The seven spirits is a reference to the Holy Spirit, just as Zechariah 4:2-7 also refers to seven items which are really the one Spirit of God. The Spirit is probably seven here to indicate representation of the seven churches, even as there are seven angels and seven lampstands—all probably the same representation of the churches to God.
These seven spirits are also referred to in Revelation 5:6, which indicate the omniscience of Christ with things pertaining to His church.
If this is the Holy Spirit, then is it not possible that the Spirit might have a multiple nature. That is not to mean a multiple personality, but a persona that represents itself differently to different churches, or being an accumulation of many spirits? There is no implication for Trinitarian theology here, simply an observation.
Monday, January 11, 2010
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