A Miracle of Understanding

Numbers 11:24-29; Acts 2:1-13     I go back and forth in my mind about whether this account of the Holy Spirit being poured out on Pentecost was a miracle of speaking or a miracle of hearing. What do you think? Was the Holy Spirit enabling a group of Aramaic speaking Galileans to suddenly speak languages they had never studied or was the Holy Spirit enabling a diverse crowd gathered in Jerusalem that day to hear their own mother tongues? The most logical answer is both. That is why I appreciate the comment from one of our church members during our lectionary Bible study last week when she said, “I think it really was a miracle of understanding.” Continue reading “A Miracle of Understanding”