The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is Understanding (Proverbs 9:10)
Kamis, 24 September 2015
Roh tujuh-lapis (Sevenfold Spirit of the Holy Ghost) berkerja agar mereka yang tertulis namanya dalam buku kehidupan dapat bertumbuh-percaya dan mengenali Roh Tuhan yang Mahakudus....
PSALM 19: 1-6. (NRSCVE)
1 The "heavens" are telling the glory of God; and the "firmament [skies]" proclaims his handiwork ["name"]. 2 Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge. 3 There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; 4 yet their voice [b] goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In the heavens[c] he has set a tent for the Sun 5 which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy, and like a strong man runs its course with joy. 6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them; and nothing is hid from its heat (New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition, Psalm 19: 1-6)
Jesus said, "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life" (John 6:63). If you interpret scripture purely literally, you might end up as a weather forecaster or a mere admirer of NASA. However, if you view these passages as spiritual words or prophetic lyrics, you need the Holy Spirit to unfold them to you. Even when we know their spiritual meanings, our intellects may still be tempted to search for prophesied literal "signs." Merely understanding a prophecy in part brings us no satisfaction, as our inability to discern these signs leaves us unsatisfied. Yet, if we understand neither the literal nor the spiritual meanings, we will miss the clues pointing to His Second Coming.
We need the Father of all spirits to teach us His Word. Jesus
said, "But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my
name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to
you" (John 14:26). If we can hear the Spirit, we can "hear" and
"see" the Spirit within the "firmament" and the
"heavens." It is this Spirit of the firmament and heavens that
declares His glory and proclaims His handiwork—His name and His mission.
Seeing the sun in a spiritual vision, for example, conveys a
completely different message than staring at the literal sun in the sky. The
literal skies and heavens provide hints for predicting weather—whether cosmic
space weather or atmospheric conditions on Earth. In contrast, the
"heavens" and "skies" we perceive in spiritual visions or
scripture reveal the true handiwork and divine mission of His hands.
The atmospheric conditions and luminaries of the sky allow us
to predict natural weather, but the spiritual scriptures concerning the heavens
enable us to discern God's divine handiwork across the past, present, and
future. The passage in Matthew 24:29, therefore, reveals the 'spirit realms' of the
heavens and the firmament: the firmament portends the work of Judgment, and His
name is the Judge who judges with equity. Likewise, Zechariah 14:5–7, Psalm
50:4, 6, Revelation 6:12–13, and Genesis 8:21–22 all reveal these same divine
missions.
The Bible. New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition. National Council of Churches, 1989. Bible Gateway, biblegateway.com. Accessed 24 Sept. 2015.
Proverbs 20:27, the spirit of man is like the lamp of God....
A human spirit that has been purified by the Word, upon entering the presence of the Spirit of God (the Face of God), will be anointed—or its "wick" ignited—by the holy fire of the Holy Spirit. Christ declared, "Blessed are the pure in heart (the spirit's wick), for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8). The word "blessed" signifies a heavenly grace.
Humanity possesses no intrinsic power to experience true "blessedness." Such "blessedness" can only be tasted by the fallen descendants of mankind through the grace imparted by the operation of the sevenfold gifts of the Spirit: The Word of God.
In the presence of the Holy Spirit—or in "seeing God"—the wick of the human spirit is set ablaze, casting its light throughout the entire spiritual body. This spirit-wick (the spiritual heart) can also function and burn like a lamp during spiritual encounters with other spirits, even those that do not belong to the realm of God.
However, such spiritual encounters will only convey the reality of the specific spirits interacting with our spiritual hearts. In other words, the human spirit was inherently created like a lamp: in the presence of the Holy Spirit, its wick is ignited by holy fire; likewise, in the presence of other spirit beings, its wick may burn, but the fire is unholy.
In the absence of any spiritual entities, our spirit—encased in physical flesh—perceives surrounding reality solely through the five senses centered in the brain, alongside awareness of its nervous system's functions. Therefore, if we perceive a spirit creature such as ---, it indicates that our spirit-wick is engaging in a spiritual encounter with the present spirit, as perceived through the eyes of the spirit.
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| The spirit of man is like the lamp of God (the 'wick' of the spirit is aflamed when it is cleansed by the sacred blood of Jesus.) |


