Yitro | A Pentecostal Experience

In the book of Acts, we read about the signs and wonders God poured out on the Apostles and all who were with them after Yeshua’s ascension: tongues of fire on their heads, a mighty wind from heaven, and the ability to speak in languages they had never learned. If you grew up in a Charismatic Christian tradition like I did, these signs marked the separation between the old era of Judaism and the new era of Christianity. That event supposedly marked the beginning of the church. But what these signs weren’t something new, but actually something ancient? What if these signs and wonders were already associated with Judaism and only served to strengthen the Apostles’ connection to the validity of their Jewish faith? What if they saw them as signs linking this event back to the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai? Let’s explore this idea together in this week’s 5 Minute Torah.