Why did the apostles have to wait until after Jesus was raised to receive the Holy Spirit?

Question

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God - Christ - Salvation - Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit, the part of God that comforts, teaches and guides us…God dwells in us.

Acts 2: 33Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
God’s promise from the beginning to the end….He is always with us.

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Romans 5:12
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Romans 5:15
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

Answer 1

The Holy Spirit could not be given until the finished work on the cross. Up until then, the Holy Spirit was only "with" the believer. After the resurrection, the Holy Spirit was "in" them.

John 14:17
the Spirit of truth... dwells with you and will be in you.

Olive oil is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. The word Gethsemane means "olive press". When Jesus was crucified, in a sense, he was the olive that was pressed--out of which came the oil of the Holy Spirit to use in the clay vessels of man as the fuel to be the light of the world.

John 16:7
...It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.

Soon after the resurrection, Jesus gave the Holy Spirit...

John 20:22
And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit."

Answer 2

The Holy Spirit is GOD. God is Holy and God is a Spirit (John 4:24). Holy Spirit is male in accordance to the scriptures - defined as "him" "he" etc (John16: 7, 13) The Holy Spirit is the third male personage of the Holy Trinity because there are 3 that undergo witness in heaven, the daddy, the note (or Son John a million:a million) and the Holy Spirit and those 3 ARE ONE. hence, Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God the daddy and at the same time the Spirit of God the Son or Jesus Christ - (shown in Romans 8:9) The Bible honestly DOES search for advice from with human beings being packed with somebody else. as an celebration, the Christian's body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who's IN US, whom we've from God etc (a million Corinthians 6:19 and a million Corinthians 3:17). to boot, yet no longer the in basic terms celebration by ability of any ability, there is the example of the Disciples being packed with the Holy Spirit on te Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:4) Cornelius and others were also packed with the Holy Spirit and commenced to prophesy etc. (Acts 10:40 4 - 40 8). There are also incidents suggested contained in the Bible of those who were POSSESSED with evil spirits - One guy had MULTITUDES of demons in him so he change into observed as "Legion" (Mark 5: 9 -15). The Holy Spirit is God so He has no difficulty filling an finished team of human beings. His skill is countless. He FILLS His genuine believers when we obey Christ's education and instructions. as an celebration, Peter suggested, "Repent and be baptized for the remission of your sins and also you SHALL receive THE present OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (Acts 2:38). There are countless examples contained in the Bible of human beings being packed with the Holy Spirit - Paul change into, the Disciples were and many many better.

Answer 3

There was no need for the Comforter (Holy Ghost) to be present when the Son was still there. Only after the Son was gone did the Comforter become necessary. Christ was with them regularly after the resurrection for more than forty days. Then when He finally ascended into heaven, the Comforter came at the day of Pentecost to continue to give them the divine guidance that they needed to fulfill their mission from Christ.
The Holy Ghost continues to inspire us and guide us to Christ and will continue to do so until Christ comes again to reign personally upon the earth. At that time, the Holy Ghost's mission will be completed because Christ will be with us and the Comforter will not be needed again.

Answer 4

I always love it when Schneb answers! That man walks with God!!!!

They had to wait until Jesus was fully glorified in the fullness of the God. Meaning, not trying to be so plain with you, but Jesus was cleaning house to obtain BACK the keys of spiritual death - Jesus had to rebuild the spiritual bridge between God and mankind, a spiritual separation that was caused by Adam's fall, so that mankind would have access to God once again through His Risen Spirit. Jesus had to be resurrected to have His Spirit indwell in those that sincerely surrendered themselves and their sins to Him. Thank you Jesus!

Answer 5

Because they didn't understand why Jesus had to die and rise again. They had to see Jesus after he rose from the dead. Since he could no longer continue his ministry on Earth since he was "dead" as far as the Romans and the Jews were concerned, he wanted and needed the apostles to continue his work on Earth. So he gave them the gift of the holy spirit to preach as Jesus did.

Answer 6

It was necessary for Christ to ascend so that He would have the authority (Matthew 28:18) to send the Holy Spirit

John 16:7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you."

Answer 7

Jesus sent the Holy Spirit after his Ascension just as He had promised.

Answer 8

Because they all took a number and Jesus picked number 1, so he got to go first. Lucky guy huh? Imagine if someone like Bartholomew had picked 1--we'd all be Bartholomewians.

Answer 9

Jesus said he had to go to Heaven and tell him to come.

Answer 10

They didn't need the HS yet; they had Jesus with them.