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Fire reported at temple
Disciples speak in languages of goyim
Yesterday morning at 9 AM fires were reported at the temple. This certainly is cause for alarm as the temple still hasn't been repaired from the damage of Passover Friday. However, when the Jerusalem Fire Department responded to the call, they only saw non-consuming flames on the heads of the eleven men who had been followers of the Nazarene, Jesus bar-Joseph. The crew stayed for an hour but determined the flames were benign. They were also mesmerized by the babbling these men were doing.
This comes on the day of Pentecost, when many Israelites from among the goyim gather in Jerusalem to celebrate, as prescribed in the Law. Conversations with many of these Israelites determined that the babbling of the eleven men was actually the men speaking in languages that the various people in the assembly could understand-Latin, Greek, Coptic, Assyrian, Aramaic, Phoenician, and many other tongues, both from east and west. As one pilgrim at the temple told us, "Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs--we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!"
It was suggested that these men might have drunk too much wine, but one named Cephas, also known as Simon or Simon Peter, spoke:
"Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning! No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
" 'In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
and they will prophesy.
I will show wonders in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
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