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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 Makarios, 1) "The Spirit gave life to the creation" -- or Job 33:4b, "...And the breath of the Almighty gives me life."? It appears to me that we have the Spirit and the spirit (or breath) in the same verse. Job 33:4, "The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life." John 6:63, KJ, "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." It appears to me that words spoken and spirit given are connected. Psalm 104:29,30, "...Thou dost take away their spirit , [Or breath] , they expire, And return to their dust. 30 Thou dost send forth Thy Spirit [I would say spirit], [Or, breath, margin note in NASB], they are created; And Thou dost renew the face of the ground." 2) Job 26:13, "By His breath [Spirit, NKJ] the heavens are cleared; His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent." Psalm 33:6, NKJ, "By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth." It appears to me that there is a connection between the word and the breath or spirit. 3) "The Spirit filled some": Exodus 31:3, "And I have filled him with the Spirit [I would say spirit] of **God in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship,..." 6 and in the heart of all who are skillful [Lit. wise of heart] I have put skill [Lit. wisdom], that they may make all that I have commanded you." Exodus 35:31, "And He has filled him with the Spirit [I would say spirit] of **God , in wisdom, in understanding and in knowledge and in all craftsmanship;" So I would say that they were filled with the spirit of wisdom, etc. and not with the Spirit Himself. Exodus 35:35, "He has filled them with skill [Lit. wisdom of heart] to perform every work of an engraver,..." Every verse in the Bible that has "filled with" I have in lower case. |