Daily Bread – March 12, 2024 (The Third Day – Genesis 1:9-13) Acts 1:8 – …but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and unto the farthest reaches of the Earth. The Holy Spirit’s Empowerment To Be Witnesses The disciples had their focus on the kingdom being restored to Israel and were still unaware of what was actually taking place. Little did they realize what an important role they would be playing in the plan of God for the ages. Certainly, Christ would come to reign on the Earth but that reign would begin through the evangelizing of the nations by the Church. A new nation had been born and a new age was about to be inaugurated by the Father (Matthew 21:43; Luke 24:49; Acts 2:1-4, 32-33; John 7:38-39). The Holy Spirit was about to be poured out upon all flesh, which would begin at Jerusalem. The power and authority supplied by the Holy Spirit would empower the disciples to be witnesses of the Resurrection and of the rule and reign of Christ Jesus. They, too, would be seated together with Him in Heavenly places far above all principalities and powers (Ephesians 2:6). They would begin the great evangelizing of the nations that would not stop until “this Gospel of the Kingdom” is preached in every nation of the Earth (Matthew 24:14). Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 3/12/2024
