I want you to notice two words in Joel's prophecy about the outpouring of God's Spirit upon all flesh:
the word AFTERWARD; and
the word BEFORE.
AFTER the fulfilment of certain preceding things (things which concerned Israel, while they were still under the Law) and BEFORE the great and terrible day of the Lord come, the following things were to occur:
the outpouring of God's Spirit upon all flesh;
the accompanying signs of prophesying, dreams and visions;
wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke; the sun turned into darkness, and the moon into blood;
and whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be saved.
It means spiritual signs and gifts belong up until the Day of the Lord.
There aren't two dispensations of the Church.
The continuation of prophesying, visions, signs and wonders is an issue of the continuation of covenant.
Spiritual gifts is linked with eschatology in this passage.
To divide up Joel's statements about the period in between 'afterward' and 'before' into two concocted different dispensations of the Church would be inconsistent with the way the Reformed themselves insist on treating the Olivet discourse.
Joel also said it was to begin in Jerusalem, which is why Jesus instructed the disciples to tarry in Jerusalem. He took Joel's reference to Jerusalem geographically.
the word AFTERWARD; and
the word BEFORE.
AFTER the fulfilment of certain preceding things (things which concerned Israel, while they were still under the Law) and BEFORE the great and terrible day of the Lord come, the following things were to occur:
the outpouring of God's Spirit upon all flesh;
the accompanying signs of prophesying, dreams and visions;
wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke; the sun turned into darkness, and the moon into blood;
and whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be saved.
It means spiritual signs and gifts belong up until the Day of the Lord.
There aren't two dispensations of the Church.
The continuation of prophesying, visions, signs and wonders is an issue of the continuation of covenant.
Spiritual gifts is linked with eschatology in this passage.
To divide up Joel's statements about the period in between 'afterward' and 'before' into two concocted different dispensations of the Church would be inconsistent with the way the Reformed themselves insist on treating the Olivet discourse.
Joel also said it was to begin in Jerusalem, which is why Jesus instructed the disciples to tarry in Jerusalem. He took Joel's reference to Jerusalem geographically.
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