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NASB | Joel 2:28 ¶ "It will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Joel 2:28 ¶ "It shall come about after this That I shall pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and your daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions. |
Subject: Why did God wait to send the Holy Spirit |
Bible Note: Hi Sir Pent, I wasn't thinking earlier of the Old Testament references. Thank you. The Ex 31:3 and Ex 35:31 I have in lower case "spirit' to be consistent with all the other "filled with the *holy *spirit" occurances to my mind. The New Testament verses reference do not talk of the Holy Spirt dwelling, but rather they talk of the Spirit of God, Spirit of Christ, His Spirit. The one that applies to the wording I am looking for is 2 Timothy 1:14 and also 1 Corinthians 6:19 that EdB gave me. 2 Timothy 1:14 to my mind is saying that the Holy Spirit who dwells in us guards the treasure, the words entrusted to us in the Scriptures. This treasure is the pledge, the down payment, the promise from the Holy Spirit of the holy spirit. Ephesians 1:13 talks about the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation and how after believing in Him you were sealed with the promised *holy *spirit. This holy spirit is given as a pledge of our inheritance. That is what we are told to be filled with; the word of God, the Scriptures. That is my understanding of being filled with the holy spirit. I go with the alternate reading in the NASB with my lower case spirit for James 4:5. "Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: "The spirit which He has made to dwell in us jealously desires us". And for Joel 2:28 I interpret it as lower case spirit. "And it will come about after this That I will pour out My *spirit on all mankind;" That's the way I see it. From the heart, Ray |