The Holy Spirit is here to complete the ministry of Jesus in us and through us!
Jesus completed His work at the cross. As for the training of the disciples, they were far from complete and prepared for ministering to the masses. Except for John, the other disciples had dispersed when Jesus was crucified. Peter had denied Christ three times even though he was given the revelation that Jesus was The Christ.
Luke wrote by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 1:
2 until the day in which Jesus was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen,
3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
After His resurrection, Jesus spent forty days teaching the disciples about the Kingdom of GOD. Even though they had spent 3 ½ years with Him, they required additional teaching. However, Jesus knew that the 40 days of instruction would not be sufficient, they needed the ministry of The Holy Spirit to ensure their success.
4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me;
Jesus went into great detail in the Gospel of John chapters 14, 15, and 16.
5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which The Father has put in His Own authority.
The disciples were still focused on Israel although Jesus had already disclosed that the whole world was to be the emphasis.
8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
9 Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
This supernatural event was meant to ensure that they would focus on His final Words. It was vital that the disciples complied with Jesus’ Words to be assembled together and not depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of THE FATHER!
15 During this time Peter stood up among the 120 believers who were gathered and said,
16 “Fellow believers, the Scripture David prophesied by the Holy Spirit concerning Judas had to be fulfilled. Judas betrayed our Lord Jesus and led the mob to the garden to arrest Him.
17 He was one of us, and he was chosen to be an apostle just as we were.
18 He earned the wages of his sin, for he fell headfirst, and his belly split open, spilling his intestines on the ground.
19 Everyone in Jerusalem knows what happened to him. That’s why the field where he died is called in Aramaic ‘Haqel Dama,’ that is, ‘The Bloody Field.’
20 For it is written in the Psalms:
‘Let his house be deserted and become a wasteland. No one will live there.’
And also: ‘Let another take his ministry.’
Peter had been restored as a disciple and he spoke to the 120 believers, which included the disciples. Why 120? Did this represent the nations of the earth at the time of Christ?
Peter thought that they needed to replace Judas immediately even though they had not been instructed to do so. Judas disciple, became an enemy of Christ. Paul, an enemy, became a disciple of Christ. I believe Paul to be the replacement for Judas, not Matthias who was not mentioned elsewhere in the Epistles.
2:1 On the day Pentecost was being fulfilled, all the disciples were gathered in one place.
2 Suddenly they heard the sound of a violent blast of wind rushing into the house from out of the Heavenly realm. The roar of the wind was so overpowering it was all anyone could bear!
3 Then all at once a pillar of fire appeared before their eyes. It separated into tongues of fire that engulfed each one of them.
4 They were all filled and equipped with the Holy Spirit AND were inspired to speak in tongues—empowered by the Spirit to speak in languages they had never learned!
You cannot dispute the Divine Intent of Our Heavenly Father to further the ministry of Jesus Christ by providing The Holy Spirit Who indwelled the 120 WITH the evidence of speaking in Tongues. This is the Absolute Truth, and the facts confirmed by indisputable evidence. Why do people question such a Truth?