THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD

 AND OUT OF THE THRONE PROCEEDED LIGHTING AND THUNDERING AND VOICES: AND THERE WERE SEVEN LAMPS OF FIRE BURNING BEFORE THE THRONE, WHICH ARE THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD (REV. 4:5) 

When you hear the seven spirits of God, the first question you like to ask is, does God have seven different Spirits? Generally we all know that God is one and He has one Spirit that is the person of the Holy Spirit. If God has one spirit what about the seven spirits of God in Revelation 3:1,..........

Base on scriptural facts, seven often represent or symbolizes completion or perfection. Genesis tells us that God created the heavens and the Earth in six days and rested on the seven this shows that seven portray perfection or completion. (Gen. 1, 2:1-2). The seven spirits of God refers to the various dimension in which the Spirit of God operates. Revelation 4: 5 talks about seven golden lamps and Zech. 4:2 talks of a candlesticks that has seven different lamps burning with fire. In Zech. 3:9 the bible says " upon one stone shall be seven eyes....." 

The seven spirits of God reveals seven independent manifestation in which the Holy Spirit operates. Sometimes it is refers to the seven folds manifestation of the Holy Spirit of God in the life of a believer. The seven spirits of God is the full measure of the Holy Spirit of God.

The prophet of old were given the spirit of God in a measure , Elijah and Elisha have the spirit of Lordship, the spirit of might and the spirit of wisdom and understanding, David had the spirit of might, Ahithophel has the spirit of counsel. The Spirit of God were given to them in a measure. 

Jesus was the first to have the full measure of the Holy Spirit because the bible says in John 3: 34-45 " For he whom God hath sent speaks the words of God: for God did not give him the Spirit by measure..." This means that Jesus had full measure of the Holy Spirit of God, i.e. The fullness of the Holy Spirit was in Him. 

Isaiah 11:1-2 listed the seven operational dimension of the Holy Spirit otherwise called the seven spirit of God. They are;

1.  The Spirit of the Lord
   
2. The Spirit of wisdom
   
3. The Spirit of Understanding 
4. The Spirit of Counsel
5. The Spirit of Might
6. The Spirit of Knowledge 
7. And of the fear of the Lord.

These are the 7 Dimensions of the operation of the Holy Spirit in the life of Jesus Christ when he walked on planet earth.

The good news is that the same Holy Spirit that was in Jesus Christ is the same Holy Spirit that's in us today. The biblical reality of us learning to come to the TRUTH of this verse and it being a spiritual reality in our lives today is what God desires for us to know. We need to understand that Jesus mentioned that we will do the very works that He did and greater works because the Father is in Him and He is on the way to the Father and He will pray that the father sends us another HELPER- The Spirit of Truth (See, John 14: 9-26).

we shall deals with each of these in subsequent post. Thank you and God bless you.