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From Matt Jenson and David Wilhite Church: A Guide for the Perplexed (Guides For The Perplexed): At Pentecost, Joel\u2019s prophecy [2:28-29] is fulfilled and Babel [Genesis 11] is undone. What Pentecost represents \u2014 and in this it marks the beginning of the mission of the church \u2014 is the unity of the gospel (\u2018one Lord, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[484],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church"],"yoast_head":"\n
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