Old Testament

• Three obligatory feasts

• Feast of Weeks = Feast of Harvest

• Ex 23:14-27 [16]

New Testament

• Feast of Weeks = Pentecost

• 50 days after Passover

• Acts 1 ~ Passover

• Acts 2, Pentecost, AD33

The Crowd’s Response

Acts 2:5-13ConfusionQuestionsConclusion

Peter’s Four Point Sermon

Acts 2:14-40

1st Not Drunk 2:14,15

• Only the third hour

2nd The Prophet Joel2:16-21

• The Prophet Joel• Joel 2:28-32

 ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,Your young men shall see visions,Your old men shall dream dreams.And on My menservants and on My maidservantsI will pour out My Spirit in those days;And they shall prophesy.

I will show wonders in heaven aboveAnd signs in the earth beneath:Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.The sun shall be turned into darkness,And the moon into blood,Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.And it shall come to passThat whoever calls on the name of the LordShall be saved.’

3rd Focus on Jesus The Christ 2:22-37

• Jesus 22-24

• The Christ 25-31

• This Jesus 32-36

• Response of people 37

4th Peter’s Answer2:38-40

• You should repent

• You should be baptized

• You shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit

• The promise is to you

• You should be saved

Results 2:41,42

Gladly received his wordBaptized

3000 AddedThe Church BeganThey continued ...

What Does Acts 2 Mean Today?

• Historic Biblical Event

• The rest of Joel’s prophecy still in the air

• Model for coming to Christ and the Church– Focus on Jesus Christ – See our guilt and personal need of Jesus Christ– Be baptized – Continue in the apostles doctrine