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1 | Why did God wait to send the Holy Spirit | Joel 2:28 | Sir Pent | 113979 | ||
Problem number 1............................ Hi EdB, Thanks for your response, but I have a couple problems with it. You seem to be saying that the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament was "on" people but not "in" them. However, Makarios brought up several references where the Holy Spirit was "in" people of the Old Testament (Gen 41:38, Num 27:18, Dan 4:8, 5:11-14) Makarios also brought up references where the Holy Spirit even "filled" people in the Old Testament (Ex 31:3, Ex 35:31). Admitedly, these are a minority of references to the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament. Most of the time, He did come "on" people and not "in" them. However, it does show that this was not always the case. Another post in this thread referred to Gal 4:4-6, which refers to the Holy Spirit coming "into our hearts", which I don't think ever is mentioned in the Old Testament. Perhaps that is the true distinction that you are looking for. |
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2 | Why did God wait to send the Holy Spirit | Joel 2:28 | EdB | 113985 | ||
Sir Pent In reading these passages I see word "in" and "filled" being used in linguistic sense rather than stating foundational principals. The Spirit of God was “in” these people to accomplish God’s tasks and once that task was completed the Spirit of God that helped them accomplish that task withdrew. Unlike the relationship we have with Holy Spirit today which is continuing and eternal. EdB |
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3 | Why did God wait to send the Holy Spirit | Joel 2:28 | Sir Pent | 113993 | ||
My clarification 1........................................ Hi EdB, I disagree that the words "in" and "filled" don't really mean "in" and "filled" in the Old Testament. I also don't see in any of the passages that I quoted (Gen 41:38, Num 27:18, Dan 4:8, 5:11-14, Ex 31:3, Ex 35:31) that the Holy Spirit left those people. It seems to me that the difference between the Holy Spirit in the Old and New Testaments is not whether He was "in" or "on", and not whether He was there "temporarily" or "permanently". Galations 4:4-6 seems to say that the difference is that in the New Testament, the Holy Spirit now comes "into our hearts". What do you think? |
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4 | Why did God wait to send the Holy Spirit | Joel 2:28 | EdB | 113999 | ||
Sir Pent I like the idea of what your gleaning from Gal 4:4-6 however I do see a striking difference in relationship between man and God/Holy Spirit in the Old and New Testaments. In the Old Testament man was "filled" or the Holy Spirit came "upon", "in" and etc to empower man to accomplish God's task for that man at that time and place. Whether it was leading the Children of Israel out of Egypt or rebuilding the gates of Jerusalem God was with man, God inspired man, God directed and taught man. However the relationship broken by the fall of man was never overshadowed. In the New Testament we become the children of God and the Holy Spirit is much more in our lives than He was in the lives of Old Testament saints. EdB |
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