28 " It will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind ; And your sons and daughters will prophesy , Your old men will dream dreams , Your young men will see visions . 29 "Even on the male and female servants e I will pour out My Spirit in those days . 30 "I will display wonders in the sky and on the earth , Blood , fire and columns of smoke . 31 "The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes . 32 "And it will come about that whoever e calls on the name of the Lord Will be delivered ; For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem There will be those who escape , As the Lord has said , Even among the survivors whom the Lord calls .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Joel 2:28-32
Commentary on Joel 2:28-32
(Read Joel 2:28-32)
The promise began to be fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit was poured out, and it was continued in the converting grace and miraculous gifts conferred on both Jews and Gentiles. The judgments of God upon a sinful world, only go before the judgment of the world in the last day. Calling on God supposes knowledge of him, faith in him, desire toward him, dependence on him, and, as evidence of the sincerity of all this, conscientious obedience to him. Those only shall be delivered in the great day, who are now effectually called from sin to God, from self to Christ, from things below to things above.