Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:Yea and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days Will I pour forth of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.
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… He said, your sons and your, help me out, and your, oh, and the daughters too will prophesy. Even on my servants, both men and women, I'll pour out my spirit in those days and they will prophesy. Now, what does it mean to prophesy? It means to speak on behalf of God. Men and women will speak on behalf of God. Then when you look in the New Testament in the early church, Priscilla and Aquila, they were both leaders. And Priscilla and Aquila corrected and taught Apollos. Now, if you notice Priscilla, she's the female. Priscilla and Aquila are mentioned six times in the New Testament. Four times she's mentioned first. In almost all historical writing, the man is almost always mentioned first. And scholars assume that it's possible that she was mentioned first because she was the power player in the relationship. She was very, very involved. Phoebe also in the New Testament served as a deacon, important role of spiritual leadership. And then Philip had four daughters who all, again, prophesied, spoke on behalf of God. …
They may act like they're drunk, but they're not drunk. And he says, this is the Holy Spirit. He says, God says, I will pour out my spirit on everyone. Circle on everyone. On everyone. He says, your sons and your daughters will proclaim my message. In other words, everybody's going to be a preacher. Your young men will see visions and your old men will have dreams. He says, even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my spirit in those days and they will all circle all. They will all proclaim my message. Everybody is a messenger. Everybody's a missionary. Everybody's a minister. Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Now, if you're taking notes, I want you to circle some things here. I want you to circle sons and daughters. He says, your sons and daughters, I'm gonna proclaim my message, I want you to circle young and old, visions and dreams from the young and the old, and I want you to circle men and women. …
… No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel. In the last days, God says, I will pour out my spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below. blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. And everyone who calls in the name of the Lord will be saved. Now those verses he just quoted were from Joel. Anybody know where in Joel? Joel chapter 2 verses 28 through 32. Either we have Bible scholars here or they've got a little note down at the bottom of their Bibles that tells them, some of you probably have it, Joel 2, 28-32, instant Bible scholar status, okay? …
… promise of not only Jewish salvation but Gentile salvation. And in the New Testament, listen, for example, to Acts chapter 2, verses 17 and 21, and it It shall be in the last days," God says, that, "'I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind, and it will be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'" What's going to happen under the fury of Satan and the fury of God, people are going to call on the name of the Lord, people from every part of the planet. Matthew 24, 14 says it this way, and this gospel of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in the whole world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come. will not return until global proclamation of the gospel has occurred. Luke 2.32, Simeon, when he saw the baby Jesus, said of this child, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for the glory of your people Israel. knew that the Messiah came not only to save Israel, but to save the nations. …