NTU CSA Charismatic Prayer Group

Last Saturday, I came to Emmaus Prayer meeting and the topic in the prayer meeting was about Pentecost, which gives me a lot of insight of Pentecost. In the teaching session, Brother Oka shared that Pentecost is actually related to:

1. Harvest and Thanks giving

2. Ten commandments

3. Breath of Life (Ezekiel 37:1-14)

4. Unity

However in this note, I would like to share more on the Pentecost and Ten Comandments (from the book “Charismatic Spirituality” and affirmed by the teaching session)

So what is Pentecost? Pentecost means the 50th day. So in the old testament, 50 days after the passover was the day where God asked Moses to come to Mount Sinai, and there He showed His glory and gave the Ten commandments to Israel

and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.To the Israelites the glory of the LORD looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.” (Exodus 24:16-17)

However, after the Ten commandments were given to Israelites, they still sinned against God, they worshiped other gods, they did wicked things, etc. When people of Israel had strayed away from the covenant, God is still faithful to them, He sent His prophets to bring His people back to Him. One of the prophecies that He gave to people of Israel through prophets of Jeremiah.

This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israelafter that time,” declares the LORD.“I will put my law in their mindsand write it on their hearts.I will be their God,and they will be my people. (Jeremiah 31:33)

With this promise of God, the house of Israel waited until the time when God will put His law, not only in two tablets of stone, but in their hearts. And this has come to realization through Pentecost.

On Pentecost day, the same flame which signified God’s presence on the Mount Sinai, came forth and spread to each of the Apostles. And behold, this is the promise of God when the Holy spirit in form of flame was given to the apostles. This Holy Spirit is the one to carve God’s law in their heart.

In the talk, Brother Oka shared that from the moment He is baptized in the spirit, He started to desire to go to the mass, to receive theEucharist, to be holy, and to be like Christ and he said that this desire cannot be from himself. It is because of God’s work, Holy Spirit’s work, that He started to carve His law in Brother Oka’s heart.

This reminds us again to desire for the same Holy Spirit that He gave on the Pentecost day, to prepare our heart once again for the coming of the Holy Spirit in each and everyone of us.

Pentecost is still happening until now! and It’s not only for Israelites, but also for us!

Let us receive the Holy Spirit and let Him carve God’s law in our heart. Amen.