A lot of people get, you know, kind of caught up or stuck on these passages
When referring to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit of the New Testament believers
Versus the fact that the Old Testament believers did not have that indwelling
And you know who capitalizes on this is who?
dispensationalists
You know dispensationalists will say this proves that salvation was different
In the Old Testament than it is in the New Testament under the gospel of grace
Because of the fact that
You know in order to have the Holy Spirit dwelling within us. We need to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
Well, if they believed on the Lord back then
But they didn't have the indwelling Holy Spirit. It shows you that it was a different gospel
It was a gospel that said you have to believe on the Lord, but you also have to do the animal sacrifices
And the ordinances and all this stuff
Now this is completely false and all it takes is just a casual study of the Holy Spirit to understand why that was. Okay
Now go with me if you went to John chapter 7
John chapter 7
You see the Holy Spirit was definitely present in the Old Testament
We see him coming upon different believers
Saul, you know, we see him coming upon Samson upon Moses upon David now. Yeah, he did not indwell
The believers he would come upon them, but the Bible actually says that he dwelt with them
So he didn't dwell in them, but the Bible does say that he dwelled with them the difference is he was not within them
Now look what it says in John chapter 7 verse 38
He that believeth on me as the scripture had said out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water
But this he spake of the spirit
Which they that believe on him should receive for the Holy Ghost was not yet given because that Jesus was not yet glorified
Isn't that interesting?
Because keep in mind Matthew Mark Luke and John physically in our Bibles is in the New Testament
But the events within Matthew Mark Luke and John is actually considered Old Testament
New Testament doesn't begin until the death of Christ the death of the testator at that point you have the New Covenant
So when this is being said
It's not the New Testament. It's actually still the Old Testament and this is why he's saying hey, you know
You guys are going to receive the Holy Ghost when i'm glorified but notice that it says on them that what believe
Does it say on them that believe and keep the sacrifices and the ordinances
No, because we see here that it's still by faith. It's always been by faith. Okay
Go to John chapter 14
John chapter 14
Now in John chapter 20, we see that Jesus Christ
Breeds on his disciples and says unto them receive you the Holy Ghost because at that point he's glorified
So he gives them the Holy Ghost he indwells them at that point
Look what it says in John 14 and verse 16
It says and I will pray the father and he shall give you another comforter that he may abide with you forever
Even the spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it seeth him not neither knoweth him, but ye know him
For he dwelleth with you and shall be in you
So here's the thing the Holy Spirit was not some enigma
To the believers in the Old Testament because here it says that they knew him
Right because in order for any believer in the Old Testament including these disciples to do any type of work
They have to be filled with the spirit
And mark it down the Holy Spirit when he would come upon believers. He would fill the believers
He just wouldn't dwell within them. But here it says for he dwells with you and shall be in
You okay
And here's what they'll say
Well, that's proof brother. Mahia
You know that salvation was different because you have to believe on Jesus Christ in the New Testament
Saluter, you know in order for you to have the indwelling Holy Spirit in you
But these guys are cunning aren't they they're crafty
You know and they play on the ignorance of people to try to teach their false doctrine
So how do we explain this then? Why didn't he not indwell the believers in the Old Testament?
But now he indwells the believers in the New Testament even though it's by faith alone in both. Why is that?
Well, it's a simple explanation like this. He would dwell with the believers
Yeah, he would dwell with the believers. He didn't dwell within them because his
Permanent dwelling place so to speak on earth was what the tabernacle?
the temple
That's where the presence of God was, right?
So the presence of God was in the tabernacle and once the tabernacle was done
And they they edified the temple that's where the presence of God was during the Old Testament now when the New Testament came along
The temple was no longer sanctioned by God
In fact, the Bible says that when Jesus Christ died, the temple was rent and twain from top to bottom
Now if the presence of God the Holy Spirit dwelled in the tabernacle and in the temple in the Old Testament
What does the Bible refer to as the tabernacle and the temple in the New Testament our bodies?
That's all it is
So in the New Testament the Bible says know ye not that your bodies are the temple of the Holy Ghost
Which ye have of God and ye are not your own. So look folks the reason why the Holy Spirit
Did not indwell them is because he was dwelling within the tabernacle and the temple and once that was vacated
And once that was done the Holy Spirit vacated the temple in the tabernacle and indwelt us which the Bible refers to as the tabernacle
And the temple of the Holy Ghost simple as that
And has nothing to do with salvation zero to do with salvation