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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Acts 2:17-21 (New International Version)

17” ‘In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
18Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
and they will prophesy.
19I will show wonders in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
20The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
21And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved.’


12 posted on 05/19/2009 7:23:58 AM PDT by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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To: truthandlife
your young men will see visions

Such visions will be credible only if in accord with scripture (Heb 1:1).

I find no "Jonah Project" in scripture nor do I find a socialized employment ministry outlined.

I do see the Word firmly against any form of a "social gospel" when-in prospperity emmantes from the Church. Actually, Judas Iscariot is a fine example of one who encourages a "social gospel". Note his outcome...

15 posted on 05/19/2009 7:34:17 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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To: truthandlife; Cletus.D.Yokel

You were quoting Peter in his quote of the Prophet Joel.

HOWEVER, Peter applied it to *that time* where he was and where his hearers were.

Acts 2:14-16

14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

So, that fulfills the prophecy of Joel, as Peter stated.

Furthermore, the “Last Days” is a period of time that has extended for almost 2,000 years and has run from that time of Peter (when he spoke) all the way through now.

All this time from Peter’s time to now — is — “the Last Days”. And there are different things that go on in the “Last Days”, including the *after* the closing of the Last Days, which is the “Day of the Lord” and His judgment.

So, when someone says “these are the Last Days” we are in — they are right, since it’s been true since almost two thousand years ago.


21 posted on 05/19/2009 8:15:12 AM PDT by Star Traveler
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