{"id":26087,"date":"2021-05-13T13:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jesus-without-language.net\/?p=26087"},"modified":"2023-11-17T16:13:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T15:13:07","slug":"pentecost-acts-2-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jesus-without-language.net\/pentecost-acts-2-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentecost (Acts 2) | Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 20%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>It\u2019s the churches birthday! It can be tempting to rush to the good bit of this story where there are tongues of fire and the gift of tongues. However, we must start with Jesus\u2019s words to his disciples; otherwise the events would have made no sense to the believers.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This retold version of the Bible passage is supplied for inspiration, feel free to omit or embellish to give it your personal voice.<br><\/em><br><strong>Main Passage : Acts 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesus-without-language.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Post-graphics_59.webp\" alt=\"Biblical retelling of Pentecost (Acts 2) for youngsters.\" class=\"wp-image-28997 size-full\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\r\n\r\r\n<div class=\"product-link\" style=\"background-color: ; color: \">\r\r\n    \r\n        <div class=\"product-link__col\">\r\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jesus-without-language.net\/product\/pentecost-acts-2\/\">\r\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"product-link__text\">This is part of a single lesson pack, all ready to print and go.<\/p>\r\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"product-link__image\">\r\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesus-without-language.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Pentecost-Acts-2-Update-2023_24.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x150 size-150x150 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\r\r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\r\n        <\/div>\r\r\n    \r\n<\/div>\r\r\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus had left. The apostles gathered every day in Jerusalem, waiting. Jesus had told them to wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Day one: They were stunned, sitting around excited and confused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Day two: They started whispering, wondering, what was the Father\u2019s promise, what was the Holy Spirit, that Jesus had said would come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Day three, then day four: People returned to work. Meals were cooked. Life continued, but the disciples waited. They knew it would be something special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Day five, then day six: People started to prepare for the upcoming feast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Shavuot feast was a chance to celebrate the harvest. It happened seven weeks after Passover, 50 days, and so it was sometimes called Pentecost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Day ten: Pentecost came. Slowly, the rooms the disciples were in grew fuller and fuller as everyone came to spend the celebration with the apostles. Outside, people rushed back and forth. Many had stayed in Jerusalem since Passover for this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was nine in the morning when the talk in the rooms was silenced by a loud noise. It was the sound of a rushing wind filling the house. The disciples looked around confused. Was this what they had been waiting for? Alongside the wind came flames that seemed to float in the air around them. The flames slowly rested above each of the disciples&#8217; heads, and someone at the edge of the room breathed a quiet \u201cHallelujah!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suddenly everyone realised what was happening. This was God. This was God gifting them, each and every one of them, from Peter the Rock to the forgotten faces. This was what Jesus had told them to wait for, and they couldn\u2019t hold back the praise any longer. They opened their mouths, and the noise was amazing; words of praise to God filled the air. 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