041: Pentecost Special! The Amazing Old Testament Backstory of Acts 2

The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard

Matthew Leonard

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 831 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2016

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The Holy Spirit didn't just fall out of the sky at Pentecost. Well, I mean, he did, but all those tongues of fire, heavy winds and such weren't a random occurrence. Nothing God does ever is. There's a backstory. And once you know it, everything makes more sense. In this episode of The Art of Catholic, we dive into the events of the Old Testament that set up the birth of the Catholic Church in Jerusalem at Pentecost. Earth(quakes), Wind & Fire wasn't just a nominally successful 70s band. These elements often accompany theophanies, appearances of God. We're going to see why the crazy events at Pentecost unfolded as they did, looking at parallels to another very similar, very important event in the book of Exodus. Among other things we'll discuss: The ancient origin of Pentecost as a Jewish feast Why the Holy Spirit descended in tongues of fire in Acts 2 Why the Disciples started speaking in other languages What the voice of God actually sounds like (gulp!) Why the number of converts at Pentecost (i.e. 3,000) is really significant All that and more in this special Pentecost episode of The Art of Catholic! God bless you all! Matt P.S. Want to help Matthew increase his production of more Art of Catholic podcasts? You can do that (and get some free books and such) at Patreon.com/MatthewLeonard.

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0:00.0	When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. Suddenly, a
0:12.8	sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind and it filled all the house where
0:19.7	they were sitting. And they appeared to them, towns towns as a fire distributed and resting on each one of them
0:29.4	and they were all filled with a holy spirit and began to speak in other towns as the spirit
0:36.4	gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven.
0:47.0	And at this sound, the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one
0:53.3	heard them speaking in his own language.
0:56.4	They were amazed and wondered.
0:59.5	Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
1:03.0	And how is it that we hear each of us
1:05.6	in his own native language?
1:08.0	Parthians and Meeds and Ilamites
1:10.9	and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia,
1:15.4	Pontus and Asia, Fridia and Pampilia,
1:19.2	Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene
1:23.0	and visitors from Rome, both Jews and
1:25.1	Prasalites, Creotans and Arabians, we hear them telling in our own tongues
1:30.6	the mighty works of God.
1:33.3	Oh, we're amazed and perplexed.
1:36.4	What does this mean?
1:38.0	They are filled with new wine. Hello everyone, I'm Matthew Planner to welcome to a special Pentecost edition of the Art
1:55.6	of Catholic Podcast.
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