Why was the Holy Spirit manifested so visibly in the Book of Acts?
The Holy Spirit was manifested visibly in Acts for a divine purpose: to prove that God was moving in a new program. It confirmed to Israel that the Spirit was working, showed Gentiles were being saved, and demonstrated to twelve Jews that the program had shifted from John's baptism and Christ's earthly ministry to the work of the cross.
Les teaches that whenever the Holy Spirit was manifested in the Book of Acts, it was for a divine purpose, to prove something, and not for emotional upheaval or confusion. It was to show Israel that God was now moving in the work of the Holy Spirit. It was to prove to the Jews in the house of the Gentiles that God was now saving Gentiles. It was manifested in these twelve Jews to show that there was now a change in the overall program. It was no longer based on John's baptism and Christ's earthly ministry, but was now based on that which followed the work of the cross, His death, burial, and resurrection. These manifestations came to the three categories God was dealing with in Acts: Israel in chapter 2, Gentiles in the house of Cornelius in chapter 10, and those in transition in chapter 19.
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
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