Waiting for The Gift (of the Holy Spirit)

Acts 1:1-8 and 2:1-4. For Pentecost.

When Jesus was arrested and crucified the disciples were terrified for their own safety and completely gutted that Jesus’ ministry should have come to an end in this way. But after the resurrection and his appearances to the disciples, imagine how they might be feeling? Confused, elated, excited, wondering what comes next? In this in-between stage they haven’t been given the Holy Spirit, so are still dependant on Jesus’ actual presence and reassurance, and they are still in danger from the religious leaders and the Romans. But Jesus has told them to wait in Jerusalem, that they will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on them and that then they will be witnesses for Jesus “to the ends of the earth” [Acts 1: 8].


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