#31 Pentecost as the Dispensation of God for Man
[Pryr-1.2-31] All the Sacrifices and Institutions of the ancient Patriarchs -- the Law of Moses, with all its Types, and Rites, and Ceremonies, is all to this end: and that is that they were the methods of Divine Wisdom for a Time, so as to keep the Hearts and Minds of Men from the Wanderings of Idolatry, busy in a State of Holy Expectation upon God, and so that they could keep the first Seed of Life in a State of Growth, and make Way for a further Operation of God upon the Soul; or, as the Apostle himself says, to be as a Schoolmaster unto Christ, waiting patiently for the Birth, the Death, the Resurrection and the Ascension of Christ, should conquer Death and Hell, opening a new Dispensation of God, and baptize Mankind once again with the Holy Ghost, and Fire of Heaven. Church of the Pentecost, Romania c. 1672 That day – the Day of Pentecost, a new Dispensation of God would come forth; which on God's Part, was to be the activity of the Holy Spirit v...