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Originally Posted by Livelystone
The 7 spirits of God according to the prophet Isaiah..........
Isa. 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
In some circles also known as the "us" of Gen.1:26 with Adam becoming the 'one of us" by accepting the spirit of council from himself instead of from God.
Blessings
Doug
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That makes sense in a way. However, "personifying" the attributes of God to the point wherein they actually stand before God's throne as distinct personages boarders on Trinitarian logic, expanding God to being 10 Divine Persons. In the verse you provided there is only one "Spirit of the LORD". The rest are just attribute attributed to the Spirit of the Lord's activity.
Revelation appears to make them rather distinct from God. Not to mention... the seven candle sticks not only represent the Seven Spirits of God... but the Seven Churches. And... when addressing the Seven Churches... Christ addresses the "Angel of the Church of..."
I think a stronger case can be built for the Seven Spirits of God being angelic beings. Just my opinion.
Blessings,
Chris
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