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In my opinion it means that the time of the universal availability and outpouring of the Holy Spirit had not yet arrived. His activity had been limited before but after the death of Jesus He would be universally available.
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I agree with you...the universality of the Holy Spirit was confined in part to the restrictions of the law prior to Christ.
However, we must never forget the purpose of this universal outpouring and that is to "testify" of Christ. Any spirit which does not bear "Christlike" fruit is not the Spirit of God.