![]() ![]() The New Oxford Annotated Bible mentions this as a possible interpretation of the text.Ĭritics of the common view believe two facts undermine its validity.įirst, it is objected that the Isaiah verse is merely poetic, not meant to be a literal enumeration that the holy spirit is 'sevenfold'. 'David', a messianic figure), so proponents of this view point to Revelation 3.1 and 5.6 to show how this is true of Jesus. The Isaiah verse shows this sevenfold Holy Spirit 'resting' on 'the stock of Jesse' (i.e. This view states that the Holy Spirit is defined in a sevenfold way, that there are seven attributes the Spirit imparts to the divinely-inspired. Victorinus' Commentary on the Apocalypse cites the passage directly, though his slightly different list is based on LXX Isaiah: We read of a sevenfold spirit in Isaiah namely, the spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, of knowledge and of piety, and the spirit of the fear of the Lord. That is to say, this 'sevenfold' Holy Spirit is: His delight shall be in the fear of Yahweh. The spirit of Yahweh shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of Yahweh. The New Living Translation renders the text this way.Īs for the reason John identifies the person of the Holy Spirit as 'seven spirits', interpreters bring up Isaiah 11.1-3: A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The very early explanation for this is to interpret 'seven spirits' as a singular 'sevenfold Spirit'. What little objection there is to this view comes in identifying 'the seven spirits' as the individual 'Holy Spirit'. Most Christian commentaries interpret these three as referring to the three persons of the trinity: Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and from God the Holy Spirit, and from God the Son The Three Entities Grace to you and peace from the one who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ Admittedly, the twisted logic of those who promote the false doctrine of the Trinity can make understanding the seven (7) spirits of God more difficult than it needs to be.The following is the answer I wrote to a similar question on Hermeneutics.SE. Jesus will rule all mankind from Jerusalem for 1,000 years (known as the Millennium). These verses discuss the fact that the Lord, when he returns to rule the earth, will righteously judge in favor of the poor and meek. It is the spirit of the Lord (Jehovah), which is found at the beginning of the verse and which makes everything possible.Įvidence that Isaiah is primarily prophesizing concerning Jesus Christ's second coming (and afterwards) is found after verse 4 of chapter 11. The last of the seven, also recorded in Isaiah 11:2, is easily overlooked. They are wisdom and understanding (both related to the intellect and discernment), counsel and might (both practical in nature), plus knowledge and the fear of the Eternal (which relates to the relationship with the Father). They are given in three sets of two each. Six of the seven gifts that will rest or abide in Christ are obvious in verse 2. ![]()
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