The application of Joel’s prophecy in Acts by Peter links the arrival of the Gift of the Spirit to the onset of the messianic age. With the resurrection and ascension of Jesus and the outpouring of the promised Spirit, the period known as the “last days” commenced on if not before the Day of Pentecost. Moreover, the fulfillment of the prophecy means the inevitability and possibly even the imminence of the “Day of the Lord” – (Joel 2:28-32, Acts 2:17-21).
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The Apostle links the start of the “last days” with the death and resurrection of the Son of God. The time of fulfillment has arrived, and all God’s promises now find their “yea and amen” in him. “In these last days,” God has “spoken” His definitive “word” in His Son.
And Paul declares that the church consists of those men and women upon whom the “ends of the ages have come.” While the term “last days” is not frequent in his letters, the Apostle does demonstrate his understanding that History’s final era has commenced with the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth; therefore, nothing will ever be the same again.
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