40 Days<\/em> we look at God\u2019s sure word with Abraham. So sure is God\u2019s word that God entered between the split and divided animals to say, \u201cIf my word doesn\u2019t come true, then do to me what we have done to these animals.\u201d Such is the implication of this ceremony.
\nThe drama of this event, surely not missed by the ancients, is that Abraham watched and waited and God did all the walking. Which means the promise God gave to Abraham is totally dependent upon God and upon the surety of God\u2019s word.
\nThe essential promise of the covenant is \u201cI will be with you and you will be my people.\u201d That is what Pentecost is: God is with us in the Spirit and we are to be God\u2019s-indwellt-people.
\nThat\u2019s the Pentecost promise, as sure as God\u2019s word.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pentecost, the Day God sends the Spirit afresh on God\u2019s people, makes them the kind of people God wants them to be. Pentecost, as we turn to chp 10 of 40 Days Living the Jesus Creed is a promise. The promise of Pentecost or the promised Pentecost or Pentecost promse, it doesn\u2019t matter \u2014 the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1743],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kingdom-of-god"],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/em> is a promise. The promise of Pentecost or the promised Pentecost or Pentecost promse, it doesn\u2019t matter \u2014 the two terms need to be connected.