God’s Spirit will be poured out in various ways for the blessing of mankind during the Messianic kingdom. He will cause the knowledge of his glory to fill the whole earth as the waters cover the sea. (Isa. 11:9) His power will also operate to restore the dead to life, for the promise is that there “shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.”—Acts 24:15

In a promise of a New Covenant which the Lord will make, first with the house of Israel, and then with the whole world, the statement is made that God will write his law in the hearts of the people. (Jer. 31:31-34) This, too, will result from the operation of his Holy Spirit in the lives of those who obey the laws of Christ’s kingdom.

During the thousand years of Christ’s kingdom Satan will be bound, thus his spirit will not be influencing people to do wrong. Instead, every condition of the new social order will be favorable to the doing of God’s righteous will. Love will take the place of selfishness as a motivating power in all human activity. The people will learn that the greatest and only enduring joy comes from doing good to others rather than from selfishly seeking always to take care of one’s own interests first.

Thus the whole outlook of the human race gradually will be changed as a result of the outpouring of God’s Spirit upon all flesh. How glad we should be that the power of God is thus to be manifested for solving the problems of a distressed and dying race! When the blessings accruing from this outpouring of the Holy Spirit will be recognized as coming from the great and true God of the universe, the Creator of heaven and earth, the people will be glad to give glory to him, for they will then know that he is truly a God of love.