Saturday, February 20, 2021

Close Inspection of Joel's prophecy of 2:28,29

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
Joel 2:28,29
 
"The promise was that the Spirit should be poured out upon “all
flesh
.”
 
It certainly cannot be confined to the apostles
 
---The effort made by many to find a complete fulfillment of Joel’s prophecy on the day of Pentecost is without even a show of reason. That Joel’s prophecy as here quoted by Peter covers the gospel dispensation, is evident from his reference to daughters and handmaidens, of whom there were none among the apostles, as well as to the signs and wonders, which reach down to the coming of that great and notable day of the Lord.” 
 
---If the reader will examine the following scriptures, Matt. 24:27-31; Rev. 6:12-17; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 5:1-3; Isa. 2:10-21; 13:6-13, he will plainly see that that great and notable day of the Lord comes at the close of the gospel age, ushering in the terrible judgments of God and the second advent of the blessed Savior." 
Joseph Waggoner