Today is known by many as Pentecost Sunday.  You know the story.  The holy spirit descends, people speak in tongues, the church is born.

However, the day of the event is not arbitrary.  There was a reason why the believers had to wait for the promise from the father.  The day itself is a holy day on the biblical calendar.  It is the feast of weeks, or shavuot.   The holy day marks something incredibly significant….it is the anniversary of the giving of the law, and the beginning of the old covenant.

That covenant- although it was given by God, is called a ministry of death or condemnation.   The law is good…but it reveals that we ourselves are lawbreakers.  Thus, it produces only death.  The holy spirit troll on the same day to become the fulfilment of completion of that covenant… a new covenant of Grace and life… not condemnation and death.