SYMBOL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
As all of us Christians know, the Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Trinity of God.
The Bible says that Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate, as mentioned in…
JOHN 1:1-3 – In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made.
The creation of all things by Jesus Christ corresponds to the biblical description of how God carried out His creation, as recorded in…
GENESIS 1:1-3 – 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3 And God said: Let there be light, and there was light.
We can see in verse 3 that God created light by His word. God also created everything else by the same word. That word of God is Jesus Christ.
In the second verse of Genesis chapter 1 it is also stated that at that time the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters. The Spirit of God is the Holy Spirit and He was also told by the word of God that it was the wisdom of God. This was recorded in…
PROVERBS 8:22-31 – 22 In the beginning of the LORD’s creation, in ancient times, before any other thing was made, I was brought forth. 23 I was appointed from everlasting, from the beginning, before the foundation of the earth. 24 When there were no depths or springs flowing with water, I was brought forth. 25 Before the mountains were settled, or the hills, 26 Before the LORD made the earth, or the fields, or the first dust of the world, I was brought forth. 27 When God established the heavens, when he set a compass upon the face of the deep, I was there. 28 When he established the clouds above, and established the fountains of the deep, 29 when he established the boundary of the sea, that the waters might not transgress his commandment, when he established the foundation of the earth, 30 I was beside him as a master worker, and I was his delight all the day, rejoicing before him continually. 31 My joy was in the inhabited part of his earth, and my delight was with the sons of men.
In the Bible verses just cited we can see that God’s wisdom was present before He created all things.
We also know that God is the First, so the words I AM BORN are used to refer to the Holy Spirit, meaning that the Holy Spirit is the One who comes from God, just as Jesus Christ is the Word that comes from God.
And the words I WAS BESIDE HIM AS A MASTER WORKER show that the Holy Spirit, the wisdom of God, also took part in creation. That is completely consistent with the word of God recorded in…
PROVERBS 3:19-20 – 19 The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens. 20 By his knowledge the depths broke apart, and the clouds dropped the dew.
Thus, in these two verses and the original verses cited above, the word of God states that God created all things by His word (that is, Jesus Christ) and also by His wisdom (that is, the Holy Spirit).
It is also through the word of God in the Bible that we know that the Holy Spirit is not only the wisdom of God but also the strength and power of God, as clearly revealed in…
JOB 12:13 – With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding belong to him.
And in…
JEREMIAH 10:12 – It is the LORD who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, who stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
And one more verse in…
JEREMIAH 51:15 – It is he who by his power made the earth, who established the world by his wisdom, who stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
From the above verses we can see that God’s wisdom and His power are mentioned together. That means that the Holy Spirit is a symbol of God’s wisdom as well as His power.
There is also another important truth about the Holy Spirit. While God’s Word describes Jesus Christ as a man, His Word describes the Holy Spirit as a woman.
(to be continued)