THE FIRST-CENTURY CHURCH
Based on the Book, Acts of the Apostles

LESSON TWELVE
The Holy Spirit in Acts 2:16-21
As Explained in the First Sermon of the Church
The following is an excerpt taken from the series of lessons on the Holy Spirit.� That series is very long because it covers all 326 verses in the Bible referring to God's Spirit.� Further, it involves lookups all over the Bible.� So it is not recommended until a few shorter studies have been completed.
DAY ONE:
Acts 2:16-17a������������ "This is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:� 'In the LAST DAYS, God says I will pour out my Spirit on all people...."� When did the last/latter days begin (I Peter 1:19-20)? ____________________________________________
Acts 2:17b����������������� "....Your sons and daughters will PROPHESY...."
����������������������������������� Luke 1:5 & 67 - What descendant [son] of Aaron prophesied about Jesus? __________________________
����������������������������������� Luke 2:25-35 - What other "son" of� the Israelites prophesied about Jesus? _________________________
����������������������������������� Luke 1:5, 41-45 - What descendant [dtr] of Aaron prophesied about Jesus? _________________________
����������������������������������� Luke 2:36-38 - What "daughter" of the Israelites prophesied about Jesus? __________________________
����������������������������������� When was the last time before Jesus that anyone prophesied?� Malachi� 1:1 about 400 B.C.� Who was he?� ________________________
DAY TWO:
Acts 2:17c������������������ " ....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...."
����������������������������������� Matthew 1:20-23 - What young man dreamed a dream? ________________________________________
����������������������������������� [It is only tradition that he was an old man when he married Mary.� He was still alive when Jesus preached that he was the Bread of Life in John 6:42.]
����������������������������������� Matthew 2:1 & 12 - What old men dreamed a dream?� ____________________________________
����������������������������������� Luke 1:11f & 22 - What old man saw a vision?� __________________________________________
����������������������������������� When was the last time before Jesus that there had been visions?� Daniel 10:1, about 525 BC.� Who had the vision? _____________________
����������������������������������� When was the last time before Jesus that there had been god-sent dreams?� Daniel 7:1, about 550 BC.� Who had the dream?� ____________________
Acts 2:18������������������� " ....Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will PROPHESY...."� (See 2:17b above)
����������������������������������� NOTE:� Did these women ever prophecy in a public assembly? ___________________
DAY THREE:
Acts 2:19a����������������� "....'I will show WONDERS in the heaven above...."
����������������������������������� Looking up the above scriptures, tell what wonder in heaven occurred:
����������������������������������� Luke 2:8-15 -___________________________________________________________________________
����������������������������������� Matthew 2:1-2 - _________________________________________________________________________
����������������������������������� Matthew 3:16 - __________________________________________________________________________
����������������������������������� Matthew 17:1-5 - ________________________________________________________________________
����������������������������������� John 12:28-29 - ________________________________________________________________________
����������������������������������� Acts 1:9 - _____________________________________________________________________________
����������������������������������� Acts 2:2 - _____________________________________________________________________________
DAY FOUR:
Acts 2:19b����������������� "....and SIGNS on the earth below....."
����������������������������������� Luke 2:12 - What signs were the shepherds given? ____________________________________________
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����������������������������������� Matthew 12:39-40 - What sign did Jesus say the wicked would see? _______________________________
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����������������������������������� Luke 2:34 - What sign in Jesus' life and death was looked down on? _______________________________
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����������������������������������� John 4:48-50 -  What sign did Jesus perform at this time? _______________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
����������������������������������� John 2:18-28 -  What sign occurred after Jesus? death? _________________________________________
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����������������������������������� John 20:30-31 -  Who performed many miraculous signs, and why? ________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
����������������������������������� Acts 2:22 - How did God give accreditation to Jesus among the people? _____________________________
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DAY FIVE:
Acts 2:19c������������������ "....BLOOD and FIRE and BILLOWS of smoke...."
����������������������������������� Acts 2:23 -  Whose blood were the prophet and Peter referring to? ________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
����������������������������������� Acts 2:3 - What fire were the prophet and Peter referring to? ____________________________________
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����������������������������������� NOTE:� The word translated "billows" is from the Greek word often translated "breath" or "wind" or "vapor."� In the Old Testament, smoke represented the presence of God at a particular location on earth:
����������������������������������� Exodus 19:9 -  Who came in a cloud to Mt. Sinai? _____________________________________________
����������������������������������� II Chronicles 7:1-3 - What of the Lord filled the Temple in the cloud? ______________________________
����������������������������������� NOTE:� This phrase "billows of smoke" could also be translated "wind of God's glory."
����������������������������������� Acts 2:2 - What billows of smoke were the prophet and Peter referring to? ________________________
����������������������������������� NOTICE:� In Acts 2:3 & 23 and Exodus 19:9 the "Trinity" is represented.
DAY SIX:
Acts 2:20a����������������� "....The sun will be turned to darkness...."
����������������������������������� Luke 23:44-45 - On what occasion had the sun turned dark just recently? __________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
Acts 2:20b����������������� ".....and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord...."
����������������������������������� Luke 23:44-45 - Whose blood had been spilled just recently while it was dark and the moon could be seen? _____________________________________________________
Acts 2:21������������������� "....And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved" [Joel 2:28-32].
����������������������������������� Hebrews 10:11 - In the Old Testament era, did animal sacrifices save them? _______________________
����������������������������������� Hebrews 10:10 - Who had to be sacrificed so we could be saved if we called on his name? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
����������������������������������� Acts 2:1 & 38 - ________________________________________________________________________
����������������������������������� Acts 22:16 - What is part of calling on his name? ______________________________________________
����More on this topic is found in the Letters/Epistles of the Apostles, primarily I Corinthians 14.�������
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