Section 9
resurrection, close to the time of His public as cension. Everybody agrees that this promise of the Father of being "clothed with power from on high" was fulfilled in Acts 2. The promise in John 14, 15, and 16, however, is not the Father's promise of power but the Son's promise of the Comforter. This promise of the Comforter was fulfilled on the day of the Lord's resurrection. Before He reminded the disciples of the Father's promise, the promise of the Comforter made in John had already been fulfilled. After His res urrection, close to the time of His public ascen sion, the Lord reminded the disciples to wait for the Father's promise of power.
The fulfillment on the day of resurrection was the promise of the Holy Spirit as the life and the truth, the reality. The fulfillment on the day of Pentecost was the promise of the Holy Spirit as power. These are two aspects of the Holy Spirit. On the day of resurrection, the disciples got the Spirit of life as the reality of Christ, and fifty days later, on the day of Pentecost, they received the Spirit of power. Pentecost simply means fifty days. On the first eighth day (this signifies res urrection), the Holy Spirit was received as the life and reality of Christ; on the eighth eighth day (this signifies resurrection in resurrection),