We are in Historical Timing

1. This is only the 2nd Passover (Easter) that God’s people have been commanded to stay in their own homes!

2. Exodus 12:22: ‘None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning’

We are in Historical Timing

3. The were told to be ready – to have their cloaks on their backs and their staffs in hand

4. This enforced sabbatical has been a time of God desiring to realign our hearts and prepare us for a greater season of kingdom fruitfulness

A very special 49 Day period

1. After the Passover there was the Feast of Firstfruits, or Weeks.

2. The Feast of Firstfruits was the celebration of the beginning of the barley harvest - We celebrate the resurrection of Jesus

A very special 49 Day period

3. 7 weeks later was Pentecost, which was the celebration of the wheat harvest.

4. Jesus equated the wheat harvest with the harvest of souls for the Kingdom of God

One of the main differences between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant is Emanuel- God with us!

1. Joel 2:28 & 29: ‘“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Even on the male and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit’.

One of the main differences between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant is Emanuel- God with us!

2. Jeremiah 30:31 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,…. 33 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

Now the Holy Spirit is Within

John 20:19-22: ‘On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit’.

1. John 20:22 A Historical Day- the first time in all of history when the Holy Spirit began to dwell within a human.

Now the Holy Spirit is Within

2. Peace be to you, vs. 19 & 21 - twice Jesus said this

3. God gives us the Spirit of Sonship

John 1:12: ‘to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God

Romans 8:15: ‘For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”’

1 John 3:1: ‘See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are’.

Now the Holy Spirit is Within

4. Ephesians 5:18: ‘Be filled with the Spirit’­ a directive word, not a suggestion!

5. Galatians 5:22-23: The character of Christ manifests through us by the Spirit within us!

‘the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control’

The Anointing; the Holy Spirit Upon us gives us the supernatural ability of God to serve Him

1. Acts 1:8 “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

2. The apostle Paul relied on God’s dunamis power rather than his own abilities

1 Corinthians 2:4 ‘my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power’

3. Jesus, Himself, was led and empowered by the Holy Spirit

Luke 4.1, Luke 4.14

Moves of the Holy Spirit can be both God and church initiated!

1. In Acts 2 they waited on the Holy Spirit in obedience to Jesus’ instructions and the Holy Spirit came upon them with power!

2. In Acts 4, as persecution was beginning, the Holy Spirit came in power as they gathered and prayed:


Acts 4:31 ‘And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness’.

The fruit of Pentecost

1. A boldness came on the disciples and they were transformed from fearful to fearless!

2. Thousands were saved

The fruit of Pentecost

3. There began to be a freedom for healings and miracles

4. The church was birthed

Acts 2:42-47: And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44 And all who believed were together and had all things in common. 45 And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.

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