After this, namely, after the deliverance from the northern invader just described, God promised to pour out His Spirit on all the Israelites without gender, age, class, or position distinctions. Other similar promises identify the Israelites as the recipients of the Spirit (e.g, Ezekiel 36:27; Ezekiel 39:29; Zechariah 12:10), and here "your sons and daughters" (i.e, Israelites) are the object of this blessing. God never gave His Spirit to unbelievers, so believing Israelites are in view. Amillennialists believe that all flesh means all believers, namely, believing Jews and Gentiles in the church. [1] They change the meaning of what Joel said. In Old Testament times God gave His Spirit only to select individuals (cf. Numbers 11:24-29; 1 Samuel 10:10-11; 1 Samuel 19:20-24), but in the future everyone (i.e, all believers) would prophesy and receive revelations from the Lord. Prophesying often describes praising God in the Bible (cf. 1 Chronicles 25:1-3), so that may be in view here. Visions and dreams were God"s customary ways of giving special revelations to people in Old Testament times (cf. Numbers 12:6). Normally the absence of prophetic revelation indicated sin and divine judgment, but the presence of such revelation reflected divine blessing (cf. 1 Samuel 3:1; Amos 8:11). So a universal bestowal of the Spirit indicates a time of unprecedented divine blessing. This would be the fulfillment of Moses" desire ( Numbers 11:29; cf. Isaiah 32:15; Isaiah 44:3-4; Ezekiel 36:27-28; Ezekiel 37:14; Ezekiel 39:29; Zechariah 12:10). [source][source][source]