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'''Before ascending into Heaven''', Jesus had told his disciples to return to Jerusalem and stay there until they were ''"endued with power from on high."'' On the day of Pentecost, a rushing wind from heaven filled the room in Jerusalem where the disciples were sitting, tongues of fire appeared above the 120 people who had gathered to pray and, running into the streets, the disciples spoke in foreign languages understood by strangers in the city. | '''Before ascending into Heaven''', Jesus had told his disciples to return to Jerusalem and stay there until they were ''"endued with power from on high."'' On the day of Pentecost, a rushing wind from heaven filled the room in Jerusalem where the disciples were sitting, tongues of fire appeared above the 120 people who had gathered to pray and, running into the streets, the disciples spoke in foreign languages understood by strangers in the city. | ||
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This call to repent is still heard around the World today. | This call to repent is still heard around the World today. | ||
=The Early Church= | =The Early Church= | ||
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The early Christian church was also persecuted, and did not persecute heathens or other Christians. Any Church guilty of persecution does not follow the example of Jesus Christ set forth by the Apostles in the Bible. | The early Christian church was also persecuted, and did not persecute heathens or other Christians. Any Church guilty of persecution does not follow the example of Jesus Christ set forth by the Apostles in the Bible. | ||
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