Pouring out of The Spirit
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Part III
Part III
This evening we will have a short passage in Joel but it’s a big event in history.
“And it shall come to pass afterward,
that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.
Even on the male and female servants
in those days I will pour out my Spirit.
It shall come to pass afterward… after what? The after is after what we talked about last week. After Israel’s judgment they repent, they return to the land, they don’t follow other gods any longer. After the time of Nehemiah and the city and wall getting rebuilt we don’t see the problem of this complaint about worshiping false gods anymore. More prophets still come and deal with issues but those issues aren’t idol worship.
The spirit is often associated with water and being poured out is an image used often.
For I will pour water on the thirsty land,
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring,
and my blessing on your descendants.
And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord God.”
“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
Now after Israel seems to have things back together a little, at least as far as no longer worshiping false gods Jesus arrives. He lives perfectly, casts out demons, heals the sick, makes the blind to see, and the deaf to hear. Near the end as He is revealing His plans to the disciples he says this.
But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
Then Jesus is executed dead for three days buried in the grave and yet rises on the third day! He stays for a time with his disciples and hundreds of followers see Him.
And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
The Spirit is that helper. This is The Spirit this passage in Joel speaks of. That spirit continues in our lives today as the one who sanctifies and seals us in the promises of God. It is for all and the major segments that divide the society of the ancient world are refuted here it breaks the gender divide because the spirit is given to men and women, it spans the age gap and is given to the young and the old not just the elders who are in charge, and it is given to even slaves not just the rich. This promise comes to all of God’s people.
The Spirit is promised to Israel and through the promise of Abraham that he would bless all nations it’s a promise to us. So when Ezekiel says in
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
It’s a big deal… it’s a deal that I think surprises many of the Apostles even. Some Apostles are sent to confirm that the gentiles did really receive the Holy Spirit.
Peter begins his Sermon by quoting this passage in Acts 2:16-21
But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:
“ ‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams;
even on my male servants and female servants
in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
And I will show wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;
the sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood,
before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.
And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
“And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.