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These people are not drunk, as you think; it is only nine o'clock in the morning!
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But Joel the prophet wrote about what is happening here today:
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'God says: In the last days I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
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At that time I will pour out my Spirit also on my male slaves and female slaves, and they will prophesy.
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I will show miracles in the sky and on the earth: blood, fire, and thick smoke.
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The sun will become dark, the moon red as blood, before the overwhelming and glorious day of the Lord will come.
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Then anyone who calls on the Lord will be saved.'
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"People of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus from Nazareth was a very special man. God clearly showed this to you by the miracles, wonders, and signs he did through Jesus. You all know this, because it happened right here among you.
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Jesus was given to you, and with the help of those who don't know the law, you put him to death by nailing him to a cross. But this was God's plan which he had made long ago; he knew all this would happen.
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God raised Jesus from the dead and set him free from the pain of death, because death could not hold him.
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For David said this about him: 'I keep the Lord before me always. Because he is close by my side, I will not be hurt.