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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