Revelation: Seven Spirits of God

Seven Spirits of God:  Isaiah 11:2  “And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;”

  The Spirit of the Lord:  First off a church or a person needs to do is to repent and turn to the Lord.  Seek His will for congregation or self and serve Him.

  Spirit of Wisdom:  According to Proverbs 8 Wisdom is easy to get.  She says she lifts her voice wherever people are and calls to them to listen to Her.  Reading through this chapter we find there is no reason for a person to lack Wisdom.  Wisdom by definition is skillful, it is prudence:  knowing right from wrong and staying away from the wrong and doing what is right.

  Spirit of Understanding:  This is comprehension, discerning.  Job 28:28  “And unto man he said, Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.”  A lack of this kind of understand was morally culpable (that is guilty, criminal, deserving of censure or moral blame) and resulted in sin and even more drove away God’s compassion for person who did not have it.  A lack of this wisdom is why people do and justify the wrong they want to live in.

Spirit of Counsel:    Advice, purpose, plan.  God has advice--His Word for us; He made us with and has a purpose and a plan in mind for us.  We need to seek His Word and Him in prayer.

  Spirit of Might:  This is force of valor, victory, mastery.  It means to be a powerful warrior and champion.  He has made us all this and strong in Him.  We are victorious in Christ:  1Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.  

Spirit of Knowledge:  This is cunning, learning, insight.  40 out of the 91 times used in Proverbs it is associated with wisdom.  Proverbs 24:3-5 “Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established.  And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.  A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increases strength.”  God holds unbelievers and Israelites responsible to know Him.
  Fear of the Lord:  moral reverence.  
This fear acknowledges God’s good intentions:  Exodus 20:20 And Moses said unto the people, 'Fear not:  for God is come to prove you, and that His fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.'  
It will motivate and delight even the Messiah: Isaiah 11:2-3 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.'  
It is produced by God’s Word: Psalms 119:38 Stablish thy Word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.   Proverbs 2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of the Lord.  
It makes a person receptive to Wisdom and Knowledge:  Proverbs 1:7; 9:10.  
The Fear of the Lord may be lost by despair of one’s own situation (Job 6:14) or by envy of sinner’s (Proverbs 23:17).  
This fear restrains people from sin, it gives confidence, and helps rulers and causes judges to act justly and it results in good sleep.

Revelation: Kings and Priests

 Kings and Priest
contrast the world view with God's view

Kings:  Authority

1 Samuel 8:11-. Israel kept begging God for a king.  They wanted to be like other nations.  Here is what He said and what they got:

––he will reign over you
––take your sons for himself
    –for his chariots
    –as horsemen
    –run before chariots
    –captains over 1000s and 50s
    –ear to the ground (to hear for enemies horses), and to watch for coming enemies
    –to reap the king's harvest
    –to make instruments of war
    –to make instruments of the king's chariots
––take your daughters
    –to be confectionaries
    –cooks
    –bakers
––take your fields
––take your vineyards
––take your oliveyards
––he will take the best and give them to his servants
––he will take 1/10 of your seed, and of your vineyards and give them to his officers and to his servants.
––he will take your menservants and your maidservants and your goodliest young men
––He will take you donkeys and put them to his work.
––He will take 1/10 of your sheep
––and you shall be his servants

V18  And you shall cry out in that day because of your king which you have  chosen; and the Lord shall not hear you.  Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel and said, "No we will have a king over us."
God's kings

Genesis  1:26-27 And God said,"Let Us make man in Our Image. after Our Likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth."  So God created man in His Image, in the Image of God created He him; male and female, created He them.

Psalm 8:4-8   What is man, that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?  For you have made him a little lower than the angels and have crowned him with glory and honor.  You made him to have dominion over the work of Your Hands, You have put all things under his feet:   all sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field; the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passes through the paths of the sea.

Matthew 28:18-20  Jesus won back the power Adam gave to satan,
            Jesus gave it to us

Mark 16: 15-18 & 20
Luke 9:1-5  Jesus gave disciples authority

1 Corinthians 15:27 He has  put all thing under His feet. (We are His body, so it is under us.)

Hebrews 2:6-9  But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that You are mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visited him?  You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor, and did set him over the works of thy hands:  You have put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.  But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man.



God's Priests:   Ministers

Isaiah 61. This is about Jesus, but Christians are His body in the earth

preach good tiding unto the meek
bind up the broken hearted
proclaim liberty to the captives
opening prisons to them that are bound
proclaim the accepted year of the Lord.
day of vengeance of our God
to comfort all that mourn

Praying
1 Timothy 2:1-3. Therefore I [exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men,  for kings and all who are in [authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.   For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, Who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

James 5:16. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
1 Timothy 2:1 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,                          Job 42:10  And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Ephesians 6:18 Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
Romans 8:26-27 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.