Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas
Jeremy approaches Bible teaching with a passion for getting the basic doctrines explained so that the individual can understand them and then apply them to circumstances in their life. These basic and important lessons are nestled in a framework of history and progression of revelation from the Bible so the whole of Scripture can be applied to your physical and spiritual life.
Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas
NT Framework - The Last Foundation Stone
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Yes, Mathias was an Apostle in every way, and his status is legitimized by Jesus Himself! And why is this important? Because with the last apostle chosen God can now move onto the Church age while Israel sits on the sidelines.
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Jeremy Thomas is the pastor at Spokane Bible Church in Spokane, Washington and a professor at Chafer Theological Seminary. He has been teaching the Bible for over 20 years, always seeking to present its truths in a clear and understandable manner.
Welcome And Series Setup
Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and our series on the New Testament framework. Today, a smaller, bite-sized piece from the larger lesson. We hope you enjoy it.
Why The Foundation Must Be Laid
Laying of the foundation. The last piece in the foundation was laid because Judas Iscariot turned aside, and so that position needed to be fulfilled. And now that it is filled, the church can be built upon it. So those things had to happen. The Spirit separation from the kingdom, ascension of Christ, so he could pour forth the Spirit from the Father, and lastly, the foundation had to be laid. All because you cannot have the church begin until these things
Three Miracles And Real Astonishment
are in place. So let's go to Acts chapter 2 and do a walkthrough. There are three miracles that happen on this day, and they actually use the word thaumazo, amazed or astonished, in this chapter to describe what happens. This was a word that was used from many of Jesus' miracles. A miracle will always cause astonishment. It will cause people to be amazed. They will want to take another look
Pentecost Means Fiftieth Day
at this thing. So Acts chapter 2, verse 1, and when the day of Pentecost had come, that that word Pentecost is a Latin word in your English Bible, and it means 50th. It was the 50th day after the feast of first fruits. These events all happened in the spring. This is the fourth of the spring feast, Pentecost. So the first one is Passover. It's fulfilled in Christ's death. The second one is unleavened bread, which extended a full eight days and signified separation from the world. As Israel went out from Egypt, they were to be separate. And remember, no leaven. And leaven signifies sin. So it's the separation from sin. You're to live a separate life. That was fulfilled. And then third, the feast of first fruits, and that is the day of the resurrection. It's fulfilled in Christ's resurrection, which was Sunday morning. And then 50 days from then, you had the feast of Pentecost, because the name means 50th. Sometimes called the Feast of Weeks. But that's the feast that's being referred to here. And because Jewish males under the age of or over the age of 20 had to be in Jerusalem for three feasts every year, they would usually go for Passover and stay for this entire period of time in order to also be there for Pentecost because you know you didn't have American Erlot. So they would just be what was called Katoikeo. They would be uh temporary residents. We'll see that word used in this
Native And Diaspora Reactions
passage. So you've got the native Jews who are Jews who live in the land in this passage, and then you've also got the diaspora Jews who are Jews from the outside Roman world for the day of Pentecost, these two types of Jews, native and diaspora. And they are distinguished in this passage in multiple ways, but essentially the ways that they are they are separated is that the diaspora Jews understood the foreign languages that were being spoken, whereas the native Jews did not. And so the diaspora Jews are amazed that they're able to speak in these foreign languages and dialects, but the native Jews are like, they're drunk. You know, who are these drunk people? So you see this distinction between native and diaspora Jew here in this chapter.
Where They Gathered And Why
So when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. Now we don't know what this one place was for sure, but it could have been the upper room where Jesus gave the upper room discourse in John 13, 14, and then he says, let's arise and go from this place. Or it could be possibly the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, according to Acts chapter 12, she had a larger home in Jerusalem. And Jerusalem at the time is not huge, but so it's highly possible it was one of these locations, but we don't know the exact place, but they were all together in one place. Now, why were they together in one place? Because Jesus said in his last commands in Acts chapter 1, verse 4, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, which he said, You heard of from me, for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now. As we go through this passage, it will never say that they are baptized by the Spirit. In fact, in verse 4, it'll say they were filled with the Spirit. And that's a different ministry of the Holy Spirit. And actually never says they're baptized in this chapter. But we know they were because Acts 1 4 says, or 5 says, not many days from now. So you had, again, the fulfillment of Passover on the day of Christ's crucifixion, a Friday, that also begins the unleavened bread. The third day was Sunday, that's the feast of Passover, add 50 days to that, and you come to the period Jesus spoke of here in verse 5, not many days from now when they were baptized by the Spirit. But not yet, right? We're just in verse 1. So they're obeying his commandment, they're all together in one
Twelve Or One Hundred Twenty
place. The question is, who is the all? Is the all the twelve? You know, they just picked the twelfth apostle, right? And Matthias was added to the 11th. But then also back in verse 15, previous chapter, verse 15, you see 120 persons. It says at this time Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren. A gathering of about 120 persons was there together. So is it the 12 who are there on the day of Pentecost? Is it the 120? There are good arguments both ways. I used to always hold that it's only the twelve. And a number of reasons for that, but I found there's also some pretty good arguments that it's the whole hundred and twenty. I think the question ends up coming down to who spoke in tongues? Was it the hundred and twenty or was it just the twelve? And again, it's a difficult, difficult problem to solve. I mean, what he just got done talking about in verse 15 through 26 is the whole hundred and twenty were there. So you may be inclined to think, well, it's all 120. But then you might say, well, you know, that's a lot of people in one place in the ancient world. 120 people, we don't have 120 people in this room at this time. So that's a lot of people, isn't it? Could a house really accommodate 120 people at that time? The other problem is, you know, you look down at verse 14, 2.14, and you see Peter taking a stand with the eleven to give an explanation. So you think, well, maybe it was just the 12 that were speaking in tongues. So there are the other problem is of course the the the um diaspora Jews say, are not all these speaking Galileans? In other words, from the Galilee region, and it would be quite odd that all 120 of those people were from Galilee, right? Yes, the twelve were from Galilee, but were all 120? So, you know, the it's a difficult problem to solve, but you know, it's not really that critical, I think, to the understanding of what transpired. So, verse 2, all in one place, because Jesus commanded, at least the twelve, perhaps all 120, had come together 50 days after the resurrection, and they're waiting, and suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind.
Rushing Wind Then Closing Notes
Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas. If you would like to see the visuals that went along with today's sermon, you can find those on Rumble and on YouTube under Spokane Bible Church. That is where Jeremy is the pastor and teacher. We hope you found today's lesson productive and useful in growing closer to God and walking more obediently with Him. If you found this podcast to be useful and helpful, then please consider rating us in your favorite podcast app. And until next time, we hope you have a blessed and wonderful day.