Fellowship . . . Redefined?

When did we allow redefinition to enter the body?  Perhaps it was with the Nicene Council . . . Perhaps the Pharisees and Sadducees set the example in the return from Babylonian exile.  Perhaps it was at the base of Sinai when Aaron announced the golden calf would be a symbol of a celebration unto Adonai . . . It doesn't really matter who is to blame, anyway, or when it began.  What's important is to return to the original meaning and DO it!

The "word" fellowship only appears twice in the Hebrew Scriptures [KJV Old Testament] and 16 times, in the New Testament.  Considering the size of the Bible, that's not many.  The word "unity" appears even less.  "Unity" only appears once in the Old Testament and eight times in the New Testament.  This may be the reason, it's so difficult to understand, much less achieve.  

We are told in the first two chapters of Acts, that the disciples were in one accord.  They had gone to Jerusalem in obedience to Messiah Y'hshuwah upon His ascension and were in prayer and supplication.   No midrash is mentioned.  Just the obvious missing apostle that should be replaced, is the only specific topic mentioned and in that they all agreed that lots cast would produce the decision of YHWH.  Nobody stood up and said, "I have a Word" or I've been praying about this longer . . . They simply believed YHWH was powerful enough to make the pebble fall in a clear and obvious way.

What I saw in Acts 1:14 was simple obedience and humility in seeking.  These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.  These apostles weren't busy making signs for the big revival meeting or establishing a 501c3, or even putting together a teaching.  They were simply doing what Y'hshuwah told them to do, and seeking YHWH while they waited.

When Peter did stand up to speak, the indication is, he did not receive "tongues" that day, as he spoke to his fellow Judeans.  Rather than establish the first denominational split between tongues or not, he testified as to the whereabouts of his fellow disciples.  His sermon that day wasn't a "new thing," at all, nor is it recorded that he spent an hour expounding on 1/2 verse of Scripture.  There is also no mention of taking up an offering that day!  On the contrary, he quoted Joel, King David and the prophet Isaiah, then spoke the message of John the Baptist. . . And many were added to their number that day.