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Intro:
The setting of the text is the exiles returning from Babylon (now Persia) and rebuilding the temple.
Zerubbabel was the heir to the Davidic throne and along w/ the priest Joshua was the force behind rebuilding the temple.
They faced many oppositions (the devil always opposes the presence of God), and God gave the prophet visions to speak encouragement to them.
None were more powerful than this one in ch. 4.
ΕVERYTHING IN THE KINGDOM of GOD IS BY HIS SPIRIT!!!
The Holy Spirit is the very presence of God in our midst.
But why did God give us His Spirit?
What is His purpose, or what is His role?
The role of the Holy Spirit is primarily as provider, protector, and power.
This principle is witnessed in both testaments but in different manifestations.
In the redemption plan of creation (which includes man’s salvation),
God the Father is the Architect who drew it up; for God’s wisdom was hidden in a mystery.
Jesus is the Activator of God’s plan; for He is the center-piece of God’s plan.
W/out His death and resurrection there is no redemption.
The Holy Spirit is the Application of God’s plan; for in Him is the re-uniting of God w/ man.
Separated from our Original Purpose
Created for fellowship and communion; this is still our purpose and what we are being restored to.
Walked in the Garden of Eden w/ Adam & Eve.
But after the fall, sin had created a divide between God and man.
Nine different times in scripture God says, “they shall be my people, and I will be their God.”
The first time He said this was to Abraham.
The covenant between God and Abraham wld pave the way for fellowship to be restored.
A covenant brings two disassociated parties together so they can associate and work together.
God could only fellowship w/ man from a distance b/c of sin.
God institutes the law and sacrifices.
This was in order that God could discipline his covenant people when they rebelled against His righteous law.
We know the Spirit of God was a part of OT theology.
He first appears in hovering (or brooding or moving) over the face of the waters.
Scripture tells us He is the power of God’s creation.
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God declared in that His Spirit wld not always strive or remain w/ man b/c he was flesh.
God declared in that His Spirit wld not always strive or remain w/ man b/c he was flesh.
The Role of God’s Spirit in the OT
The Purpose of the Holy Spirit.
Reveal God
This was often in supernatural demonstration in order to produce reverence.
Restore Relationship
Carried out through covenant application and promises.
Reclaim the kingdom.
The Preservation of the Spirit.
Provision
Protection
Power (supernatural)
Through these three means, the Holy Spirit would preserve the covenant people until the Messiah could come.
Through these three means, the Holy Spirit would preserve the covenant people until the Messiah could come.
It’s the same in the NT; He still provides, protects, in order to preserve until the Messiah (or Christ) comes again.
It’s the same in the NT; He still provides, protects, in order to preserve until the Messiah (or Christ) comes again.
He carried out God’s will as provider, protector, and power to preserve and bring about covenant blessings.
He carried out God’s will as provider, protector, and power from w/out not from w/in; yet, this doesn’t mean He was inactive or not a part of God’s covenant community.
God protected and provided for Israel by His Spirit, which was and is His power.
God protected and provided for Israel by His Spirit, which was and is His power.
The Position of the Holy Spirit.
With Israel
His presence was always w/ them.
He never left them alone, even when He was forced to discipline them.
The Holy Spirit did not and could not dwell w/in the hearts of men before Christ.
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, You are there.
8 If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
9 If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, 10 Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, You are thereIf I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
9 If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, 10 Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
9 If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
10 Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), .
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It was the Spirit of God that rolled the Red Sea back and kept the Egyptians at bay, while leading Israel on dry ground.
It was the Spirit that led them safely through hostile areas for 40 years in the wilderness.
It was the Spirit that held back the Jordan river and allowed Israel to cross into Canaan.
It was the Spirit that led them into Jericho making a way by bringing the walls down.
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