The second message through God’s holy spirit is to the Church in Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11) The Spirit of God says, “He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.” (Revelation 2:11) Therefore, by proper deeds of repentance, Christians would be able to achieve harmony with God and Jesus and ultimately receive inheritance with the saints. We believe the message to this Church, stated in figurative language, is one of renewal to fellowship with God. The term “spirit” is personified as the voice of prophecy and signifies a doctrine or teaching. This text is a message emanating from the Father Himself. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.” “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The first message from the Spirit of God is to the Church of Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-7). Each message is beneficial to the whole Church in all seven stages of its development: “what the Spirit says to the churches” (Revelation 2:7). However, the messages are not solely limited to one Church of a particular era. Seven separate, successive, timely messages would be sent from heaven to guide the Church during the seven stages of its chronological development.
The seven spirits are figuratively portrayed as sentinels “before his throne,” that is, as emissaries of Jehovah sent to aid and enlighten the Church (John 14:16, 17 15:26) since the time of Jesus’ death. We believe the “seven spirits” actually refer to the one holy spirit of God. God bless you.The first mention of the seven spirits in Revelation is found in chapter 1, verse 4, “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.” He is beyond description however this is about as close as we can come to describing what can't be described. God cannot be encapsulated in our finite words. Zechariah 4:6 "So he answered and said to me: This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the LORD of hosts." Zechariah 4:2 "And he said to me, 'What do you see?' So I said, 'I am looking, and there is a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps.'" So for this question I pulled these scriptures out. It is my understanding that the Bible interprets itself. But, during my walk I became an SDA and vigorously consumed the Bible, especially the end times prophecies in Revelation and many other places. I have often wondered if my faith is enough, and I now know it is of course because Christ died for me. Lawrence Morford As a 44 year old Christian, or cognitively for approximately 35 years, I have pondered on what God says in His Words in our Bible. Wisdom, understanding, council (judging), might, knowledge, fear (Psalm 19:9), and righteous faithfulness. So these are seven attributes of the persona of God. Isaiah 11:2-5, "And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of council and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:īut with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.Īnd righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins."
His ruach (spirit) is found active throughout all Biblical history. prayer warrior Revelation 1:4, "John to the seven churches which are in Asia: GRACE be unto you, and peace, from Him which is, and which was, and which is to come and from the seven Spirits which are before His throne."ġ Corinthians 12:4, "Now there are diversified of gifts, but the same Spirit."
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