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THE PROPHECY
MONDAY, JULY 20
Acts 2:16-21

Joel 2:28-29

 

“…I will pour out my spirit
upon all flesh; and your sons

and your daughters shall prophesy…”

 

THE PROPHECY
 
The Holy Spirit gives utterance to those who submit to His will and purposes. During the Pentecost, there was the inauguration of God’s powerful conversion of souls who were still in darkness. “From Peter to this day, the church has experienced seasons of such blessings, from time to time, in every nation, so that souls are reaped as in a great harvest” (Rev Tow). Although, it took hundreds of years to be fulfilled, the Lord’s timing is never late or too early, it is always perfect, according to His sovereign will.
 
The prophecy: This was the fulfillment of Joel’s prophecy in Joel 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 called it the great day, after that the Son of God began to be revealed in the flesh, that He may lead us into the fulfillment of God’s kingdom.
 
The purpose: This was a call for people to come and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour. He declared that the great day had begun and judgment will surely come. Peter affirmed this in his epistle saying, “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up” (2 Pet 3:9-10). “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Rom 10:13) was the Apostle Paul’s powerful acclamation of Jesus Christ as the only way to the Kingdom of God. This is invoking the name of Christ whose name alone has the power to save.
 
Are you reading the Old Testament as well as the New Testament? Do you see how the prophecies in the OT are fulfilled in the NT?
 
THOUGHT: Do I believe in the prophecies of the Old Testament?
PRAYER: Victorious Father in heaven, Thou hast ordained the miracles wrought by Thy servants, help me to believe them.

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