Monday, August 3, 2026
“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word” (Psalm 119:9 KJV).
If our physical posterity could augment its spiritual dexterity, exactly what would that entail?
Remember, Israel and signs go together. “And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped” (Exodus 4:30,31). “Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe” (John 4:48). “For the Jews require a sign…” (1 Corinthians 1:22). Actually, Israel declares in Psalm 74:9: “We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet:….” Signs are Israel’s national birthright; they belong to them!
The sign of the New Covenant is the outpouring of the Holy Ghost. “And I will put my spirit within you…” (Ezekiel 36:27). “And shall put my spirit in you,…” (Ezekiel 37:14). “…for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD” (Ezekiel 39:29). “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh… And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit” (Joel 2:28,29). Israel’s believing remnant underwent this in Acts 2:1-4,16-18,33. The opening chapters of Acts preview the New Covenant that will be ratified at Christ’s Second Coming (Acts 3:19-21; Romans 11:25-29).
In early Acts, Israel’s believing remnant filled with the Holy Spirit is empowered to perform signs. “And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles” (Acts 2:43; cf. Mark 16:20). “And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people;…” (Acts 5:12). “God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?” (Hebrews 2:4). “…[A]nd were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,…” (Hebrews 6:4,5). These miraculous demonstrations (spiritual gifts) of Matthew through John and early Acts preview God’s literal, physical, visible, earthly kingdom to be founded at Christ’s Second Coming….

