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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Monday, June 17, 2024
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Peter’s Sermon at Pentecost [1] Bible Verse:Acts 2:14-21 (ESV) "But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel: ‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’” " Message:
At the end of the preceding verses, the followers of Christ were running around speaking different languages after the Holy Spirit descended upon them. Onlookers decided they were drunk. But Peter stands up to speak, and says, basically, “they aren’t drunk; it’s only 10 a.m.”
At that time, Jews measured days and hours differently than we do. The Jewish day was about the same as ours — sunrise to sunset. Day ended precisely when three stars (actually two of them planets) were visible.
But “hours” were very different. “Daytime hours” were a different length than “night hours”, and they changed every day! No matter how long the daytime lasted, it had exactly 12 hours. In summer, when days are longer, Hebrew hours were longer — perhaps 70 minutes. In the middle of winter, when days are short, an hour might have been only 50 minutes long. The third hour of the day would thus have started when the day was 1/6 over. So 10:00 a.m. is an approximation of the time of day.
Peter then launches into a long sermon, the first real sermon in Christian church history. He starts with one of the most convincing arguments that could be made to a Jewish crowd: that the events he claimed were happening—the coming of the Holy Spirit—were prophesied in the Jewish Bible, i.e. the Old Testament. Like a modern day preacher, he supports his sermon by citing Scripture.
His first such citation is a lengthy quote from Joel, in which Joel predicted a time when God would pour out his spirit upon the earth. It doesn’t exactly match what was happening, but it was close enough to get the crowd’s attention.
Meditation : Prayer : God of love, Father of all, the darkness that covered the earth has given way to the bright dawn of your Word made flesh. Make me and all who confess your holy name people of this light. Make me faithful to your Word that I may bring your life to the waiting world. Grant this through Christ our Lord.............Amen |
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