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No clearer statement of the intimate interworking of the triune God—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—and especially of the Spirit’s powerful role can be found in the Old Testament than in Isaiah’s prophecy of the Servant of the Lord (Isaiah 42:1–9). The passage summarizes the redeeming work of all three Persons of the Trinity in the salvation of the lost. Thus it ties together in remarkable harmony both the Old Testament and New Testament understandings of God’s grace. It also sheds light on our understanding of the Holy Spirit.The Holy Spirit dwells in a person permanently only after Jesus' death on the cross.
Let proposition G = Jesus goes away.
P = The Paraclete comes to us.
John 16:
But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate [Paraclete] will not come to you;
¬G → ¬P
But if I go, I will send him to you.
G → P
Therefore, P ↔ G. The Paraclete comes to us iff Jesus goes away.
John 7:39 affirms a similar concept:
Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Are you saying that the Paraclete was sent in the OT?No clearer statement of the intimate interworking of the triune God—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—and especially of the Spirit’s powerful role can be found in the Old Testament than in Isaiah’s prophecy of the Servant of the Lord (Isaiah 42:1–9). The passage summarizes the redeeming work of all three Persons of the Trinity in the salvation of the lost. Thus it ties together in remarkable harmony both the Old Testament and New Testament understandings of God’s grace. It also sheds light on our understanding of the Holy Spirit.
1. The Spirit participated in creation (Genesis 1:2; Job 26:13; Isaiah 32:15).
2. The Spirit gives life to humanity and the other creatures (Psalm 104:29, 30). It is interesting that when Genesis says God endows people with life by breathing into their nostrils the “breath of life” (Genesis 2:7), the word for “breath” is the same word translated elsewhere as “spirit.”
3. The Spirit strives with sinners (Genesis 6:3), which is perhaps related to His work in convicting people of sin (John 16:8–11).
4. The Spirit came upon certain judges, warriors, and prophets in a way that gave them extraordinary power: for example, Joshua (Numbers 27:18), Othniel (Judges 3:10), Gideon (Judges 6:34), Samson (Judges 13:25; 14:6), and Saul (1 Samuel 10:9, 10). However, the Spirit later departed from Saul because of his disobedience (1 Samuel 16:14).
5. The Spirit played a prominent role in the long span of Old Testament prophecy. David declared that “the Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and His word was on my tongue” (2 Samuel 23:2). Likewise, Ezekiel reported that “the Spirit entered me when He spoke to me” (Ezekiel 2:2).
6. The Spirit inspired holiness in Old Testament believers (Psalm 143:10). And Scripture promised that someday God would put His Spirit in His people in a way that would cause them to live according to His statutes (Ezekiel 36:27).
7. The Spirit was crucial in helping God’s people anticipate the ministry of the Messiah. For example, Isaiah 11:1–5 is a trinitarian preview of the working of the Father, the Spirit, and the Son, who is the Branch of Jesse. Looking forward to the ministry of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit inspired Isaiah to prophesy: “The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him” (Isaiah 11:2), inspiring God’s Chosen One with wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge, fear of the Lord, righteousness, and faithfulness. Thus we come full cycle to the New Testament, where Jesus claimed to be the fulfillment of this prophecy (Isaiah 61:1, 2; Luke 4:18, 19). https://www.thomasnelsonbibles.com/blog/the-holy-spirit-in-the-old-testament/
Well since He was active in the OT and since He is sent by the Father and the Son, yes He was sent.Are you saying that the Paraclete was sent in the OT?
Give a verse in the OT that mentions the Paraclete.Well since He was active in the OT and since He is sent by the Father and the Son, yes He was sent.
Are you questioning that the Holy Spirit and Paraclete are one and the same person?Give a verse in the OT that mentions the Paraclete.
Good question. The answer is no.Are you questioning that the Holy Spirit and Paraclete are one and the same person?
Good question. The answer is no.
Can you give a verse in the OT that literally mentions the Paraclete?
Thanks for the links. Can you give relevant some highlights from them?Paraclete – three meanings of the Greek word hidden in the Old Testament
Paraclete – a word that has not been translated. It appears in Greek translations of the Hebrew Bible even before the time of Jesus and in Aramaic translations of the text from the first century. So when the first Jewish disciples of Christ heard the word Paraclete, it was not unfamiliar to...www.exaudi.org What does it mean that the Holy Spirit is our Paraclete? | GotQuestions.org
What does it mean that the Holy Spirit is our Paraclete? In what sense is the Holy Spirit our helper and counselor?www.gotquestions.org
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