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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

You may be missing the point of Pentecost and why Jesus as He was going to the Father after walking around for forty days after the Resurrection, told His mother and the disciples to wait until the Holy Spirit comes to “teach you all things” ...

... and Mary waited with the Disciples in the upper room, prob the same room where Jesus had the Last Supper/or Passover Meal the night before He was crucified.

Then the Holy Spirit fell... and later Peter stood up to say that ‘this is that’ of which the Prophet Joel spoke: I shall pour out My Spirit on all flesh... etc.

Joel 2:28

King James Bible

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

Christian Standard Bible

After this I will pour out my Spirit on all humanity; then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will have dreams, and your young men will see visions.

Acts 2:17

King James Bible

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

Christian Standard Bible

And it will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all people; then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

Contemporary English Version

“When the last days come, I will give my Spirit to everyone. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams.

Good News Translation

‘This is what I will do in the last days, God says: I will pour out my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and daughters will proclaim my message; your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams.

Holman Christian Standard Bible

And it will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out My Spirit on all humanity; then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.


7 posted on 06/16/2019 4:39:11 PM PDT by Sontagged ("The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork." -Psalm 19:1)
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To: Sontagged

We’ve been in the Last Days, ever since Jesus ascended unto the Father, and sent the Holy Spirit to the church. There is no other re-division of time, other than the last 7 years told of in the Book of Revelation.


15 posted on 06/16/2019 5:17:40 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Sontagged

In our church we have adopted a church of refugees from Africa. It started off with just Rwandan refugees. It now has something like people for 10 nations from Africa.

The leaders of the church are from tribes that still fight against each other. It is an amazing testimony of the reconciliation of God when two close brothers in Christ talk about how their tribes and relatives killed the other’s families.

On Pentecost their church combined with our church (which they do once a month) and it was an amazing service of just music. (We do that once a year).

Songs in English, Swahili, and Spanish. We have adopted a Chinese church and I’m guessing in the next year or so we will add a song in Chinese.

I’m still a fairly bigoted guy. Yes - I notice a person’s race. But God is making progress with me!


37 posted on 06/17/2019 5:57:14 AM PDT by 21twelve (!)
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