Let us go to the Word of God from the Book of Acts, Chapter 2, verses 14 through 21. As we continue our study through this book. I'll be reading in English, then Juan will be reading in Spanish for all of us. This is the word of God. But Peter, standing with the eleven, lift up his voice and address them. Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give ear to my words. For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. But this is what was ordered through the prophet Joel. And in the last days, it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my spirit in all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. Even on my male servants and female servants, in those days I will pour out my spirit and they shall prophesize. And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and vapor of smoke. The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood. before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Entonces Pedro se puso de pie con los once, levantó a la voz y declaró, Hombres de Judea y todos los habitantes de Jerusalén, se ha conocido esto a ustedes y presten atención a mis palabras, porque estos no están embriagados como piensan, pues es solamente como las nueve de la mañana del día. Más bien, esto es lo que fue dicho por medio del profeta Joel. Sucederá en esos últimos días, dice Dios, que derramaré de mi espíritu sobre toda carne. Sus hijos y sus hijas profetizarán. Sus jóvenes verán visiones y sus ancianos soñarán sueños. De cierto, sobre mis siervos y mis siervas en aquellos días derramaré de mi espíritu y profetizarán. Let us pray together. Heavenly Father, we thank you that you have given us this great hope. It is the hope that our Lord Jesus Christ will return and that those who call upon his name will be saved and be with him forever. We thank you that you have revealed this to our hearts. You have done it through your Word. And those who have belief, it is because you have done it in our hearts through the power of the Holy Spirit. We do pray together that as we consider these verses, you strengthen our faith. that you help us to look forward to that glorious day. And we do pray together for those in this place right now who still don't know you. We pray that you might send the Holy Spirit into their hearts so that they might call upon the name of the Lord as well. We pray all these things in Jesus' name. This is the first sermon that we find in the book of Acts. And it is a very special sermon that had a very great impact in many people. And it has a theme that caught the attention of many people. At least it caught my attention when I was growing up. It is the theme of the last days. Thinking about what will happen when our Lord Jesus Christ will come. My uncle used to visit my house often, and he would always talk to me about the last days. And often I thought that he was talking about something that would happen in the future. Not realizing that the last days were happening right now. So we're going to be considering three things from these verses today. The beginning of the last days, the end of the last days, and would you survive the last days? Let us start with the beginning of the last days. We know from a previous sermon that the disciples were all together waiting for the promise of the Lord. The Lord had told them to wait in Jerusalem for the coming of the Holy Spirit. And they were faithful in waiting for the coming of the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit came upon them. We saw that at the beginning of chapter 2, that they were all together in one room, and they heard the sound of a mighty rushing wind. that filled the whole house. And we also saw that they saw signs of tongues of fire rested on each one of them in that room. And as they were filled by the Holy Spirit, they were able to speak tongues that they have never spoken before. We also know that it was a very special time in Jerusalem. It was Pentecost. And the vowed Jews from all the nations were in that place at that moment. So they heard the noise and they went to that place where the disciples were together. And what did they see or what did they hear? They heard these Galileans Proclaiming the mighty works of God in their own tongues. People from all these nations were amazed and were surprised to hear the disciples of Jesus speaking the gospel in their own tongues. And they were wondering, how is that possible? How is it possible that Galileans are able to speak our tongues? And one of the questions that they were asking themselves was, What does this mean? They were wondering, what does it mean that they can speak our tongues and proclaim the worth of God in our tongues? But others in the room, they thought that these disciples were just drunk. Therefore they were wondering, what is happening here? And this is where we get to this test today. Peter is standing with the eleven, lift up his voice and start to explain to them what was happening. First of all, he said to them, it is not possible that this man can be drunk. It is only the third hour of the day. It is too early for people to be drunk. Then, on the contrary, he explained to them what was happening. And what he does is that he goes to the Old Testament because the Old Testament was explaining what was happening in that moment. There was a prophecy in the Old Testament. From the book of Joel, that was pointing to this moment where they were living. So what Peter was doing, he was looking at that the event that happened of the tongues, that the disciples were able to proclaim the words of God in other tongues, and he looked back in the Old Testament, and he says, this was already prophesied in the book of Joel. And if we will try to understand the context of what the book of Joel is about, there was a plague of locusts that attacked the people of Israel. And they have lost the harvests. And they were suffering. And the prophet was pleading with the God's people to repent. And that if they repent, God will provide for them. But not just that, the prophet also declares something that will happen in the last days. And this is what Paul and Peter reads here. From Joel 2, 28 through 32. He says, and in the last days. Well, something important that you have to consider here. When Peter says the last days here, he was referring to that moment that they were living. Because the last days, he's using this passage of the last days to explain the moment that they were facing. And when did the last days start? The last days started with the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus inaugurates his ministry saying, the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the gospel. Jesus brings the last days. It's the coming of the Kingdom of God to earth. And one important mark of the last days is what Joel had prophesied. He says, and in the last days shall be, God declares, I will pour out my spirit in all flesh. Your sons and daughters shall prophesy. Your young men shall see visions. And your old men shall dream dreams. Peter is saying to those who were present there that what they just saw was the fulfillment of that prophecy. That those who were speaking in tongues, that those who were prophesying in that moment were fulfilling that very promise. of the Old Testament. That was the beginning of the last days. Well, the beginning of the last day starts with Jesus Christ, but the Holy Spirit plays an important role for the New Testament church. It was laying the foundation for the church of Christ. We read in Ephesians chapter 2 verse 20. 19 and 20. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens. But you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone. Jesus Christ is the cornerstone. And he had provided the apostles and the prophets to lay this foundation for the church. And that fulfillment was happening at that very moment. Now let's move on to the end of the last days. Then we read in our test. that Peter continues quoting the prophet Joel. He says in verse 19 and 20, I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on earth below. Blood and fire and vapor of smoke. And the sun shall turn to darkness and the moon to blood before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. Again, Joel was prophesying that mark of the beginning of the last days. But he moved forward to that great and amazing days or magnificent day. It's the day of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. And he describes some natural things that will happen that will mark the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. And everybody will be able to see the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. And this will be a great and magnificent day. It is the day when Jesus Christ comes and destroys all His enemies, which are our enemies, death, sin, and the devil. And we will be with Him forever. But there is something beautiful that will happen also that day. That is not described by Peter here because it hasn't been preached until that moment. Because we will have to move forward for Paul to continue planting the churches and get to Thessalonica and bring the gospel to them. And I want to highlight this because it's something beautiful that happened also that great and magnificent day. We find this in 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 16. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven Chapter 4, verse 16. with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left We will come together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will be with Him, with the Lord always. This magnificent day, when our Lord Jesus Christ will come, those who have died will be resurrected, and we will join them. with the Lord in heaven and descend here on earth to be with the Lord forever. So, again, Peter declares to those who were in that room that the last days have arrived, but they were looking forward to that magnificent and great day when our Lord Jesus Christ will come. Now, the question for you and I is, will you survive the last days? Will you be there with Christ forever? And this is answered in verse 21. He says, he shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How do you know if you will be there on the last days to be with Jesus forever? You would have called in the name of the Lord. You would have trusted in Jesus for salvation. It is for you to understand that Christ came to die on the cross for your sins. That by trusting in Jesus, His righteousness is transferred to you and counted as your righteousness. And therefore, you will be survived by faith in Christ. It is because of your faith in Christ that in the last day, in that great, magnificent day, you will be with the Lord forever. And you might be here today because you have already trusted in Jesus for salvation. And you should have that great hope to see our Lord face to face at His second coming. We have to remember that the ordinary afflictions of this life are not worth comparing with the glory that is to come. But if you are here today and you don't know Jesus yet, I encourage you and exhort you to trust in Jesus for salvation. I call you to call upon the name of the Lord, because if you call upon the name of the Lord, you shall be saved. And on the last day of the last days, when our Lord Jesus Christ will come, that great, magnificent day, you will be able to see our Lord Jesus Christ face to face, and you will be with Him forever. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you for your goodness and grace. We thank you that you sent our Lord Jesus Christ to die on the cross for our salvation. We thank you that Jesus Christ on the cross paid it all. We thank you that you sent the Holy Spirit into our hearts to give us faith. We do pray together for those in this room that still don't know you. We pray that they might come to faith in you as well. We pray all these things in Jesus' name. Amen. Now we are going to partake together of the Lord's Supper. Every time we partake together of the Lord's Supper, we remember the Gospel. We do this, we take these elements in remembrance of Him. What do we remember about Jesus? That Jesus Christ, who is God, emptied himself, took the form of a servant, and came to this world to die on the cross for you and me. That is the gospel. That by faith in Christ, you will be saved. And every time we partake of the Lord's Supper, we also announce His Second Coming. We announce this great and magnificent day that we're looking forward to see our Lord Jesus Christ face to face as well. Every time we partake of the Lord's Supper, We remember the gospel, the good news. But there is also a great blessing every time you take these elements, that you are spiritually nourished by them, that you are spiritually strengthened by them. Who is welcome to this table? Anyone who has trusted in Jesus and has been baptized. If you have trusted in Jesus and have received the sign of baptism, please come and take and eat. And remember Christ. But if you are here and you are not yet a Christian, we exhort you not to take these elements as they pass by you. We encourage you to think about this offering of salvation that can be also for you if you trust in Jesus as well. Because you need to take these elements in a worthy manner, which is discerning the body of Christ. Understanding faith in Jesus. Let us pray together. Heavenly Father, we thank you that you have given your Son to us. Lord Jesus, we thank you that you gave your life on the cross. We thank you that on the cross you paid for our sins. And Father and Son, we thank you that you send the Holy Spirit into our hearts to give us new life in Christ. We pray, Lord, that as we partake of these elements together, You nourish our souls and strengthen our faith. We pray all these things in Jesus' name. Amen.