769 All these years you've been waiting, and you've 00:08:37.769 --> 00:08:40.149 been wondering, and, you know, Abraham's going 00:08:40.149 --> 00:08:42.409 to be 100 by the time that baby's born, and you're 00:08:42.409 --> 00:08:46.029 90. Come on. But there's an appointment. There's 00:08:46.029 --> 00:08:50.110 an appointed time. It's not a miracle if you 00:08:50.110 --> 00:08:53.710 have a baby at the age of 28. You know, that's 00:08:53.710 --> 00:08:57.259 no miracle. It happens. It's normal. That's a 00:08:57.259 --> 00:09:01.960 normal thing. But for a woman who has been decades 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:07.500 and decades without ovulating, this is a miracle. 00:09:07.659 --> 00:09:12.220 Yeah. Okay. This is a miracle. So God does miracles 00:09:12.220 --> 00:09:15.639 at appointed times, right? Yeah. So then there's 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:17.179 the appointed feast. So what are the appointed 00:09:17.179 --> 00:09:20.580 feasts, Philip? Well, you have the Feast of Unleavened 00:09:20.580 --> 00:09:23.610 Bread. Well, actually in Deuteronomy 16, verses 00:09:23.610 --> 00:09:27.250 16 to 17, three times a year, all your males 00:09:27.250 --> 00:09:29.570 shall appear before the Lord your God at the 00:09:29.570 --> 00:09:32.350 place where he will choose, at the Feast of Unleavened 00:09:32.350 --> 00:09:35.549 Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast 00:09:35.549 --> 00:09:38.269 of Booths. They shall not appear before the Lord 00:09:38.269 --> 00:09:41.350 empty -handed. Every man shall give as he is 00:09:41.350 --> 00:09:43.750 able, according to the blessing of the Lord your 00:09:43.750 --> 00:09:46.690 God that he has given you. Okay, so there are 00:09:46.690 --> 00:09:50.330 three times, the Feast of Passover or Unleavened 00:09:50.330 --> 00:09:54.070 Bread. and Feast of Weeks. Now, the word for 00:09:54.070 --> 00:09:58.850 week is Shavuot. And so Shavuot is the plural 00:09:58.850 --> 00:10:03.789 of Shavuot. So seven weeks is Shavuot. Okay, 00:10:03.929 --> 00:10:06.629 it's just the plural of weeks. And then the Feast 00:10:06.629 --> 00:10:08.769 of Booths, of course, is the Feast of Tabernacles. 00:10:08.830 --> 00:10:10.909 So what is the Feast of Weeks? What does the 00:10:10.909 --> 00:10:14.070 scripture say about the Feast of Weeks? Deuteronomy 00:10:14.070 --> 00:10:18.769 16, verses 8 to 12. For six days you shall eat 00:10:18.769 --> 00:10:21.379 unleavened bread. And on the seventh day there 00:10:21.379 --> 00:10:24.080 shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God. 00:10:24.340 --> 00:10:27.580 You shall do no work on it. You shall count seven 00:10:27.580 --> 00:10:30.360 weeks. Begin to count the seven weeks from the 00:10:30.360 --> 00:10:32.600 time the sickle is first put to the standing 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:35.580 grain. Then you shall keep the feast of weeks 00:10:35.580 --> 00:10:38.480 to the Lord your God with the tribute of a freewill 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:41.159 offering from your hand, which you shall give 00:10:41.159 --> 00:10:44.480 as the Lord your God blesses you. And you shall 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:46.940 rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your 00:10:46.940 --> 00:10:49.899 sons and your daughter, your male servant and 00:10:49.899 --> 00:10:52.580 your female servant, the Levite who is within 00:10:52.580 --> 00:10:56.120 your towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and 00:10:56.120 --> 00:10:58.700 the widow who are among you at the place that 00:10:58.700 --> 00:11:01.720 the Lord your God will choose to make his name 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:04.340 dwell there. You shall remember that you were 00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:07.240 a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:10.440 observe these statutes. Now, that's very interesting. 00:11:10.620 --> 00:11:13.039 We'll pick that up again when we get to Acts. 00:11:13.450 --> 00:11:17.350 And then what does Exodus 34 .22 say about the 00:11:17.350 --> 00:11:19.509 Feast of Weeks? It says, You shall observe the 00:11:19.509 --> 00:11:21.929 Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest. 00:11:22.190 --> 00:11:24.250 There you go. The firstfruits of the wheat harvest. 00:11:24.250 --> 00:11:28.570 So at Passover, you have the firstfruits of the 00:11:28.570 --> 00:11:32.389 barley harvest. So the priest goes out on the 00:11:32.389 --> 00:11:35.929 first day after the Sabbath, after Passover. 00:11:36.509 --> 00:11:40.990 So if Passover happened on Thursday, probably 00:11:40.990 --> 00:11:44.419 was Thursday. rather than Friday, because Jesus 00:11:44.419 --> 00:11:47.759 was in the tomb for three days. So Thursday, 00:11:47.980 --> 00:11:51.360 Friday, Saturday, there's your Shabbat. And then 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:54.360 the first day after the Shabbat is when the priest 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:59.019 goes out and he... he puts his sickle to find 00:11:59.019 --> 00:12:02.120 the one here and one there and another one over 00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:03.860 there and another one over there and another 00:12:03.860 --> 00:12:06.559 one over there, that he's going to find these 00:12:06.559 --> 00:12:09.500 ripe heads that are bowing down. That's how you 00:12:09.500 --> 00:12:11.039 know that they're ripe, because they're bowing. 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:13.039 There's something about maturity that has to 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:15.679 do with bowing, right? You're submitting to the 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:19.799 Lord. That's a sign of maturity. Then they wave 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:22.039 that before the Lord. That's the wave offering. 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:26.379 So they begin counting the wheat. weeks from 00:12:26.379 --> 00:12:31.659 that day. Okay. And then as the harvest ripens, 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:33.679 then they go out and they gather in the harvest 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:36.559 of the barley, all of the barley. And so you 00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:39.980 have the first fruits and you have the general 00:12:39.980 --> 00:12:44.460 harvest. So Jesus was raised on the feast of 00:12:44.460 --> 00:12:47.559 first fruits. And it's very key that we understand 00:12:47.559 --> 00:12:51.899 that this is like a sign of things to come. Paul 00:12:51.899 --> 00:12:54.419 talks about he's the first fruits of the resurrection. 00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:58.620 So Jesus was raised first, so we can expect that 00:12:58.620 --> 00:13:01.179 we're also going to be raised. Amen? Amen. So 00:13:01.179 --> 00:13:04.440 then when you get to the end of the barley harvest, 00:13:04.779 --> 00:13:09.559 that's when the first fruits, the first few heads 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:13.000 of the wheat harvest are showing their bowing 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:16.659 heads. And so the priest goes out and he gathers 00:13:16.659 --> 00:13:20.279 the first fruits of the wheat harvest for Shavuot. 00:13:20.970 --> 00:13:23.769 And then they grind that wheat and they make 00:13:23.769 --> 00:13:26.389 it into two loaves and they wave the loaves before 00:13:26.389 --> 00:13:28.830 the Lord. I think maybe that's in the next thing 00:13:28.830 --> 00:13:31.350 here. Let's go ahead and read Leviticus 23, 15 00:13:31.350 --> 00:13:34.710 to 21. You shall count seven full weeks from 00:13:34.710 --> 00:13:36.970 the day after the Sabbath, from the day that 00:13:36.970 --> 00:13:39.909 you brought the sheaf of the wave offering. You 00:13:39.909 --> 00:13:42.549 shall count 50 days to the day after the seventh 00:13:42.549 --> 00:13:45.389 Sabbath. Then you shall present a grain offering 00:13:45.389 --> 00:13:48.580 of new grain to the Lord. You shall bring from 00:13:48.580 --> 00:13:50.960 your dwelling places two loaves of bread to be 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:54.679 weighed, made of two tenths of an ephah. They 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:57.279 shall be a fine flour, and they shall be baked 00:13:57.279 --> 00:14:00.559 with leaven as firstfruits to the Lord. And you 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:03.120 shall present with the bread seven lambs a year 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:06.259 old without blanch, and one bull from the herd, 00:14:06.340 --> 00:14:09.440 and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:12.059 to the Lord. with their grain offering and their 00:14:12.059 --> 00:14:14.700 drink offerings, a food offering with a pleasing 00:14:14.700 --> 00:14:17.379 aroma to the Lord. Everybody loves fresh -baked 00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:19.879 bread, right? Yeah, it just smells so good. Takes 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:23.620 me back to Germany. Mmm, oh yeah. And you shall 00:14:23.620 --> 00:14:26.679 offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:29.559 male lambs a year old as a sacrifice of peace 00:14:29.559 --> 00:14:32.440 offerings. And the priest shall wave them with 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:34.879 the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:37.960 before the Lord with the two lambs. They shall 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:41.129 be holy to the Lord for the priest. And you shall 00:14:41.129 --> 00:14:44.629 make a proclamation on the same day. You shall 00:14:44.629 --> 00:14:47.850 hold a holy convocation. You shall not do any 00:14:47.850 --> 00:14:51.309 ordinary work. It is a statute forever in all 00:14:51.309 --> 00:14:54.169 your dwelling places throughout your generations. 00:14:54.429 --> 00:14:57.350 It means forever and ever and ever. And ever. 00:14:57.490 --> 00:15:00.970 Yeah. So we see that Jesus was resurrected on 00:15:00.970 --> 00:15:02.809 the Feast of Firstfruits at the barley harvest. 00:15:03.009 --> 00:15:07.399 Then he spent 40 days. with his disciples. And 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:10.179 then he gives them their final instructions before 00:15:10.179 --> 00:15:13.639 he goes to heaven. So what's that in Luke 24, 00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:18.679 verses 45 to 53? Then he opened their minds to 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:21.860 understand the scriptures and said to them, thus 00:15:21.860 --> 00:15:24.120 is it written, that the Christ shall suffer and 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:27.179 on the third day rise from the dead. Amen. And 00:15:27.179 --> 00:15:29.620 that repentance for the forgiveness of sin should 00:15:29.620 --> 00:15:33.220 be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning 00:15:33.220 --> 00:15:36.889 from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. 00:15:37.129 --> 00:15:40.129 And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father 00:15:40.129 --> 00:15:43.190 upon you. But stay in the city until you are 00:15:43.190 --> 00:15:46.990 clothed with power from on high. And he led them 00:15:46.990 --> 00:15:49.629 out as far as Bethany and lifted up his hands. 00:15:49.649 --> 00:15:52.970 He blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted 00:15:52.970 --> 00:15:55.809 from them and was carried up into heaven. And 00:15:55.809 --> 00:15:57.690 they worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem 00:15:57.690 --> 00:16:00.720 with great joy. And we're continually in the 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:03.440 temple blessing God. See, they were scared to 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:06.460 go into the temple back then, but now they are 00:16:06.460 --> 00:16:09.820 fired up. They're fired up. And just as a note, 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:12.440 remember it says that his feet shall stand on 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:15.139 the Mount of Olives. Bethany is on the Mount 00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:18.940 of Olives. So that's a part of the Mount that, 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:22.720 you know, that gives credibility to this because 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:26.259 in, well, let's read what it says in Acts. Let's 00:16:26.259 --> 00:16:28.379 read the story from the book of Acts. And while 00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:30.700 staying with them, he ordered them not to depart 00:16:30.700 --> 00:16:33.120 from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:35.299 the Father, which he said, You heard from me. 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:38.379 For John baptized with water, but you will be 00:16:38.379 --> 00:16:41.059 baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from 00:16:41.059 --> 00:16:44.000 now. So when they had come together, they asked 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:46.960 him, Lord, will you at this time restore the 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:50.320 kingdom to Israel? He said to them, It is not 00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:52.759 for you to know times or seasons that the Father 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:55.799 has fixed by his own authority. But you will 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:58.419 receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon 00:16:58.419 --> 00:17:01.379 you. And you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem 00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:05.119 and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of 00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:07.819 the earth. And when he had said these things, 00:17:07.859 --> 00:17:11.259 as they were looking up, he was lifted up and 00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:13.720 a cloud took him out of their sight. You know, 00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:17.319 I like to add in the book of Zechariah, it says 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:20.759 in that days, his feet shall stand on the Mount 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:24.279 of Olives. Exactly. So he will come back. as 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:27.180 he said he would. Yes. And I didn't include the 00:17:27.180 --> 00:17:30.619 next verse in our notes here, but I'll just read 00:17:30.619 --> 00:17:32.940 it from my Bible because I have it right here, 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:36.960 that the next thing that was said was, while 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:40.759 they looked toward heaven as he went up, behold, 00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:43.789 two men stood by them in white apparel. Which 00:17:43.789 --> 00:17:46.170 also said, you men of Galilee, why are you standing 00:17:46.170 --> 00:17:49.150 gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which 00:17:49.150 --> 00:17:52.029 is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come 00:17:52.029 --> 00:17:54.910 in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven. 00:17:55.230 --> 00:17:58.690 So this same Jesus is coming back on the Mount 00:17:58.690 --> 00:18:03.349 of Olives. Hallelujah. So Jesus is telling them, 00:18:03.450 --> 00:18:09.099 stay in Jerusalem. until you receive the power 00:18:09.099 --> 00:18:11.680 from God, I'm going to send the promise of the 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:16.019 Father. So stick around. The thing is this, Passover, 00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:18.579 they were supposed to be there. And we know that 00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:21.599 they went off to Galilee after Passover, after 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:23.980 Jesus was resurrected. They went fishing and 00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:26.700 met Jesus there fishing, and he cooked breakfast 00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:32.059 for them. But then he led them back to Jerusalem. 00:18:33.450 --> 00:18:35.890 In order for him to go up from the Mount of Olives, 00:18:35.890 --> 00:18:38.569 that's just outside Jerusalem, with a view of 00:18:38.569 --> 00:18:41.529 Jerusalem. And he'd been hanging out with them 00:18:41.529 --> 00:18:44.250 for 40 days, probably coming and going. Coming 00:18:44.250 --> 00:18:45.829 and going, yeah. You know, because he could. 00:18:47.750 --> 00:18:49.970 But he told them to stay there. Well, you're 00:18:49.970 --> 00:18:52.970 not going to go anywhere if you're supposed to 00:18:52.970 --> 00:18:57.930 be in Jerusalem in 10 days. So it made sense 00:18:57.930 --> 00:19:01.559 that they should just stay in Jerusalem. until 00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:03.539 they were endued with power from on high. And 00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:07.059 it goes on to say that they went to the upper 00:19:07.059 --> 00:19:10.420 room and they were praying together and doing 00:19:10.420 --> 00:19:14.099 business, replacing Judas with one of the other 00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:17.559 disciples and so on. But then in Acts chapter 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:22.460 2, we have the big day, right? The big bang. 00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:28.880 The big bang. So let's roll back to... what Pentecost 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:32.920 was to them before the coming of the Holy Spirit, 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:37.940 because God had these appointed times. And remember, 00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:42.980 back in the Torah, you have the Exodus, and that 00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:46.200 was, you know, the first Passover was that night 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:49.200 of the Passover when they had to put up the blood 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:53.440 before the destroyer came and took away the firstborn. 00:19:54.089 --> 00:19:56.950 So, you know, you're celebrating that every year. 00:19:57.109 --> 00:20:00.049 And they were released from bondage. Exactly. 00:20:00.269 --> 00:20:03.529 So that's what the Passover lamb will do for 00:20:03.529 --> 00:20:05.430 you and release you from bondage. Absolutely. 00:20:05.430 --> 00:20:08.950 And you have this other part where they were 00:20:08.950 --> 00:20:12.009 in such a hurry to get away that they didn't 00:20:12.009 --> 00:20:15.990 have time to let their bread rise. So as a part 00:20:15.990 --> 00:20:18.839 of... this celebration, they're going to eat 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:21.900 unleavened bread to remind them of what happened 00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:27.319 in the first time while they were exiting Egypt, 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:31.079 right? But the idea is that leaven is a picture 00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:35.779 of sin. So it was right that Jesus' sacrifice 00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:39.740 would come in this time when everyone is supposed 00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:42.859 to put away all of their leaven. They're all 00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:44.720 supposed to go through their houses and get rid 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:48.720 of all the leaven, all of the yeast that causes 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:52.740 things to swell. We keep saying this over and 00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:56.460 over that part of our maturing in God has to 00:20:56.460 --> 00:21:00.720 do with learning to bow and learning to let go 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:04.099 and learning to surrender. So all of these things 00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:06.700 that we do to surrender is pushing the leaven 00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:10.750 out of our lives. And so Jesus shows up. Remember, 00:21:11.029 --> 00:21:14.970 he said, I am the bread of life. Right. He was 00:21:14.970 --> 00:21:17.450 born in Bethlehem, which means house of bread. 00:21:17.710 --> 00:21:20.509 He said, I'm the bread of life. He said, you 00:21:20.509 --> 00:21:22.690 know, take it. This is my body, which is given 00:21:22.690 --> 00:21:27.990 for you. Right. It was unleavened bread. So if 00:21:27.990 --> 00:21:33.630 leaven is a sign of sin, if leaven is a sign 00:21:33.630 --> 00:21:39.369 of pride and swelling. Jesus. bread given for 00:21:39.369 --> 00:21:42.589 us, Jesus' body given for us is sinless, right? 00:21:43.089 --> 00:21:46.069 So that's why we use unleavened bread. Now, it's 00:21:46.069 --> 00:21:49.049 okay if you're having Holy Communion to use regular 00:21:49.049 --> 00:21:51.150 bread. I'm not trying to say that you need to 00:21:51.150 --> 00:21:54.730 only use matzah, okay? But we find out matzah 00:21:54.730 --> 00:21:57.809 lasts longer. Yeah, matzah does last a long time. 00:21:58.150 --> 00:22:03.539 But the point is that Jesus was so detailed about 00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:08.039 everything. Every little sign was something that 00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:11.180 he prepared, that he gave to us as a picture. 00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:14.980 You can see it. Just keep looking for the pictures. 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:18.339 Just keep following the breadcrumbs. He's there. 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:21.680 He's there in all of it. So it's really exciting 00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:25.240 to see this. So then as they went out of Egypt 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:29.279 and they go out into the wilderness, It says 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:33.799 in Exodus 19 .1 that the Israelites reached the 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:37.079 wilderness of Sinai in the third month. Okay, 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:42.980 so the first month is Passover. It's Aviv, which 00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:46.579 means spring. So I don't remember what the second 00:22:46.579 --> 00:22:50.579 month is called. But anyway, moving on, the third 00:22:50.579 --> 00:22:54.619 month is Sivan. So you have just about the same 00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:59.779 amount of time as these seven weeks that you're 00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:03.900 counting from the day of the first fruits. Okay, 00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:07.299 so God is mixing all of the pictures together 00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:10.380 because it's partly about harvest and it's partly 00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:14.400 about the giving of the law. So here they are 00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:20.950 at Sinai. If you'll remember, in Exodus 19, it 00:23:20.950 --> 00:23:23.410 says, okay, Exodus 19, 1, in the third month, 00:23:23.589 --> 00:23:26.009 when the children of Israel were gone out of 00:23:26.009 --> 00:23:28.109 the land of Egypt, the same day they came to 00:23:28.109 --> 00:23:31.650 the wilderness of Sinai, and God says to them, 00:23:31.710 --> 00:23:35.190 if you will obey my voice and keep my covenant, 00:23:35.269 --> 00:23:37.849 then you will be a peculiar treasure unto me, 00:23:37.890 --> 00:23:40.849 a special treasure above all people, for all 00:23:40.849 --> 00:23:44.460 the earth is mine. And you shall be unto me a 00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:49.680 kingdom of priests. Okay. A holy nation. These 00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:52.059 are the words which you shall speak unto the 00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:54.400 children of Israel. So Moses called to the elders 00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:57.079 and he tells them all of these things. So then 00:23:57.079 --> 00:24:00.480 he tells them, get ready for the third day. Okay. 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:04.769 On the third day. sanctify yourselves to be ready 00:24:04.769 --> 00:24:07.470 for the third day. So prepare for Pentecost. 00:24:07.609 --> 00:24:12.349 Prepare for this special visitation of God. Now, 00:24:12.390 --> 00:24:15.170 already they had seen in the wilderness, they 00:24:15.170 --> 00:24:17.269 had seen before they even crossed the Red Sea 00:24:17.269 --> 00:24:21.750 that God could show up as a fire tornado, a pillar 00:24:21.750 --> 00:24:25.069 of fire. In the daytime, he was a pillar of cloud. 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:29.119 So that's how he manifested himself to the children 00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:31.960 of Israel. Yeah, and you know when there's forest 00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:35.920 fires and there's extreme heat. I mean, you can 00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:39.339 see this on YouTube and sometimes usually Weather 00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:42.940 Channel will post something, a firenado. And 00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:46.960 it's just a circular motion and it's just like 00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:50.559 a column of fire just going up. And I think that's 00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:53.240 a good picture of what was cloud by day but fire 00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:56.839 by night. Yeah. This fiery pillar, that's just, 00:24:56.980 --> 00:25:01.440 we'll get to see it on the replays. I think that's 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:04.079 a little taste of it, though, in a forest fire, 00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:08.779 this extreme heat creating a vortex. It's true, 00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:12.039 it's true. And you also see that in, I'm not 00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:14.119 sure if it's the first or second chapter of Ezekiel, 00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:16.619 where it talks about a fire catching itself. 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:19.420 Well, obviously it's got to be going in a circle 00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:22.259 in order for it to be catching itself. So it's 00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:26.369 the same. fire tornado, as far as I can see. 00:25:26.490 --> 00:25:29.630 So it goes on to talk about Moses went up the 00:25:29.630 --> 00:25:34.049 mountain and the Lord descended on it in a fire 00:25:34.049 --> 00:25:37.809 and smoke ascended as the smoke of a furnace 00:25:37.809 --> 00:25:40.410 and the whole mountain quaked. It quaked. Okay. 00:25:40.750 --> 00:25:43.569 And then there was a voice of a trumpet, a shofar. 00:25:44.089 --> 00:25:46.670 That sounded long and waxed louder and louder. 00:25:46.809 --> 00:25:50.769 And Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice. 00:25:51.230 --> 00:25:54.029 And the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai on top 00:25:54.029 --> 00:25:56.970 of the mount. And the Lord called to Moses out 00:25:56.970 --> 00:26:00.190 to the top of the mount. And Moses went up, and 00:26:00.190 --> 00:26:02.769 he said to them, you know, go tell the people 00:26:02.769 --> 00:26:07.210 that don't let them touch the mountain. So he 00:26:07.210 --> 00:26:10.390 said, go get down with Aaron and you. Don't let 00:26:10.390 --> 00:26:12.289 the priests and the people break through. And 00:26:12.289 --> 00:26:16.630 then God spoke. So he spoke these words and he 00:26:16.630 --> 00:26:18.450 gave them the Ten Commandments. I'm not going 00:26:18.450 --> 00:26:20.710 to take time to read them. You should if you 00:26:20.710 --> 00:26:22.849 haven't ever read them. Really, the first thing 00:26:22.849 --> 00:26:28.670 he says is, I am Yehovah, your God. And I brought 00:26:28.670 --> 00:26:30.809 you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house 00:26:30.809 --> 00:26:34.670 of bondage. Have no other gods before me. He 00:26:34.670 --> 00:26:39.019 speaks that to the children of Israel. directly. 00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:43.079 They could hear his voice. And when he was done 00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:46.740 speaking to them, verse 18 says, all the people 00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:48.680 saw the thunderings and the lightnings and the 00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:50.400 noise of the trumpet and the mountain smoking. 00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:53.019 And when the people saw it, they removed and 00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:57.559 stood far off. And they said unto Moses, I like 00:26:57.559 --> 00:27:02.339 to do it this way. You talk to him now. We don't 00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:04.890 want to hear this anymore. We're scared. You 00:27:04.890 --> 00:27:06.809 know, we're afraid we're going to die if we hear 00:27:06.809 --> 00:27:10.049 God speak to us directly, which is really sad 00:27:10.049 --> 00:27:13.410 because God really wanted them to be an entire 00:27:13.410 --> 00:27:16.789 nation of priests. A whole kingdom of priests. 00:27:17.710 --> 00:27:21.190 And then the Lord, he gave them all these other 00:27:21.190 --> 00:27:27.009 rules and it goes on and on. But at one point, 00:27:27.049 --> 00:27:30.509 and I love the way that Cecil B. DeMille did 00:27:30.509 --> 00:27:34.029 it in his Ten Commandments movie. If you haven't 00:27:34.029 --> 00:27:36.890 ever seen Charlton Heston in the Ten Commandments, 00:27:36.910 --> 00:27:41.890 it's a magnificent, magnificent portrayal. You 00:27:41.890 --> 00:27:44.430 know, it's quite a long story, but I love the 00:27:44.430 --> 00:27:47.329 part where he's up in Mount Sinai and the fire 00:27:47.329 --> 00:27:50.109 tornado is up there. Just swinging around and 00:27:50.109 --> 00:27:52.930 swinging around and swinging around. And it says, 00:27:53.009 --> 00:27:55.150 I don't remember exactly where it says, but it 00:27:55.150 --> 00:27:58.009 says that God wrote in the stone with his fiery 00:27:58.009 --> 00:28:01.190 finger. And the way that they portrayed it in 00:28:01.190 --> 00:28:05.789 this movie is that the fire tornado slings off 00:28:05.789 --> 00:28:10.599 a flame and the flame writes in the stone. And 00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:14.519 the voice speaks the words, thou shalt have no 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:18.119 other gods before me. And then the next one comes 00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:23.539 and he writes in the stone. And then at the end 00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:25.500 of it, you know, at the end of all 10 of them, 00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:28.599 the finger comes around and carves it out. And 00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:32.819 here he's got the two tablets of the law. Yeah. 00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:37.500 Right. So this is what. To this day, this is 00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:41.380 a major part of the celebration of Shavuot, that 00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:44.480 they are remembering the giving of the law, because 00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:47.680 that was the next thing that happened after they 00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:50.299 came out of Egypt, after they had Passover. So 00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:52.220 now they're going to celebrate the giving of 00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:56.140 the law on this day, keeping that in mind to 00:28:56.140 --> 00:29:01.160 this day, to today. Jewish people, Orthodox Jewish 00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:04.220 people who are going to celebrate this feast, 00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:09.420 they will stay up all night long and they will 00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:11.940 read together, read the scriptures together. 00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:13.519 They're going to read the book of Ruth, which 00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:16.240 is all about harvest, and they're going to read 00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:22.480 and pray together all night long. So now let's 00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:24.680 go to the book of Acts because we have this foundation 00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:30.890 laid of what Shavuot or Pentecost was up until 00:29:30.890 --> 00:29:33.970 that time. And if I didn't say it, Pentecost 00:29:33.970 --> 00:29:37.569 comes from the Greek where pente means 50, meaning 00:29:37.569 --> 00:29:42.329 50 days. So it's the 50th day that they're celebrating, 00:29:42.490 --> 00:29:46.650 right? Yeah. So now let's look at the book of 00:29:46.650 --> 00:29:49.210 Acts chapter 2. Philip, would you read that? 00:29:49.849 --> 00:29:52.609 When the day of Pentecost had fully come, they 00:29:52.609 --> 00:29:56.150 were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly 00:29:56.150 --> 00:29:58.690 there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing 00:29:58.690 --> 00:30:01.849 mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where 00:30:01.849 --> 00:30:04.130 they were sitting. The whole house, I love it. 00:30:04.289 --> 00:30:07.349 We'll explain that later. Yeah, yeah. Then there 00:30:07.349 --> 00:30:10.930 appeared to them divided tongues as of fire and 00:30:10.930 --> 00:30:13.690 sat upon each of them. And they were all filled 00:30:13.690 --> 00:30:15.809 with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with 00:30:15.809 --> 00:30:18.390 other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. 00:30:18.930 --> 00:30:21.710 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout 00:30:21.710 --> 00:30:24.839 men from every nation under heaven. And when 00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:27.420 this sound occurred, the multitude came together 00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:30.339 and were confused, because everyone heard them 00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:33.339 speak in his own language. Then they were all 00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:36.259 amazed and marveled, saying to one another, Look, 00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:39.599 are not all of these who speak Galileans? And 00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:42.319 how is it we hear each in our own language in 00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:45.380 which we were born? Parthenians and Medes and 00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:48.799 Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea, 00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:52.789 Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia. Phrygia and Pamphylia, 00:30:52.910 --> 00:30:56.109 Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, 00:30:56.309 --> 00:30:59.450 visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 00:30:59.549 --> 00:31:03.009 Cretans and Arabs. We hear them speaking in our 00:31:03.009 --> 00:31:06.170 own tongues the wonderful works of God. So they 00:31:06.170 --> 00:31:08.789 were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one 00:31:08.789 --> 00:31:12.170 another, Whatever could this mean? Others mocking 00:31:12.170 --> 00:31:14.950 said, These are full of new wine. But Peter, 00:31:15.089 --> 00:31:17.529 standing up with the eleven, raised his voice 00:31:17.529 --> 00:31:20.579 and said to them, Men of Judea and all who dwell 00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:23.740 in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and heed 00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:26.940 my words. For these are not drunk, as you suppose, 00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:29.559 since this is only the third hour of the day, 00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:32.500 but this is that which was spoken by the prophet 00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:35.740 Joel. And it shall come to pass in the last days, 00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:39.000 says God, that I will pour out of my spirit on 00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:41.619 all flesh. Your sons and your daughters shall 00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:44.680 prophesy. Your young men shall see visions. Your 00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:48.480 old men shall dream dreams. And on my menservants 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:51.480 and on my maidservants I will pour out my Spirit 00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:55.440 in those days, and they shall prophesy. I will 00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:58.240 show wonders in heaven above and signs in the 00:31:58.240 --> 00:32:01.799 earth beneath, blood and fire and vapor of smoke. 00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:05.019 The sun shall be turned into darkness and the 00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:08.339 moon into blood before the coming of the great 00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:11.319 and awesome day of the Lord. And it shall come 00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:14.220 to pass that whoever calls on the name of the 00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:20.849 Lord Amen. Amen. So what happened on the Temple 00:32:20.849 --> 00:32:26.150 Mount? Okay. So today in Jerusalem, if you're 00:32:26.150 --> 00:32:29.609 there for Shavuot, the people are going to be 00:32:29.609 --> 00:32:33.450 in their synagogues all night long praying and 00:32:33.450 --> 00:32:38.769 reading the Word. And before dawn comes, they're 00:32:38.769 --> 00:32:41.890 going to go to the Western Wall, which is the 00:32:41.890 --> 00:32:45.369 closest thing that they have to the Temple. So 00:32:45.369 --> 00:32:47.789 the Western Wall is really, it's not a wall of 00:32:47.789 --> 00:32:51.029 the temple. It's a retaining wall that was built 00:32:51.029 --> 00:32:55.049 by Herod when he beautified the temple that was 00:32:55.049 --> 00:32:58.509 built by Zerubbabel when they came back from 00:32:58.509 --> 00:33:04.210 Babylon. So he massively increased the size of 00:33:04.210 --> 00:33:05.990 the Temple Mount so that they could have more 00:33:05.990 --> 00:33:09.210 pilgrims come and it wouldn't be so crowded and 00:33:09.210 --> 00:33:12.910 there'd just be more room for people. Today, 00:33:13.210 --> 00:33:15.990 they go to that Western Wall, which is the closest 00:33:15.990 --> 00:33:19.250 they typically get, although these days they 00:33:19.250 --> 00:33:21.089 are going up on the Temple Mount. Maybe we'll 00:33:21.089 --> 00:33:24.589 talk about that. Anyway, so the thing that they 00:33:24.589 --> 00:33:29.509 would have done in that day, if they did things 00:33:29.509 --> 00:33:32.730 then as they do now, they would have been in 00:33:32.730 --> 00:33:35.470 the upper room praying together all night long. 00:33:35.650 --> 00:33:39.769 And then before dawn, they would have gone to 00:33:39.769 --> 00:33:44.319 the house. of the Lord, which is the temple. 00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:47.319 So they might have been sitting on the steps, 00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:50.019 the southern steps as you go up the ascent up, 00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:52.980 or they could have been in Solomon's porch, which 00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:55.140 is just inside. We don't know exactly where they 00:33:55.140 --> 00:34:00.720 were, but everybody's thinking about what it 00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:03.900 was like on Mount Sinai with this pillar of fire 00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:08.659 up there, right? A tornado, right? What's a tornado 00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:12.800 sound like, Philip? There's many, it sounds like 00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:16.639 a freight train or many freight trains are like 00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:19.619 a jet engine. So say it's like a jet engine going 00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:22.960 over your head. Right. You know, and I've been 00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:26.539 fortunate not to experience that. You know, I 00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:28.559 wanted to see a tornado from a distance, not 00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:31.619 up close. You did have an experience when you 00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:34.940 were a kid. Yeah. What was that? Was that kind 00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:37.559 of a rushing mighty wind? Yeah, and it was raining 00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:40.000 so hard, and the car was rocking back and forth. 00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:43.300 Yeah. We had no idea that there was a tornado 00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:46.260 went right over the top of us. Wow. And when 00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:48.900 it was done, you know, every store along there 00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:50.659 had the windows knocked out, and I look at the 00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:53.780 water tower, it was all twisted, and, you know, 00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:56.480 cars flipped upside down, these big trees ripped, 00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:59.039 and apartment buildings, I mean, these inner 00:34:59.039 --> 00:35:01.760 -city apartment buildings built in the 1920s 00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:04.920 probably, you know, like whole sides were just... 00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:07.099 Taken off, you can look into it like looking 00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:10.079 into a dollhouse. Yeah. You know, it was just... 00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:11.960 But that was a rushing mighty wind, wasn't it? 00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:14.460 That was a rushing mighty wind, yeah. Think tornado. 00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:18.920 Think firenado, okay? So here's the sound of 00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:23.519 a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the house 00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:27.139 where they were sitting. Now, to a Jew, you talk 00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:29.239 about the house, and they're talking about the 00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:32.400 temple. Temple, yeah. So this whole temple area 00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:35.219 was filled with this fire because everybody's 00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:38.320 thinking fire. Everybody's remembering the giving 00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:43.079 of the law, the fire, and the voice of God and 00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:46.639 the fire tornado up there. Yeah, and for all 00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:49.639 the people to see. Right. Which makes more sense 00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:52.500 than a group of people running out of an upper 00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:56.039 room with fire on their head. Yeah, but when 00:35:56.039 --> 00:36:00.039 everybody sees it come down. Right. I mean, if 00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:02.719 you're in the upper room, it comes down. You 00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:05.000 run out and you got fire in your head. But when 00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:07.320 you see it come down from the sky, the fire come 00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:10.139 down like it's a portal opening up. Right. The 00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:13.539 fire coming down and 3 ,000 people get converted. 00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:16.880 Exactly. I mean, that's huge. And that's a picture 00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:19.400 of what it was really like. I think so. I think 00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:22.139 so. It makes so much sense. And if you think 00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:25.940 about. The fiery finger of God coming off of 00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:29.539 that fire needle, right? And writing in the stone. 00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:33.940 Yeah. What did Jesus say when he gave them the 00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:37.280 Holy Communion just, you know, 50 -something 00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:42.360 days before? He said, this cup is the new covenant 00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:47.880 in my blood. The new covenant, as promised in 00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:54.389 Jeremiah 31, talks about... He said, I will write 00:36:54.389 --> 00:36:57.570 my word in your hearts and in your minds. So 00:36:57.570 --> 00:37:03.349 here comes this flame on their heads. Do you 00:37:03.349 --> 00:37:04.909 think it's going to be writing in their minds? 00:37:04.949 --> 00:37:09.329 You can imagine so. And in their hearts. To see 00:37:09.329 --> 00:37:11.969 it and experience that, something like that. 00:37:12.650 --> 00:37:16.070 I mean, that'll change you forever. Absolutely. 00:37:16.150 --> 00:37:19.230 You're totally wrecked. Absolutely. Absolutely. 00:37:19.429 --> 00:37:22.929 And the cool thing is there's a connection here 00:37:22.929 --> 00:37:27.650 to the Tower of Babel where languages were mixed 00:37:27.650 --> 00:37:33.170 up. So now you have on the Temple Mount, at the 00:37:33.170 --> 00:37:37.010 Temple of God, in his presence, his fiery presence. 00:37:38.190 --> 00:37:41.530 All of a sudden, these people that had been following 00:37:41.530 --> 00:37:45.789 Jesus are receiving this promise of the Father 00:37:45.789 --> 00:37:48.570 that I will write my word in your hearts and 00:37:48.570 --> 00:37:51.630 in your minds. And as it's coming into them, 00:37:51.809 --> 00:37:54.730 their mouths begin speaking another language. 00:37:54.909 --> 00:37:57.070 And all of these people that have been dispersed, 00:37:57.369 --> 00:38:01.349 okay, they call it the diaspora of the Jews, 00:38:01.449 --> 00:38:03.750 where they've been dispersed all over the world. 00:38:04.750 --> 00:38:07.389 As many times as I've read this, until you read 00:38:07.389 --> 00:38:11.010 it just now, Philip, I hadn't really noticed 00:38:11.010 --> 00:38:14.630 that it says, from every nation under heaven. 00:38:14.889 --> 00:38:17.489 Yeah, every nation. Yeah, that kind of lit up 00:38:17.489 --> 00:38:19.989 to me as I was reading that, but every nation 00:38:19.989 --> 00:38:22.409 under heaven. Every nation under heaven. Every 00:38:22.409 --> 00:38:27.119 continent. What God had done. In this dispersion 00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:30.579 of the Jews, taken away to Assyria, taken away 00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:34.059 to Babylon, and they just kept going into all 00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:38.340 the nations. So all the world. Yes. And they 00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:42.139 had this commandment that they're to come back 00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:47.260 to Jerusalem for this feast. And I think God 00:38:47.260 --> 00:38:50.420 was stirring some of that. I've got to get back 00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:53.119 there for this feast. Remember? Remember about 00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:57.269 Paul. He said, I must needs keep this feast in 00:38:57.269 --> 00:39:00.050 Jerusalem. And I don't remember which feast it 00:39:00.050 --> 00:39:02.429 was that he felt he needed to get back for. It 00:39:02.429 --> 00:39:05.130 was probably tabernacles, I think. But there's 00:39:05.130 --> 00:39:08.909 something in a person where the Spirit of God 00:39:08.909 --> 00:39:11.429 works within you and you just know you've got 00:39:11.429 --> 00:39:15.469 to be there. You've got to be there. I remember 00:39:15.469 --> 00:39:20.070 as I was getting ready to graduate from language 00:39:20.070 --> 00:39:24.579 school. And I was 19 years old. And I wasn't 00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:26.800 sure what I was going to do after that. I thought 00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:28.780 I was going to come to Angletal at first. And 00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:31.000 then I was told, no, I don't know that we're 00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:34.860 going to have any room for you. All I knew was 00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:37.980 that I had to be at the Second World Convention. 00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:41.219 I had to be there. I'd been at the first, but 00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:44.320 I had to be there. I didn't know what was going 00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:47.239 to happen after that, but I had to be there. 00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:51.880 I had an appointment with God. And this is what 00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:55.159 happened to these Jewish people, these Jewish 00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:57.199 men in particular. Probably there were women 00:39:57.199 --> 00:40:00.480 too, but it was the men that were commanded to 00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:04.159 be there. And so God didn't command the women 00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:05.760 to be there because sometimes they were going 00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:07.619 to be having babies and that wouldn't be easy 00:40:07.619 --> 00:40:10.000 for them to travel. So they weren't commanded 00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:14.130 to be there, but often they came. when Elkanah 00:40:14.130 --> 00:40:18.230 and Hannah and Peninnah came for one of the feasts. 00:40:18.250 --> 00:40:21.789 So they came as families most of the time when 00:40:21.789 --> 00:40:24.750 they could. So anyway, here's these people that 00:40:24.750 --> 00:40:27.789 have been dispersed into all... the nations. 00:40:28.269 --> 00:40:32.210 God is so particular about the details. He's 00:40:32.210 --> 00:40:35.369 going to fulfill every detail. So he made sure 00:40:35.369 --> 00:40:37.269 that there was somebody in China. He made sure 00:40:37.269 --> 00:40:39.530 there was somebody in India. He made sure that 00:40:39.530 --> 00:40:41.510 there was somebody coming from Africa, from this 00:40:41.510 --> 00:40:43.110 place, from that place, from this place, from 00:40:43.110 --> 00:40:46.250 that place, from all the nations, it says, all 00:40:46.250 --> 00:40:50.489 the nations. And that's the reason why when Peter 00:40:50.489 --> 00:40:53.909 stood up and said, this is that that was spoken 00:40:53.909 --> 00:40:57.079 of by the prophet Joel. Because all of these 00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:59.659 believers in Jesus, these followers of Jesus, 00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:02.440 are now speaking in the languages of all these 00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:06.159 people. And they're going, what's that? What's 00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:10.139 it? Yeah. What is going on here? But they're 00:41:10.139 --> 00:41:14.300 understanding the wonderful works of God that 00:41:14.300 --> 00:41:16.780 these people are speaking about. Peter stands 00:41:16.780 --> 00:41:19.219 up and he says, this is that that was spoken 00:41:19.219 --> 00:41:21.980 of by the prophet Joel. And if you remember. 00:41:22.750 --> 00:41:26.250 What he says, it included, your sons and your 00:41:26.250 --> 00:41:28.050 daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall 00:41:28.050 --> 00:41:29.710 see visions, your old men shall dream dreams, 00:41:29.849 --> 00:41:32.030 and on my men servants and my maid servants, 00:41:32.170 --> 00:41:36.210 I will pour out my spirit in those days. Now, 00:41:36.250 --> 00:41:39.369 remember what it said here back in Deuteronomy 00:41:39.369 --> 00:41:42.789 16. I'd never seen this before. It says in verse 00:41:42.789 --> 00:41:45.730 11, you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, 00:41:45.809 --> 00:41:49.199 you and your son and your daughter. Your male 00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:52.300 servant and your female servant. God was prophesying 00:41:52.300 --> 00:41:55.000 already then about what he was going to do on 00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:59.119 that day of Pentecost. That specific day. All 00:41:59.119 --> 00:42:02.840 the other ones were a rehearsal for what he was 00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:05.559 going to do on that day when he was going to 00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:09.500 pour out of his spirit on all flesh. But it wasn't 00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:14.940 all flesh. It was here one, there one, here one, 00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:17.559 there one. It's a feast of first fruits. Remember? 00:42:18.230 --> 00:42:20.489 So this is the first fruits of the wheat harvest. 00:42:20.670 --> 00:42:23.650 And God drew the one from here and the one from 00:42:23.650 --> 00:42:25.809 there and the one from there and the one from 00:42:25.809 --> 00:42:28.309 over there and the one from over there and the 00:42:28.309 --> 00:42:30.570 one from over there. And he brought them all 00:42:30.570 --> 00:42:32.849 together to be on the Temple Mount to observe 00:42:32.849 --> 00:42:37.389 the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in fire. Yeah. 00:42:37.769 --> 00:42:42.489 Hallelujah. Hallelujah. And that's what I'm expecting. 00:42:42.869 --> 00:42:46.789 At convention. At convention. Yes. But also remember. 00:42:47.680 --> 00:42:51.460 that it's about harvest, okay? It's at the end 00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:54.519 of the barley harvest and the beginning of the 00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:57.780 wheat harvest. So it's harvest and harvest. You're 00:42:57.780 --> 00:43:00.739 showing up in between harvests. Now, we've been 00:43:00.739 --> 00:43:05.500 seeing harvest already in the nations. You know, 00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:09.219 the gospel is nearly everywhere already. It hasn't 00:43:09.219 --> 00:43:11.079 reached all the unreached people groups, but 00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:13.159 there's people working hard to make it happen. 00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:19.300 Yes. And so we are in the days of harvest. And 00:43:19.300 --> 00:43:22.559 I believe something is going to happen at this 00:43:22.559 --> 00:43:26.780 convention that is going to strike a match to 00:43:26.780 --> 00:43:30.940 a lot of dead wood. There's a whole lot of really 00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:33.619 dry churches. And they'll burn real good when 00:43:33.619 --> 00:43:38.000 they get fire. And he's going to pour out the 00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:42.800 oil. Oil is flammable. And he's going to pour 00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:45.860 out the oil in an amazing way. I believe it's 00:43:45.860 --> 00:43:48.119 going to happen worldwide. I don't know that 00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:50.480 it's going to be instantaneous worldwide, but 00:43:50.480 --> 00:43:53.920 I know where I'm supposed to be on that day of 00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:57.300 Pentecost and on that Feast of Shavuot because 00:43:57.300 --> 00:44:01.519 we start the convention as we start the opening 00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:03.940 night. When the sun goes down is the beginning 00:44:03.940 --> 00:44:06.699 of Pentecost. And so when the day of Pentecost 00:44:06.699 --> 00:44:10.139 was fully come refers to when the sun came up. 00:44:10.750 --> 00:44:13.630 OK, remember, all of this is happening. And Peter 00:44:13.630 --> 00:44:15.469 says, these men are not drunk, as you suppose, 00:44:15.630 --> 00:44:17.210 seeing it's only nine o 'clock in the morning. 00:44:17.769 --> 00:44:20.230 OK, they'd been there for a while. We don't know 00:44:20.230 --> 00:44:24.690 how long this fire thing went on, but we know 00:44:24.690 --> 00:44:27.440 it was a sign. And we know that people were wondering. 00:44:27.800 --> 00:44:31.980 And we know that they were representing, they 00:44:31.980 --> 00:44:35.579 were there as first fruits of the harvest that's 00:44:35.579 --> 00:44:39.099 about to come upon us. Because God is going to 00:44:39.099 --> 00:44:42.119 pour out his spirit on all flesh. And that's 00:44:42.119 --> 00:44:44.559 what he's been talking to us about that gave 00:44:44.559 --> 00:44:47.300 us the name Global Outpouring, because he wants 00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:51.349 to pour out his spirit on all flesh. And your 00:44:51.349 --> 00:44:53.769 sons and your daughters will prophesy. Even the 00:44:53.769 --> 00:44:57.170 people that are under you, your employees and 00:44:57.170 --> 00:45:01.429 everybody. It's coming for everybody. All flesh 00:45:01.429 --> 00:45:06.070 means all flesh. And so the cool thing that I 00:45:06.070 --> 00:45:10.559 see is that for the disciples. The apostles, 00:45:10.820 --> 00:45:14.019 that whole group of people that was following 00:45:14.019 --> 00:45:17.280 Jesus and the how many thousand that came to 00:45:17.280 --> 00:45:20.340 faith in that one day. Was it 3 ,000 or 5 ,000? 00:45:20.380 --> 00:45:24.219 3 ,000. What? I said 3 ,000. 3 ,000. Okay. Some 00:45:24.219 --> 00:45:26.679 of those numbers don't always stick. Anyway, 00:45:26.840 --> 00:45:30.480 all of a sudden, you have a whole new church. 00:45:30.820 --> 00:45:34.219 And there's a place further on in Acts that says 00:45:34.219 --> 00:45:37.329 many of the priests were believers. Yeah. And 00:45:37.329 --> 00:45:40.030 the common people had heard Jesus gladly. So 00:45:40.030 --> 00:45:42.829 you've got this entire movement that's going 00:45:42.829 --> 00:45:46.949 on. And yet it wasn't the fullness of what is 00:45:46.949 --> 00:45:50.550 about to come now. We're about to see something 00:45:50.550 --> 00:45:54.530 amazing. And the thing about it being on all 00:45:54.530 --> 00:46:01.510 flesh, I've been studying Romans 7 and 8 over 00:46:01.510 --> 00:46:05.940 and over again. I've just been kind of... ruminating 00:46:05.940 --> 00:46:09.460 on it, just like chewing it all over again, listening 00:46:09.460 --> 00:46:13.039 to it in different translations and reading it. 00:46:13.239 --> 00:46:16.099 Yeah, just don't get stuck in Romans 7. Well, 00:46:16.239 --> 00:46:19.840 I want to make the transition from Romans 7 to 00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:22.139 Romans 8, because Romans 7 is all about living 00:46:22.139 --> 00:46:26.960 in the flesh. And Romans 8 is all about the victory 00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:30.659 of Jesus in our lives to set us free from the 00:46:30.659 --> 00:46:33.340 law of sin and death. Living in the Spirit. And 00:46:33.340 --> 00:46:38.030 living in the Spirit. So the the picture of the 00:46:38.030 --> 00:46:43.610 Spirit coming on all flesh. Galatians 5 lists 00:46:43.610 --> 00:46:46.230 all of the works of the flesh, probably not all 00:46:46.230 --> 00:46:49.429 of them, but plenty of them. And after that, 00:46:49.489 --> 00:46:52.869 it lists, it's the works of the flesh and the 00:46:52.869 --> 00:46:57.360 fruit of the Spirit. So as we receive the Holy 00:46:57.360 --> 00:47:01.079 Spirit, as we receive him, as we open up our 00:47:01.079 --> 00:47:04.199 capacity, as Pastor Tony was teaching us, as 00:47:04.199 --> 00:47:07.719 we prepare ourselves for Pentecost, preparing 00:47:07.719 --> 00:47:12.559 ourselves for an appointment with God, an appointment. 00:47:12.900 --> 00:47:15.320 You've got to be prepared for your appointment. 00:47:15.440 --> 00:47:19.260 Think about having an appointment to have your 00:47:19.260 --> 00:47:23.780 bar exam. or some kind of a test that determines 00:47:23.780 --> 00:47:27.360 whether you get to go on and get licensed to 00:47:27.360 --> 00:47:30.119 do the thing that you've been studying for for 00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:33.260 decades or years at least. You have an appointment 00:47:33.260 --> 00:47:37.380 to sit for that exam. You have an appointment. 00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:39.079 You have to be there. You have to be prepared. 00:47:39.579 --> 00:47:43.059 And that's what this message from Pastor Tony, 00:47:43.159 --> 00:47:46.639 I believe, has been helping us to prepare. And 00:47:46.639 --> 00:47:50.519 really, it's all about surrender. It's all about 00:47:50.519 --> 00:47:54.219 putting down the flesh and letting the Holy Spirit 00:47:54.219 --> 00:47:58.320 rise up so that his light and his life and his 00:47:58.320 --> 00:48:02.719 love are the things that we're exuding as fruit, 00:48:03.079 --> 00:48:07.260 okay? The works of the flesh are the stuff, you 00:48:07.260 --> 00:48:09.099 know, where it's all about self, self, self, 00:48:09.300 --> 00:48:12.840 self, self, self, and, you know, self and sin. 00:48:13.809 --> 00:48:16.710 And sin is the world, the flesh, and the devil, 00:48:16.789 --> 00:48:20.289 okay? That's what all of that is about. But God 00:48:20.289 --> 00:48:23.050 says, I'm going to pour my spirit on all flesh. 00:48:23.329 --> 00:48:28.159 So all flesh has this opportunity. to receive 00:48:28.159 --> 00:48:32.760 the promise of the Father, to receive the promise 00:48:32.760 --> 00:48:35.980 where that fire can come on them, come on us, 00:48:36.079 --> 00:48:39.280 and write His Word in our hearts and our minds 00:48:39.280 --> 00:48:43.179 and transform us so that we are working with 00:48:43.179 --> 00:48:46.059 the Holy Spirit, that we're flowing with the 00:48:46.059 --> 00:48:50.219 Holy Spirit, that we're co -laboring, and that 00:48:50.219 --> 00:48:54.329 He's the Lord. And we're the ones that are obeying, 00:48:54.349 --> 00:48:57.329 okay? He's the potter, we're the clay. Yeah. 00:48:57.469 --> 00:49:00.150 The clay's job is to yield under pressure. Yep. 00:49:00.230 --> 00:49:04.369 And to get into cooperation with him, to get 00:49:04.369 --> 00:49:07.989 into just, Lord, what is it you want me to do? 00:49:08.969 --> 00:49:11.949 Okay, I'll do that. How do you yield? You're 00:49:11.949 --> 00:49:14.309 on the wheel, it's getting squeezed. Oh, yes. 00:49:14.489 --> 00:49:17.659 It's when it squeezes. Yep. That's what starts 00:49:17.659 --> 00:49:20.000 the forming of it. Yes. You got to squeeze it. 00:49:20.079 --> 00:49:22.820 Yes. And so the things that we're going through, 00:49:23.059 --> 00:49:26.360 they're not really from the devil. I hate to 00:49:26.360 --> 00:49:29.340 break it to you. God is at work in our lives 00:49:29.340 --> 00:49:32.460 and he's pushing us into a corner. He's pushing 00:49:32.460 --> 00:49:37.480 to cause us to be formed into a vessel that he 00:49:37.480 --> 00:49:40.659 can use because he wants to use you. He wants 00:49:40.659 --> 00:49:44.619 to use me. And he's been putting his pressure 00:49:44.619 --> 00:49:49.500 on. And I've been, I'll say it this way. He's 00:49:49.500 --> 00:49:53.059 been giving me the grace to obey. He's been giving 00:49:53.059 --> 00:49:55.739 me the grace to let go. He's been giving me the 00:49:55.739 --> 00:49:58.900 grace to just sink down and let him do it. It's 00:49:58.900 --> 00:50:01.639 not my job. It's not my job to make it happen. 00:50:02.809 --> 00:50:06.829 This is what he wants to do. This is what I believe 00:50:06.829 --> 00:50:10.949 he is in the process of doing. And as we come 00:50:10.949 --> 00:50:14.510 together for Pentecost, I really urge you, if 00:50:14.510 --> 00:50:17.369 you possibly can make it to the convention, come 00:50:17.369 --> 00:50:20.010 and have an appointment with God. Prepare your 00:50:20.010 --> 00:50:22.909 heart for it. Come and have an appointment. If 00:50:22.909 --> 00:50:25.369 you can't get there, if you absolutely cannot 00:50:25.369 --> 00:50:28.480 make it. You can watch it live on YouTube or 00:50:28.480 --> 00:50:30.960 you can watch it afterwards, like if you're on 00:50:30.960 --> 00:50:33.820 the other side of the world. But there's people 00:50:33.820 --> 00:50:35.639 coming from the other side of the world. Maybe 00:50:35.639 --> 00:50:38.860 you can come too. So ask the Lord to help you. 00:50:38.900 --> 00:50:41.039 Ask the Lord to show you, Father, what's your 00:50:41.039 --> 00:50:43.400 will? Because we've seen him do miracle after 00:50:43.400 --> 00:50:46.219 miracle after miracle to get people there. And 00:50:46.219 --> 00:50:49.119 one of our ladies from Japan, when she can't 00:50:49.119 --> 00:50:52.210 get there, she will check into a hotel. She'll 00:50:52.210 --> 00:50:54.989 put herself on Do Not Disturb. She'll get into 00:50:54.989 --> 00:50:59.010 our time zone and watch the convention with us. 00:50:59.150 --> 00:51:02.230 I hope she can make it this year. But if she 00:51:02.230 --> 00:51:05.090 can't, I'm pretty sure she'll set herself aside 00:51:05.090 --> 00:51:08.510 because she knows the value of having an appointment 00:51:08.510 --> 00:51:11.409 with God. Even if you can't get there, do what 00:51:11.409 --> 00:51:15.530 you can to set yourself aside and let the Holy 00:51:15.530 --> 00:51:19.110 Spirit do His work in you because we're at a 00:51:19.110 --> 00:51:22.860 point of the promise of the Father. this outpouring 00:51:22.860 --> 00:51:26.559 on all flesh. And it's an outpouring more like 00:51:26.559 --> 00:51:31.599 Niagara Falls. So it's not just a drip here and 00:51:31.599 --> 00:51:37.619 a shower there. It's like the roar of the rushing 00:51:37.619 --> 00:51:40.900 mighty wind, the roar of the outpouring, the 00:51:40.900 --> 00:51:47.019 roar of the fiery tornado that is ready to consume 00:51:47.019 --> 00:51:52.449 our offerings. And we bring ourselves as an offering. 00:51:52.650 --> 00:51:55.090 He's looking for us to be a living sacrifice 00:51:55.090 --> 00:52:00.969 to him, that he can inhabit, that his presence 00:52:00.969 --> 00:52:04.590 inhabits us and draws us into his character. 00:52:04.829 --> 00:52:08.889 That's what we were born for. That's what's written 00:52:08.889 --> 00:52:12.769 in our books that he wrote for us before we were 00:52:12.769 --> 00:52:16.369 born. He wrote all that we are capable of doing 00:52:16.369 --> 00:52:20.039 if we'll just cooperate with him. Oh, I want 00:52:20.039 --> 00:52:23.980 to do that. Will you join us? Hallelujah. Philip, 00:52:24.079 --> 00:52:25.860 would you pray for our listeners and viewers? 00:52:26.579 --> 00:52:28.599 Well, Father, we thank you, Lord. Even in this 00:52:28.599 --> 00:52:32.019 podcast, Lord, your word revealed. You revealed 00:52:32.019 --> 00:52:35.320 your word by fire, Lord. Lord, through Jesus 00:52:35.320 --> 00:52:38.460 Christ, the Holy Spirit, Lord, that fire in our 00:52:38.460 --> 00:52:41.420 hearts, so God. So we thank you, Father, that, 00:52:41.460 --> 00:52:44.119 Lord, even the fire you give us on the inside 00:52:44.119 --> 00:52:47.519 will be manifest on the outside. So, Father, 00:52:47.619 --> 00:52:50.460 we thank you, Father, because it's a life changer. 00:52:50.539 --> 00:52:53.460 I'm sure everyone on that Temple Mount saw that 00:52:53.460 --> 00:52:56.179 fire come down, that, Father, they were changed 00:52:56.179 --> 00:52:58.900 because they never forgot that. So, Father, we 00:52:58.900 --> 00:53:01.519 just pray, even, Lord, as this convention coming 00:53:01.519 --> 00:53:04.480 up. starting on Pentecost, Lord, that you will 00:53:04.480 --> 00:53:07.920 pour out your fire like we have never seen before, 00:53:08.179 --> 00:53:11.280 O God. As John the Baptist said, there's one 00:53:11.280 --> 00:53:13.400 coming that's going to baptize you with the Holy 00:53:13.400 --> 00:53:16.969 Spirit and fire. And Lord, we've seen the fire 00:53:16.969 --> 00:53:19.849 on the Temple Mount. And Lord, if the book of 00:53:19.849 --> 00:53:21.769 Acts is like the first fruits of what you're 00:53:21.769 --> 00:53:23.829 going to do in these last days of pouring out 00:53:23.829 --> 00:53:26.570 of your spirit, Lord, we're expecting tremendous 00:53:26.570 --> 00:53:29.949 things to happen, Father. So we thank you, Lord, 00:53:29.989 --> 00:53:32.130 that, Father, that, Lord, those listening to 00:53:32.130 --> 00:53:34.309 this said, Lord, that they can just hear the 00:53:34.309 --> 00:53:37.110 Holy Spirit on coming to this convention, Lord. 00:53:37.550 --> 00:53:40.469 Lord, even someone that we heard, they texted 00:53:40.469 --> 00:53:43.590 us and says, I'm having a graduation in my Bible 00:53:43.590 --> 00:53:46.110 school, but... It's not the diploma. I want to 00:53:46.110 --> 00:53:48.030 be there for the convention because it's at the 00:53:48.030 --> 00:53:50.769 same time. And that's because she has the fire 00:53:50.769 --> 00:53:54.230 burning in her bones and wants to have that impartation, 00:53:54.309 --> 00:53:56.610 which is going to happen at this convention. 00:53:56.949 --> 00:53:59.309 So we thank you, Father. We give you all the 00:53:59.309 --> 00:54:01.690 glory for what you're going to do in bringing 00:54:01.690 --> 00:54:04.949 people in, even in the last minute. In your name, 00:54:04.989 --> 00:54:16.119 Lord Jesus. Amen. Please subscribe, rate, and 00:54:16.119 --> 00:54:18.800 review this podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever 00:54:18.800 --> 00:54:21.960 you listen to podcasts. Your review helps the 00:54:21.960 --> 00:54:24.659 podcasting platform suggest this podcast to other 00:54:24.659 --> 00:54:27.360 listeners who are also looking for a great move 00:54:27.360 --> 00:54:30.019 of the Holy Spirit. Check out our website at 00:54:30.019 --> 00:54:32.900 globaloutpouring .org to find out more information, 00:54:33.139 --> 00:54:35.480 read our blogs, connect with us, and donate. 00:54:35.739 --> 00:54:38.719 You can also browse our web store for life -changing 00:54:38.719 --> 00:54:42.280 anointed books. Until next time, this is Sharon 00:54:42.280 --> 00:54:45.500 Buss. 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