Friday, December 30, 2011

The First Pentecost

What am I saying? I'm saying; in Genesis, when God breathed life into everything (including grass), that was the first Pentecost. That was when every living thing received God's nephesh, God's ruah, God's Breath and God's Spirit. 
http://www.amazon.com/Boundless-Circle-Caring-Creatures-Creation/dp/0835607259/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1307627219&sr=8-1
and
http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Gospel-Andrew-Linzey/dp/0664221939/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307627283&sr=8-1


It is no wonder that the Jews, whose Hebrew ancestors wrote that account and who fully understand what it REALLY means, look upon the smaller and exclusive (even discriminating) Christian Penetcost with puzzlement and unease. It has, wrongfully, given Christians a license to "demonize Jews, Pagans and Heretics", as Christian scholar Elaine Pagels has written.
http://www.amazon.com/Origin-Satan-Christians-Demonized-Heretics/dp/0679731180/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1307627427&sr=8-1