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God
is the God of order and God is the God of repeated pattern
He can be known by His consistency.
We have been sharing that when
So too, the Kingdom of heaven that
Why the postponement?
Unbelief
Let’s read the account of Pentecost once again:
Acts 2:1-47
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all
with one accord in one place.
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing
mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they
were sitting.
And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire,
and it sat upon each of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to
speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of
every nation under heaven.
Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because
that every man heard them speak in his own language.
And they were all amazed and marveled, saying one to
another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans?
And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were
born?
Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in
Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in
Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them
speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to
another, What meaneth this?
Others mocking said, These
men are full of new wine.
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice,
and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye
that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose,
seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet
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:
And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of
my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and
signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour
of smoke:
The sun shall be turned into
darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the
Lord come:
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of
the Lord shall be saved.
Ye men of
Him, being delivered by the determinate
counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have
crucified and slain:
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death:
because it was not possible that he should be holden
of it.
For
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;
moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt
thou suffer thine Holy One
to see corruption.
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the
patriarch
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn
with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he
would raise up
He seeing this before spake of the
resurrection of
This
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having
received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth
this, which ye now see and hear.
For
Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
Therefore let all the house of
Now when they heard this, they were
pricked in their heart, and said unto
Then
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to
all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord
our God shall call.
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
Then they that gladly received his word were
baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three
thousand souls.
And they continued stedfastly in the
apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were
done by the apostles.
And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men,
as every man had need.
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and
breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and
singleness of heart,
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And
the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Everything,
pertaining to the promises for the nation of
Few,
a remnant repented and believed. These who repented and believed received that
which was prophesied by
And it shall
come to pass afterward (after God‘s judgment,
after repentance - because of the judgment, after Israel honors the God of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and is enabled to confess – blessed is He who comes
in the name of the Lord), 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:
And also upon the
servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and
fire, and pillars of smoke.
The sun shall
be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and
the terrible day of the LORD come.
And it shall come to pass,
that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in
mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in
the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
Throughout
Scripture the Lord calls out a people for His own.
The remnant is
called;
The remnant repents;
And the remnant
is reconciled to God.
The Lord always has His remnant…
At each encounter (dispensation) in history, and in each encounter (dispensation) in the future, God will have a remnant.
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