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Not long after the people set out from Sinai to head to the Promised Land, they began to complain of hardship
When God heard their complaints, He became angry, and fire from Him burned among the people
Then the people cried to Moses for help, Moses prayed and the fire stopped, and they named the place Taberah
Again the foreigners who had joined the Israelites began wanting other things to eat and the Israelites soon joined them to complain
“We want to eat meat” “We remember the fish we ate in Egypt… With vegetables like cucumber, melons, olives, onions, and garlic, but all we have now is manna
Moses was upset and questioned God for having to carry the responsibility of the Israelites
Hence God instructed him to select seventy elders and upon these, God gave some of the Spirit on Moses, so that they could share in the responsibility
On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place and what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them
Everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability
Hearing the noise, everyone came running to see what was happening, including the devout Jews that have come from every part of the world for the Pentecost festival
They were surprised to hear the believers speaking their language because the visitors were both Jews and Gentiles that are converted to Judaism
At this, they concluded that the believers were drunk
Then Peter stepped forward and preached to the crowd “What you see now was predicted long ago by the prophet Joel
In the last days, God says, “I will pour out my Spirit upon all people”