Acts 2:1-4 ESV
[1] When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. [2] And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. [3] And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. [4] And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
There are seven feasts given to the people of Israel, by the LORD Himself. The fourth feast is the Feast of Weeks, Shavuot. It was fulfilled on the Day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came down like a mighty rushing wind. Today, however, the Jewish people believe the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) is about the giving of the Law of Moses on Mt. Sinai.
So, let’s just say, for arguments sake that that’s true. Okay. It looks back at the giving of The Law and forward to the fulfillment of the giving of the Holy Spirit. The seal of our salvation or our new and better covenant.
When the LORD came down and gave the Ten Commandments, He first spoke it to the people of Israel. He came down as fire on the mountain (Exodus 19:18). When the Holy Spirit came down on those in the Upper Room, He came as fire tongues resting on their heads. As Daddy always points out, when Moses came down and saw the golden calf, three thousand Israelite men were slain that day (Exodus 32:28). On the day of Pentecost, Peter preached his first message, and three thousand souls were saved (Acts 2:41).
If the Jews want to believe it looks back to the giving of the Law of Moses, by all means. What better fitting foreshadowing of the giving of the Holy Spirit than that? For no matter what you say it looked back at, it can never change what fulfilled it. You can try to twist Scripture, but you can never change it. You can never rewrite it, for the Word of God will never return to Him void.
Peace. Love. Go Forth and Know How To Defend Pentecost.