They were all filled with the Holy Spirit. (Acts2:4)

Pentecost was the second great festival of the Jewish year. It was a harvest festival when the first fruits of the grain harvest were presented to God (Leviticus 23:17) in like manner Pentecost symbolizes, for the church, the beginning of God`s harvest for souls in the world.

In Acts 2, we find external manifestations of a sound like a powerful wind and of tongues of fire demonstrated that God was present and active in a powerful way. The fire may symbolize consecrating and separating believers unto God for the work of glorifying Christ.

The beginning of the fulfillment of God`s Promise in Joel 2:28 to pour out His spirit upon all His people in the end times can be known here. All who were filled with the Holy Spirit preached Jesus and also influenced the converts to receive the same Holy Spirit. This leading others into the baptism in the Holy Spirit is the key to the apostolic work.

Through this baptism in the spirit the followers of Christ became successors to his earthly ministry. Let us also be filled with the Holy Spirit and magnify and glorify Jesus Christ.