#31 Pentecost as the Dispensation of God for Man

[Pryr-1.2-31] All the Sacrifices and Institutions of the ancient Patriarchs -- the Law of Moses, with all its Types, and Rites, and Ceremonies, is all to this end:  and that is that they were the methods of Divine Wisdom for a Time, so as to keep the Hearts and Minds  of Men from the Wanderings of Idolatry, busy in a State of Holy Expectation upon God, and so that they could keep the first Seed of Life in a State of Growth, and make Way for a further Operation of God upon the Soul; or, as the Apostle himself says, to be as a Schoolmaster unto Christ, waiting patiently for the Birth, the Death, the Resurrection and the Ascension of Christ, should conquer Death and Hell, opening  a new Dispensation of God, and baptize Mankind once again  with the Holy Ghost, and Fire of Heaven.

Church of the Pentecost, Romania c. 1672

That day – the Day of Pentecost, a new Dispensation of God would come forth; which on God's Part, was to be the activity of the Holy Spirit visible in the Gifts and Graces to the whole Church; and on Man's Part, his Adoration of God throughout his Spirit and in adherence to the Truth.

So all this was done by God: from the Bruiser of the Serpent given to Adam, to Christ's sitting down on the right Hand of God.  

Done so that He could remove all that stood between Himself and Man, and there be a continual  relationship of God with the Soul; so Man, now baptized with the Holy Spirit, and thus born again from Above, would  absolutely renounce his animal Self.

Once this renunciation was complete, Man could then fully  give up  his Soul to God's Spirit, wholly and willingly, and that way  come to know, love, will, pray,  worship, preach, exhort, and  so use all the Faculties of his Mind, towards communicating to all the  things of this World, as an enlightened & inspired person of Soul would, and so Man would be moved and guided by the Holy Ghost, who would be his continual Comforter &  Teacher, and Friend & Guide to the Church, so that he could abide & converse with it, as one, forever, freely.