Pentecost marks the arrival of the Holy Spirit and the birthday of the Christian Church, but why do we call it Pentecost, and why did God choose this particular day to give the gift of the Holy Spirit? In this special episode, Justin Hibbard details the events of the first Pentecost (or Shavuot) at Mount Sinai, and why the fulfillment in Jerusalem is a work of God’s poetry.

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