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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: Sir Pent You said Doesn't that imply that the Holy Spirit has no problem coming "on" someone who is not holy. And also aren't you implying that no one was holy before Christ's sacrifice? Yet we know that there were people who were holy before Christ's sacrifice (2 Kings 4:9, Mark 6:20). I don't think I implied anything. Righteousness comes to man one way, Jesus Christ. Absolutely a man can live for God before the Jesus but his holiness and righteousness was temporary established in the Law, each time he sinned he had to offer a sin offering to reestablish himself. Therefore the Holy Sprit only had temporary residence unlike today where He indwells us for eternity. Let's look at this is light of the whole Bible. Man was in close and intimate relationship with God. Man fell and man and God were separated. God came upon man to accomplish various tasks throughout the Old Testament whether "in" "on" or just "empowering" makes little difference God and man's relationship was still broken. The God sent His Son to die for our sins, man's relationship was reestablished and God dwells within us for eternity. Therefore the answer to the question on the timing of the Holy Spirit would be, it was predicated on the salvation of man through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. EdB |