THE RESURRECTION RELEASES THE HOLY SPIRIT!

John 7:37-39 On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." 39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Here is an incredible scripture. Jesus first proclaims this greater release of the Holy Spirit that was coming, yet the scripture reveals that the Spirit could not come UNTIL the glorification o fJesus in his resurrection and ascension.

No Resurrection and Ascension --No Pentecost!

Acts 2:32-34 God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of the fact. 33 Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.

On the day of Pentecost, when the Holy spirit was poured out in the way that had been predicted, Peter explains that when Jesus ascended that he received this ability to pour out the Holy Spirit. This is the Gift of the Holy spirit himself. The third person of the Trinity. Isn't that amazing that the third person of the Trinity was awaiting the arrival of the Son to be released from heaven unto men?

John the Baptist said "I baptize you with water but Jesus will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

Jesus told the disciples, after he gave the Great Commission in Matt 28, that they were to wait in Jerusalem to receive the power from on high that would enable them to complete the mission.

The promise of the Holy Spirit is a present promise. It is a promise that has become a reality becasue of the Resurrection and Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ! Blessings