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Where does the Holy Spirit work in the Old Testament? |
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Monday, December 05 2011 |
Where does the Holy Spirit work in the Old Testament?
 The Holy Spirit is present from the very beginning of the Bible: "And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters." (Gen 1:2). After Man's sin and his separation from God, the Holy Spirit could not dwell in us. However, gifts of the Holy Spirit was given to Priests, Kings, and prophets. Even Pharaoh in the story of Joseph looked for a person filled with the spirit of God to help save Egypt (Gen 41:38).
We see the Holy Spirit filling Bezaleel to construct the Tabernacle (Exo 31:3). In the Tabernacle the Holy Spirit was represented by the Lampstand in the Holy of Holies. It was without dimension as no one has seen the Holy Spirit. In the prophets, we find a lot of direct work of the Holy Spirit with the prophets guiding them and giving them prophecies. For the kings, we find Saul being anointed with Oil to become a king (1 Sam 10:1), also with David (1 Sam 16:13). We find also the ordination of priests in Leviticus (8:2) in which they have received the gifts of the Holy Spirit. In the new testament we become a temple of God and the Holy Spirit dwells in us "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?" (1Co 3:16).That is why St. Peter calls us Priests and Kings (1 Pe 2:9). Because we are given the Holy Spirit similar to the Priest and Kings of the Old testament.
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