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. . . the disciples were all together in one place.

 - From the Second Chapter of Acts

Out of respect for differences, comes intense and highly effective unity. Divinely-inspired Scripture leaves out nothing important. And the miraculous events of the first Pentecost are due to some very specific details, that the disciples got right.

For the first, and last time in history, the people of God got themselves together (physically) into one place, and one accord. The two go hand in hand. The proximity to one another was a prerequisite for the superhuman unity that followed.

The unity of the Apostles ended up modeling, very briefly, God's ultimate vision for humanity: that we would be in perfect fellowship with one another, and it will be great.

Think about athletes, or any professional, that talks about being "in the zone." Everything starts working perfectly. You can read the minds of your teammates, anticipating their moves. You get into perfect sync. Time seems to stand still. You can't do anything wrong.

Performing artists have the same experience. You seem to leave your body while you're on stage, and become an admiring spectator of your own performance. You're not even thinking about the music anymore. It just plays itself.

The same thing happens in songwriting.

It happens in the corporate world. I was on a well-functioning team for about a year, in my entire career of almost forty years. For those few months, our team executed our vision, got things done on time, lifted each of us to higher levels of performance. We all loved going in to work. We surpassed all of our objectives. Once senior management figured out what was going on, it split us up into competing corporate units, and placed our leaders into less consequential positions within the company. (Yes, this happened, and it's another topic).

The apostles spoke different languages, miraculously, so that everyone in that community, a world hub, could understand what they were saying. It was the first time, since before the Tower of Babel, that humans cooperated, without any language or cultural barriers. It was a foretaste of the Kingdom of God, in Eternity.

Think about those few times in your life, that you were "in the zone." That's eternal life. It is definitely something to be desired.

This is why unity is so important - - - we all want to experience super-humanity. It might be worth it to give up some of our prized attitudes and assumptions, in order to get there.