“Isaiah 2, Joel 2, Acts 2, and the Eschatological Temple of the Church” By: Andrew G. This article was originally published on Post Tenebras Lux In Acts chapter two, Luke records the Apostle Peter’s famous sermon in Jerusalem at Pentecost. There were Jews present from all around the Roman Empire: men from “Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs” (Acts 2:9-11). Prior to Peter’s address, the Holy Spirit was outpoured on those present, thus resulting in the miracle of enabling the different peoples to understand each other in their own native dialect. While some were amazed at this miracle of tongues, others perceived the people as being drunk. Luke then records Peter’s sudden intervention and subsequent sermon, of which the first part is quoted below: 14b “Men of Judea
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