On the Day of Pentecost, when the Holy Ghost was first poured out, all those that were filled with God’s Spirit were Jews. Some people think that when the church began, that the Jews were cut off from being God's people. We can see that this is not true.

Beginning in the upper room on the Day of Pentecost, all those that were added to the early church were Jewish. (Acts 2:5, Acts 2:41, Acts 5:14, Acts 6:7, Acts 8:1)

It wasn’t until Acts chapter 10 that any Gentiles came into the church, and God used an angel and a heavenly vision to Peter to make him realize that the gospel was not only for the Jews! (Acts 10:45, Acts 11:15,17-18, Acts 14:27, Acts 15:3)

And yet, on the Day of Pentecost when Peter preached the gospel for the first time, the Holy Ghost spoke through him saying that the promise was not only to the Jews and their children, but also to all those afar off – that being the gentiles! (Acts 2:39, Ephesians 2:13-22)

When God spoke to Jeremiah saying that He was going to make a new covenant, God spoke of this covenant being with the Jews. He also said that He would not cast off the seed of Israel for all that they have done.

"Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: ... Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD." - Jeremiah 31:31, 37 KJV (see also Jeremiah 31:35-36)

God foretold in Jeremiah that He would bring a new covenant to His people that would be different from the covenant of the Law which they had broken, even though He was a husband to them. (Jeremiah 31:32)

Peter spoke to the apostles and elders of the yoke of commandments saying that neither they nor their fathers were able to bear it. (Acts 15:10, also Galatians 5:1)

Jesus described the yoke of the new covenant, giving the call to come to Him and to take on HIS yoke.

"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." - Matthew 11:28-30 KJV

The yoke of Jesus, which is the new covenant of the gospel, brings a spiritual rest for our soul. This rest is the Holy Ghost that God puts in our inward parts and writes His law in our hearts with.

Isaiah prophesied of the Holy Ghost, our spiritual rest of Jesus.

"For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear." - Isaiah 28:11-12 KJV

Peter preached on the Day of Pentecost how to enter into this rest of Jesus, by taking on His yoke of the new covenant.

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." - Acts 2:38-39 KJV

To be continued…