In the book of Acts, the Spirit is poured out at Pentecost and multitudes find their mouths filled with prophetic speech (Acts 2:1-4). Peter reveals that this remarkable encounter fulfills what Joel had once envisioned generations earlier (Acts 2:14-21).
As we finally come to the end of the New Testament, John the Revelator brings a fitting conclusion. He declares that “The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy” (Rev. 19:10b).
The testimony—in other words, who Jesus is and what He has accomplished—has finally unleashed the long-awaited age of the Spirit. Because of His death, resurrection and activation of the church, you and I are presently living in the era that the ancients longed for
