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    Acts 2.17 - 21

    So since this whole COVID stuff started, my siblings and I have been reading the bible together. We started in John, and we would share bits and pieces of scripture that stood out to us, and held each other accountable to stay in the word. So instead of seeing each other in person, we found a new way to connect. Which has been great so far.

    Now we are on Acts. And as you know, we can all follow those rabbit trails sometimes that take us away from our original goal or purpose. And here was mine. I am sure it has been brought up before. My siblings didn't want to delve too deeply into this. So I would like some insight please.

    17" '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.
    18 Even on my servants, both men and women,
    I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
    and they will prophesy.
    19 I will show wonders in the heavens above
    and signs on the earth below,
    blood and fire and billows of smoke.
    20 The sun will be turned to darkness
    and the moon to blood
    before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
    21 And everyone who calls
    on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

    my focus was on the first verse.. IN THE LAST DAYS, but Paul was talking about his current situation. Obviously they were not part of the last days.

    Can some one help me understand or enlighten me why Paul was thinking to quote that verse as though to say, they (Paul/Disciples) were part of the last days.

    Thank you in advance.

    PS I am not sure I want to delve into a discussion about end times and prophecy, but that is the "rabbit hole".

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    It was Peter who preached that

    Last days is prophetic which begins at Pentecost and lasts 2000 years

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    What TT said. "In the last days" is referring to the time after Jesus was raised from the dead. They were in the last days then and we're still in them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cardinal TT View Post
    It was Peter who preached that

    Last days is prophetic which begins at Pentecost and lasts 2000 years
    That's my understanding as well. 2000years or also, Christ's return.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cardinal TT View Post
    It was Peter who preached that

    Last days is prophetic which begins at Pentecost and lasts 2000 years
    Ooppps, my bad. Thanks for the correction

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    I have had a differing opinion of this. I thought the last days, while beginning at the Resurrection and in Christ's finished work, referred to the last days of the Old Covenant Temple worship, and that Pentecost was another sign of the transfer of covenant from Old to New. I could be wrong, and it would not be the first time, but I always kind of saw this as the last days of Old Covenant and the beginning of the New.

    Grace, Shalom, and Maranatha in Jesus name.
    William M. (Bill) Price

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