<TITLE>14. Par 96-97</TITLE>L-96 "Is It promised for us, Brother Branham? Is it proven by the Bible?" All right, let's go to Joel, find out what Joel said about it. How thankful I am for the blessed Word of God. Do you love It? I think that if it wasn't for the Word, I don't know where we'd stand. All right. We're at Joel now; we're going to Joel, the 2nd chapter of Joel, and we're going to start at the 28th verse, Joel 2:28: eight hundred years before the coming of Christ, the prophet in the Spirit, now listen:
And it shall come to pass afterwards, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh;... your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions:
And also upon my servants and upon my handsmaid will I pour out in these days--pour out in those days my spirit.
And I will shew wonders in the heavens above and in the earth, blood,... fire, and pillars of smoke.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and... terrible day of the LORD shall come.
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the Name of the LORD shall be delivered:...

L-97 Ah. Oh. What? Joel... Did you notice in Acts 2, Peter took up the same verse, said, "Ye men of Israel, hear my word. These are not drunk (this sealed, comforted, peculiar, marked people)--they are not drunk as you suppose (Acts 2), seeing that this is the third hour of the day. But this is that which was spoke of by Joel the prophet, saying, 'It shall come to pass in the last days that I'll pour out My Spirit upon all flesh.'" What is It? What is the Holy Ghost?
All right. Now, let's notice again. Promise to the believers, that's what It is. Now, this Holy Ghost, we find out what It is, just a minute. Who's It promised to? To believers. Now, let's go to Luke, 24th chapter of Luke, listen what Jesus said in His last words before He left the earth: Luke the 24th chapter. And you that's taking this down now, you can mark it down, then study it tomorrow when you have more time. Now, Luke 24:49, listen at Jesus speaking. At the end when He was ascending up into glory, the ascension, here's the words He said to His disciples:
... behold, I send the promise of my Father... (What promise? The Seal, the Sign, the Comforter, and all these things that I've spoke of, times thousands more.)... I send the promise of my Father upon you:... (What promise? The one that Isaiah said would come. "With stammering lips and other tongues, I'll speak to this people. I'll send that rest upon you. I'll send what Joel spoke of 'that it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I'll pour out My Spirit upon you.' Oh, I'll send to you and make all nations, all people beginning from Jerusalem... I'll bring in the seed of Abraham under this covenant. I'll seal away every one of them. See? I'll pour out My Spirit.")... I'll send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye... (means, "wait")... in the city of Jerusalem, until you're endued with power from on high.


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