What we find in Act 2 is: TONGUES likes flames of fire came upon the apostles and they began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them...thus the TONGUES.  And what were they saying?  They were talking about the wonderful things God had done!  The mighty deeds, wonderful works of God!

When the people were asking what does this mean?  How is this possible that we hear about God in our own language?  Are these men drunk?

Peter speaks to their concerns and as he is filled with the Holy Spirit, he says:  Listen carefully to my words - pay attention!  He goes on and tells them that what they are witnessing is what Joel told them what would happen.

 The Holy Spirit was guiding Peter to tell them what Joel had prophesied for the 'last days'.  This is NOT what was going on that day.  

So why would Peter be led to by the Holy Spirit to quote Joel??

I believe it's because on some FUTURE Pentecost this will be what's going on!  The fulfillment of end times prophecy!  The arrival of The Last Days time period.

This is what Peter said:
In Joel 2:28:  ...I will pour out My Spirit on all people.  Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

Joel 2:30:   "I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke."

Joel 2:31:  "The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the Lord."

Joel 2:32:  "And everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved; (Peter stops quoting here) for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance as the Lord has promised, among the remnant called by the Lord."

Peter went on to tell the people to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus for the forgiveness of their sins, then they will receive the Holy Spirit.

It doesn't look like anyone was prophesying , nor were there any wonders in the heavens or on the earth - no blood and fire or smoke on that olden day. The sun was not turned to darkness, nor the moon turned to blood.  This was NOT happening on that day ....at Peter's time.

I believe this will be what occurs on a future Pentecost AS the Rapture  occurs.  The wonders in the heavens and earth, the sun turned black and the moon turned red (in 2025).  When this happens....the Jewish people, and Christians will note the day - Shavuot (Feast of Weeks), Pentecost.  Many will make the connection of the terrible events with day Shavuot/Pentecost and will seek for more information...what does the Bible tell us about this?  They will find Joel 2 and Acts 2.  Both have that same information.  So Jews will find it.  So Christians will find it.

Going back to Pastor Riley's letter - he writes that he finds "a transfer of spiritual authority taking place on that day."  "...the pouring out of the Holy Spirit on the Lord's church on Pentecost was a transfer of authority from Israel to the Lord's church to serve as God's representative on the earth.  Prior to that time, it was the nation of Israel and the Jewish people through whom God had spoken to mankind on the earth."

He says this all changed on Pentecost - Israel was no longer "God's spokesmen", but would be again when "the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled".  When the rapture of the Lord's church happens and the believers are no longer on earth the 'spiritual authority and power' will be transferred back to the 'nation and people of Israel'.  Pastor Riley sees this transfer of authority occurring on Pentecost - on some future Pentecost.  Possibly resulting in the 144,000 Jewish witnesses selected by God, and sealed on their foreheads - servants of God.  Like 3,000 were saved for the Lord on Pentecost during Peter's day...and on some future Pentecost 144,000 will be saved for the Lord.

Joel 2 that Peter quotes from is about the coming Day of the Lord...He will pour out His Spirit on all people.  Sons and daughters will prophesy.  Old men will have dreams.  Young men will have visions.  The heavens and earth will have blood, fire, smoke. the sun will turn to darkness, the moon to blood - before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.

This is about Israel - the Jewish people.  The Lord says 'My people', 'My holy mountain', 'blow the ram's horn in Zion'.  He pleads with 'my people' to return to Him with fasting, weeping, and mourning.  Joel 2 is about the Jewish people and nation.  He asks them to "consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly'.

What is prophesied in Joel 2 comes RIGHT AFTER the Rapture.  Pastor Riley writes, "This prophecy in Joel 2 is a prophecy of the future outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the nation and people of Israel after the Lord's church and NT believers have been removed from the earth by the rapture.  A transfer of spiritual authority and power back to Israel."

The Holy Spirit is leading Peter to talk and prophesy about the future using Joel's words!  Two things were happening that day - the arrival of the Holy Spirit promised by Jesus and the prophesying of what will happen right before the Day of the Lord in our current year - 2025. On the true day of Pentecost - July 4-5. The Holy Spirit arrived on Pentecost. Why would Joel's prophecy not be fulfilled on that day?

My Note: This is confirmation in my opinion from no less than Peter of the Rapture of the Church on Pentecost

Courtesy: RITA