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WHEN HE IS COME by Joshua Stauffer Chapter 25 THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE AGE TO COME It is a misconception that only God worked in creation; that the Son only works in redemption, and only the Holy Spirit works in relation to salvation. It also is a misconception that only the Father worked throughout the Old Testament period, and the Son in the New Testament period as recorded in the four Gospels, and that now only the Holy Spirit works in this dispensation. In every manifestation of the work of God, whether in creation, redemption, salvation, glorification or the ages to come, each Person of the Trinity alike has been and will be actively engaged. The Millennium, that is, the succeeding age will greatly concern Christ, His return and reign; the glorified church with her relation and position at the side of Christ; Israel and her redemption and restoration; the Gentile nations and their conversion; the animal kingdom and its restoration to Edenic conditions; the vegetable kingdom, and also the mineral kingdom. The benefits of redemption will be enjoyed greatly, from man, down to the ground. The Holy Spirit will be the Dispenser of these blessings. The ministry of the Holy Spirit will not cease with the ending of this age. He, with the Father and the Son, will perform an active part in the age which is to come. As He has worked in harmony with the Father and the Son in the past, even so He will in the future. As the Spirit has labored in harmony with the Son and the Father in the creation of the world, in the creation of man, in the accomplishment of redemption, and in the gathering of the church, so in the future, He will take an active part in relation to the rapture and glorification of the church, in the redemption of Israel as a nation, in the conversion of the Gentile nations, and in the regeneration of the lower creation, which includes the animal, the vegetable, and the mineral kingdoms. It was essential that the church age be preceded by Pentecost, even the outpouring of the Holy Spirit to become the birthday of the church, to qualify men to preach, and to evangelize. This outpouring of the Spirit must be continued throughout this entire age, even until the body of Christ will be completed. There will also be the need for a great outpouring of the Spirit to prepare the world for the Millennium, and this outpouring will need to continue throughout the entire age of the reign of Christ. Such an outpouring of the Spirit will take place, for it is prophesied in the Old Testament. The great outpouring of the Spirit on Pentecost was but a partial fulfillment of the prophecy which Joel prophesied. In answering the question of the people, "What meaneth this?" Peter stood up and said, "This is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel." He did not say "it fulfilled that which was prophesied by the prophet Joel." Several Old Testament prophecies have a near and a far fulfillment. These are called telescopic prophecies. The Old Testament prophets saw the first and the second comings of Christ blended, even as one coming. Between the two comings of Christ comes the church age, and when the church is completed and caught out the Lord again will deal with Israel and inaugurate His earthly reign. Immediately before His coming to set up His throne on earth, there will be a period of tribulation such as the world has never known. Joel saw this time
of trouble when he prophesied, "I will show 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." This was not fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, neither was that terrible day of the Lord. Then Joel saw the outpouring of the Spirit which shall come to pass immediately after the terrible day of the Lord. He wrote, "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour put 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 (Joel 2:28, 29). On the day of Pentecost, the Spirit was poured out on regenerated humanity which benefited the saved people. The unsaved people were to be benefited by being enlightened and convicted of sin through the lives and labors of Spirit-filled men. This should lead them to repentance and to a Spirit-filled life and ministry. This outpouring is being continued through this age, causing sons and daughters to prophesy, old men to dream dreams, young men to see visions, and even servants to enjoy this outpouring. The great and complete fulfillment of Joel's prophecy will benefit "all flesh." The "all flesh" here is not to be restricted merely to humanity, but will greatly affect and benefit all types of flesh, which includes the animals, the fowls, and fishes. Paul said, "All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds" (I Cor. 15:39). Such an outpouring of the Spirit will be necessary to cause the entire world of men, animals, vegetation and minerals to share the blessings of redemption under the Millennial reign of Christ. I. The Holy Spirit in Relation to the Glorious King The Millennium will greatly concern Christ. There can be no true peace apart from the Prince of Peace. Christ, in God's appointed time will become King over all the earth. The Millennium has been designated as the "Kingdom Age," and also the "Kingdom of Heaven." The literal kingdom of heaven cannot come without the literal coming of the King from heaven. The kingdom will be given to Christ by the Father. When the King will come from heaven, He will set up His kingdom on this earth. The Millennium will be a necessity. The first Adam and his bride failed as world rulers, but God will not fail in accomplishing His purposes. He will, through the Second Adam and His bride, accomplish His purposes in relation to the ages to come, which were known to Him from the beginning. God will show to Satan and all men that He can produce a Man Who can defeat him, redeem man and his forfeited inheritance, and through Him rule the world with justice, equity, peace, and righteousness. The ministry of Christ began after His baptism by John and His anointing by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was given to Him without measure to qualify Him as a Man to defeat Satan, to perform a perfect ministry, and die a vicarious death, then to be resurrected and carried back into heaven, where He awaits the fullness of time when He shall return, and as Man shoulder the governments and inaugurate a righteous rule. In Isaiah eleven (which is a Messianic and Millennial chapter), the prophet Isaiah, in vision witnessed the Spirit coming upon Christ in His sevenfold fullness to qualify Him for His ministry in both His first and second comings. This prophecy reads, "And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; and shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the
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