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Excerpted from: Jesus in the Feasts (Part Two): FirstfruitsNow Peter says a mouthful here. But what he is saying is that Jesus Christ died. He was crucified. And the Father raised Him to life again. And because He accepted Him at His throne, Jesus was given responsibility over the Holy Spirit. He, as the First of the firstfruits or as the Firstfruit, was given the Holy Spirit as His responsibility. He is the dispenser of the Holy Spirit as our High Priest. He is the one that is over our receiving of the Holy Spirit and our use of the Holy Spirit. So He was given an awesome responsibility, that God the Father said, "Son, all of these people I have given You, this, this, this, this, this. Start with these eleven, then these 120, and expand. And You are the One that is going to give the Spirit to each one."
He cannot give it willy-nilly. Peter says right here that Jesus would give it to those who repent and are baptized, have their sins forgiven. Let us not forget what he said at the end of verse 39, that these are only the ones that God the Father would call. So He had a limited list. And if they did the right things, being given a little bit of faith, given understanding, and they took this knowledge and they repented and they sought baptism, then Jesus would infuse them with the Holy Spirit.
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