Our brothers and sisters first went to Russia in October, at the beginning of winter. They have to go to encounter all kinds of troubles. We may be able to rest and take it easy here, but the ones who are going to Russia cannot take it easy. I also believe that the ones who are now preparing to go to Russia are intensified in their spirit. These dear brothers and sisters went in the intensified Spirit. This is for the Spirit to go forth into all the earth.Ī number of brothers and sisters among us have recently gone to Russia. Many lamps today are three-way lamps, but today the all-inclusive Spirit is seven ways, that is, sevenfold intensified. Each time the switch to this lamp is turned, the shining becomes brighter and brighter, more intensified. In my home I have a seven-way lamp, which the brothers made for me. In essence and existence, God’s Spirit is one in the intensified function and work of God’s operation, God’s Spirit is sevenfold. The seven Spirits are the sevenfold intensified Spirit. The “seven spirits of God” in the book of Revelation are thus a reference to the Holy Spirit in the perfection of His manifold ministry.The seven Spirits are the seven eyes of God and the seven eyes of Christ (Rev. Isaiah 11:2 also references the Holy Spirit using a seven-fold description: “The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him-the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.” The prophecy is that the Messiah would be empowered not by seven individual spirits but by the One Spirit, described seven ways: John’s vision includes a picture of the perfect and complete Holy Spirit. Once we identify the “seven spirits” as the Holy Spirit, the question remains, why are there “seven” of Him? The Bible, and especially the book of Revelation, uses the number seven to refer to perfection and completion. In Revelation 5:6 the seven spirits are the “seven eyes” of the Lamb, and they are “sent out into all the earth.” The seven eyes speak of the Spirit’s (and the Lamb’s) omniscience, and the fact that He is sent into all the earth speaks of His omnipresence. with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it” (Zechariah 4:2). This picture agrees with Zechariah’s vision in which he sees the Holy Spirit symbolized as “a solid gold lampstand. In Revelation 4:5 the seven spirits of God are symbolized as seven burning lamps that are before God’s throne. Both passages suggest the superordinate role of the Son and the subordinate role of the Spirit. In John 15:26, Jesus “sends” the Holy Spirit from the Father. In Revelation 3:1 Jesus “holds” the seven spirits of God. This is a depiction of the Trinity: grace and peace are given by the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the three co-equal Persons of the Godhead. John says that “grace and peace” are coming to the churches from three sources: “him who is, and who was, and who is to come” (verse 4), “the seven spirits before the throne” (verse 4), and “Jesus Christ” (verse 5). The “seven spirits” cannot be seven angelic beings such as seraphim or cherubim because of the context of Revelation 1:4. The identity of “the seven spirits” is not explicit in these passages, but arriving at the proper interpretation is fairly straightforward. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.” Revelation 5:6, “Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders.In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. Revelation 4:5, “From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder.Revelation 3:1, “To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God.Revelation 1:4–5, “John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, and from Jesus Christ.
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