1. Pentecost is a festival and birthday of ChurchÂ
2. Was the time the Jewish people renewed their commitment to the covenant with God and offered up the first fruits of their harvest and the first-born of their flocks as sacrifice.Â
3. It is during this celebration that the author of Acts placed a group of disciples, women and men, in a room in Jerusalem, waiting for the arrival of the Holy Spirit.Â
4. And then it came, and it is as if the room was filled with the roar of rushing wind and it looks like tongues of fire.Â
5. The apostles then found themselves speaking in foreign languages, inspired by the Holy Spirit, but still understood each other When the holy spirit descended on the apostles and gave them languages and wisdom.Â