Pentecost comes from the Greek language for "fiftieth" and refers to the 50th day after Easter, or in Jewish reckoning, after Passover. Which leads to this post. For Christians Pentecost brings to mind the passage in Acts 2 where the Holy Spirit was poured out on a group of Jesus followers who were told by Jesus as he was ascending back to Heaven, that they should go to Jerusalem and wait until the Promise of the Father is fulfilled. They did, and it was, on this day we call Pentecost.
Years ago I was teaching about this in one of our churches. Afterward a young man came to me and said he never knew that Pentecost had Jewish roots. It does, called the Feast of Weeks or Shavuot. On the side bar, under "Some Other Neat Stuff" I posted a link to a very informative web site giving information about the Jewish feasts. Check it out, and think about why God would choose to birth the church on this particular day?
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