PENTECOST: birthday of the CHURCH

On Pentecost every year we celebrate three fountains of the CHURCH:

     Joel + Jesus
A) Once the prophet Joel saw into the future and got the Word of God as follows:
"One day - after all this - I shall pour out my spirit on all humanity." (3.1-5)
Jesus has made the same promise, to give the Spirit of God...
B) Act 2.1-11 likes to show us: the promise is fulfilled...   and we celebrate Pentecost until today to celebrate the GIFT: the GIVEN HOLY SPIRIT
C) We confess: "I believe in the Holy Spirit." It means we are convinced the Holy
spirit ist now and here radiant, he is poured out all over and given to everybody!
(like the sun; like the wind)  The group with such a belief is the CHURCH.

     Moses + Jesus
A) As the people of God made the journey through the desert with Moses for forthy years - one day God has given on the mountain of Sinai the TORA (the ten commandments = survival-rules).
B) On Pentecost we celebrate the "hand-over" of the TORA and the fact that Jesus
by his life has put together this TORA into to New TORA "love one another".
C) "We confess: "I believe in God". It means: the God who has given the Tora ( by
Moses and by Jesus). The group with such a believe is the CHURCH.

    Babel + Jesus
A) One day there was one language and one people. The people said: let's build a city and a tower reaching heaven ("the limit is the sky" / BABEL ) But God said NO /
Not this way. (Not by way of technic, commerce and mind alone).
B) The life of Jesus has shown the real way for real Unity and real Understanding:
"unity in diversity". On Pentecost the Apostles have discovered: "Jesus is the real way". This we like to celebrate.
C) We confess: "I believe in Jesus Christ". It means: we too, we see the life style of Jesus as the way to create unity (and mutual understanding) this why we are CHURCH

The secular Christian is convinced: the HOLY SPIRIT is here and now, all-over and every-time radiant, blowing  - we enjoy it !