John 16:5-16
The Holy Spirit Will Arrive after Jesus Leaves
5"Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' 6Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief. 7But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: 9in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; 10in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; 11and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.
12"I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.14He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. 15All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you.
16"In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me."
Acts 1:7-8
The Holy Spirit Will Arrive after Jesus Leaves
7He said to them: "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Matthew 28:16-20
The Holy Spirit Will Arrive after Jesus Leaves
16Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Jesus, in is His strange statement to His disciples in the Gospel According to John, says unless I go away, the Holy Spirit will not come to you...St. Luke tells us that Jesus last words before His ascension has not yet give His disciples the Holy Spirit...He says that when you receive the Holy Spirit (or when the Holy Spirit comes on you), then you will will witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth...These are the last words before His ascension and going back to His Father...They are about the importance of the Holy Spirit...St. Matthew tells His Twelve disciples, after His resurrection, that they will make all nations disciples of His...And those new followers (of the gospel) will be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit...Then He adds that surely I will be with you to the very end of the age...
St. John, St. Luke, and St. Matthew are consistent in the Holy Spirit will come, and will come later, after Jesus leaves and is back with the Father in heaven...This makes the Holy Spirit distinct from Jesus...If the Holy Spirit is to come after Jesus leaves, then they must be two distinct entities...Jesus is One Entity, and the Holy Spirit another...Of course, in the Great Commission, the Father is the third part of equation and getting the word out to all nations and to all people...