v28 - 29
After all of this, in the future, sons and daughters will prophesy, old men will dream, young men will see visions, God will pour his holy spirit on men and women slaves.
Okay, so it used to be that the holy spirit was given to certain individuals to accomplish, but Joel is saying that it will be given to everyone. And it still is today! All people of every gender, class, race, background, you name it, can be filled with the holy spirit. Another thing we can easily take for granted.
v30 - 31
God will show miracles of the earth, the sun will become dark, the moon red before the day that the Lord comes back. Okay so i wasn't sure what constituted as a miracle, in the bible the miricales it talks of is the darkness, and the mini earthquake with Jesus' death.
v32
"anyone who calls on the name of the Lord, will be saved"
i loooooove this. so, orginally the people thought this meant like being saved from trials and hard situations that they've been through. yes to an extent, God does save us through loads of trials, because he's amazing, but specifically this is our ultimate salvation and eternal life. it makes it sound easy, and it kind of is, you just have to have a faith, and you're saved!
Joel's prophesy of everyone having the holy spirit has been fufilled, shown by pentecost with everyone speaking in tongues (v appt, considering it's next week i think), the second half of the prophesy is Jesus coming back, and we're all one in Christ :)
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