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NASB | 1 Samuel 10:10 When they came to the hill there, behold, a group of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him mightily, so that he prophesied among them. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Samuel 10:10 When they came to the hill [Gibeah], behold, a group of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came on him mightily, and he prophesied [under divine guidance] among them. |
Bible Question: Would you agree that this is an infilling of the Holy Spirit, differing only in the fact that it was short-term from what we see in post-Pentecost infilling? |
Bible Answer: Hi reasnerm, I, for one, would not agree that this is an infilling of the Holy Spirit. When the Old Testament characters have a special short-term task the Holy Spirit "came upon" them. This wording was used in verse 6 also. "Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you mightily,..." I see the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and the fact of Christ living in us when we put our faith in Him, as being separate from being "filled with the holy spirit". All of the cases of being "filled with the Holy Spirit" [sic] in the Scriptures I would put in the lower case. In John 1:33 we see the Spirit coming upon or descending, and remaining on Jesus. And the Spirit of God remained upon Him throughout His ministry. One can contrast John 1:33 with John 19:30 and consider that not only is there a Spirit but that there is a holy spirit. John 19:30. "When Jesus therefore had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And He bowed His head, and gave up His spirit." John 1:33, "...this is the *One [NKJ, this is He] who baptizes in the *holy *spirit." Starred are my suggested interpretation. John 1:26, "John answered them saying, "I baptize you in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know." John 19:34, "but one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water." I believe that it is important to know this One and to be washed in the baptism of His blood and water from the cross. I believe that it is important to be washed by His holy word, the Scriptures, and His holy spirit which is a down payment John 1:34, "And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God/." John 19:36, "For these things came to pass, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, "Not a bone of Him shall be broken." And again another Scripture says, "They shall look on Him/ whom they pierced." Zechariah 12:10, "And I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit [Or, a *spirit] of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me/ whom they have pierced;..." It was important that one Man should die for the people and I also will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only son. John 11:50, Zechariah 12:10 From the heart, Ray |