THE LORD WILL POUR OUT HIS SPIRIT

INTRODUCTION TO JOEL

Judah’s Judgment and Exaltation

II. THE MANIFESTATION OF MERCY, Joe_2:18-32

3. The Outpouring of the Divine Spirit, Joe_2:28-32

The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit

Joel 2:28-32

Joe 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. 

Joe 2:29  “Even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. 

Joe 2:30  “I will show signs and wonders [displaying My power] in the heavens and on the earth, Blood and fire and columns of smoke. 

Joe 2:31  “The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes. [Isa_13:6, Isa_13:9-11; Isa_24:21-23; Eze_32:7-10; Mat_24:29-30; Rev_6:12-17

Joe 2:32  “And it shall come about that whoever calls on the name of the LORD Will be saved [from the coming judgment] For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem There will be those who escape, As the LORD has said, Even among the remnant [of survivors] whom the LORD calls. [Act_2:17-21; Rom_10:13]

F. B.Meyer
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Joel 2:28-32

“THE VALLEY OF DECISION”

Having stated the outward blessings that would follow repentance, Joel unveils the extraordinary spiritual blessings that were in store. The outpouring of the Spirit, described in Act_2:16-17, does not exhaust these glorious words. This blessing is for all whom the Lord our God shall call to Himself, and as one to whom His call has come, you have a perfect right to claim your share in Pentecost. The promise is to all that are “afar off” in space and time. The very slaves, the most degraded and despised of men, become free when they yield themselves to Jesus and have an equal right to the same Spirit.

Joe_3:1-21 refers to the last desperate effort made by the powers of the world against Christ and His people. This will be the closing scene of man’s apostasy. But the Lord will vindicate and deliver His oppressed from the hand of their oppressors; and the same judgment will bring them blessing. Having cleansed His people from their stains, Messiah will tabernacle among them, Rev_21:3.

By Philippus Schutte

New Covenant Israelite! "And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;  Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee."  Rom 11:17 -18

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