SYNOPSIS – The outpouring of the promised Spirit on the Day of Pentecost signaled the arrival of the “last days” – Joel 2:28.
The application of the prophecy from Joel by the book of Acts links the gift of the Spirit inextricably to the onset of the “last days” – The period labeled by Scripture as the “last days” began after the ascension of Jesus and the outpouring of the gift of the Spirit on a gathering of his fledgling church. In the second chapter of Acts, Peter declares that the arrival of the Spirit on that very day is in fulfillment of Joel’s prophecy about the coming “day of Yahweh” – (Joel 2:28-32).
SYNOPSIS: The long-anticipated time of fulfillment arrived in Jesus. The time of shadows and types ceased with his resurrection and enthronement – Acts 2:1-4.
The famous opening passage of the second chapter of the Book of Acts stresses the fulfillment of things foreshadowed in the Hebrew scriptures that occurred when the gift of the Spirit was poured out on the Day of Pentecost. The passage informs the reader that the bestowal of the Spirit fulfilled what the Levitical feast symbolized. Continue reading Fulfillment of the Feast of Pentecost→
SYNOPSIS – The outpouring of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost signaled the arrival of the “last days” – Joel 2:28-32.
The application of a prophecy from the book of Joel by the book of Acts links the initial outpouring of the gift of the Spirit to the commencement of the “last days.” In Acts, the activity of the Spirit in the church becomes programmatic and essential for the entire period of its existence – From the Day of Pentecost until the arrival of Jesus in glory.
SYNOPSIS – The Church and the gift of the Spirit have been integral to the redemptive plan of God from the very beginning.
In his letter to the Galatians, the Apostle Paul links the “promise of the Spirit” to the “blessing of Abraham.” The Law pronounced a curse on anyone who did “not continue in all things written” in it, therefore, Jesus came under its curse to redeem men and women from it, that “the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith” – (Genesis 12:2-3, Galatians 3:10-14).
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