1. The Holy Spirit in Creation
Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form and empty. And darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters. MKJV
the Spirit rûach רוּח
BDB Definition:1) wind, breath, mind, spirit 1a) breath
1b) wind
1b1) of heaven
1b2) quarter (of wind), side
1b3) breath of air
1b4) air, gas
1b5) vain, empty thing
1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
Strong’s movedרחף
râchaph raw-khaf' : A primitive root; to brood; by implication to be relaxed: - flutter, move, shake.
The Spirit of God brooded over the face of the waters
the Spirit: A. Clark says “It is sufficiently evident from the use of the word in other places, that the Holy Spirit of God is intended; which our blessed Lord represents under the notion of wind, Joh_3:8; and which, as a mighty rushing wind on the day of Pentecost, filled the house where the disciples were sitting, Act_2:2, which was immediately followed by their speaking with other tongues, because they were filled with the Holy Ghost, Act_2:4. These scriptures sufficiently ascertain the sense in which the word is used by Moses.
Moved - מרחפת merachepheth, was brooding over; for the word expresses that tremulous motion made by the hen while either hatching her eggs or fostering her young. It here probably signifies the communicating a vital or prolific principle to the waters. As the idea of incubation, or hatching an egg, is implied in the original word, hence probably the notion, which prevailed among the ancients, that the world was generated from an egg.”
The Holy Spirit as the Agent of the Godhead was hovering, brooding and infusing life into the world that then was.
Willmington illustrates the part played by the Holy Spirit in creation. He says, “Let us consider an important executive who determines to build a spacious and expensive home. He thus employs an architect to design the necessary plans for His home. The architect then secures a competent contractor to follow his blueprints.In this illustration, the executive is the father, the architect the Son, and the contractor is the Holy Spirit.
Psa 104:30 Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; And thou renewest the face of the ground.
Job 26:13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent.
Job 33:4 The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.
So the Holy Spirit “moved” refers to the gentle motion of a dove as she quietly hovers over her nest, imparting her body heat upon the eggs until they are hatched. Willmington’s Guide to the Bible p.645
What an illustration of the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives as He broods over us and cares for us bringing to fruition all His Divine Purposes. Cry out "Holy Spirit Hover and Brood over my Life today"
2. The Holy Spirit in a sinner, David when Nathan the Prophet accused him of adultery with Bathsheba.
Psa_51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy spirit from me.
Cast me not away from thy presence - Banish me not from thy house and ordinances.
Take not thy Holy Spirit from me - I know I have sufficiently grieved it to justify its departure for ever, in consequence of which I should be consigned to the blackness of darkness, - either to utter despair, or to a hard heart and seared conscience; and so work iniquity with greediness, till I fell into the pit of perdition. While the Spirit stays, painfully convincing of sin, righteousness, and judgment, there is hope of salvation; when it departs, then the hope of redemption is gone. But while there is any godly sorrow, any feeling of regret for having sinned against God, any desire to seek mercy, then the case is not hopeless; for these things prove that the light of the Spirit is not withdrawn.A.C.
Throw me not away as worthless; banish me not, like Cain, from thy face and favour. Permit me to sit among those who share thy love, though I only be suffered to keep the door. I deserve to be for ever denied admission to thy courts; but, O good Lord, permit me still the privilege which is dear as life itself to me. “Take not thy Holy Spirit from me.” Withdraw not His comforts, counsels, assistances, quickenings, else I am indeed as a dead man. Do not leave me as thou didst Saul, when neither by Urim, nor by prophet, nor by dream, thou wouldst answer him. Thy Spirit is my wisdom, leave me not to my folly; he is my strength, O desert me not to my own weakness. Drive me not away from thee, neither do thou go away from me. Psalms - The Treasury of David; C.H.Spurgeon
Application: Pray for the Lord to keep convicting you and teaching you how to walk with God intrue holiness and separation.
3. The Holy Spirit dwells with him who is humble and contrite.
Isa_57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Humble: shâphâl BDB Definition:
1) low, humble 1a) low (in height) 1b) low (in station), humble (of condition or spirit)
1c) humiliated 1d) lowly (as subst)
I dwell ...with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit; not only with the other divine Persons, and with those high ones, but with such who are broken under a sense of sin; not merely in a legal, but in an evangelical way; not only with the weight of divine wrath, but with a view of pardoning grace and mercy; and such souls are humble as well as contrite; have the worst thoughts of themselves, and the best of others; they are humble under a sense of sin and unworthiness, and submit to the righteousness of Christ for their acceptance and justification before God; and ascribe the whole of their salvation to his free grace alone; and become cheerful followers of the meek and lowly Jesus; with such the Lord dwells, not merely by his omnipresence and omnipotence, but by his spirit and grace; or in a gracious way and manner, by shedding abroad his love in their hearts, and communicating his grace to them; and which he usually does under the ministry of the word and ordinances, and which may be expected: and his end in so doing is, J.Gill
to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones; who are sometimes in a very lifeless and uncomfortable condition; grace is weak; sin is prevalent; they are under a sense of divine displeasure; under the hidings of God's face, and attended with various afflictions and adverse dispensations of Providence: now the Lord dwells with them, to revive and quicken them; which He does by His gracious presence; by the discoveries of His pardoning love and grace; by the application of precious promises; and by granting large measures of His grace, so that they become comfortable in their souls, and are quickened to the fresh exercise of grace, and discharge of duty. All this seems to be spoken for the consolation of the Lord's people in their low estate,. J.Gill
4. The Holy Spirit was Grieved
Isa_63:10 But they rebelled, and grieved His Holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.
Isa_63:11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit in the midst of them?
Notes by J. Gill
But they rebelled
Against the Lord, not withstanding he thought so well of them; did so many good things for them; sympathized with them, and showed them so many favours; wretched ingratitude! they rebelled against the Lord in the times of Moses, at the Red sea, and in the wilderness, by their murmurings, unbelief, and idolatry; wherefore he calls them a rebellious people, and says they were such from the day he had been with them; and so in later times, in the times of the judges, and of the prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel, they rebelled against God their Parent, Protector, and King; see (Deuteronomy 9:7 Deuteronomy 9:24 ) ( Isaiah 1:2 ) ( Ezekiel 2:5-7 ) and so they did in the times of Christ, whom they rejected as the Messiah, and disowned as their King, and still continue in their rebellion, ( Luke 19:14 ) :
and vexed or [grieved] His Holy Spirit;
the Spirit of God the Father, who pitied them in all their afflictions; or the Spirit of the Angel of his presence, that redeemed and saved them; for the Spirit is both the Spirit of the Father and of the Son; and he is holy in his nature and operations, and the author of sanctification in the hearts of his people; him they vexed and provoked to anger against them, speaking after the manner of men, by their sins and transgressions; rejecting his counsels and instructions by Moses, and by the prophets in later times, in and by whom he spake unto them, and by the apostles in Gospel times; for the Jews, as their fathers before them ever did, resisted the Holy Spirit of God in the evidence he gave of the Messiah, which must be very provoking, ( Acts 7:51 ) ( Ephesians 4:30 )
5. The Holy Spirit in Daniel
Dan_4:8 But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and I told the dream before him, saying,
Dan_4:9 O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
Dan_4:18 This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation; but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.
Dan_5:11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
Daniel was filled with the Spirit.
He was given the ability to tell visions and to interpret them. The Spirit of God revealed secrets to him and he became a famous counsellor to the Kings in Babylon and Persia.
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