"I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh," Joel 2:28.
Who's talking? God. Who's he talking to? Ancient Israel. How ancient? Oh, about 8 centuries before Jesus was born. give or take. God's talking to a people who have experienced the Day of the Lord, no fun at all: a day of darkness, gloom, thick clouds, fire, desolation, all encompassing, oppressively powerful opposition, devastation. Because of sin. Yet God promises another Day yet ahead of them, a Day of restoration. And in that Day he will pour out his Spirit of life to their descendants, and to the whole world.
We meet with a brother or sister today recipients of the new Day of grace. And together we give thanks for his Spirit's vivifying power to bring us life in Christ.
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