John 14

"When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place."

 {Acts 2:1} (NIV1984) 

Every single believer on the face of the earth was in that room, all 120 of them! They had gathered on their Lord’s instruction to wait for the promised Holy Spirit. This event marks the beginning of the age of the Christian assembly (the church). What a blessing was poured out on this first assembly (this first church).

  Let us not miss the obvious, by looking intently at the miracle of Pentecost. The obvious is this: they were to gather together in one place and wait. The Holy Spirit came to the group as they gathered, not to single people as they went about their business in the world by themselves. The early Christians did not miss the obvious; they made it a point of their practice of the faith, to regularly gather for prayer, worship and the Word. This event will never be duplicated in this present age, for the simple reason that all Christians will never be together in one place again until the Lord comes back and we meet Him in the air. 

May we do what our Lord commanded; may we assemble together regularly in our little group, waiting for the Holy Spirit to bless us, until the trumpet sounds and all of us are gathered together again in one place. Come Lord Jesus, come!