The Three Phenomena that happens at Pentecost

The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost
1When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.5Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. 6When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. 7Utterly amazed, they asked: "Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans? 8Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language? 9Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome 11(both Jews and converts to Judaism Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!" 12Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, "What does this mean?"13Some, however, made fun of them and said, "They have had too much wine." Acts 2:1-13

I would like to emphases on the three phenomena that happens.

Wind, Fire and Speech seems like natural phenomena, yet were supernatural both in origin and in character. Noise was not wind, but sound like it. The sight was not fire but resembled it. The speech was in languages which were not ordinary but in some way 'other'.

The sound like wind may have symbolized power (such as Jesus had promised them for witness, Luke 24:49, Acts 1:8), the sight like fire purity (like the live coal which cleansed Isaiah, 6:6-7) and the speech in other language the universality of the Christian church.

The first and second phenomenas shows me that when we have accepted Christ as our personal Saviour, the Holy Spirit will come and live in our heart and we would have the power/courage to bear witness to our Lord and Saviour. Our life will change to a new one that is pure and is able to bring glory to God. The third one is usually the one that bring some confusion to others. The language spoken by the disciple is clearly understood by others and what they say are regarding the mighty works of God. Nothing is being mentions here about some languages that no people can understand.