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1 | Church Age? | Acts 2:17 | wdc | 1951 | ||
Hey Charis, A couple of thoughts about Peter's statement in Acts 2:17 and the prophecy in Joel that he quotes. First, everything that Joel said would happen in the last days did not happen in Acts 2, I mean the signs in the sky, (Joel 2:30) And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. (Joel 2:31) The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. Unless it refers back to when Christ died on the cross, there was darkness and an earthquake. I think Peter was inspired when he used the prophecy, but it was not completely fulfilled on that day. It is a prophecy with a double fulfillment so to speak. (Some would call it a partial fulfillment, with the complete fulfillment to come at the appointed time) The ultimate fulfillment will come in the last days, which we live in, during the Day of the Lord, all of the signs given by Joel will happen. I talked about this a little in my posting of 3-26-01 to your question on whether prophecy was dead or not, I think that was you. Second, in Joel, he talks about many other things happening that we are (at least I think am) pretty sure that they will not happen until the Day of the Lord, when Christ returns to defeat antichrist and establish His kingdom. I also think the last days to some extent covers what we call the Church age, and that we are nearing the end of time as we know it. Also, maybe just to incite conversation, even though Peter and Paul, esp. Paul, were inspired by the Holy Spirit in their preaching and teaching, I think they were very free with some of their applications of O. T. scripture, I mean sometime I read something of Paul where he refers back to some O.T. teaching and I can't figure out how he arrived at that, except the Lord told him. I hope this not to confusing, sometime the things that I think are clear to me, but I can't get them across to others very clear. later...wdc |
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2 | Church Age? | Acts 2:17 | charis | 1953 | ||
Dear wdc, Your answer is not confusing to me, but very lucid. The 'last days' seems to be the 'church age,' or vice-versa. This would include what was seen on the Day of Pentecost, what we see now, and what will happen 'on that day.' As to the details of future events, I don't think we know, or CAN know, because much more is hidden than is revealed. I find it ironic that many ridicule all 'Spirit-filled' Christians because of the bad examples of abuse, but claim divine revelation and understanding by the 'unction of the Holy Spirit' when talking of their own dogma. Go figure! It is obvious that the Spirit of Jesus is among us (all), and that he wishes us to be of one heart. The things that keeps us from being able to explain ourselves to eachother is Christian bigotry, impatience, tradition, personal pride in dogma, intolerance toward other views, and lack of respect for another believer. Not necessarily in that order, and I am sure there are more. One thing that is sure, though Satan may not be personally responsible for all of the above, he definitely enjoys the end result! Many blessings to you in Christ Jesus. |
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