Bible Verse of The Day – 10-3-23

Genesis 1:2 (NKJV) 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

Welcome back. Let’s forge ahead and learn more about the Holy Spirit!

While the word, “hovering”, usually implies something holding a fixed position in mid-air, without any horizontal or vertical movement, the connotation in the verse immediately above is that He was sweeping or moving rather than staying stationary.

Some might describe the Holy Spirit as like the “executive arm” of the Trinity. The Father speaks and the Holy Spirit is the Agent by Whom things happen to fulfill what the Father has spoken.

So, during the creation process, the Holy Spirit was busy, to say the least.

Think of the Holy Spirit as the conduit through which creation took place!

Jesus (the Son) was also present and active in the creation process, as noted in several scriptures throughout the Bible. This creates a beautiful picture of the Trinity working in perfect unity.

John 1:1-3 (NKJV) 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.

That scripture alone proves the presence of Jesus at the beginning, playing an equal role in the creation of all that we see, because Jesus is referred to as “the Word” in several places in the word of God.

Again, we see the unity of the Trinity in full operation.

In the Old Testament, there are three instances of the phrase, “Holy Spirit”.

The prophet Joel specifically mentioned God’s Spirit in a well-known Old Testament prophecy.

Joel 2:28 (NKJV) 28 “And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions.

In the book of Numbers (11:17), God spoke with Moses and told him that He would “take of the Spirit that is upon you” and “put the same upon” the seventy elders who were chosen to help Moses lead the people of Israel.

And look at what happened when the Holy Spirit was placed upon those seventy elders. They prophesied!

Numbers 11:25 (NKJV) 25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, although they never did so again.

We are beginning to see a common thread when it comes to the presence of the Holy Spirit; good and powerful things happen.

We will continue with more tomorrow. See you then.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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