Acts 1-2

In today's devotional we begin reading the book of the Acts of the apostles, we see the Holy Spirit poured out on all the believers present; young and old, men and women, sons and daughters and from every tribe first in Israel and then to every nation on earth. The Holy Spirit was breaking all the earlier barriers of the Old testament to herald the New. On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability. Acts of the Apostles 2:1‭-‬4 NLT. He even broke language barriers as the believers began to speak in the languages of other nations; At that time there were devout Jews from every nation living in Jerusalem. When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers. They were completely amazed. “How can this be?” they exclaimed. “These people are all from Galilee, and yet we hear them speaking in our own native languages! Here we are—Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, the province of Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the areas of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism), Cretans, and Arabs. And we all hear these people speaking in our own languages about the wonderful things God has done!” They stood there amazed and perplexed. “What can this mean?” they asked each other. Acts of the Apostles 2:5‭-‬12 NLT. The gift of the Holy Spirit was now available to every nation; God was now accessible to every nation on earth.