Babel, Pentecost and the Cosmopolis

On Pentecost Sunday, Pastor Hector speaks from Acts 2:1-21 and said that when the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples, it gave them the gift of tongues. He said that rather than thinking of it as a solution to Babel, we should think of Babel as a divine gift of diversity. The Holy Spirit is among our diverse family of God. Pastor Hector said, “The Kingdom of God is the city of the world where everyone is worshipping Him in their own language.” “God has spoken to us. He has shown us that we are His cosmopolis here on earth.”

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
First Scripture Passage Genesis 11:1-9

Second Scripture Passage Acts 2:1-32
v. 1-2 English - Hugh Wilkinson
v. 3-4 Afrikaans - Piet Strydom
v. 5-6 Akan (Ghana) - Theophilus Bannor
v. 7-8 Bahasa Indonesia - Vanessa Sihite
v. 9-10 French - Mayuko Sakoh
v. 11 German - Manna Martinu
v. 12-13 Greek - Yoko Kimura
v. 14 Hebrew - Mitsu Kimura
v. 15-16 Hindi - Suresh Kukde
v. 17 Irish - Stef Pettinelli
v. 18 Italian - Nancy Pierson
v. 19 Japanese - Sasha Sasanuma
v. 20 Korean - Sheena Maeng
v. 21-22 Latin - Tazuko Arai
v. 23-24 Mandarin - Juan Zheng
v. 25-26 Spanish - Marie & Margot Herrera
v. 27-28 Tagalog - Pearl Berg
v. 29-30 Tamil - Shanthy & G C Jeyakumar
v. 31-32 Turkish - Mary Foster