The Upper Room
You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witness in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Act 1:8
When the day of Pentecost came, they [the believers] were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Acts 2:1-4
Unity is a powerful thing in the Bible. Little wonder that the evil of this world opposes Christian unity.
Jesus death was the spiritual fulfillment of the prophetic Jewish feast of Passover. The feast of Pentecost was fulfilled by this event, which marked the birth of the Church. Notice that this holy anointing, this preparation for ministry, happened when they were all together in one place. And Acts 1:14 tells us that were of one mind, constantly joining together in prayer. Unity was not the result of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit; rather the outpouring was a result of their unity!
It doesn't take a lot of people to change the world. In this case there were just 120 who were united in purpose and prayer, waiting expectantly for the word of the Lord to be fulfilled.
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