Joel 2:29

29 And on the servants and the servant-girls in those days I will send my spirit.

Joel 2:29 Meaning and Commentary

Joel 2:29

And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those
days will I pour my Spirit.
] Men servants and maidservants should partake of the gifts and grace of the Spirit in great, abundance; and many of them were effectually called by grace, through the ministry of the word; and some servants became ministers of it; all which appears from ( 1 Corinthians 7:21 1 Corinthians 7:22 ) ( 1 Timothy 6:1 1 Timothy 6:2 ) ( Philemon 1:10 Philemon 1:11 Philemon 1:16 ) ; for that is not true what the Jews F16 say, the Shechinah or divine Majesty does not rest but upon a wise man, and one mighty and rich; or prophecy, as Maimonides F17 has it.


FOOTNOTES:

F16 T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 92. 1.
F17 Moreh Nevochim, par. 2. c. 32.

Joel 2:29 In-Context

27 And you will be certain that I am in Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and there is no other: and my people will never be shamed.
28 And after that, it will come about, says the Lord, that I will send my spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, your old men will have dreams, your young men will see visions:
29 And on the servants and the servant-girls in those days I will send my spirit.
30 And I will let wonders be seen in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun will be made dark and the moon turned to blood, before the great day of the Lord comes, a day to be feared.
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