As I thought, no actual witness is possible today about following what occurred in Acts ch. 2.
You're limiting yourself to Acts 2. I recommend a thorough study of the entire Bible, especially where prophets are concerned. You will see the prophets were never limited by God to periods, but by sin. "The Word of the Lord was rare in those days." As in the late days of the Judges, so has the Word been rare right up to the 20th century, where Pentecost exploded, and Christianity spread as it did at the beginning of the church.
Fun facts on prophecy that are worthy of note, because they are timely and applicable:
Moses asked for and received seventy, filled with the spirit to prophesy, not one of whose prophecies were ever recorded.
Obadiah hid one hundred prophets from Jezebel, not one of whose prophecies was ever recorded.
There were never four hundred "silent years." Anna prophesied without ever being challenged in the temple for decades. Simeon likewise. Caiaphas even prophesied, "because he was high priest..."
Doctrines in the modern church are prone to ignore sound exegesis, and to propound egregious fallacy based on lack of experience, lack of understanding and centuries old tradition that is based on the same.
So...by the numbers:
1.) No Command from Christ to wait in one accord for power.
That's nonsense...Let me clarify:
Do you suggest that the Acts of the Apostles were not precedent setting, and exemplary?
Do you suggest that it's a bad idea to "wait in one accord for power?"
Do you suggest that it is a good idea to "have a form of godliness, AND to deny the power thereof?" Paul warned us of such who do just that.
Do you think that "they that wait upon the Lord will" NOT "renew their strength?" "They will" NOT "mount up on wings as eagles?" "They will run and" WILL "grow weary?" "They will walk" AND "faint?"
Or do you suggest that there is no power promised in Isaiah's word here and elsewhere? Do you understand that "waiting upon the Lord" is an Old Testament concept whose thread is found throughout the scriptures? How do you think David pleased the Lord?
2.) No mighty rushing wind from heaven filling the building.
I'm not sure what the issue is. Are you saying that this CANNOT happen? Or are you saying every time the Holy Spirit came, in Samaria, on Cornelius' family, on Paul, in Ephesus...it was invalidated because the wind didn't blow and no flames were seen?
And are you claiming revelation knowledge of all the times the Holy Spirit came on a group throughout history, beginning with the death of the Spirit Filled church during the Jesus wars in the first centuries? Because there are eye-witness testimonies to the contrary throughout the centuries.
3.) No visible appearance of cloven fire resting on everyone.
Again...immaterial. Cornelius' family received the SAME gift as that the apostles received AT THE BEGINNING...without the flames...And the witnesses testified to that effect BECAUSE they heard them speaking in tongues NO ONE UNDERSTOOD. (There were no foreigners in Cornelius' house. Everyone there spoke the same language. No need for tongues, as the false doctrine claims their necessity on the day of pentecost.)
4.) No spontaneous utterances of all Believers present in known foreign languages spoken by international Jews from every nation.
Nope...but your false assumption is that they spoke in "known foreign languages." That didn't work in Cornelius' house nor in Ephesus, where, again, ALL spoke the same single language. All knew each other, and there were no foreigners present to require an unknown "known" language for "evangelism." Yet they all spoke in tongues...exactly as Paul describes the gift so clearly in 1 Corinthians 14.
You are ignoring that the Parthian and the Mede are standing side by side listening to people speaking in tongues on the day of Pentecost, and each is hearing everything spoken in his own language. The Parthian hears Parthian and the Mede hears Mede. Three thousand people were not separated into language groups so that Apostles, suddenly gifted in linguistic discernment, could assign the appropriate tongues speaker to the assigned group. That concept is impossible fantasy, but it gets taught in the church in total ignorance. With the gift comes the interpretation by the same Spirit. When Paul was on the road to Damascus, he heard Jesus speak in Hebrew...the folks who were with him did not understand the speech. Clearly Jesus was speaking in tongues, and only Paul had the interpretation.
5.) Nothing at 10-AM in the morning.
Has that become an issue? Why? Biblically?
6.) No Apostolic preaching of just a few minute's length which brings thousands into faith and baptism.
Millions came to the Lord in Nigeria in the nineties when Reinhard Bonnke preached. Millions.
7.) No additional signs and wonders performed by Apostles.
When are you talking? I'm not sure what you mean. Are you talking about healings and miracles that continued throughout the book of Acts right up to the last chapter, where Paul forewarns of a church that will "hear and not understand, lest they should turn and repent...and I should heal them?" ...quoting that verse from Isaiah for the fourth time in the NT. Or are you talking about the healings and miracles that are still being manifested where the Word of the Lord is being preached, especially in Muslim countries and where Christianity has not taught unbelief?
8.) No new Believers selling all their possessions, and bringing their net worth to Apostles and the Church.
Have you ever heard of Benedict? There are still Benedictins and Franciscans today...evangelical groups who do just that.
Yet, many people oddly call themselves "Pentecostal." Bless them in their emotional diligence.
Folks who have lived and understood Pentecost for fifty years, since 1970, and have traveled to work on four continents and preached and worked in a dozen nations, and have seen and witnessed what Jesus promised they would, have that pesky tendency...that's for sure...
