Book of Joel Chapter 2 Vs. 29

 The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit

And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. Joel 2:29

And also upon... And this God has done and is still doing. He left the line of Aaron and took his apostles indiscriminately from any tribe. He passed by the regular order of the priesthood, and the public schools of the most celebrated doctors, and took his evangelists from among fishermen, tentmakers, and even the Roman tax-gatherers.

And also...

גַּם

gam

gam

By contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correlation both... and: - again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so) . . . and, but, either . . . or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay . . . neither, one, then (-refore), though, what, with, yea.

upon...

עַל

‛al

al

Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications: - above, according to (-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, X as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, X both and, by (reason of), X had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through (-out), to, touching, X with.

the servants...

עֶבֶד

‛ebed

eh'-bed

From H5647; a servant: - X bondage, bondman, [bond-] servant, (man-) servant.

the handmaids...

שִׁפְחָה

shiphchâh

shif-khaw'

Feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see H4940); a female slave (as a member of the household): - (bond-, hand-) maid (-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, woman-servant.

In those days... And he lastly, passed by the Jewish tribes, and took the Gentile converts and made them preachers of righteousness to the inhabitants of the whole earth. The same practice he continues to the present day; yet he did not then pass by a man brought up at the feet of Gamaliel, no more than he would now a man brought up in a celebrated seminary of learning.

those...

הֵמָּה הֵם

hêm hêmmâh

haym, haym'-maw

Masculine plural from H1931; they (only used when emphatic): - it, like, X (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, X so, X such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.

days...

יוֹם

yôm

yome

From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverbially): - age, + always, + chronicles, continually (-ance), daily, ([birth-], each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever (-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (. . . live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year (-ly), + younger.

He is ever free to use his own gifts, in his own way; and when learning is sanctified, by being devoted to the service of God. And the possessor is humble and pious and has those natural gifts necessary for a public teacher, perhaps we might safely say.

God would in many cases prefer such: but he will have others, as intimated in the prophecy, that we may see the conversion of men is not by human might, nor power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts. The learned man can do nothing without his Spirit.

The unlearned must have his gifts and graces, without which both their labors would be unprofitable; and thus, the excellency of the power is of God, and no flesh can glory in his presence.

Will I pour... Notice the word pour. This is speaking of an abundance, not just a few drops. It is a gift from God to His followers.

I will pour out...

שָׁפַךְ

shâphak

shaw-fak'

A primitive root; to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, that is, to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively to sprawl out: - cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed (-der, out), slip.

my spirit...

רוּחַ

rûach

roo'-akh

From H7306; wind; by resemblance breath, that is, a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions): - air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit ([-ual]), tempest, X vain, ([whirl-]) wind (-y).

This will be true regardless of age, gender, or social class (Joel 2:29 is better trans. and even on the male and female servants; cf. NASB).

This is probably an allusion to Num. 11:29, where Moses, responding to Joshua’s misguided zeal after an outpouring of the divine Spirit on the 72 elders (cf. Num. 11:24-28), declared, I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put His Spirit on them! This extensive outpouring of the Spirit will signal the advent of divine blessing contrast 1Sam. 3:1, where the absence of prophetic visions characterized a period of sin and judgment.

The Spirit of God is to be poured on all flesh, says the prophet. By this term, which is sometimes applied to all things that breathe, and sometimes to mankind as a whole, Joel means Israel only: the heathen is to be destroyed, nor did Peter, when he quoted the passage at the Day of Pentecost, mean anything more. He spoke to Jews and proselytes: "for the promise is to you and your children, and to them that are afar off": it was not till afterwards that he discovered that the Holy Ghost was granted to the Gentiles, and then he was unready for the revelation and surprised by it. (Acts 10:45) But within Joel’s Israel the operation of the Spirit was to be at once thorough and universal. All classes would be affected, and affected so that the simplest and rudest would become prophets.

Spiritual renewal and deliverance

The Lord announced that His day (Joel2:31) would be accompanied by an outpouring of His Spirit on all people lit., all flesh. The following context indicates that all people refer more specifically to all inhabitants of Judah (cf. the threefold use of your in Joel 2:28, as well as the parallel passages in Eze. 39:29; Zec. 12:10). This will be true regardless of age, gender, or social class (Joel 2:29 is better trans. and even on the male and female servants; cf. NASB).

At that time recipients of the divine Spirit will exercise prophetic gifts will prophesy… will dream dreams and will see visions which in the past had been limited to a select few (cf. 1Sam. 10:10-11; 19:20-24). This is probably an allusion to Num. 11:29, where Moses, responding to Joshua’s misguided zeal after an outpouring of the divine Spirit on the 72 elders (cf. Num. 11:24-28), declared, I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put His Spirit on them! This extensive outpouring of the Spirit will signal the advent of divine blessing (contrast 1Sam. 3:1, where the absence of prophetic visions characterized a period of sin and judgment).