The Seven Spirits of God


Revelation 1:4  . . . Grace to you and peace, from God . . . and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne

Revelation 3:1 He who has the seven Spirits of God . . . says . . .

Revelation 4:5  . . . There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

Revelation 5:6  . . . a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

Comment

Elsewhere in Revelation, angels are called angels and appear in angelic form, whereas the seven Spirits appear only as symbols (lamps or eyes).

The expression “grace and peace,” ( Revelation 1:4) is a common way of commencing New Testament epistles but always as coming from a divine source (God and Christ). Check it out. It would be inappropriate to see created beings as a source of grace and peace.

Speaking of Jesus as having the seven Spirits (Revelation 3:1) and of the seven Spirits belonging to God and Jesus (Revelation 4:5; 5:6)is consistent with New Testament usage, such as:

    Romans 8:9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his. (Emphasis mine)

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