19/05/2022

It is always difficult for Goyim, Gentiles, Non-Jews to be unaffected by the concept of Chosen-People as revealed in the Old Testament. The Horror perpetrated on Egypt  at the time of Exodus cannot be welcomed or really understood by us whose knowledge of God is based on the Sermon on the Mount and the life and deeds of the Son as revealed in the New Testament.

It is true that God, Father Son and Holy Spirit, is revealed in the Old Testament and it was Son who pointed this out to his disciples during his time on earth. Peter says that the Father has approved the welcoming of Pagans into his Body on Earth, the fledgling Church and offers as proof  an undisputed fact that the Holy Spirit has been given to them just as it had to those who had walked with and seen the risen Lord.

What was the mark of the Holy Spirit that could be discerned so directly that the the listeners to Peter remained silent without dispute? 

Dear Lord may my heart and mind remain open to the Holy Spirit and let my Soul recognise your presnce in the way that Peter and his congregation did. You have blessed the Faith of those who have "not seen", let this Faith be my Hope in the Love which you lavish on your creation and the way to eternal life for all peoples on Earth.