Seeing God's voice to Israel & the nations
Carino Casas • May 31, 2023
Why did God choose the pilgrim feast of Shavuot/Pentecost to pour out the Holy Spirit on the followers of Jesus the Messiah? Executive Director Cariño Casas looks at Acts 2 and Exodus 19-20 to answer the question.
Footnotes
- Citations: Passages from Shemot Exodus 5:9 and Weissman, Moshe, The Midrash Says: Shemot (Brooklyn: Bnay Yakov Publications, 1980), 182, quoted or paraphrased.
- Image credit: Screen capture from The 10 Commandments (1956) via YouTube.
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Jewish Media Review - May 2025
Thomas gets a lot of grief for not being with the others the day resurrected Jesus first appeared to them and for not believing their report. Jesus doesn't hold it against Thomas.
Pastor Brad Lacey invited CMJ USA executive director Cariño Casas and partnership director Jeff Roberts to talk about what CMJ USA is up to and how a Mexican-American from west Texas and a Jewish follower of Jesus from Cleveland came to work together.