1 00:00:01,100 --> 00:00:04,200 I'd bite your attention to the Book of Joel the second chapter 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,700 and we want to begin reading there in verse number 28. 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:12,700 Joel chapter 2, beginning in verse 28, and it shall come to 4 00:00:12,700 --> 00:00:17,200 pass afterward that I will pour out my spirit upon All Flesh, 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,600 and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:26,400 shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions and also 7 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:30,300 upon the servants and upon my handmaids in those days, Will I 8 00:00:30,300 --> 00:00:33,400 pour out my spirit? And I will show wonders in 9 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:37,600 heaven and in the earth blood and fire and pillars of smoke. 10 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,600 The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood 11 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:45,000 before the great day, the great and terrible day of the Lord 12 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:49,100 come, and it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the 13 00:00:49,100 --> 00:00:52,400 name of the Lord. Shall be delivered for in Mount, 14 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,700 Zion. And in Jerusalem, shall be 15 00:00:54,700 --> 00:00:59,700 Deliverance as the Lord has said and in the remnant whom the Lord 16 00:00:59,700 --> 00:01:02,700 shall Call that will suffice for our reading. 17 00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:05,400 But what we're going to do is finish the Book of Joel. 18 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,500 As one of the Minor Prophets. We've been studying, and we will 19 00:01:08,500 --> 00:01:12,700 entitle our remarks. The prophet of Pentecost. 20 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,800 The question is, there are many things that are described here 21 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,600 in the second chapter of the Book of Joel and beginning there 22 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,200 in verse 28. But the question is, when was it 23 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,100 fulfilled? It hasn't been fulfilled 24 00:01:25,100 --> 00:01:28,900 already. Or is it as some would suppose 25 00:01:29,100 --> 00:01:31,400 to be? Build in a future time. 26 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,800 We'll discuss this in great detail in just a few moments. 27 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:36,800 But at this time we have a wonderful privilege. 28 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:41,100 Now, of going before, the god of heaven and prayer in our 29 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:43,500 previous study, a couple Sundays ago. 30 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,900 You remember that? We covered Joe chapter 1, 31 00:01:46,900 --> 00:01:49,900 beginning there, in verse 1 and went all the way down through 32 00:01:49,900 --> 00:01:55,300 verse 27 of the second chapter of this prophecy and we find 33 00:01:55,300 --> 00:01:59,800 that in this prophecy that Joel speaks of it was accustomed by a 34 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,000 Plague of locusts. And the book begins with the 35 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,500 word of the Lord coming to Joel and said, here this, you elders 36 00:02:07,500 --> 00:02:09,800 and all the inhabitants of the land. 37 00:02:10,100 --> 00:02:12,300 He said nothing like this has happened. 38 00:02:12,300 --> 00:02:15,200 Certainly not in your lifetime, but not only that. 39 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,300 Nothing like this has ever happened. 40 00:02:17,300 --> 00:02:20,800 Even in the lifetime of your father's. 41 00:02:21,100 --> 00:02:23,100 The devastation would be so great. 42 00:02:23,100 --> 00:02:26,300 That Joel says that you're going to tell your children about it 43 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,800 and it doesn't stop there. The devastation is so great. 44 00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:32,800 And so thorough that your children will tell their 45 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:37,000 children and finally their children will tell another 46 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,400 generation. Besides and Joe you remember 47 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:42,900 describe the devastation by saying this. 48 00:02:42,900 --> 00:02:46,900 And as I read from the new King James version, I'll do so now on 49 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:49,900 that one verse of scripture because I didn't know, as I 50 00:02:49,900 --> 00:02:52,900 mentioned a couple of weeks ago, what a cankerworm were Apollo 51 00:02:52,900 --> 00:02:57,100 worm is so this is how its rendered in the new King James, 52 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:01,600 he says, what the chewing Locust left Warming Locust has eaten 53 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,000 and what the swarming Locust left. 54 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,700 The crawling Locust has eaten and what the crawling Locust 55 00:03:07,700 --> 00:03:11,100 left. The consuming Locust has eaten 56 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,300 and Joe Begins by naming the things that are going to be 57 00:03:14,300 --> 00:03:16,900 destroyed. Beginning from the luxuries of 58 00:03:16,900 --> 00:03:21,200 life and proceeding down through the essentials of life. 59 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:23,500 Let me just say this. I thought about this the other 60 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:27,500 day, you know, you and I we have luxuries that we enjoy from day 61 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:30,500 to day. I have them and so do you You in 62 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:33,800 fact maybe you and I that live in the country we live in 63 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:38,000 perhaps have greater luxuries and more luxuries than maybe any 64 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,800 other place in the world. I don't know that for certain 65 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,200 but I would venture to say and looking around and also seeing 66 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,600 all the news and reading about other places where people don't 67 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:52,000 have the luxuries of life like you and I have one day all the 68 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,600 sudden, if the luxuries of my life would be taken away, I 69 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,600 would just imagine that. I would be saddened by that they 70 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,900 would be it would be Completely inconvenient to lose the things 71 00:04:02,900 --> 00:04:07,300 that I would deem what consider to be the luxuries in my life. 72 00:04:08,300 --> 00:04:13,000 But it's even greater when the essentials of Life are taken 73 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:18,899 away and Joel pictures that great Devastation includes both 74 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:24,700 the luxuries of Life are taken away and also the Necessities or 75 00:04:24,700 --> 00:04:29,800 the essentials of Life. They also are removed and taken 76 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,600 away. He begins with those that would 77 00:04:32,900 --> 00:04:35,900 enjoy luxuries and he speaks of the drunkard. 78 00:04:36,100 --> 00:04:39,200 He said the drunkard must wake out Of their stupor for the 79 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,900 source of their drink is cut off. 80 00:04:42,100 --> 00:04:45,500 He says, that not only is the new wine, which is fermented 81 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:48,800 strong drink, which the drunkards would enjoy is cut 82 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,600 off, but he even says by way of the, an essential, the sweet 83 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,800 wine, which is the fresh grape juice that comes from the vine 84 00:04:56,900 --> 00:05:01,500 that's desired by all and all enjoy, that is going to be taken 85 00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:06,600 away also because the source of the drink has been destroyed and 86 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:10,200 that being the Vine And the Bible says that the destruction 87 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:14,100 was so great that the bark is gone from the fig tree and it's 88 00:05:14,100 --> 00:05:17,400 clean bear. And the branches are made white 89 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,600 and he then calls upon the priest to mourn and lament 90 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,300 because even the offerings of worship were cut off. 91 00:05:24,700 --> 00:05:28,200 Now, picture that he tells them. And just a moment, I'll mention 92 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:33,000 it again, but he pictures in great graphic detail what he 93 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,800 expects coming from God. By the way, what he expects the 94 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:41,000 priest to lead the people in this horrible repentant and 95 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,500 sorrowful heart that they are to have. 96 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:48,200 And the reason for that is the ideas or the things of worship 97 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:52,200 have been destroyed to and there's nothing to bring before 98 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,600 God. And then I got to thinking 99 00:05:54,800 --> 00:06:00,900 today, I just wonder how I would feel if worship was taken away. 100 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,200 What is worship was taken away today and you could not get up 101 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,500 out of your beds and get dressed. 102 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,500 During your minds and your hearts to worship God, and come 103 00:06:11,500 --> 00:06:15,200 down here, like we've done. What if it was taken away? 104 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:21,600 Would we mourn and lament? Would we be sorrowful as he 105 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,800 pictures that they need to be? Especially when it was because 106 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,900 of our own doing. Would we repent? 107 00:06:29,300 --> 00:06:32,500 Would we weep would? We mourn, would we wrap 108 00:06:32,500 --> 00:06:35,600 ourselves in sack cloth, and laid before the altar all night? 109 00:06:36,100 --> 00:06:40,800 I just wonder just some food for thought about how worship is so 110 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,200 important and of all the things that were taken away the 111 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,700 luxuries and even the essentials of life. 112 00:06:46,700 --> 00:06:49,700 Now that's what you need. That's what a person needs to 113 00:06:49,700 --> 00:06:53,100 have to sustain themselves in this life. 114 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:56,000 It's taken Away. But when he pictures it, he 115 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,000 pictures. There's greater sorrow. 116 00:06:58,100 --> 00:07:01,700 There's greater remorse. All is taken away, but it's 117 00:07:01,700 --> 00:07:06,500 greater because worship has now been removed because there's 118 00:07:06,500 --> 00:07:11,100 nothing to bring before. God, what a picture of how 119 00:07:11,100 --> 00:07:15,800 important worship is to the great God of heaven and how it 120 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:23,800 was pictured by Joel In AD and baad in beast in 830 BC. 121 00:07:24,700 --> 00:07:29,200 Got that out. 830 BC thereabouts. 122 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:32,800 When this letter was written, when this prophetic account came 123 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:36,800 to Joel, how important was worship. 124 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,600 He tells them to mourn Like a Virgin insect law to his lost. 125 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,800 Her husband in battle that she was betrothed to from her very 126 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,200 Youth. And as we studied the language 127 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,900 of Joe, and as we've done thus far, we can surely understand 128 00:07:51,100 --> 00:07:54,700 the full import, or impact of This calamity. 129 00:07:55,000 --> 00:08:01,000 But the grief is Later, because of their worship, the fields are 130 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,200 left bare. There is no grain, The Vineyards 131 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,600 are stripped, and therefore, there's no new wine. 132 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,200 The olive trees are barked and therefore, there's no olive oil, 133 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,500 which is essential for food. The husband went along with the 134 00:08:12,500 --> 00:08:16,900 vinedressers are called upon to join the priest in mourning for 135 00:08:16,900 --> 00:08:20,600 all share in the overwhelming desolation. 136 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:26,200 All a helplessness abounds everywhere because all strata of 137 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,500 society Society has been affected. 138 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:33,000 But then with this very graphic description of the invasion of 139 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,900 locust, and the devastation of the land, it is followed by a 140 00:08:36,900 --> 00:08:41,799 call to repentance and fasting before the Lord, and rightfully, 141 00:08:41,799 --> 00:08:46,300 so, you know, which to be led by the priest, those Servants of 142 00:08:46,300 --> 00:08:50,600 God, the priest who now become a prophetic type of the priests 143 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:54,300 today, which is the Christian and there to lead the people in 144 00:08:54,300 --> 00:08:57,900 this charge and repent in. That way, there were taggard 145 00:08:57,900 --> 00:09:00,100 themself with sect, Loft and lie. 146 00:09:00,100 --> 00:09:03,700 All night before the altar they were to lament and mourn the 147 00:09:03,700 --> 00:09:07,300 nation's condition and to do it in such a way as to set a good 148 00:09:07,300 --> 00:09:13,700 example of genuine repentance. And he tells them this, the 149 00:09:13,700 --> 00:09:17,400 awful Calamity that that has been is present that he speaking 150 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:23,300 of, as awful as it is and with all that's been taken away, it 151 00:09:23,300 --> 00:09:27,000 will only pale in comparison to the one that's coming for. 152 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:31,100 He says, the day of the Lord is near, let me speak. 153 00:09:31,100 --> 00:09:34,400 Just a moment about this phrase. The day of the Lord, in 154 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:39,100 prophetic terms written before 830 BC, even though, even though 155 00:09:39,100 --> 00:09:43,200 there are many interpretations about When the dates of some of 156 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,400 the Minor Prophets were written Joel and Jonah. 157 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,200 And Obadiah, there's some discrepancy of When It Was 158 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:53,700 Written, but I have followed suit with the succession of 159 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,500 Minor Prophets that I believe were written in. 160 00:09:56,500 --> 00:09:59,100 There was Obadiah. And then there is Joe. 161 00:09:59,100 --> 00:10:02,700 And then there was Jonah that we took Jonah and Joel out of 162 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,600 position there but really in succession. 163 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:10,300 So prior to this time, Obadiah was the first one to use the 164 00:10:10,300 --> 00:10:14,300 phrase, the day of the Lord. You know, that phrase is 165 00:10:14,300 --> 00:10:17,400 something that is misunderstood and misinterpreted in the 166 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:21,000 religious world today. You see, sometimes what folks do 167 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,600 and we need to be very, very careful about this. 168 00:10:23,900 --> 00:10:27,900 When we read a prophetic account in the Old Testament and it 169 00:10:27,900 --> 00:10:31,200 speaks of impending judgment that's to come, that is in the 170 00:10:31,208 --> 00:10:33,900 future. We need to be very very careful 171 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:37,600 that we do not bind that prophecy on future time. 172 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:41,300 Times than they occurred. We also need to be careful as 173 00:10:41,300 --> 00:10:44,300 some would do, you know, I've seen folks and I'm sure they do 174 00:10:44,300 --> 00:10:47,300 it with all the best intentions, but they take a passage of 175 00:10:47,300 --> 00:10:51,400 scripture in the Old Testament, they take it out of context, 176 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:54,100 they preach on it. Like, it's going to happen right 177 00:10:54,100 --> 00:10:58,500 now or that it's going to happen in future times. 178 00:10:58,700 --> 00:11:02,400 Not understanding that the Fulfillment of those prophecies 179 00:11:02,500 --> 00:11:06,000 have already come. What was he speaking of then? 180 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,300 When he says the day of the Lord, That phrase is used in the 181 00:11:09,300 --> 00:11:13,500 Bible on a number of occasions and it's used by way of when, 182 00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:17,000 the Judgment of God would come upon the people. 183 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:19,600 And also, we can picture the day of the Lord. 184 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:23,800 There will be a day of the Lord on that last and final day being 185 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,300 the Judgment day. But that's not what he was 186 00:11:26,300 --> 00:11:29,300 speaking of here. He's talking about the impending 187 00:11:29,300 --> 00:11:31,500 judgment. That would come and even though 188 00:11:31,500 --> 00:11:34,400 the destruction of locusts was so great, it's going to be 189 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,600 worse, it's going to come if they did not. 190 00:11:37,700 --> 00:11:43,100 Not repent. Then in chapter 2, In Chapter 2, 191 00:11:43,100 --> 00:11:46,600 we find the first warning and such and summons to look to God 192 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:50,500 is followed by a more urgent warning and call to repentance 193 00:11:50,500 --> 00:11:54,500 because of this day of the Lord being at hand. 194 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:59,300 He pictures it as a day of darkness and gloominess, he 195 00:11:59,300 --> 00:12:03,300 pictures it as a day of clouds and thick darkness and then Joe 196 00:12:03,300 --> 00:12:07,100 goes into vivid language, describing the army of locusts. 197 00:12:07,300 --> 00:12:10,700 The ones that were considered to be the northern Army of God. 198 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:15,700 He says they Home with elongated heads like horses and a forward, 199 00:12:15,700 --> 00:12:19,000 March. Nothing can deter their own word 200 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,700 marks. All these Invaders are coming. 201 00:12:21,900 --> 00:12:24,400 They're going to climb the walls and invade the courts. 202 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,400 In the houses, they will not break their ranks. 203 00:12:27,900 --> 00:12:31,400 And I think this is fascinating because he pictures that the 204 00:12:31,900 --> 00:12:36,100 locusts are coming in this great art as a great Army and the 205 00:12:36,100 --> 00:12:40,600 sound of their na young and chewing and moving sounds like 206 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,800 chariots that were going into battle. 207 00:12:42,900 --> 00:12:46,500 Now picture that picture a chariot wheel going along on 208 00:12:46,500 --> 00:12:50,900 hard uneven ground and picture them all lined up within ranks 209 00:12:51,100 --> 00:12:55,300 and we can hear them from a far distance away as those Wheels 210 00:12:55,300 --> 00:12:58,800 would grind against that ground. And that's how he pictures the 211 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:04,200 sound of these locusts. But you know, in spite of the 212 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,700 terrible judgment and destruction caused by these 213 00:13:06,700 --> 00:13:09,800 Locust, it's not too late. You remember, we talked about 214 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:13,800 that if the people will turn to God with a heart of genuine 215 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:18,600 penitents with unfeigned fasting and with weeping and mourning, 216 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:22,400 they were told to do what though here's the greatest picture of 217 00:13:22,408 --> 00:13:25,900 repentance. They were told to Rend the heart 218 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,800 and not the garments. You know, that's a picture of 219 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:33,000 this. If you're going to make changes, 220 00:13:33,300 --> 00:13:37,000 if you're going to be sorrowful, if Godly sorrow is going to 221 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:41,100 change you in your life, it must begin in the heart. 222 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:46,500 You have to render the heart and you have to repent inwardly and 223 00:13:46,500 --> 00:13:50,200 not just outwardly. Now, outward manifestations of 224 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:53,400 the things that we do are very important because outward 225 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,900 manifestations show where our heart truly is. 226 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:00,900 But it begins. In the heart and he tells them 227 00:14:00,900 --> 00:14:06,300 that if if they would Rend the heart and not the garments, if 228 00:14:06,300 --> 00:14:10,500 they would weep, if they would mourn if they would lament. 229 00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:14,900 And if they would purpose to change that, God would change 230 00:14:14,900 --> 00:14:19,400 his mind to that, God would be merciful and he truly wants 231 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,100 first, he sends food, they so sorely needed. 232 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:24,500 And once more, they have their hunger. 233 00:14:24,500 --> 00:14:28,600 Now, satisfied and secondly, he would remove the regulatory. 234 00:14:28,700 --> 00:14:32,300 Proulx it's brought on them among the nation's by driving 235 00:14:32,300 --> 00:14:39,900 out the Locust from their site and fullness gladness rejoicing 236 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:44,700 and freedom from the Locust. Scourge would come after the 237 00:14:44,700 --> 00:14:50,000 people repented and turned back to their God and God gave them a 238 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:55,500 wonderful outpouring of material plenty and thus, our study ended 239 00:14:55,500 --> 00:14:58,200 the last time. But the five things that we took 240 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:02,000 from that, That though are these number one calamities often 241 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,900 cause people to draw nigh to God. 242 00:15:05,100 --> 00:15:07,900 Now I'm not talking about specifically natural calamities, 243 00:15:07,900 --> 00:15:10,300 let me just say this. Let me just picture it. 244 00:15:10,308 --> 00:15:15,700 Like this isn't it true that trouble causes people to turn to 245 00:15:15,700 --> 00:15:20,600 God even in the world? You remember 9/11, when those 246 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,600 planes went flying into those twin towers and into the 247 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,800 Pentagon and down in that Pennsylvania field. 248 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,700 People that weren't even considering God in their life. 249 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,400 We're at least looking toward God. 250 00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:36,700 They were going into church houses and standing next to 251 00:15:36,700 --> 00:15:38,500 other people. They have never seen before and 252 00:15:38,500 --> 00:15:41,500 holding hands. They desperately with yearning 253 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:44,700 Hearts. Wanted some sort of semblance of 254 00:15:44,700 --> 00:15:48,400 feeling that all would be okay and all would be right. 255 00:15:49,100 --> 00:15:52,600 That's what troubles and problems do in life, folks, they 256 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:56,100 cause us to draw nigh to God. That's not the problem because I 257 00:15:56,100 --> 00:15:59,300 can look even in my life and sure you can look in your life 258 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:03,600 and you can say that in the greatest troubles or Sorrows or 259 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:06,900 challenges in your life if you're a child of God and if 260 00:16:06,900 --> 00:16:10,700 you're Christian the first thing you did is you got by yourself 261 00:16:10,700 --> 00:16:13,700 and you got on your knees and you wore your knees out, praying 262 00:16:13,700 --> 00:16:16,300 to the great God Of Heaven because what you were going 263 00:16:16,300 --> 00:16:21,800 through we understand that The question is, do we do that? 264 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:26,700 When all is, well, that's really the greater challenge because 265 00:16:26,700 --> 00:16:32,500 calamities, trials problems, all of that, they cause men to draw 266 00:16:32,500 --> 00:16:35,800 nigh to God to we learned the nature of repentance as I 267 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,100 mentioned. Just a moment ago, it must be 268 00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:41,800 with our whole heart, it must be Inward and not just outward. 269 00:16:41,900 --> 00:16:45,700 Three, we learned the nature of God, we learned that God is 270 00:16:45,700 --> 00:16:48,700 gracious and God is merciful that he is slow. 271 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:52,900 Go to anger and of great kindness for, we learn that God 272 00:16:52,900 --> 00:16:56,700 relates from doing harm. When we repent, you, remember we 273 00:16:56,700 --> 00:17:00,300 mentioned Jonah and we preached on Jonah a while back in July, 274 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:04,000 but you remember about Jonah. These people were going to be 275 00:17:04,099 --> 00:17:09,000 overthrown by God and God sends a sins, a little Hebrew preacher 276 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,500 and enemy of these people, and he goes up and down the streets. 277 00:17:12,700 --> 00:17:15,400 And I understand, as I mentioned before, I'm mixing it again, 278 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:18,700 there's eight words in the English language that picture. 279 00:17:18,900 --> 00:17:22,500 His sermon but only five in the Hebrew language. 280 00:17:22,599 --> 00:17:26,599 So picture this way, sometimes we preach with all of our being 281 00:17:26,700 --> 00:17:29,400 and we tried so very hard to have results. 282 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:33,100 We try so very hard to move the heart of The Sinner and so on 283 00:17:33,100 --> 00:17:36,500 and so forth. And we preach for 30 45 minutes, 284 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:40,200 we go through a gospel meeting and preach ten sermons over an 285 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:44,900 eight-day period. And sometimes no results. 286 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:51,800 This man walked the streets of Nineveh that great City. 287 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:53,900 And remember, it was like the London of the day. 288 00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:57,000 It was not some little Podunk town somewhere. 289 00:17:57,500 --> 00:18:03,300 No, this was a great City and here's the sermon translated in 290 00:18:03,300 --> 00:18:07,100 English language, original five word sermon from Hebrew yet, 291 00:18:07,100 --> 00:18:10,300 forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown. 292 00:18:10,500 --> 00:18:13,800 And the Bible says the people repented and God changed his 293 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,400 mind. That's what we learned from. 294 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,900 Last time, also, and finally, we learned this and let's not, 295 00:18:20,900 --> 00:18:24,900 let's not forget this, we learn that, God means business. 296 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:30,800 He means business. He is going to be served the way 297 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:36,000 that he has described, that he will be served. and if we don't 298 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:41,300 do that and if we turn back and don't do that, Then the 299 00:18:41,300 --> 00:18:44,500 punishments of God are, awaiting us. 300 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,900 All that being said, let's begin quickly. 301 00:18:46,900 --> 00:18:51,800 Now, in verse 28, the word after word, speaking of now times 302 00:18:52,100 --> 00:18:56,400 future from what he is already spoken of and verse 28, this 303 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:00,600 indicates a spiritual fullness would follow the material. 304 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,600 Fullness that's already been described. 305 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:07,700 And the specific fulfillment is declared by Peter on the day of 306 00:19:07,700 --> 00:19:10,700 Pentecost following the resurrection and Ascension. 307 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:13,300 Of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 308 00:19:13,500 --> 00:19:17,500 And here, Joe says, he says, this now, material, plenty has 309 00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:19,800 already been restored to the people. 310 00:19:19,900 --> 00:19:24,000 In fact, an outpouring interesting word, an outpouring 311 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:28,900 of material, plenty would come before the outpouring of 312 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,700 spiritual planning or simply put the spirit. 313 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:37,200 And here we find that Joel says that this outpouring of the 314 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:40,700 spirit would come upon All Flesh. 315 00:19:40,900 --> 00:19:44,300 Shhhh Now, All Flesh signifies this. 316 00:19:44,700 --> 00:19:49,900 It signifies both Jew and Gentile for one thing because 317 00:19:49,900 --> 00:19:54,700 anyone that was not a Jew was a gentile. 318 00:19:55,300 --> 00:19:57,200 Now, I don't know how much I have in me. 319 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:00,700 But there's some Italian in me and there's some other things in 320 00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:02,400 me. And from my mother there's a 321 00:20:02,408 --> 00:20:04,000 whole lot of West Virginia in me. 322 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:08,200 Whatever that is. There are people that are Irish 323 00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:11,800 Hispanic, folks. There are people with all manner 324 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,800 of things and nationalities and so on. 325 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:20,100 But when we say Gentile, that is all-inclusive, that's inclusive 326 00:20:20,100 --> 00:20:22,700 of anybody. That is not a Jew. 327 00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:26,100 And Joel says that this outpouring of this spiritual of, 328 00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:30,800 the spirit would be poured out, among all flesh, meaning Jews 329 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:34,600 and Gentiles. And also, meaning this meaning, 330 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:39,800 without distinction of race age or sex, very briefly. 331 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:43,800 Now look and look the 24th chapter about these things will 332 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:45,500 go right through here about how it was full. 333 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:50,100 Filled first at Pentecost, with regards to the Jews and Luke 334 00:20:50,100 --> 00:20:53,100 chapter 24 beginning there in verse 44. 335 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:58,200 And he said unto them, these are the words, which I spake unto 336 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,900 you while. I was yet with you, that all 337 00:21:01,900 --> 00:21:06,200 things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses 338 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:10,500 and in the prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me, then 339 00:21:10,500 --> 00:21:13,700 opened he their understanding that they might understand the 340 00:21:13,700 --> 00:21:17,900 scriptures and said unto them, thus it is written and thus, it 341 00:21:17,900 --> 00:21:20,900 be who Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead. 342 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,200 The third day, and that repentance and remission of sins 343 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:28,500 Ends should be preached in his name, among all nations, 344 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:33,000 beginning at Jerusalem and you are witnesses of these things. 345 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:38,100 And behold I send the promise of my father upon you, but Terry 346 00:21:38,100 --> 00:21:41,800 you in the city of Jerusalem until you be endued with power 347 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,700 from on high, hear the words of Jesus. 348 00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:48,200 And you remember very briefly Jesus had already gone to Gaga, 349 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:50,700 Thurs brow. He hung on the cross, he shed 350 00:21:50,700 --> 00:21:54,200 his blood and he died there on that cross. 351 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,700 Also, he was taken down from the cross. 352 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,200 He was buried. And on the third day, he rose 353 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:03,500 again and he spent about 40 days with his disciples which he's 354 00:22:03,500 --> 00:22:08,100 presently doing now and he talks about this fulfillment of the 355 00:22:08,100 --> 00:22:12,600 spirit, that's to be poured out that Joel spoke of so long ago. 356 00:22:12,700 --> 00:22:16,100 He said that repentance and remission of sins would be 357 00:22:16,100 --> 00:22:19,900 preached in his name, beginning at Jerusalem, and it was going 358 00:22:19,900 --> 00:22:24,400 to be done on that day. Now, notice Joel speaks of an An 359 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:29,200 outpouring of the spirit, Jesus says it's the promise of my 360 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:34,000 father so that's what's going to be poured out from them and the 361 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:38,800 promise of the father was going to give them power from on high. 362 00:22:39,100 --> 00:22:42,800 Jesus, here is speaking to his disciples. 363 00:22:42,900 --> 00:22:47,500 He speaking to the apostles, the promise was to be given to them 364 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:52,400 and they were of Jewish blood. Now then going in X. 365 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:57,300 Number one now, Beginning in verse 4, this is before Jesus 366 00:22:57,300 --> 00:23:01,700 ascended to his father, in Heaven and in verse 4 says and 367 00:23:01,700 --> 00:23:05,300 being assembled together with them commanded them that they 368 00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:07,500 should not depart from Jerusalem. 369 00:23:07,900 --> 00:23:11,400 But wait for the promise of the father. 370 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:17,500 Which saith he you have heard of me for John truly baptized with 371 00:23:17,500 --> 00:23:22,300 water but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, not many 372 00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:25,200 days. Hence, who is Jesus speaking to 373 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,600 here before Jesus ascended to his father? 374 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:31,700 He speaking to the same man that he spoke to in Luke chapter 24. 375 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,900 He's not speaking to you, he's not speaking to me. 376 00:23:34,900 --> 00:23:39,400 He's not speaking to anyone in this context after or separate 377 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,400 and apart from these apostles. Yes. 378 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,400 And here he says when they asked him the question and Acts 379 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:50,200 chapter 1, they said Lord will you at this time restore? 380 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:55,100 Again, the kingdom to Israel and Jesus responded and said it is 381 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:59,000 not for you to know the times or the seasons that the Lord hath 382 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,800 placed in his own power. But tells them again to stay in 383 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,100 Jerusalem. What for the promise of his 384 00:24:05,100 --> 00:24:07,400 father? What's the promise of the father 385 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,900 that we just read? You shall be baptized with the 386 00:24:10,900 --> 00:24:13,900 Holy Ghost. Not many days. 387 00:24:13,900 --> 00:24:19,000 Hence, and in verse number 8, he says this but you shall receive 388 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:24,400 power after that. The Holy Ghost is come upon you. 389 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:28,600 The apostles and ye shall be Witnesses unto me both in 390 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:33,500 Jerusalem and in Judea and in Samaria and unto the uttermost 391 00:24:33,500 --> 00:24:36,200 part of the earth. And when he had spoken these 392 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:40,100 things while they beheld, he was taken up and a cloud received 393 00:24:40,100 --> 00:24:44,200 him out of their sight. So reviewing thus far, they were 394 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:47,800 to stay in Jerusalem, they're going to get what the promise of 395 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,200 my father. Jesus said it's going to come 396 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:54,400 who or to whom or upon whom it's coming to the apostles and only 397 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,200 the apostles. What did Jesus specifically say 398 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,800 in Acts 1 was the promise of his father. 399 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:04,100 He said it was the baptism of the Holy Spirit and here we go 400 00:25:04,100 --> 00:25:08,900 next to beginning in verse 1 and when the day of Pentecost was 401 00:25:08,900 --> 00:25:12,300 fully come, they were all with one Accord in one. 402 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:16,000 Thanks and suddenly, there came a sound from Heaven as of a 403 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,000 rushing, Mighty Wind. And it filled all the house, 404 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,000 where they were sitting, and there appeared unto them, cloven 405 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:26,000 tongues, like as of fire and it sat upon each of them and they 406 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:30,100 were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with 407 00:25:30,100 --> 00:25:33,800 other tongues, as the spirit, gave them utterance and there 408 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,700 were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation 409 00:25:37,700 --> 00:25:40,000 under heaven. Now, when this was noised 410 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,100 abroad, the multitudes came together. 411 00:25:42,300 --> 00:25:45,500 And they were confounded because that on every man, they heard 412 00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:49,200 him speak in his own language and they were all amazed and 413 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:53,400 marveled saying, one to another behold, aren't all these men 414 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:57,900 that speak galilaeans and how we hear every man in our own 415 00:25:57,900 --> 00:26:02,700 tongue, wherein we were born parthians medes elamites and 416 00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:06,900 dwellers of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia and pontus and 417 00:26:06,900 --> 00:26:09,700 Asia. Phrygia pamphylia in Egypt. 418 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:13,600 And in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, Eenie and strangers of 419 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:17,500 Rome Jews and proselytes Crete's and Arabians. 420 00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:23,000 We do hear them speak in our own tongues, the wonderful works of 421 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,300 God. And they were all amazed. 422 00:26:26,300 --> 00:26:28,400 And with in doubt, saying one to another. 423 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,800 What meaneth? This other said, mockingly, 424 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:37,100 these men are drunken, these men are full of new wine. 425 00:26:38,300 --> 00:26:43,300 But the response was this. The response was Peter standing 426 00:26:43,300 --> 00:26:46,000 up with the eleven lifted up his voice and said unto them. 427 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,100 Ye men of Judea, and all that dwell at Jerusalem, be this 428 00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:53,100 known unto you and hearken to my words for these are not drunken 429 00:26:53,100 --> 00:26:57,100 as you suppose seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 430 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:01,700 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel and 431 00:27:01,700 --> 00:27:04,000 it shall come to pass in the last days. 432 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:08,300 Saith God, I will pour out my spirit upon All Flesh, and your 433 00:27:08,300 --> 00:27:11,200 sons and daughters shall prophesy and your young. 434 00:27:11,300 --> 00:27:15,000 Young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams, 435 00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:18,600 and on my servants. And on my handmaidens, I will 436 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:23,900 pour out in those days of my spirit and they shall prophesy 437 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:28,500 hence beginning at Jerusalem, then the apostles, the Jews 438 00:27:28,500 --> 00:27:32,200 receive the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, fulfilling the 439 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:37,300 first part of what Joe meant when he said all flesh. 440 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,800 But then secondly, about a decade later, I'm told this 441 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,400 happened. Be fulfilled with regards to the 442 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:48,600 Gentiles and it was with regards to Cornelius and his household. 443 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,000 You remember that? Cornelius was a soldier. 444 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,400 The King James version, says he was a centurion. 445 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:59,500 He was a soldier of the Italian cohort or or Italian regiment. 446 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:04,000 He was a man that was devout, a man that feared God with all his 447 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,900 house. He was a man that gave much alms 448 00:28:06,900 --> 00:28:11,600 to the people and he prayed to God, always and he sees in a 449 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:15,400 vision, the angel of God coming into him and saying his name 450 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,800 Cornelius and I can't imagine what that would do to me. 451 00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:23,200 But I know he was afraid. The Bible says, when the angel 452 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,400 of the Lord came in and appeared to him and said, Cornelius, he 453 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:30,800 was startled and he was afraid. But then all of a sudden some 454 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:35,300 very reassuring and comforting words came from this Angel and 455 00:28:35,300 --> 00:28:38,500 the angel says thy prayers and by alms are come up for a 456 00:28:38,508 --> 00:28:43,200 memorial before God he tells Cornelius he says you send men 457 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:47,500 to Joppa and you find a man named Peter he's staying there. 458 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:51,300 He's lodging with a man named Simon the Tanner and he's there 459 00:28:51,300 --> 00:28:54,100 you go find him. Well this man being a military 460 00:28:54,100 --> 00:28:57,300 man this Cornelius I would imagine what have people that 461 00:28:57,300 --> 00:29:00,800 would be under his Direct. And and when he would say to go 462 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:04,000 and do something, I would just imagine that people would just 463 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,200 snap right to it. Get up and be about what exactly 464 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,400 he said to do. What he tells them. 465 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,700 Is you go to Joppa. You go to Simon the Tanners 466 00:29:12,700 --> 00:29:16,700 house and you find a man named Peter and you bring him back to 467 00:29:16,700 --> 00:29:19,100 me. Interesting. 468 00:29:20,700 --> 00:29:26,300 The angel recognized. That this was a man trying to be 469 00:29:26,300 --> 00:29:29,600 religious. But it wasn't good enough. 470 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,900 He was a praying man. He was a giving man. 471 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,900 He was a good man. He was a man that I would 472 00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:40,100 imagine would be held in high esteem among his peers in 473 00:29:40,100 --> 00:29:43,500 society. He was a man that that meant 474 00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:47,600 well. And yet the angel says no, you 475 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,700 send men to Joppa, you get Peter and he will tell you what you 476 00:29:50,700 --> 00:29:52,700 have to do here. Tell you what, you're lacking 477 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,500 because right now, it's not good enough. 478 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,000 Well, you remember that as they left and as they were on their 479 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:04,500 way, Peter goes up to the house to pray and became very hungry. 480 00:30:04,500 --> 00:30:08,300 And he fell into a trance and he saw heaven opened, and a certain 481 00:30:08,300 --> 00:30:12,000 vessel descending unto him like a great white sheet at the Four 482 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,500 Corners let down to the Earth and on it were all Enter a 483 00:30:15,500 --> 00:30:18,600 four-footed Beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping 484 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,900 things and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him. 485 00:30:21,900 --> 00:30:26,900 It says Rise Peter kill and eat. But Peter said not so Lord for I 486 00:30:26,908 --> 00:30:30,300 have never eaten anything common or unclean. 487 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,700 Well the voice came to him the second time and said what God 488 00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:38,800 has cleansed that call, not thou common showing a picture of 489 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:44,500 God's acceptance of the Gentiles to You know what's neat about 490 00:30:44,500 --> 00:30:47,400 this? We just can't go right past this 491 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:52,600 without making a comment. Here's the point when they bring 492 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:59,100 Peter to Cornelius And Cornelius sees this man. 493 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:04,700 I think this is so interesting. Because the angel said that 494 00:31:04,700 --> 00:31:08,500 Peter was going to come with some Authority and come with 495 00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:11,600 some knowledge that you need to have. 496 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:18,000 This is a Godly Man on the way. When Peter walks in Cornelius, 497 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,100 had been waiting for him. And he and his household were 498 00:31:21,100 --> 00:31:23,800 patiently waiting to hear what Peter would have to say. 499 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,800 You know, what Cornelius does, he goes up to Peter, and he 500 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,200 falls down at his feet and he starts to worship Him. 501 00:31:32,300 --> 00:31:36,700 You know, incidentally there's a certain affiliation that 502 00:31:36,900 --> 00:31:41,400 worships men in this life too. They say that Peter was the 503 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,900 first one of those fellas. I guess. 504 00:31:43,900 --> 00:31:46,100 They forgot to read this passage here because you know what? 505 00:31:46,100 --> 00:31:51,400 Peter said Peter said oh no. No and he helps him up and says, 506 00:31:51,700 --> 00:31:56,600 you will not worship me in essence because I am only a man. 507 00:31:57,700 --> 00:32:01,500 I too am. Just a man and words would be 508 00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:06,900 spoken by this man, but it is only God that's to be revered 509 00:32:06,900 --> 00:32:09,500 and God to be served and worshipped. 510 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:13,200 Will Peter priest says this to, before he preaches that sermon 511 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,600 to him. He says, I have a truth, God is 512 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:20,400 no respecter of persons, but in every nation, he that feareth 513 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:24,300 him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him and he 514 00:32:24,300 --> 00:32:28,300 preaches to them. And then in verse 44, Or of Acts 515 00:32:28,300 --> 00:32:31,900 10 here it is. While Peter yet spake these 516 00:32:31,900 --> 00:32:36,000 words, the Holy Ghost fell on them, which had heard the word 517 00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:38,800 and they of the circumcision or those Jews that believe. 518 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:42,700 Those were converted Christians that were Jews were astonished 519 00:32:42,700 --> 00:32:46,100 as many as came with Peter because that on the Gentiles 520 00:32:46,100 --> 00:32:50,400 also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost, for they hunted, 521 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:54,100 them speak with tongues and magnify God, then answered 522 00:32:54,100 --> 00:32:56,500 Peter. Can any forbid water that these 523 00:32:56,500 --> 00:32:59,000 should be baptized? Just that have received the Holy 524 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:03,200 Ghost, as well as we and he commanded them to be baptized in 525 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:06,500 the name of the Lord, which is by the authority of the Lord, 526 00:33:06,500 --> 00:33:10,600 which is water baptism, which is the one baptism that's pictured 527 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,300 in the New Testament. It's the only one that will take 528 00:33:13,300 --> 00:33:17,300 away your sins. And this was a one-time thing to 529 00:33:17,300 --> 00:33:21,900 show that the, the Holy Spirit would come unto the Gentiles to 530 00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:24,700 prove to the Jews that they're accepted of God. 531 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,500 And we know that they did that because they said well how Can 532 00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:30,900 we forbid water? If they have received the Holy 533 00:33:30,900 --> 00:33:36,100 Ghost, like we, and they were baptized by the authority of 534 00:33:36,100 --> 00:33:41,900 Jesus Christ, on that day. But also, Joel says that your 535 00:33:41,900 --> 00:33:46,000 sons and your daughter's shall prophesy, your old men shall 536 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:50,500 dream dreams your young men shall see Visions. 537 00:33:50,700 --> 00:33:53,900 This also has already been fulfilled and does not apply 538 00:33:53,900 --> 00:33:57,200 today, but we find that this is fulfilled in the New Testament. 539 00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:00,800 For example, well, for Philip had four virgin daughters who 540 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:05,000 prophesied first Corinthians, 21, and verse 9, the Apostle, 541 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,500 Paul tells of women who prophesied first Corinthians 11, 542 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:13,000 and verse number 5, But what do the Tom's prophesying visions 543 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,500 and dreams? What do they all mean? 544 00:34:15,500 --> 00:34:18,900 First of all, they seem not to be completely distinct from one 545 00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:22,800 another, but they are complementary with each other, 546 00:34:23,100 --> 00:34:27,600 prophesying by definition stands for one of the for the whole of 547 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,900 teaching. By inspiration of the spirit 548 00:34:31,100 --> 00:34:35,100 visions and dreams indicate. Two forms of Revelation by which 549 00:34:35,100 --> 00:34:39,600 God would make himself known to the profit for example in 550 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:44,500 numbers. 12 and verse 6, it says, and he said here, now my 551 00:34:44,500 --> 00:34:48,800 words, if there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make 552 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:54,100 myself known unto him in a vision and will speak unto him 553 00:34:54,100 --> 00:34:57,600 in a dream. And so, it is concluded. 554 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,100 Therefore that what took place on Pentecost. 555 00:35:00,100 --> 00:35:04,000 Mark the beginning of the complete fulfillment of Joel's 556 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:08,600 word, and then Joel pictures. God is showing wonders and blood 557 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:12,500 and fire and pillars of smoke. Smoke in heaven and on Earth 558 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:17,100 blood here, suggests Bloodshed fired upon the Earth, suggest 559 00:35:17,100 --> 00:35:20,000 the burning of cities during which the pillars of smoke, 560 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:24,200 billow heavenward, this figure as used by Joel became a 561 00:35:24,207 --> 00:35:27,200 description of approaching judgment. 562 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:29,900 We're going to get to what exactly that was in just a 563 00:35:29,900 --> 00:35:32,100 moment. But let me just say this, it is 564 00:35:32,100 --> 00:35:36,500 true that Jesus did not come to condemn the world or judge the 565 00:35:36,500 --> 00:35:37,900 world. He came to save the world. 566 00:35:37,900 --> 00:35:42,700 That's a fact. Let me just say this, it became 567 00:35:42,700 --> 00:35:48,200 an inevitable part of his work. because if people would reject 568 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:52,500 the spirit, And if people reject the spirit today which is 569 00:35:52,500 --> 00:35:58,100 through the word of God, if people reject that then judgment 570 00:35:58,300 --> 00:36:01,800 is coming when he pictures this, I believe he's referring to the 571 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:04,400 destruction of Jerusalem. I believe he's talking about 572 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,500 things when you see those things, pictured, it often times 573 00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:11,000 in the Bible pictures, the destruction of a nation and I 574 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,300 believe that that's already happened. 575 00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:16,500 But let me just say this, it does become a prophetic type of 576 00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:19,800 judgment to come for all those who reject the spirit rejoices 577 00:36:19,900 --> 00:36:24,400 Reject, this word are going to find themselves in the same 578 00:36:24,500 --> 00:36:32,400 category as has been mentioned. You know, when I think about how 579 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:38,600 When I think about how the great pains that God has gone about to 580 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:41,700 save our soul. We might look at these things as 581 00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:43,700 harsh, but look at the price that's been paid. 582 00:36:45,300 --> 00:36:49,400 We understand the importance by what God was willing to give in 583 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:56,800 exchange for it and Jesus too. The blessings of Heaven are so 584 00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:00,100 great. Seeing in the eyes of God is so 585 00:37:00,100 --> 00:37:04,300 bad. There can only be one way and if 586 00:37:04,300 --> 00:37:08,800 we reject the teachings of his son that's revealed to me by the 587 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:13,500 Holy Spirit In This Book, I'm going to find myself in that 588 00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:18,200 last and final day standing before the judgement of God when 589 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:23,200 God will pass down his judgment on me for my Disobedience, very 590 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,500 quickly, Joel pictured it like this, too. 591 00:37:25,700 --> 00:37:29,800 And then Peter says it in verse 21 of Acts 2 and that is, but 592 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:33,600 whosoever, shall call on the name of the Lord shall be 593 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,200 delivered. Now, the question is, what's 594 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:39,300 calling on the name of the Lord? That's exactly what Joel said. 595 00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:41,900 Joel said this, that this destruction is going. 596 00:37:42,100 --> 00:37:44,400 About this destruction of Jerusalem is going to be 597 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,400 devastating and so on. But the remnant, you remember, 598 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,900 according to the election of Grace, Romans 11, and 5, those 599 00:37:50,900 --> 00:37:52,800 that would call on the name of the Lord. 600 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:57,300 In other words, obey What the Lord Has commanded, they'll be 601 00:37:57,300 --> 00:38:03,700 delivered such destruction. and that's the way it was then, and 602 00:38:03,700 --> 00:38:07,800 that's the way it is now calling on the name of the Lord is, as 603 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:15,700 Peter said in First Peter 3:21 / to First Peter Acts 2:38. 604 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:20,300 Then Peter said unto them, repent and be baptized every one 605 00:38:20,300 --> 00:38:21,900 of you. In the name of Jesus Christ for 606 00:38:21,900 --> 00:38:25,600 the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the 607 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:27,800 Holy Ghost. You remember? 608 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:31,100 There was another time when this came out and this came up about 609 00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:35,400 calling on the name of the Lord. When Saul of Tarsus was on the 610 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,600 Damascus Road, to go bind those that would call on the name of 611 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:41,400 the Lord and would obey the Lord, and would be a Christian. 612 00:38:42,100 --> 00:38:45,600 You remember that, as he's on that road, a great light shine 613 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,300 round about him and it was Jesus and Jesus stopped him dead in 614 00:38:48,300 --> 00:38:51,300 his tracks and says Saul Saul. Why persecutest thou me? 615 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:54,100 And he responded by saying who art? 616 00:38:54,100 --> 00:38:56,700 Thou Lord. He said I am Jesus. 617 00:38:56,700 --> 00:38:59,200 Whom thou persecutest it's hard for thee to kick against the 618 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:01,700 Pricks. He said, what will you have me 619 00:39:01,700 --> 00:39:05,400 to do? With those blind that blind man 620 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,300 had to be led into the end of the city. 621 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:11,100 And he was going to be told what he must do and he goes in and 622 00:39:11,100 --> 00:39:14,800 prays for three days. And let me just say this, Would 623 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,000 you imagine in a three-day prayer? 624 00:39:17,700 --> 00:39:20,600 If there's anything at all, you could have missed in a prayer. 625 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:24,500 I imagine not. I would imagine you know we get 626 00:39:24,500 --> 00:39:28,100 kind of kind of ruffled when somebody preaches 15 minutes or 627 00:39:28,300 --> 00:39:33,400 praise 15 minutes three days. And I would just imagine that he 628 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:38,100 got everything said that needed to be said Wasn't enough though 629 00:39:38,100 --> 00:39:42,200 was it, he accepted Jesus for whom he was absolutely. 630 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:45,500 He was willing to obey Jesus and what do you want me to do? 631 00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:48,700 He was sorrowful. He went in and prayed 632 00:39:48,700 --> 00:39:52,700 repentantly for three days. But ananias, here comes the 633 00:39:52,700 --> 00:39:55,800 preacher and he comes on the scene and he says, and now why 634 00:39:55,800 --> 00:40:01,100 tarriest thou arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins 635 00:40:01,300 --> 00:40:05,300 calling on the name of the Lord. That's how you call on the name 636 00:40:05,300 --> 00:40:08,900 of the Lord is to obey with the The Lord said and that's done 637 00:40:08,900 --> 00:40:18,100 and fulfilled at baptism. but finally, and lastly Once again, 638 00:40:18,100 --> 00:40:21,600 though, with regards to the picture that Joe says about the 639 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:25,200 nation's that are going to find themself in judgment and the 640 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,800 nation's that are going to be punished for persecuting and 641 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,400 punishing God's people and so on and so forth. 642 00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:32,100 That's pictured in the third chapter. 643 00:40:33,100 --> 00:40:36,000 Again, as it was with the Locust, here's a ray of Hope. 644 00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:39,400 The real hope is it doesn't have to be like that. 645 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:45,200 The Ray of Hope is. That there's a bright light 646 00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:48,800 shining. And that is that God will be a 647 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:52,400 refuge in a stronghold to all those who seek shelter beneath 648 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:57,200 the shadow of his infinite wing. This is to be done in Zion Joel 649 00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:01,600 says or spiritual Jerusalem and that is the church. 650 00:41:03,900 --> 00:41:07,000 You know, no strangers will pass through her today. 651 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,900 You ever think of that. Strangers could pass through 652 00:41:10,900 --> 00:41:13,700 Jerusalem. Of old. 653 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:19,600 But there'll be no strangers passing through the church. and 654 00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:24,800 in order to have the blessings of Zion where God says, I would 655 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:28,800 well in order to have the blessings of spiritual Jerusalem 656 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:33,300 which is the church, you can't have those blessings without 657 00:41:33,300 --> 00:41:35,800 being a citizen of that. Place. 658 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:40,800 A citizen of that Kingdom. And that's the church. 659 00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:46,900 There is no blessings outside of the church spiritual. 660 00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:51,300 Zion is impregnable and will never be destroyed. 661 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,900 Me ask you a question. I think this is really 662 00:41:53,900 --> 00:41:55,300 important. I really do. 663 00:41:57,300 --> 00:42:00,600 What is your view? Of the church. 664 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,200 How do you view the church today? 665 00:42:06,900 --> 00:42:09,400 Because let me just say this, it is true. 666 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:12,800 It is true that throughout time, man. 667 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:14,600 Has digressed from that, which is right. 668 00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:17,600 That's a fact. Man is done, that man will 669 00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:23,100 continue to do that. I'm afraid people will make bad 670 00:42:23,100 --> 00:42:26,100 choices, and there are people in the world that are not living as 671 00:42:26,100 --> 00:42:27,900 they should. That is all true. 672 00:42:27,900 --> 00:42:29,900 There are Christians who have turned their back. 673 00:42:29,900 --> 00:42:35,800 Also, that is true. But how do you view the church? 674 00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:40,200 This is important fellas. I'm speaking to you now, leaders 675 00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:43,200 and teachers. Listen, Very important. 676 00:42:43,300 --> 00:42:47,200 How do you view the church? Because attitude reflects 677 00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:51,000 leadership. I know there are things that 678 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:54,600 aren't right in the world, maybe even among God's people, but 679 00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:57,000 don't ever forget this, the church is perfect. 680 00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:00,900 The institution of the church is perfect, and that is the only 681 00:43:00,900 --> 00:43:03,100 thing that will be delivered back over to God. 682 00:43:03,100 --> 00:43:06,700 I am confident, I am confident beyond a shadow of a doubt that 683 00:43:06,700 --> 00:43:08,600 there's not one man in this world. 684 00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,900 There's not one innovation in this world that can come in and 685 00:43:11,900 --> 00:43:14,900 destroy the body of Christ as a whole. 686 00:43:15,100 --> 00:43:18,000 Now, some may have lost their Candlestick, some may have lost 687 00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,400 their identity and digress from that which Right? 688 00:43:20,500 --> 00:43:24,000 That may be true but ladies and gentlemen, they cannot touch the 689 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:26,100 church as a whole. The church is the body of 690 00:43:26,100 --> 00:43:28,300 Christ. It is the kingdom of Christ is 691 00:43:28,300 --> 00:43:31,100 spiritual Zion, and that's what Jesus is going to handle his 692 00:43:31,100 --> 00:43:34,400 father one day. One more should verse and I'm 693 00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:38,700 through 1st Corinthians, 15 beginning in verse 24. 694 00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:42,700 Then cometh the end when he shall have delivered up the 695 00:43:42,700 --> 00:43:46,000 kingdom to God. Even the father, when he shall 696 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:51,100 have, put down all Rule and all authority and power for, he must 697 00:43:51,100 --> 00:43:53,700 Reign till he hath. Put all enemies under his feet 698 00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:56,000 and The Last Enemy that shall be. 699 00:43:56,000 --> 00:44:00,700 Destroyed is death for he hath put all things under his feet 700 00:44:01,100 --> 00:44:04,900 but when he saith all things are put under him, it is Manifest 701 00:44:04,900 --> 00:44:09,700 that he is excepted, which did put all things under him and 702 00:44:09,700 --> 00:44:13,500 went All things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the son, 703 00:44:13,500 --> 00:44:18,200 also himself be subject unto him, that put all things under 704 00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:23,100 him that God may be all in all. That's a promise. 705 00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:27,100 I believe it. And no man can get in the way of 706 00:44:27,100 --> 00:44:31,900 just that. I think that's important too. 707 00:44:31,900 --> 00:44:37,900 Because folks, we got to convert people to that church. 708 00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:45,100 We have something to sell. we sure do if you'll pardon the 709 00:44:45,900 --> 00:44:52,400 common term, We do. Their salvation found in the 710 00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:56,200 gospel. And you can't have salvation 711 00:44:57,100 --> 00:45:02,400 outside of the church. Let's take that to the world. 712 00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:06,600 Let's convert folks with the good news to all. 713 00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:08,800 We always stand against things that are wrong, don't get me 714 00:45:08,900 --> 00:45:10,700 wrong, don't misinterpret misunderstand. 715 00:45:10,700 --> 00:45:14,500 What I'm saying. But never view the church in 716 00:45:14,500 --> 00:45:17,400 anything, but it is, and that is the greatest institution in all 717 00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:20,300 the world. 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