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1 | Amplified Bible; Rev. 4:5 | Rev 4:5 | MsBerry | 176889 | ||
What are the Seven Spirits of God which is translated as the Sevenfold Holy Spirit? | ||||||
2 | Amplified Bible; Rev. 4:5 | Rev 4:5 | mark d seyler | 176890 | ||
Hi MsBerry, There is much speculation of what this means, but the fact is that the Bible doesn't tell us exactly what the "seven spirits of God" are. Two of the top-ranking answers are: 1. The "Complete" or "Seven-fold" Spirit. This is often related to Isaiah 11:2 "And the Spirit of YHWH shall rest on Him; He will have the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and power, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah." These are enumerated as the Spirit of... YHWH, wisdom, understanding, counsel, power, knowledge, fear. Personally, if this is the correct view, I would enumerate them as "wisdom, understanding, counsel, power, knowledge, fear" , and the "spirit of judgment/burning" from Isaiah 4:4, the first 6 being characteristic of Jesus' first advent, and the seventh to be characteristic of His second advent. The #2 answer is that these are simply seven beings that serve God's bidding. There are some very interesting things said of these seven spirits. Rev 1:4 John to the seven assemblies in Asia: Grace to you, and peace, from the One who is, and who was, and who is coming, and from the seven spirits which are before His throne; Grace and peace come from God, and from these seven spirits. But from Whom but God can grace and peace come from? But are these a part of God, or messengers of His grace and peace? Rev 3:1 And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis, write: These things says the One having the seven spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know your works, that you have the name that you live, and are dead. From Rev. 1, the One having the seven stars is Jesus. So it is said here that Jesus also has the seven spirits. In the referenced verse these seven spirits appear as seven lamps of fire. Rev 5:6 And I saw, and behold, in the midst of the throne, and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, was a Lamb standing, as having been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, having been sent out into all the earth. The seven eyes of the Lamb are the seven spirits of God. These last two passages bring in more from the Old Testament. 2 Ch 16:9 For the eyes of YHWH run to and fro in all the earth in order to be strong for those with their heart perfect toward Him. Zec 4:2 And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, I see, and behold, a lampstand, all of it gold, and a bowl on its top, and its seven lamps on it, and seven spouts each to the seven lamps on its top; Zec 4:10 For who has despised the day of small things? For they shall rejoice and shall see the plummet stone in the hand of Zerubbabel. These seven are the eyes of Jehovah; they run to and fro through all the earth. In these passages seven lamps are called the "eyes of YHWH", which run to and fro throughout the earth, apparently for the purpose described in 2 Chronicles 16:9, for YHWH to show His strength on behalf of those whose hearts are fully towards Him. So this would be possible answer #3, that the "seven spirits of God" is figurative of God's omniscience. But again, as I said, this really isn't exactly defined. But it remains very interesting indeed! Love in Christ, Mark |
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