Throughout scripture, the dove represents peace and restoration. When the flood waters receded, the dove returned and brought Noah an olive branch. Doves feature in Psalms 55, 68, and 74. After the Lord’s baptism in the River Jordan, all four Gospels record the Holy Spirit descending like a dove to remain upon Jesus.

We celebrated EasterApril 20th. Pentecost is seven weeks later, on June 8th, and commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit while the disciples waited in the Upper Room for God’s promised comforter as described in Acts 2.

I’ve visited the Upper Room, the traditional site of the Last Supper, on each of my nine trips to Israel. While the actual location might be debated, the current structure is a 12th-century Crusader chapel built above a known first-century church-synagogue. The acoustics are wonderful. During my times there, groups from various nations and languages have worshipped with songs that spound like heaven.

I enjoy a blog by Bobbie Ann Cole, a Canadian Jewish-Christian Writer studying at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University. She and her husband post photos of their local journeys. Here is an excellent short video of what you would see if we walked with them through the Church of the Dormitian in the Old City. The remarkable painting shows the mother of Jesus with the disciples while the Holy Spirit dove descends to hover over them all in the fulfillment of Luke 24:49, “I am sending the promise of My Father upon you, but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

It’s a wonderful video–enjoy. And have a blessed and meaningful Pentecost.

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