Verse 29
29. And also Better, and even. Introduces something very extraordinary. The position of slaves was very humble; ordinarily they would not be thought of in connection with these great spiritual gifts; but in the Messianic age, there will be no distinction between “bond and free,” so far as spiritual possessions are concerned; all alike will share in the outpouring of the Spirit. LXX. reads, “my servants and my handmaidens,” that is, of God and not of men; the change may be due to failure to understand the extension of the divine promises so as to include even slaves. Whether there is any thought of the non-Israelitish slaves, who as a result of their connection with families of the chosen race are to become par-takers of the Spirit, is not clear. For the fulfillment see above, p. 149.
In this new relation the people of Jehovah are forever safe; they will be protected when the day of Jehovah, temporarily postponed, comes; its terrors will fall only upon those who are outside of the covenant relation.
This day the prophet appears to expect soon after the outpouring of the Spirit.
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