The disciples believed this promise, truly sought God, humbled their hearts with united minds and spirit, and waited on the Holy Ghost to fall. ... Cloven tongues represented the Holy Ghost and when it came down on them, they began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit spoke through them (Acts 2:1-4). ... The Holy Ghost is God and "God is a Spirit" (John 4:24). ... The birth of the Spirit and the baptism of the Spirit are the same. ... The Holy Ghost is God in spirit. ...

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(Majdali, 2014) Among hundreds of sacred cities in the world, Jerusalem holds a holy uniqueness in relation to the three Abrahamic faiths traditions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. ... (British Broadcasting Corporation, 2014) The city has several important holy sites of which the "Western Wall" is undoubtedly the holiest. ... Individual pilgrims pray at a specific spot in the wall tunnel where they believe they come closest to the Holy of Holies, where it is believed the Ark of Covenant containing the Ten Commandments was kept during the First Temple. ... Jewish Law dictates that w...

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INTRODUCTION Israel had seen long period of humiliation and spiritual anxiety through the seventy years of Exile prior to Haggai's ministry. One must know something of these trying years and the events at their close which issued in the return of the Jews to Canaan in order to understand the problems faced by this postexilic prophet. Haggai, the tenth book of the twelve, consists of reports of four "words " addressed to Zerubbabel the governor. ORIENTING DATA FOR HAGGAI Content: Four Oracles encouraging God's people to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. Theme: Blessing through obedi...

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Then he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on your way here, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit" (Harper Collins Study Bible, Acts. 9.17). ...

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The phrase 'we have such and high priest, who is set on the right hand of the majesty in the heavens' reflects the start of Psalm 110; and this same 'high priest 'ministering in the heavenly sanctuary', shows a parallel between the former (Levitical) and the latter (Christ) because an earthly priest cannot be a heavenly priest and only Christ who is 'holy, harmless, undefiled...made higher than the heavens who needeth not daily, as those high priests to offer up sacrifice' (Hebrew 7.26-27) meets the requirements. ...

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