I am IN the spirit – part 3
(continued from part 2)
Here are two more ideas concerning the subject.
Here’s the first idea.
I looked over all the references in the Hebrew scriptures of the word “spirit”, and the spirit, as described there, could be:
troubled, revived, anguished, willing, hardened, sorrowful, inoperative (“there was no spirit in them”), becoming operative again (“his spirit returned, and he revived”) (the latter two examples are talking about living people, so it can’t be that their spirit was literally departed from them, or else they would be dead), sullen, stirred up, moved, broken, contrite, having deceit, steadfast, overwhelmed, searching, faithful, failing, departing (resulting in the “person returning to earth” – which confirms the point I made above), faithful, haughty, humble, ruled (by a person), calm, patient, proud, angry, fainted, anxious, excellent. That’s from Genesis to Malachi, inclusively.
As you look over this list, notice 2 things.
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