Yet , the prophets echo Moses and emphasize that God ’ s plan all along was that His people would hear His voice and be filled with the Holy Spirit . Jeremiah 31:33 says , ” No longer will each teach his neighbor or each his brother , saying : ‘ Know Adonai ,’ for they will all know Me , from the least of them to the greatest .” It is a declaration of Adonai . “ For I will forgive their iniquity , their sin I will remember no more .”
And Joel 2:28-29 ( or 3:1 in Jewish Bibles ) reiterates God ’ s strategy , “ So it will be afterward , I will pour out My Ruach on all flesh : your sons and daughters will prophesy , your old men will dream dreams , your young men will see visions .“
On the anniversary of Shavuot , almost 1,500 years later , the Holy Spirit falls upon the 120 disciples and followers of Yeshua in the upper room in Jerusalem . Peter recognizes this divine interruption as a partial fulfillment of the prophet ’ s declaration . ( Acts 2:14-18 ) The indwelling of the Holy Spirit was the catalyst to changing the world through the power of the Gospel of the Kingdom .
The Holy Spirit is a gift that is available to all believers . It is God ’ s desire that all of us would walk in the blessing of hearing his voice and also living in the wisdom and the power of the Kingdom . If this is so , what should we do ?
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