Jose Morelos

It was the spring of the year 30 AD and a cluster of Jews, men and women, were huddled in a home in Jerusalem. Everyone in the small gathering was nervous, jumpy and some were scared stiff. They were confused and at a loss to explain what had happened. Their leader, known to them as Jesus, accused of rabble-rousing and treason, had been executed by the Romans. Fearing retribution, they were all now worried about what would happen to them. All of a sudden, Mary Magdalene and other women, bursted into their gathering and startled all of them. Tripping over her own words, they heard her say something about the body disappearing, resurrection and conversation with angels.

This was the start of the most amazing 40 days in human history. During the next 40 days, the resurrected Christ, appeared to many of his disciples, and specially to the eleven. Throughout that time he went fishing and ate with them, comforted them and assured them that he was coming back for them. He explained to them the scripture and encouraged them.  In the mean time, they were to get on with their mission: the transformation of this world into the Kingdom of God. And for this revolutionary task, he was sending to them a special weapon: the Third Person of the Holy Trinity, The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit would not only be with them, but it would dwell inside them. Together they were to become a community, called the church.

The Book of Acts is about this astonishing 40 days and about the next 30 years after this even, 3 decades which were to be a vital period for the infant church and its given mission. For the next 13 weeks a group of us will be looking at this book. We will, with the guidance of the Spirit of God, see what this book says, learn what it says and then apply its teaching to our own lives. It should be an exacting journey! We will post here our weekly findings.