Finding Christ In The Feast Of Pentecost
Even the wind and fire that filled the upper room reveal Christ. He is the Breath of Life who spoke the worlds into being.
Finding Christ In The Feast Of Pentecost
The God Who Writes on Hearts
Text: “This is the covenant that I will make… I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it.” — Jeremiah 31:33
At Sinai, God came down in fire to give His law to His people. At Pentecost, the risen Christ sent fire from heaven again — not to inscribe law on stone, but to fill human hearts with His life. The same God who once thundered on the mountain now whispered through wind and flame.
Every part of the Feast of Pentecost points us to Jesus. The Israelites brought two loaves baked with leaven — a symbol of humanity, Jew and Gentile alike, imperfect yet accepted through the grace of God. When the Spirit came, He united both into one body — the Church — sanctified not by our perfection, but by Christ’s sacrifice.
Pentecost also fell fifty days after Firstfruits, when the first sheaf of the harvest was offered to the Lord. Jesus, the “firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep” (1 Co. 15:20), rose from the dead — and fifty days later, He poured out the Spirit as a guarantee of a greater harvest to come. The Spirit’s arrival was the evidence that the Risen One had ascended, been glorified, and was now gathering His people from every nation.
Even the wind and fire that filled the upper room reveal Christ. He is the Breath of Life who spoke the worlds into being. He is the consuming Fire who purifies and empowers His people. Pentecost shows us that Jesus not merely redeems us — He indwells us. The Lord who walked among us now walks within us.
The Feast of Pentecost isn’t just a chapter in Israel’s history; it’s the heartbeat of the Church’s story. It’s the day the resurrected Christ shared His victory by sending His own Spirit — that the life He won might now live in us.
The giving of the Law and the giving of the Spirit are mirror images: one commanded righteousness, the other empowered it. The first said, “Here’s what you should do,” the second says, “Now, here’s the power to do it.” What Israel could not keep by command, believers now fulfill by the indwelling power of God.
Have you seen Christ in the fire and wind of Pentecost? Is His life being reproduced in you through His Spirit? The same Jesus who poured Himself out at Calvary poured His Spirit out at Pentecost — so that through you, His harvest might continue.
