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Spirit of GOD

Christian Renewalin the Community of Faith





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Contents

Acknowledgments 983097

1048625 Introduction 10486251048625

Jeffrey W Barbeau and Beth Felker Jones

P983137983154983156 O983150983141 B983145983138983148983145983139983137983148 983137983150983140 H983145983155983156983151983154983145983139983137983148 P983141983154983155983152983141983139983156983145983158983141983155

983090 What Do I Know o Holy On the Person and

Work o the Holy Spirit in Scripture 983090983091

Sandra Richter

983091 he Spiritrsquos Sel-estimony Pneumatology in

Basil o Caesarea and Augustine o Hippo 983091983097

Gregory W Lee

983092 Rationalism or Revelation St homas Aquinas

and the Filioque 983093983097

Matthew Levering

983093 Enthusiasts Rationalists and Pentecost he Holy

Spirit in Eighteenth-Century Methodism 983095983092

Jeffrey W Barbeau

983094 Uniting Us to God oward a Reormed Pneumatology 983097983090

Oliver D Crisp

983095 he Dynamics o Global Pentecostalism Origins

Motivations and Future 10486251048625983088

Allan Heaton Anderson

983096 he Spirit o God Christian Renewal in

Arican American Pentecostalism 1048625983090983096

Estrelda Y Alexander




P983137983154983156 T983159983151 D983151983139983156983154983145983150983137983148 983137983150983140 P983154983137983139983156983145983139983137983148 P983141983154983155983152983141983139983156983145983158983141983155

983097 he Spirit o Light Ater the Age o Enlightenment

ReormingRenewing Pneumatic Hermeneutics

via the Economy o Illumination 1048625983092983097

Kevin J Vanhoozer

1048625983088 Creatio Spiritus and the Spirit o Christ oward a

rinitarian heology o Creation 1048625983094983096

Amos Yong

10486251048625 ldquoRooted and Established in Loverdquo

he Holy Spirit and Salvation 1048625983096983091

Michael Welker

1048625983090 he Spirit o God and Worship he Liturgical Grammar

o the Holy Spirit 1048625983097983092

Geoffrey Wainwright

1048625983091 Stories o Grace Pentecostals and Social Justice 98309010486251048625

Douglas Petersen

1048625983092 ldquoIn All Places and in All Agesrdquo he Holy Spirit and

Christian Unity 983090983090983095

imothy George

1048625983093 Come Holy Spirit Relections on Faith and Practice 983090983092983090


List o Contributors 983090983093983093

General Index 983090983093983097

Scripture Index 983090983094983093




852017

Introduction


Tis is how we know that we live in him and he in us

He has given us of his Spirit

983089 J983151983144983150 10486289830891048627

During the past century Christian churches around the world have identified

a remarkable work o the Holy Spirit in the lives o everyday people Young and

old men and women rich and poor alike have elt the powerul and personal

presence o God Is it any surprise that Christian theology in turn witnessed

a revival in study o the person and work o the Holy Spirit From the phe-

nomenal growth o Pentecostalism and the persistent invocation o the Spirit

in Roman Catholicism to the Spirit-inused worship o charismatics o all de-nominations and ecumenical gatherings in the name o Christian unity in the

Spirit Christianity around the world continues to experience a renewal o lie

unlike any age since the ounding era o apostolic witness

Spirit of God Christian Renewal in the Community of Faith contributes

to the wider project o church and academy through an ecumenical col-

lection o essays that explore biblical historical doctrinal and practical

insights into the person and work o the Holy Spirit Te volume origi-nated in the twenty-third annual gathering o the Wheaton College Te-

ology Conerence Recent theology conerences at Wheaton College have

explored central doctrines (rinity ecclesiology) major thinkers (Bon-




9830891048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140

hoeffer N Wright) and other topics o wide-ranging interest (Christi-

anity and the arts Christianity and politics) but this gathering initiated

conversations long overdue in the evangelical worldIn act some might argue that evangelicalism maintains a difficult rela-

tionship with pneumatology today While noted scholars o evangelical

history and theology such as imothy Larsen have rightly highlighted the

pneumatological orientation o all evangelical Christianity tensions persist983089

For some evangelical commitment to biblical authority leaves contem-

porary reflection on the Holy Spiritrsquos ongoing work and distribution o gifs

in a subordinate position at best to the inspired words o Scripture Forothers the commonplace identification o some ringe Pentecostal groups

(such as proponents o the so-called health-and-wealth gospel) with the

Spiritrsquos activity distorts the conversation and leaves many Christian leaders

in a state o pneumatological apathy Still others believe that pneumatology

must always be subordinated to reflection on primary doctrines such as

salvation or the ongoing evaluation o the person and work o Jesus Christmdash

it is a common claim afer all that ldquothe Holy Spirit preers to go unnoticedrdquoAs the essays in this collection make clear talk about the Holy Spirit is as

old as talk about God Christians believe that God has made himsel known

by way o the Holy Spirit rom the very beginning In the prophets too the

Spiritrsquos presence could be discerned in words and deeds o proound signifi-

cance Te promised Messiah Jesus Christ was anointed or a work o proc-

lamation and the release o those bound by various orms o oppression

And when the disciples gathered in Jerusalem afer the ascension o the Lord

they experienced the Spiritrsquos work as a diverse community o aith and gave

witness to the risen Christ in the power o the Spirit

In light o such a pervasive biblical witness to the Spiritrsquos presence ew

should be surprised that Christians in every age have continued to give

testimony to the work o the Holy Spirit Whether in creedal declarations o

belie or mystical descriptions o divine renewal the Holy Spirit continues

to act in every generationmdasheven when institutional pressures the potential

or disorder and the prevalent desire or systems threatened to domesticate

1imothy Larsen ldquoDefining and Locating Evangelicalismrdquo in Te Cambridge Companion to Evan-

gelical Teology ed imothy Larsen and Daniel J reier (Cambridge Cambridge University

Press 983090983088983088983095) 1048625983088ndash1048625983090




Introduction 9830891048627

the personal presence o God Te act that the Spiritrsquos work is directly tied

to the changing ace o global Christianity makes pneumatological reflection

all the more important todaySpirit of God Christian Renewal in the Community of Faith offers timely

insights that will benefit newcomers to the conversation and seasoned

readers in the literature alike Part One considers a range o biblical and

historical perspectives on the Holy Spirit Te volume commences with a

biblical-theological survey o the Holy Spirit Sandra Richterrsquos essay ldquoWhat

Do I Know o Holy On the Person and Work o the Holy Spirit in Scripturerdquo

(chap 1048626) offers a birdrsquos-eye overview o the Spiritrsquos work throughout thegrand story o redemptive history Beginning in the opening scenes o

Genesis Richter finds the Spirit as a alcon hovering above the primordial

deep waiting to launch the work o creation Richter maintains that afer

Eden the Spirit is clothed in cloud and fire revealing himsel in glory She

finds the Spirit again at Sinai and known among the people in the tabernacle

and temple o Israel Far rom an ethereal orce Richter claims that the Spirit

is Godrsquos own presence maniest in the work o the judges and prophetsIndeed she explains that the understanding o the Holy Spirit among New

estament writers stands in remarkable continuity with the Old estament

witness o the lie-giving agency o the Spirit Te Spirit draws all peoplemdash

rail and strong young and oldmdashinto communion with God through the

lie o the church Indeed the New estament provides a vision o final hope

in which the Holy Spirit brings to completion the end o exile and the final

reconciliation o creation to God

Te early Christians aced serious challenges to their doctrine o the

triune God as Greg Lee explains in chapter three ldquoTe Spiritrsquos Sel-

estimony Pneumatology in Basil o Caesarea and Augustine o Hippordquo

Trough close textual analysis o central trinitarian texts in the patristic era

Lee explains that early Christian theologians such as Basil and Augustine

developed theologies o the Holy Spirit in dialogue with the Scriptures

while simultaneously seeking to remain aithul to prior witnesses against

new challenges to the doctrine o God Basilrsquos doxological conession in the

East ldquoGlory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spiritrdquo affirmed

the divinity and distinction o the Spirit against those who diminished the

Spiritrsquos role in salvation urning to the Western theological tradition and




9830891048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140

the seminal influence o Augustine Lee maintains that a careul analysis o

De rinitate reveals the coherence o Augustinersquos pneumatological logicmdasha

logic based on an explication o trinitarian missions intratrinitarian rela-tions and humanityrsquos participation in the divine lie On the basis o a com-

parison o Basil and Augustine Lee concludes that theological differences

between Eastern and Western trinitarian ormulations have been overstated

and that common ground between the two allows or greater ecumenical

dialogue than some have imagined

In the years ollowing Basil and Augustine medieval Christians struggled

over the divisive use o filioque (ldquoo the Sonrdquo) in both theological and litur-gical settings to describe the eternal procession o the Holy Spirit in the

Godhead Matthew Levering (ldquoRationalism or Revelation St Tomas

Aquinas and the Filioquerdquo) explains in chapter our both the tensions and

the opportunities or resh dialogue that surrounds a reexamination o

Tomas Aquinasrsquos discussion o the filioque Levering notes the common-

place temptation to completely drop the filioque in the West in avor o

broad ecumenical unity Te doctrine it is requently claimed simply isnrsquotworth the trouble At the center o so much controversy over the doctrine

Tomas Aquinas is widely praised or his theological contributions yet

when the matter o trinitarian relations arises theologians requently demur

Levering careully explicates Tomasrsquos understanding o the Spiritrsquos pro-

cession through a detailed analysis o Summa theologiae 983089 question 10486271048630 ar-

ticle 1048626 Tomas believes that the procession o the Spirit rom both the Father

and the Son not only allows Christians to distinguish between the divine

persons o the Son and Spirit but also clarifies the relationship between

Scripture and church traditions with particular import or the interpre-

tation o conciliar decisions Levering concludes that rather than signaling

the decline o Latin theology into rationalism Tomasrsquos theology o the

Spirit marks a pivotal moment in reflection on the relationship between the

Father Son and Holy Spirit

urning to more recent theological constructions o the Spirit Jeffrey

Barbeaursquos essay ldquoEnthusiasts Rationalists and Pentecost Te Holy Spirit in

Eighteenth-Century Methodismrdquo (chap 1048629) examines two pivotal historical

moments that exempliy the emergence o prominent and seemingly con-

tradictory Wesleyan pneumatological traditions Barbeau maintains that





two identifiable strands o belie developed rom the practical theology o

John and Charles Wesley Charles Wesley unexpectedly inculcated language

o the Spirit in his own ldquoDay o Pentecostrdquo experience while John Wesleyrsquosopposition to divisive tendencies in the Maxfield-Bell schism encouraged

sel-control and ormalization in the movement Tese events are indicative

o a tension in the Wesleyan theological traditionmdashone seen in the subse-

quent history o the Methodist movement On one hand the Wesleysrsquo own

early experiences o conversion and sanctification led to vivid discussions

o the works o the Spirit in everyday lie On the other hand not only John

Wesley but also theologians rom Richard Watson down to the present dayhave attempted to set boundaries on the Spiritrsquos workmdashlargely in an effort

to diminish criticism o the movement as little more than enthusiasm

Barbeau concludes that the Holy Spirit remains central to Wesleyan the-

ology most notably in the emphasis on a practical divinity marked by love

in the gathered community o aith

Oliver Crisprsquos essay ldquoUniting Us to God oward a Reormed Pneuma-

tologyrdquo (chap 1048630) provides historical and constructive reflections that under-score the possibilities o a robust doctrine o the Spirit in the Reormed tra-

dition Crisp develops a logical argument rom the person to the work o the

Spirit that allows or a recovery o an avowedly pneumatological doctrine o

ldquounion with Christrdquo or theosis He begins by reminding readers o the rich

Reormed conessional heritage in which the Spirit belongs to the extensive

theological reflection on doctrines o creation providence salvation and es-

chatology In this way Crisp claims the Reormed tradition upholds the

Western tradition o the triune Godhead Yet Crisp next extends the Reormed

tradition with constructive reflections on the work o the Spirit He draws out

two principles the rinitarian Appropriation Principle (AP) which affirms

that the external works o God are all works o the rinity and the Intention

Application Principle (IAP) which asserts that God intends his ultimate goal

in creation Te first principle upholds the work o the Spirit in all times and

places Te second allows Crisp to recover the doctrine o union with Christ

Crisp maintains an organic analogy in the process even as the oak tree grows

rom a seed so the church develops under the care o God and is bound across

time and space by the uniting work o the Holy Spirit

Allan Andersonrsquos study o Pentecostalism around the world in chapter




9830891048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140

seven (ldquoTe Dynamics o Global Pentecostalism Origins Motivations and

Futurerdquo) reveals the way that experiences o the Spirit have dramatically al-

tered global Christianity In tracing what amounts to one o the most re-markable occurrences in the history o Christianity Anderson maintains that

Pentecostalism has bolstered the growth o Christianity as never beore Yet

while the movement stands in continuity with earlier expressions o evan-

gelical healing and holiness churches there is no single origin (such as Azusa

Street 983089104863310486241048630) rom which the movement flourished Rather Anderson explains

Pentecostalism developed out o several centers o activity and continues to

expand rom rapid developments in Arica Asia and Latin America especiallyHe urther explains the various actors that have shaped the movement In

addition to missiological and theological actors that have reinorced a deeply

personal and outward-looking understanding o Christianity the spread o

Pentecostalism has been acilitated by cultural and social as well as trans-

national and globalizing actors that reveal the movement as one o the most

flexible expressions o Christian aith in the world today Against predictions

o modern secularity and the inevitable decline o religion Anderson con-cludes that Pentecostalism has instead brought about a significant revival o

global Christianity that seems unlikely to abate in the years to come

Arican American Pentecostalism one o the most significant branches

o global Pentecostalism today has proved uniquely important in the devel-

opment o church practice and pneumatological reflection in the past

century In chapter eight Estrelda Alexander (ldquoTe Spirit o God Christian

Renewal in Arican American Pentecostalismrdquo) traces the origins o North

American Pentecostalism rom the work o the Holiness preacher William

Seymour Although racial tensions threatened to undermine the reception

o Seymourrsquos teaching and associated Azusa Street Revival Seymourrsquos influ-

ential ministry proved successul in the ormation o a wide range o Arican

American Pentecostal churches Alexander highlights the Arican and Wes-

leyan influences on Arican American Pentecostal religiosity and demon-

strates the rich heritage o the movement She urther examines the theology

o these churches through a detailed sociological description and analysis

o Arican American Pentecostal ldquoliturgyrdquo Acts o corporate worship such

as singing dancing and tarrying shed light on Pentecostal belie in the

baptism in the Holy Spirit and indeed on salvation itsel Alexander asserts





that the collective presence o key elements o beliemdashoral transmission o

culture the reality o the spirit world blurring o sacred and proane and

communal solidaritymdashreveals the distinct nature o Arican American Pen-tecostalism as well as the contribution o these churches to the contem-

porary Christian understanding o the person and work o the Holy Spirit

Part wo o Spirit of God Christian Renewal in the Community of Faith

builds on the biblical and historical insights o Part One through an explo-

ration o doctrinal and practical perspectives on the Holy Spirit In chapter

nine Kevin Vanhoozerrsquos essay (ldquoTe Spirit o Light Afer the Age o Enlight-

enment ReormingRenewing Pneumatic Hermeneutics via the Economy oIlluminationrdquo) responds to one o the most pressing questions acing Chris-

tianity today where is the Holy Spirit in the process o biblical interpretation

Vanhoozer highlights recent contributions o evangelical biblical exegetes

and systematic theologians noting how each has attempted to solve the

riddle o biblical interpretation in the modern age He surveys too the recent

contributions o Pentecostal scholars and explains that while many evan-

gelicals are content to recover the original authorrsquos intention through criticalprocedures Pentecostals seek to preserve the original experience o the Spirit

Vanhoozer concludes that the problem o modern biblical hermeneutics can

hardly be pinned on Reormed theology In act drawing on a ldquoJohannine

triordquomdashJohn Calvin John Owen and John WebstermdashVanhoozer recovers re-

sources toward a Reormed theology o illumination by the Spirit Te Spirit

communicates light and lie into the hearts o believers conorming us into

the divine image and transorming both individuals and the community

In chapter ten Amos Yong offers a prolegomena to a theology o creation

by asking how a pneumatological approach to the doctrine might shape meth-

odological considerations that have so ofen lef Christians adrif in the

modern world (ldquoCreatio Spiritus and the Spirit o Christ oward a rinitarian

Teology o Creationrdquo) Yong maintains that a pneumatological (and thereby

ully trinitarian) theology o creation leads to a renewal o Christian belies

and practices Divine action takes place by through and in Word and Spirit

(the two ldquohandsrdquo o God) Tus the works o creation redemption and final

consummation are always ully trinitarian works o God On this basis Yong

develops a pneumatological-eschatological approach to a renewed theology

o creation Such an approach has methodological existential and peror-




9830891048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140

mative applications that binitarian approaches have ofen overlooked Pneu-

matological consideration o the doctrine o creation reveals not only the

ldquowhatrdquo o creation but also the ldquohowrdquo o Christian practice Te Spirit redeemsthe many languages o creationmdasheven the languages o disciplines that might

otherwise be deemed beyond the Spiritrsquos reach Applied to the landscape o

modern scholarshipmdashincluding the natural sciencesmdasha pneumatological and

trinitarian doctrine o creation encourages disciplinary pluralism on the basis

o teleological or eschatological hope in the final reconciliation o all things

Few Christian doctrines are as challenging to the student o pneumatology

as the doctrine o salvation as Michael Welker explains in chapter eleven(ldquolsquoRooted and Established in Loversquo Te Holy Spirit and Salvationrdquo) Welker

notes the ever-present temptation to shy away rom the Holy Spirit in avor

o simplistic appeals to the work o Christ In part Aristotelian notions o

spirit which identiy spirit with mind and intellect have bolstered this ten-

dency toward reduction in the West By comparison Welker maintains that

biblical images o outpouring allow or new relationships and outward ra-

diations to emerge In an age o hierarchical distinctions the biblical witnessrevealed the Spiritrsquos outpouring among women and men young and old and

slave and ree alike Te new relationships described in Scripture are salvific

Welker claims because the Spirit reorients lie to new intellectual commu-

nicative and ethical dimensions Te Spirit no mere power o mind turns

people toward others in order to bring about new dimensions o love exem-

plified in the prophetic priestly and kingly reign o Christ Salvation can be

known already here on earth then because the Holy Spirit draws us toward

Christ in the present-day renewal o rail and finite lie

Liturgy offers significant historical and theological resources or the de-

velopment o a contemporary doctrine o the Spirit In chapter twelve

Geoffrey Wainwright (ldquoTe Spirit o God and Worship Te Liturgical

Grammar o the Holy Spiritrdquo) offers reflections on the Holy Spirit by way o

various biblical and historical examples o creeds hymns and prayers di-

rected to God Wainwright maintains that such examples reveal long-

standing Christian commitment to ldquopneumatic worshiprdquo and orm a litur-

gical grammar o the Holy Spirit Trough Pauline pneumatology drawn

rom the letter to the Romans collects or purity and early Christian reflec-

tions on doxological language to the hymns o John and Charles Wesley





seasonal prayers to the Spirit and the eucharistic prayers o epiclesis across

centuries and traditions Wainwright finds examples o worship and witness

that help rerame Christian pneumatology He maintains that reflection onsuch historic examples has the potential to renew aithul practice based on

a common Christian baptism In word and deed Wainwright concludes that

a shared grammar o the Spirit may illuminate authentic encounters with

the triune Godmdashperhaps most significantly in matters o ecumenical unity

Christian commitment to acts o service has a long and venerable history

Yet some imagine that ldquolie in the Spiritrdquo necessarily ignores lie in the com-

munity In ldquoStories o Grace Pentecostals and Social Justicerdquo (chap 9830891048627)Douglas Petersen shifs the conversation about the relationship between the

Spirit and the church rom the worshiping community to the community o

action Petersen notes that Pentecostalism in particular has a reputationmdash

both within and outside the movementmdashor ignoring the concerns o body

and mind in avor o the Spirit alone While Pentecostals have long been

active in providing assistance among the neediest members o the com-

munity they have ofen remained ambivalent about articulating such com-mitments theologically Petersen highlights the implicit practical theology

o Pentecostal churches and maintains that a commitment to word and deed

can easily be discerned in the stories that Pentecostals share In order to il-

lustrate the relationship between the Spiritrsquos work and social justice Pe-

tersen shares the stories o seven children he encountered through his work

with Latin America ChildCare during more than two decades o service

estimonies o salvation and Spirit baptism reveal a proound commitment

to social change in the communitymdashactions ounded on the personal em-

powerment o individuals by the Holy Spirit

I communal change finds its origins in the individual work o the Holy

Spirit then the Spirit is also responsible or the unity o the Christian churches

as imothy George explains in chapter ourteen (ldquolsquoIn All Places and in All

Agesrsquo Te Holy Spirit and Christian Unityrdquo) Georgersquos biblical historical and

contemporary review o the Spiritrsquos influence begins with the oundational

insight that it is the Spirit who brings about any true ellowship among be-

lievers Contemporary ecumenism flows rom wellsprings o biblical and his-

torical witness to the person and work o the Holy Spirit In the Bible perhaps

no text is more significant to the interests o Christian unity than John 9830891048631




10486261048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140

where Jesusrsquo prayer or unity among believers is set within the larger promise

o the presence o the Spirit among them Te trinitarian vision o New es-

tament theology ound expression in the reflections o Christians in later cen-turies Perhaps no judgment was as decisive as the move to excommunicate

Marcion his expulsion was an affirmation o the authority o the Old and New

estaments alike and thus an affirmation o the authority o the Holy Spirit

Indeed more and more Christians have come to recognize that the Spirit

continues to act among the churches not least when we read the Scriptures

in communion with the wider community o aith

Te final essay in this volume ldquoCome Holy Spirit Reflections on Faithand Practicerdquo (chap 9830891048629) is more than an epilogue or concluding word by the

editors Te essay marks a proposal and challenge or Christian aith theo-

logical education and aithul action Te tone o the essay crosses scholarly

and pastoral interests While each essay in this volume has clear implica-

tions or the lie o the church this essay offers three proposals drawn out o

pneumatology First we describe Christian aith as a lie o ully trinitarian

worship Next we maintain that Christian theology must take better ac-count o global Christian witness to the Holy Spirit in the development o

doctrine Finally we suggest several ways that scholars pastors and laity can

more effectively develop aithul Christian practice in light o the Spiritrsquos

work in the world

Spirit of God Christian Renewal in the Community of Faith advances the

conversation in evangelical theology and contributes to the wide and on-

going discussion o the Holy Spirit in the church around the world today

Trough this volume and other projects like it we hope that all theological

reflection more effectively communicates a uller awareness o the triune

God Indeed we pray that through such dialogue and ecumenical exchange

on biblical historical and contemporary lie in the Spirit we will truly come

to know that ldquowe live in him and he in usrdquo or ldquohe has given us o his Spiritrdquo

(983089 Jn 10486289830891048627)




PART ONE

Biblical and Historical

Perspectives




852018

What Do I Know of Holy

On the Person and Work of the

Holy Spirit in Scripture

Sandra Richter

Jenny Simmons lead singer or the band Addison Road sings a song titled

ldquoWhat Do I Know o Holyrdquo

So what do I know o You

Who spoke me into motion

Where have I even stood

But the shore along Your ocean

Are You fire Are You ury

Are You sacred Are You beautiul

So what do I know What do I know o Holy983089

Approaching this essay I eel much the same Decades o education research

and teaching but what do I actually know o Holy Regrettably among his

people the Lord Holy Spirit is ofen misunderstood or orgottenmdashrelegated to

the role o ldquoagencyrdquo or ldquoorcerdquo or even dismissed as some indiscernible ldquoenergyrdquo

that inuses the church or empowers his people But the Scriptures have a di-

erent tale to tell Tis ldquoagencyrdquo is the one who moved on the waters hurled

the cosmos into being and in-filled humanity with the indefinable essence that

makes us ldquoimagerdquo as opposed to simply animate Tis ldquoorcerdquo is the thun-derous theophany that shrouded Mt Sinai in fire and storm inhabited the

temple and gave voice to the prophets Tis ldquoenergyrdquo is God himsel who

1Addison Road ldquoWhat Do I Know o Holyrdquo Addison Road (Nashville INO Records 983090983088983088983096)




10486261048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140

called a prophet rom Babylon revealed to him the uture o his nationmdashdead

and lieless slaughtered on the field o battle by their own rebellionmdashand

asked him ldquoSon o man can these bones liverdquo (Ezek 104862710486311048627) Tis is the sameldquoenergyrdquo who made good his promise when the descendants o that nation

gathered on the day o Pentecost and in response to the resurrection o the

crucified Christ were filled with a quality o lie and supernatural agency o

which they had only dreamed (Acts 10486261048628) Tis is the one who when the days

o this age come to a close will invade our allen dimension with his all-

consuming fire and a new heaven and a new earth will emerge in which there

will be no temple or the earth will be ull o the knowledge o the Lord (HolySpirit) as the waters cover the sea (Rev 104862698308910486261048626 Is 9830899830891048633) Who is the Holy Spirit

What does he do and why Te task o this essay is not to answer all these

(enormous) questions but to lay a biblical oundation or the answering to be

ound in the rest o this volume And as all biblical theology starts in Eden let

us begin at the beginning at the oundation o all we believe

T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 O983148983140 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156

We are first introduced to our leading character in Genesis 9830891048626 ldquoIn the be-

ginning God created the heavens and the earth Te earth was ormless and

void [tōhucirc wābōhucirc] darkness was upon the primordial deep and the rucircaḥ

ʾĕlōhicircm was movinghoveringbroodingpoised like a bird o prey about to

strike [mĕraḥepet ]1048626 over the ace o the waters And then God spoke rdquo983091 In

his classic work Images of the Spirit Meredith Kline interprets the rucircaḥ ʾ ĕlōhicircm

in this passage as the archetypal theophanic glory o God the Holy Spirit ldquothe

Creator Spirit who makes the clouds his chariot and moves on the wings

o the windrdquo983092 As seen in our dimension the rucircaḥ ʾĕlōhicircm is ldquoa heavenly phe-

nomenon o light and clouds expressed as light as o fire or the sun the

light o divine glory that no man can approachrdquo983093 Te unique vocabulary o

this first reerence to the Holy Spirit in Genesis 9830891048626 is reiterated in Deuter-

onomy 104862710486269830891048624-983089983089 where Yahweh finds Israel wandering in the howling waste o

the wilderness (tōhucirc yĕlēl) and once again hovers over his fledgling people

2L Koehler W Baumgartner and J J Stamm Te Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old estament

trans and ed M E J Richardson 1048628 vols (Leiden Brill 10486259830979830971048628ndash1048625983097983097983097) (HALO) 10486259830901048625983097ndash983090983088 sv ldquoףחרrdquo3Authorrsquos translation4Meredith G Kline Images of the Spirit (Grand Rapids Baker 1048625983097983096983088) 104862510486295Ibid 1048625983096




What Do I Know of Holy 10486261048629

until that exact moment when they are to be birthed as the people o God He

then spreads his wings to catch and carry them into the Promised Land (ʿal-

gocirczālāyw yĕraḥēp)983094 Kline finds this same glory cloud at the baptism o Jesuswhere ldquoat the beginning o the new creationrdquo the Spirit once again hovers over

the waters descends ldquoin avian ormrdquo and testifies that the One who hurled the

stars into place now stands among humanity clothed in Flesh (Mt 10486279830891048630)1048631 Here

we find the redundant and glorious plan o God once there was nothing but

now you have become the people o God Te kingdom is birthed out o chaos

Hence at the dawn o creation we find God the Holy Spirit as both actor

and archetype power and paradigm But here also we find an echo o thecreation myths o the ancient Near East Indeed there are several cosmologies

that include wind in the creative process In Enuma Elish the creation story

o Mesopotamia the great god Anu ldquobrought orth and begot the ourold

wind consigning to its power the leader o the host He ashioned

station[ed] the whirlwind he produced streams to disturb iamatrdquo1048632 iamat

is o course the primordial deep o Mesopotamian myth and it is her battle

with Marduk that results in creation as we now know itmdashthe placing o the

6See n 983090 It has ofen been argued that the nešer (ldquoeaglerdquo) o the biblical text does not actually

ldquocarryrdquo its young But in the journal Te Condor Loye Miller a highly regarded ornithologist has

related this account regarding the parenting practices o the golden eagle rom one o his stu-

dents F E Schuman ldquoTe mother started rom the nest in the crags and roughly handling the

young one she allowed him to drop I should say about ninety eet then she would swoop down

under him wings spread and he would alight on her back She would soar to the top o the range

with him and repeat the process One time she waited perhaps fifeen minutes between flights

I should say the arthest she let him all was 10486251048629983088 eet My ather and I watched this spellbound

or over an hourrdquo (Loye Miller Wilson C Hanna and Austin Paul Smith ldquoFrom Field and StudyrdquoTe Condor 983090983088 no 1048630 [10486259830971048625983096] 9830901048625983090) Tis practice is also reported by amed American ornithologist

Arthur Cleveland Bent (104862598309610486301048630ndash104862598309710486291048628) known particularly or his twenty-one-volume work Life

Histories of North American Birds (10486259830971048625983097ndash10486259830971048630983096) Te story is related in ldquoAquila Chrysaeumltos Ca-

nadensis Golden Eaglerdquo United States National Museum Bulletin 10486251048630983095 (10486259830971048627983095) 1048627983088983090 Sir William

Beach Tomas comments on the same practice o eagles with their young in Te Yeomanrsquos Eng-

land (London Alexander Maclehose 104862598309710486271048628) 104862510486271048629ndash104862710486307Kline Images of the Spirit 1048625983097 As John Walton eloquently relates read in its context Genesis 1048625 might

be read ldquoIn the beginning was the rucircaḥ and the rucircaḥ was with God and the rucircaḥ was God All

things were made by him and nothing was made without him In him was lie and that lie was the

light o menrdquo (John Walton ldquoTe Ancient Near Eastern Background o the Spirit o the Lord in the

Old estamentrdquo in Presence Power and Promise Te Role of the Spirit of God in the Old estament

ed David G Firth and Paul D Wegner [Downers Grove IL IVP Academic 98309098308810486251048625] 10486281048627ndash10486281048628)8Enuma Elish 104862510486259830881048629ndash1048625983088 Ancient Near Eastern exts Relating to the Old estament ed J B Pritchard

1048627rd ed (Princeton Princeton University Press 10486259830971048630983097) 1048630983090 Walton ldquoAncient Near Eastern Back-

groundrdquo 1048627983097ndash1048628983096 James K Hoffmeier ldquoSome Toughts on Genesis 1048625 and 983090 and Egyptian Cosmol-

ogyrdquo Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society 10486251048629 (10486259830979830961048627) 10486281048628




10486261048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140

ldquowaters aboverdquo and the ldquowaters belowrdquo (c Gen 9830891048630-1048631) Similarly in Egypt

Amun is the incarnation o the our great winds o the earth unified or one

explosive creative act that separates sky and earth and ertilizes the egg thatwill become the sun1048633 Hence in both Egypt and Mesopotamia ldquowindrdquo has a

role to play as the great catalyst o creation (see Dan 10486311048626 Ex 98308910486281048626983089 98308910486291048632-9830891048624) So

as we circle back to Genesis 9830891048626 and the Holy Spiritrsquos debut in the text we find

that his presence there seems not as transparent as we had hoped Rather the

biblical writers have chosen to portray the drama o the creation event with

a broadly recognized cast o characters But here the roles have been rede-

fined filled not by the anonymous orces o nature or the embodied titans othe pagan pantheons Rather here is the Lord Holy Spirit Standing distinct

rom his creation unencumbered by any rival he is lord over the works o

his own hands He is wind but he is Spirit he is breath but he is God

With this first introduction to the Holy Spirit we are plunged into the es-

sential problem o studying the person o the Holy Spirit in the Old es-

tament Te Hebrew word rucircaḥ has many meaningsmdashsome natural some

supernatural Which o the hundreds o reerences to rucircaḥ as breeze breathwind spirit mind capacity and intellect are actually reerences to the great

God9830891048624 Te phrase ldquoHoly Spiritrdquo (rucircaḥ qodšocirc) only occurs three times in the

Hebrew Bible In these three instances the 983148983160983160 does indeed translate with

the same expression that the New estament uses or the third person o the

rinity the pneuma hagion983089983089 In these three we find David praying that God

will not take his Holy Spirit rom him as he did rom Saul (Ps 1048629983089983089983089[9830891048627]) and

the prophet Isaiah speaking o the great days o old when God placed his

Holy Spirit in the midst o his people saving and delivering them in spite o

their grieving o the same (Is 104863010486271048633-983089983089) Additional transparent reerences to

the rucircaḥ as the third person o the rinity include the approximately one

hundred times the writers speak o the ldquorucircaḥ o Godrdquo and ldquorucircaḥ o Yahwehrdquo

But there are hundreds more occurrences o rucircaḥmdashmany o which reer to

9Mark J Smith Te Carlsberg Papyri 1048629 On the Primeval Ocean Carsten Niebuhr Institute o An-

cient Near Eastern Studies 1048627983088 (Copenhagen Museum usculanum Press 983090983088983088983090) 1048630983090ndash10486271048627 983095983088ndash98309698308810HALO 10486251048625983097983095ndash10486259830909830881048625 sv ldquo

רוח

rdquo11Richard E Averbeck ldquoBreath Wind Spirit and the Holy Spirit in the Old estamentrdquo in Firth

and Wegner Presence Power and Promise 9830901048630 c New International Dictionary of Old estament

Teology and Exegesis ed W A VanGemeren 1048629 vols (Grand Rapids Eerdmans 1048625983097983097983095)

104862710486259830889830951048630ndash983095 sv ldquoחורrdquo W Hildebrandt An Old estament Teology of the Spirit of God (Peabody

MA Hendrickson 10486259830979830971048629) 1048625983096





the natural orces o wind and breath some o which are anthropomorphic

reerences to God and his mighty acts and many more that have little or nothing

to do with the person o the Holy Spirit9830891048626 So we must be careul as exegetesIllegitimate totality transer (the practice o reading every possible translation o

a term into every one o its occurrences) is not a method it is a mistake983089983091 And

good exegesis demands more than lexicography In particular as regards an

inquiry into the person o the Holy Spirit in the old covenant there is a category

more important than the lexicography o rucircaḥ Tis is the concept o Godrsquos

Presence among his people Indeed the theologians o the Old estament saw

a commonality between the Spirit o God and the ldquoacerdquo or ldquopresencerdquo o God983089983092

And or the Old estament saints the presence o the Presence was everythingmdash

the means o redemption the goalo redemption and the evidence o redemption

ldquoI will be their God and they will be my people and I will dwell among themrdquo (Ex

1048626104863310486281048629 Jer 104862610486281048631 104862798308910486271048627 1048627104862610486271048632 Ezek 98308998308910486261048624 9830891048628983089983089 1048627104863110486261048627 10486261048631 1048628104863210486271048629 Jn 983089104862810486261048627 1048626 Cor 10486309830891048630

Rev 10486269830891048627) By what means would God dwell among his people in this allen

world Tis is the person o the Holy Spirit in the old covenant Tereore al-

though rucircaḥ is important to this discussion the Presence o God housed amonghis people is more so

Tus we return to the beginning In Eden Godrsquos plan was that he would

share his perectly balanced universe with his image-bearers Adam and

Eve Here the dimensions o the divine and the human would coexist and

the cosmos would be filled with Godrsquos Presence But with humanityrsquos trea-

sonous choice Adam and Eve are cast out rom the Presence and the di-

mensions o human and divine habitation are separated Tis ldquogreat divorcerdquo

is the most necessary and the most grievous effect o the all As a result

12Nearly hal o these reerences in the Old estament can be seen transparently as reerences to the

natural orces o wind and breath nepeš and rucircaḥ all o which are complicated by the overlap o

the semantic field in Hebrew o spirit wind and breath (HALO 10486251048625983097983095ndash10486259830909830881048625 sv ldquoחורrdquo c Aver-

beck ldquoBreath Wind Spiritrdquo 983090983097) Sometimes this ldquowindrdquo is the agency o God perhaps even the

anthropomorphized orce o his hand For example the ldquowindrdquo that brings the plague o the locusts

on the Egyptians (Ex 104862598308810486251048627) or brings the quail to the meat-deprived Israelites in the desert (Num

1048625104862510486271048625) Or more clearly when the ldquoblastrdquo (lit ldquowindrdquo) o Godrsquos nostrils caused the waters o the

Red Sea to pile up (Ex 10486251048629983096) Te text also understands the rucircaḥ o a person as a reerence to their

eelings (Judg 9830961048627) will character (Prov 104862510486301048625983096-1048625983097) personality or even lie orce (Gen 10486281048629983090983095)13See James BarrTe Semantics of Biblical Language (London Oxord University Press 104862598309710486301048625) 9830901048625983096ndash1048627104862714Ps 10486251048627983097983095 offers a transparent presentation o this oundational posture ldquoWhere can I go rom

your Spirit Where can I flee rom your presencerdquo See Jamie A Grant ldquoSpirit and Presence in

Psalm 10486251048627983097rdquo in Firth and Wegner Presence Power and Promise 104862510486281048629




10486261048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140

much o the task o redemption may be summarized in a single objective

reunite the Almighty with his image-bearers Restore the relationship Get

ʾādām back into the gardenAs redemptive history progresses a brilliant master plan unolds By

means o ever-expanding efforts the opportunity or cohabitation is re-

stored Te first concrete expression o this is the building o the tabernacle

(miškān) In Exodus 104862610486291048632 God speaks ldquoAnd have them make a sanctuary or

me so that I may dwell among themrdquo983089983093 In the ancient Near East a ldquoholy placerdquo

is sacred space an area set aside or the presence o the deity and or worship

Most broadly defined worship is that activity in which the human anddivine draw near Sacred space thereore becomes that omphalos o the uni-

verse where or one brie shining moment cohabitation reoccurs983089983094 Hence

with the building o the tabernacle a beachhead is retaken For the first time

since Eden God lives on earth but unlike the animated statuary o the an-

cient Near East in Israel God dwells in the abernacle in the person o the

Holy Spirit9830891048631 ldquoI shall be their God and they shall be my people and I will

dwell [ škn] among themrdquo (see Ex 1048626104863310486281048628-10486281048630 Ezek 1048627104863110486261048631)

9830891048632

Te irony o the tabernacle however is the agony o redemptive history For

in the tabernacle the Presence was housed in the holy o holies and thereby

15Authorrsquos translation Te nuance o a resultative clause here may be ound in the 983150983137983155983138 but not

the 983150983145983158 Although the consecutive perect šakānticirc would lead the grammarian to conclude the

explicit consecution o an imperative and its consecutive perect (see Tomas O Lambdinrsquos

classic work Introduction to Biblical Hebrew [New York Charles Scribnerrsquos Sons 10486259830979830951048625] sect1048625983088983095b)

the imperative ollowed by the nonconsecutive imperect wĕyiqḥucirc o v 983090 (ibid sect1048625983088983095c) in com-

bination with the larger context that Nahum Sarna and others recognize as having wholly to dowith the purpose o constructing the sanctuary results in a resultative translation Hence Moses

is being commanded to instruct the people to collect all these materials and build so that Yahweh

may dwell in their midst (see Nahum Sarna Exodus JPS orah Commentary [Philadelphia Jew-

ish Publication Society 10486259830979830971048625] 10486251048629983096)16Jon Levenson offers an insightul and accessible discussion o the cosmic mountain as the om-

phalos o the universe in Sinai and Zion An Entry into the Jewish Bible (San Francisco Harper-

SanFrancisco 1048625983097983096983095) 10486251048627983095ndash10486291048625 c Lawrence E Stager ldquoJerusalem and the Garden o Edenrdquo Eretz-

Israel 9830901048630 (1048625983097983097983097) 10486259830961048627ndash9830971048628 and Roland de Vaux Ancient Israel Its Life and Institutions (New York

McGraw Hill 104862598309710486301048625) 9830909830951048628ndash98309698309617For a standard work on the animated state o ldquoidolsrdquo in the ancient Near East see Michael B

Dick ed Born in Heaven Made on Earth Te Making of the Cult Image in the Ancient Near East

(Winona Lake IN Eisenbrauns 1048625983097983097983097)18Non-Hebrew readers should note the relationship between the verb ldquoto dwellrdquo (škn) and the

noun ldquotabernaclerdquo (miškān) Etymologically and unctionally these two words should be con-

nected in the mind o the reader Te means by which Yahweh will ulfill his promise to ldquodwell

amongrdquo (škn) his people is by means o the ldquotabernaclerdquo (miškān)





was partitioned off rom those who would seek to draw near Te increasing

sanctification (and thereore restriction) o the outer court holy place and

holy o holies clearly communicated that only the spiritual elite could enterthere Tus whereas any clean worshiping Israelite could enter the outer

court only priests could enter the holy place and only the high priest could

enter the holy o holiesmdashand that only once per year on the Day o Atone-

ment9830891048633 Tis was a day o proound anxiety or the one selected as high priest

and he went through days o ritual cleansing prior to entering Godrsquos Presence

When he entered he wore bells in order to assure all who listened outside the

veil that ldquohe had not died in the Holy Place and that he continued to ministeron their behal rdquo10486261048624 (see Ex 104862610486321048627983089-10486271048629) Te increasing sanctification o the three

areas o the tabernacle the necessity o mediation and sacrifice the restricted

access and elaborate measures taken or cleansing and atonement all com-

municate the same message the Holy One is here And anyone who draws

near must either be holy or dead By its very existence the tabernacle com-

municated Godrsquos desire or cohabitation while its increasing restriction o

persons commensurably communicated the legacy o sin separation In theold covenant the typical worshiper never approached the Presence

Tus the people o Israel lived or generations Te Presence (ofen reerred

to as the kābocircd or ldquogloryrdquo)1048626983089 lived in their midst marking them as Godrsquos pe-

culiar people and their nation as the kingdom o God But they could only

approach him via an elaborate system o mediation and sacrifice Any who

ailed to heed the warning o the cherubim stationed outside the holy o holies

bore the consequences Meanwhile the Holy Spirit continued his work in their

midst as the heroes and leaders o the nation were empowered to serve the

19Te increasing holiness o these areas was communicated by each arearsquos reduced size the qual-

ity and value o its deacutecor and the more limited number o individuals who might enter Tus

the tent-structure progressed rom an open-air linen-curtained courtyard to the enclosed

purple-died and embroidered wool o the Holy Place to the perectly square and probably el-

evated holy o holies which was hung with embroidered wool and ornamented with gold Le-

viticus 10486251048630 describes the Day o Atonement as an annual ritual designed to puriy the sanctuary

by sprinkling it with the blood o two communal sin offerings (one or the priesthood and one

or the people) and to puriy the people by laying their sins on a ldquoscapegoatrdquo who was then

driven out o the camp and into the wilderness (Sandra Richter Epic of Eden A Christian Entry

into the Old estament [Downers Grove IL IVP Academic 983090983088983088983096] 1048625983095983097ndash983096983090)20Walter C Kaiser Jr ldquoExodusrdquo in Te Expositorrsquos Bible Commentary (Grand Rapids Zondervan

1048625983097983097983088) 9830901048628104863098309521HALO 10486281048629983095ndash1048629983096 sv ldquoד rdquoכ




10486271048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140

kingdom We repeatedly read that individuals are ldquofilled withrdquo ldquoanointed byrdquo

or somehow have the Spirit ldquocome uponrdquo them in order that they might ac-

complish kingdom tasks Te Spirit is ldquoplaced uponrdquo Mosesrsquo seventy elders toequip them or their new leadership positions as administrators and adjudi-

cators (Num 98308998308910486261048629) Joshua is ldquofilled with the Spiritrdquo o wisdom in order to lead

in Mosesrsquo place (Deut 104862710486281048633) Even tasks that might typically be identified as

ldquosecularrdquo are assisted by the equipping o the Spirit For example Bezalel and

Oholiab are ldquofilled with the Spirit o God with wisdom with understanding

with knowledge and with all kinds o skillsrdquo in order to acilitate the building

and decoration o the tabernacle (Ex 10486279830891048627 c Ex 104862710486291048627983089)10486261048626

During the period o the Judges when the sons o Israel cry out to Yahweh

due to oreign oppression (oreign oppression resulting rom national sin) the

Spirit raises up and equips a series o champions to deliver them In Judges 1048627

the Spirit was ldquouponrdquo Othniel such that he was empowered as a warrior and

ongoing national leader Te Spirit ldquoclothedrdquo himself with Gideon in order to

empower the young leader to motivate the recalcitrant northern tribes to

battle (Judg 104863010486271048628)

1048626983091

and in Judges 98308998308910486261048633 the Spirit ldquocame onrdquo Jephthah to equiphim to deeat the Ammonites In Judges 9830891048627ndash9830891048629 we read the saga o Samson

whom the Spirit first ldquostirred inrdquo and then ldquocame powerully uponrdquo such that

he accomplished eats o valor against the Philistines (Judg 983089104862710486261048628 98308910486281048630 9830891048633

22Richard Hess ldquoBezalel and Oholiab Spirit and Creativityrdquo in Firth and Wegner Presence Power and

Promise 104862510486301048625ndash983095983090 Setting these accounts against their ancient Near Eastern backgrounds Hess

makes the point that building the tabernacle is actually anything but a secular task As is broadly

recognized temple-building was a divinely initiated and directed task that required divine approval

and empowerment and was typically restricted to kings see Sandra L Richter Te DeuteronomisticHistory and the Name Teology lešakkēn šemocirc šām in the Bible Beihefe zur Zeitschrif uumlr die alt-

testamentliche Wissenchaf 10486271048625983096 (Berlin de Gruyter 983090983088983088983090) 1048630983097ndash983095104862923John Walton writes ldquoTe terminology thereore reers to someone stepping into a persona or taking

on an identity From this we might conclude that Godrsquos power and presence went about in the guise

o Gideon Te point is not Gideonrsquos spiritual experience but rather Gideon as Yahwehrsquos instrumentrdquo

(ldquoAncient Near Eastern Backgroundrdquo 1048628983097) Lawson G Stone writes ldquoTe expression used is ofen

mistranslated as lsquothe spirit clothed Gideonrsquo Te verb used (labash [H10486279830961048628983095 ZH10486289830901048629983090] lsquoto put

on to wearrsquo) takes a single direct object which is always the item put on or worn ( HALO 104862510486291048625983097

sv labash) Tus in Isa 10486291048625983097 we read lsquowake up wake up Clothe yoursel (labash) with strengthrsquo

Gideon thus metaphorically becomes the garment o the Spirit an idiom with an Akkadian paral-

lel Akkadian texts speak o the gods as possessing a earsome radiance denoted by the term pulkhu

(or the em pulukhtu) Te gods lsquowearrsquo (Akkadian labashu) this radiance as they maniest them-

selves typically through a king or warrior (CAD 104862598309010486299830881048627ndash1048628 10486299830881048629ndash983097)rdquo (ldquoJudgesrdquo in Cornerstone Bibli-

cal Commentary vol 983091 Joshua Judges Ruth ed Joseph Coleson Lawson G Stone and Jason Dries-

bach [Carol Stream IL yndale House 9830909830881048625983090] 983090983095983095 see Stonersquos orthcoming New International

Commentary on the Old estament volume on the same)





98308910486299830891048628)1048626983092 Interestingly many o these heroes were already skilled in their areas

o expertise but the Spirit empowered them to take those talents to a new level

a level desperately needed by the kingdom o God in its hour o needDuring the monarchy we learn that the Spirit ldquocame powerully uponrdquo

first Saul and then David to identiy and equip them or their new positions

o leadership (983089 Sam 98308910486249830891048624 98308910486309830891048627)1048626983093 In these call narratives the oil o anointing

serves as the physical maniestation that these individuals have been chosen

and empowered to serve Godrsquos kingdom by his Holy Spirit (see Ps 10486261048626)

As or the prophets they o all the Old estament characters could ex-

plain to us the work o the Holy Spirit For Isaiah Jeremiah Micaiah BenImlah Amos and Ezekiel all tell us the same tale Upon their commissioning

each is caught up into the royal throne room o God each overhears the

deliberations o his divine council and each receives their commission to

speak on his behal (Is 1048630983089-1048630 Jer 104862610486279830891048630-10486261048626 983089 Kings 104862610486269830891048633-10486261048627 Ezek 983089983089ndash10486261048631

Amos 10486271048631)1048626983094 Indeed Jeremiah gives voice to Yahwehrsquos lament

24Regarding Samsonrsquos encounter with the rucircaḥ yhwh the 983150983145983158 translates ldquocame powerully uponrdquo or

the verb ṣlḥ Te verb ṣlḥ is difficult Attempts have been made to posit two roots one meaning

ldquoto advance orce entry intordquo and one meaning ldquoto prosperrdquo (F Brown S R Driver and C A

Briggs A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old estament [Oxord Oxord University Press 1048625983097983088983095]

9830961048629983090 sv ldquoחלצrdquo HALO 10486259830889830901048629ndash983090983095 sv ldquoחלצrdquo) Lawson G Stone argues against such a dual ety-

mology holding that the meanings o the verb are interrelated and that in contexts involving the

Spirit o Yahweh the sense is ldquoo overwhelming even violent domination penetrative seizure

with contextualized meanings such as lsquoto split set on fire be successul intrude succeed ad-

vance etcrsquordquo (Lawson G Stone ldquoTe Phenomenon o Prophecy A Review o Selected Biblical

Evidencerdquo [unpublished paper 983090983088983088983095] 983090 see also Lawson G Stone ldquoJudges Book ordquo in Diction-ary of the Old estament Historical Books ed Bill Arnold and H G M Williamson [Downers

Grove IL InterVarsity Press 9830909830889830881048629] 1048629983097983097 10486309830881048628) Stone goes on ldquoTe LXX typically translates the

verb with ephallomai (to spring upon to jump) Up until now in the Book o Judges the coming

o the Spirit o Yahweh has served to authenticate the leadership o a judge No other overt

maniestations o the Spirit have been emphasized except that immediately the judge has a ol-

lowing o Israelites ready or battle Here though the emphasis alls on superhuman acts thus

the different term is employed In contexts involving the Spirit o Yahweh or o God the sense o

overwhelming even violent domination appears strongly In 1048625 Sam 10486259830961048625983088 a lsquotormenting spirit

rom Godrsquo seizes (tsalakh) Saul and he raves like a madman Te renzy o the Spirit impels

Samson to rip apart a lion with his bare hands to kill 1048627983088 men in Ashkelon and to use the jawbone

o an ass to slaughter a Philistine attacking orce (104862510486281048630 1048625983097 1048625104862910486251048628) Such a fierce and agonistic

experience o the Spirit befits the note in 104862510486279830901048629 that the Spirit began to prod or drive Samsonrdquo

(ldquoJudgesrdquo 104862710486279830971048625)25See n 983090104862826See Teodore Mullen ldquoDivine Assemblyrdquo in Anchor Bible Dictionary ed David Noel Freedman

1048630 vols (New York Doubleday 1048625983097983097983090) 98309098309010486251048628ndash1048625983095




10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140

But i they [the alse prophets] had stood in my council

they would have proclaimed my words to my people (Jer 1048626104862710486261048626)

Each o these is ldquoraised uprdquo by the power o the Holy Spirit and as promised

in Deuteronomy 98308910486329830891048632 becomes the mouthpiece o God Isaiah repeatedly

speaks o the Spirit being ldquouponrdquo the Servant such that he is equipped to

preach the good news o redemption (Is 10486281048626 10486291048633 1048630983089) Ezekiel describes this

experience as having ldquothe hand o God upon himrdquo (eg Ezek 9830891048627 10486279830891048628 10486261048626

1048627104862710486261048626 10486271048631983089 10486281048624983089) Daniel Block describes this experience as both the pressure

and the power o the divine will bearing down on him In act Ezekiel is

repeatedly ldquopicked uprdquo and ldquocarried offrdquo by the rucircaḥ Yahweh10486261048631 Elijah as wellis caught up in ldquoa chariot o firerdquomdashMeredith Klinersquos incarnation o the Spirit

Glory Cloud10486261048632 Elisharsquos ldquodouble portionrdquo o the Spirit equips him or mirac-

ulous acts and prophecy (1048626 Kings 10486261048631-9830891048628) Even the oreign prophet Balaam

speaks o the rucircaḥ o God ldquocoming uponrdquo him such that he prophesiesmdashand

this time he tells the truth (Num 10486261048628983089-1048633)10486261048633

Tus in contrast to what many have concluded over the years the person o

the Holy Spirit is alive and well in the Old estament When an individual wasappointed to an office o leadership or needed special empowerment to lead

fight or preach the Spirit came on him or her mdashthe most common need being

empowerment to declare the message o Yahweh urning our sights to the New

estament let us consider what these same phenomena might mean there

T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156

Te Gospel o John opens with the breathtaking announcement that the

great hope o the Old Covenant saints has come to pass

27Daniel I Block ldquoTe View rom the op Te Holy Spirit in the Prophetsrdquo in Firth and Wegner

Presence Power and Promise 1048625983096983090ndash983096104862828Kline Images of the Spirit 1048630983090ndash1048630104862729Balaamrsquos reputation as a ldquoseer o the godsrdquo is broadly known outside the biblical text via the

mid-eighth to seventh century Deir ʿ Alla inscriptions Discovered in 10486259830971048630983095 at the site o the same

name (located in the Jordan Valley halway between the Sea o Galilee and the Dead Sea east o

the Jordan River) this important text comes rom what has been interpreted as a sanctuary and

recounts Balaamrsquos visions As is apparent in the Bible by the act that he is hired by the King o

Moab to divine a curse against the kingrsquos opponent and as is more apparent in the Deir ʿ Alla

inscriptions in which Balaam serves a polytheistic pantheon this divine intermediary is clearly

anything but an orthodox Yahwistic prophet (see Jo Ann Hackett ldquoDeir ʿ Alla ellrdquo ABD 9830901048625983090983097-

1048627983088 c Tomas L Tompson ldquoProblems o Genre and Historicity with Palestinersquos Descriptionsrdquo

in Congress Volume Oslo 9830899830979830971048632 ed by Andreacute Lemaire and Magne Saeligboslash VSupp 983096983088 [Leiden Brill

983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)





Te Word became flesh

and made his dwelling among us [literally ldquotabernacledrdquo (= Heb škn)]

We have seen his glory [= Heb kābocircd ]the glory o the one and only Son

who came rom the Father

ull o grace and truth9830911048624 (Jn 9830899830891048628)

Consider again the tabernacle Te tabernacle (Heb miškān) was designed

to house the Presence (ie ldquogloryrdquo [Heb kābocircd ]) in the midst o Godrsquos

people But its very structure communicated the legacy o sinmdashthe Presence

o God was orbidden to a allen raceBut then comes Jesus John opens his Gospel by proclaiming that the

Presence has returned But this time the means o his dwelling among us is

human flesh And this time even the most oul may approach the Presence

without earmdashthe deormed the wicked the shamed Indeed because o the

work o redemption humanity may now behold ldquothe exact representation

o his beingrdquo (Heb 9830891048627) ldquothe image o the invisible Godrdquo (Col 9830899830891048629) with no

veil standing between And rather than being consumed by their exposureto the Presence this time they see and touch and are healed What is the

Gospel writerrsquos message We could not go to him so he came to us And the

promise is ulfilled ldquoBehold I will be their God and they will be my people

and I will dwell among themrdquo

But there are only so many people one Galilean can interact with in the

course o three years o ministry Only so many people can hear the message

and be touched by his healing hand Tus the next stage o the plan ensues

In Acts 1048626983089-1048628 we read o the dramatic event that inaugurates the ministry o

the church the ultimate game changer

When the day o Pentecost came they were all together in one place Suddenly

a sound like the blowing o a violent wind came rom heaven and filled the

whole house where they were sitting Tey saw what seemed to be tongues o

fire that separated and came to rest on each o them All o them were filled with

the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them

Te imagery here is nothing new Rather Exodus 1048628104862410486271048628-10486271048632 and 983089 Kings 10486321048630-983089983089

30Tere is a plethora o work available on the lexical links between John 104862510486251048628 and the tabernacle

See Raymond E Brown Te Gospel According to John (indashxii) Anchor Bible 983090983097 (Garden City NY

Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629







to define who Israel wasmdashGodrsquos people So too the church Tis brie biblical

theology o the person o the Holy Spirit makes it crystal clear that the

church is intended to be that place where saint and sinner can find GodMoreover the restored lie o the believer is Godrsquos ultimate testimony to the

nations that he lives and dwells among usmdashin the person o the Holy Spirit

And whereas the temple was a single building that could exist in only one

spot at one time the church is an ever-expanding community that is slowly

steadily bringing the Presence to the arthest reaches o this world

Tis leads us to the culmination o redemptive history the denouement

o the great story ldquoBehold the tabernacle o God is with humanity and heshall dwell among them and they shall be his people and God himsel shall

be among themrdquo (Rev 10486269830891048627)983091983089 Describing heaven as the new Jerusalem John

says ldquoI did not see a temple in the city because the Lord God Almighty and

the Lamb are its temple Te glory o God gives it light and the Lamb is

its lamprdquo (Rev 104862698308910486261048626-10486261048627) At the end o all things God is once again with his

people Access to the Presence is restored Adam has returned to the Garden

Redemption has been accomplished

9830911048626

And what o the ldquoinfillingrdquo o the rucircaḥ o God in Israelrsquos national history

by which her judges and theocratic officers were empowered to serve In the

New estament this language is most requently encountered in Luke-Acts

the history o the early church As the Gospel o Luke opens we are con-

ronted with yet another unlikely hero a young woman named Mary ldquoTe

Holy Spirit will come on you and the power o the Most High will over-

shadow you So the holy one to be born will be called the Son o Godrdquo (Lk

98308910486271048629) Again the rucircaḥ ʾĕlōhicircm is hovering and again chaos is about to be dealt

a mortal blow Zachariah Elizabeth and their unborn son John are also

ldquofilled withrdquo have their mouths opened by or have the hand o the Holy Spirit

on them (Lk 9830891048628983089 10486301048628 10486301048630-10486301048631) In each o these instances it is apparent that to

be ldquofilled with the Spiritrdquo is to be empowered to declare the word o God

When the converts o the upper room experience the outpouring o the

Holy Spirit in Acts 10486261048628 they are also ldquofilled with Holy Spiritrdquo and begin to

give verbal utterance much like the elders in the book o Numbers and Saul

31Authorrsquos translation32For urther reflection on this theme see G K Beale A New estament Biblical Teology Te Unfold-

ing of the Old estament in the New (Grand Rapids Baker Academic 98309098308810486251048625) 104863010486251048628ndash1048628983096 esp 10486301048627983090ndash10486271048628




10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140

when he receives his commission (Num 98308998308910486261048628-10486261048629 983089 Sam 98308910486241048633-983089983089) When Peter

attempts to explain this phenomenon to the multitude gathered in Jeru-

salem he is ldquofilled with the Holy Spiritrdquo and powerully delivers the inau-gural address o the church (Acts 10486269830891048628-1048628983089) Here he announces the incredible

news that in this new covenant the in-filling o the Holy Spirit will be the

experience o every believer regardless o ethnicity gender rank or caste

Everyone will have the opportunity to be a living vessel o the Holy Spirit

everyone will have opportunity to be a part o the supernatural ministry o

the Holy Spirit and even the most coveted gif o the Old estamentmdash

prophecymdashwill be extended to allTe language o in-filling continues to be employed throughout the book

o Acts Afer the dramatic healing o the cripple at the Beautiul Gate in

Acts 1048627983089-9830891048624 and the even more dramatic presentation o the gospel Peter and

John are imprisoned by the ruling class o priests Interrogating them the

priests demand ldquoBy what power or what name did you do thisrdquo (Acts 10486281048631)

Peter ldquofilled with the Holy Spiritrdquo responds

I we are being called to account today or an act o kindness shown to a manwho was lame and are being asked how he was healed then know this you

and all the people o Israel It is by the name o Jesus Christ o Nazareth

whom you crucified but whom God raised rom the dead that this man

stands beore you healed (Acts 10486281048633-9830891048624)

Peter concludes by declaring ldquoSalvation is ound in no one else or there is

no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be savedrdquo

(Acts 10486289830891048626) Te only words I can muster in response to this apologeticmasterpiece are ldquoPeter you rockrdquo Peterrsquos sermon is surpassed only by the

response o the onlookers

When they saw the courage o Peter and John and realized that they were un-

schooled ordinary men they were astonished and they took note that these men

had been with Jesus But since they could see the man who had been healed

standing there with them there was nothing they could say (Acts 10486289830891048627-9830891048628)

Apparently the evidence that Peter and John had been with Jesus was the

presence o the supernaturalmdashboth the supernatural act o healing and the

supernatural confidence and authority o their preaching

Acts 10486281048627983089 reports that afer Peter and John rejoin their compatriots a





prayer meeting results in which everyone was ldquofilled with the Holy Spiritrdquo

such that they ldquospoke the word o God boldlyrdquo Similarly Acts 1048633 tells us that

the soon-to-be apostle Paul must be ldquofilled with the Holy Spiritrdquo in orderthat he might ldquoproclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the

people o Israelrdquo (Acts 10486339830891048629-9830891048631) As predicted Paul is filled and ldquoat once he

began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son o Godrdquo (Acts 104863310486261048624)

In Acts 98308910486271048630-9830891048626 Paul is again ldquofilled with the Holy Spiritrdquo and thereby silences

the magician o Salamis by locking his gaze conronting his lie and cursing

him with temporary blindness Te proconsul sees the authority behind

Paulrsquos words and is convinced of the gospel In each o these contexts thefilling o the Holy Spirit enables the fledgling disciples to preach the gospel

with authority and accompanying signs such that the naysayer is silenced

the seeker is convinced and the kingdom is advanced

In conclusion having surveyed the biblical text what do we know o

Holy In the beginning the Lord Holy Spirit served as both actor and ar-

chetype paradigm and power Te biblical writer saw him like a alcon

poised above the primordial deep trembling with anticipation waiting orthe word to strike and to launch the miracle o creation Because o the great

rebellion he has clothed himsel in cloud and fire He is the whirlwind Yet

this catalyst o creation has never ceased his work ever expanding his in-

fluence over this broken world choosing and equipping his instruments

and by his power rebuilding the kingdom o God In these latter days the

Lord Holy Spirit continues to distribute his gifs to each one individually as

he wills in order to complete his work (983089 Cor 9830891048626983089-983089983089) He does not always

claim the likely (983089 Cor 98308910486261048630-1048627983089) but the great cloud o witnesses testifies that

those who are willing to be claimed will prevail Indeed John the Revelator

offers us a glimpse o the ultimate objective Here in his grand description

o the new Jerusalem in Revelation 10486261048626983089-1048629 the bondslaves o God rejoice to

hear that the breach is finally healed and that those who have been in exile

in this allen world will at last ldquosee his acerdquo (Rev 104862610486261048628)

We believe in the Holy Spirit who

Spoke in the law

And taught by the prophets

And descended to the Jordan

Spoke by the Apostles




10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140

And lives in the saints

Tus we believe in him that he is the Holy Spirit

Te Spirit o GodTe perect Spirit

Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated

Proceeding rom the Father

And receiving o the Son in whom we believe

Amen983091983091

33Te ourth-century Creed o Epiphanius rom Philip Schaff Te Creeds of Christendom With a





Spirit of God







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P 983090983091 983090983090 9830901048625 983090983088 10486251048633 1048625983096 10486251048631 10486251048630 1048625983093 1048625983092 1048625983091 1048625983090 10486251048625 1048625983088 1048633 983096 1048631 1048630 983093 983092 983091 983090 1048625

Y 983091983093 983091983092 983091983091 983091983090 9830911048625 983091983088 9830901048633 983090983096 9830901048631 9830901048630 983090983093 983090983092 983090983091 983090983090 9830901048625 983090983088 10486251048633 1048625983096 10486251048631 10486251048630 1048625983093




Contents


1048625 Introduction 10486251048625


P983137983154983156 O983150983141 B983145983138983148983145983139983137983148 983137983150983140 H983145983155983156983151983154983145983139983137983148 P983141983154983155983152983141983139983156983145983158983141983155



Sandra Richter



Gregory W Lee



Matthew Levering



Jeffrey W Barbeau


Oliver D Crisp










P983137983154983156 T983159983151 D983151983139983156983154983145983150983137983148 983137983150983140 P983154983137983139983156983145983139983137983148 P983141983154983155983152983141983139983156983145983158983141983155




Kevin J Vanhoozer



Amos Yong



Michael Welker


o the Holy Spirit 1048625983097983092

Geoffrey Wainwright


Douglas Petersen



imothy George




General Index 983090983093983097





852017

Introduction




983089 J983151983144983150 10486289830891048627



















9830891048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
































Press 983090983088983088983095) 1048625983088ndash1048625983090








































9830891048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































9830891048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































9830891048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































10486261048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140


















work in the world









(983089 Jn 10486289830891048627)




PART ONE


Perspectives




852018




Sandra Richter























10486261048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140














T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 O983148983140 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156





























































10486261048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140





























רוח





MA Hendrickson 10486259830979830971048629) 1048625983096

















1048626104863310486281048629 Jer 104862610486281048631 104862798308910486271048627 1048627104862610486271048632 Ezek 98308998308910486261048624 9830891048628983089983089 1048627104863110486261048627 10486261048631 1048628104863210486271048629 Jn 983089104862810486261048627 1048626 Cor 10486309830891048630

























10486261048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















9830891048632





























































10486271048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















battle (Judg 104863010486271048628)

1048626983091


































































10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




















T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156














983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091




InterVarsity Press


ivpresscom

emailivpresscom



InterVarsity Press






worldwide








permission

ISBN 10486331048631983096-983088-983096983091983088983096-9830909830921048630983092-1048633 (print)

ISBN 10486331048631983096-983088-983096983091983088983096-104863310486311048631983093-1048633 (digital)





P 983090983091 983090983090 9830901048625 983090983088 10486251048633 1048625983096 10486251048631 10486251048630 1048625983093 1048625983092 1048625983091 1048625983090 10486251048625 1048625983088 1048633 983096 1048631 1048630 983093 983092 983091 983090 1048625

Y 983091983093 983091983092 983091983091 983091983090 9830911048625 983091983088 9830901048633 983090983096 9830901048631 9830901048630 983090983093 983090983092 983090983091 983090983090 9830901048625 983090983088 10486251048633 1048625983096 10486251048631 10486251048630 1048625983093




Contents


1048625 Introduction 10486251048625


P983137983154983156 O983150983141 B983145983138983148983145983139983137983148 983137983150983140 H983145983155983156983151983154983145983139983137983148 P983141983154983155983152983141983139983156983145983158983141983155



Sandra Richter



Gregory W Lee



Matthew Levering



Jeffrey W Barbeau


Oliver D Crisp










P983137983154983156 T983159983151 D983151983139983156983154983145983150983137983148 983137983150983140 P983154983137983139983156983145983139983137983148 P983141983154983155983152983141983139983156983145983158983141983155




Kevin J Vanhoozer



Amos Yong



Michael Welker


o the Holy Spirit 1048625983097983092

Geoffrey Wainwright


Douglas Petersen



imothy George




General Index 983090983093983097





852017

Introduction




983089 J983151983144983150 10486289830891048627



















9830891048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
































Press 983090983088983088983095) 1048625983088ndash1048625983090








































9830891048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































9830891048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































9830891048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































10486261048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140


















work in the world









(983089 Jn 10486289830891048627)




PART ONE


Perspectives




852018




Sandra Richter























10486261048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140














T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 O983148983140 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156





























































10486261048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140





























רוח





MA Hendrickson 10486259830979830971048629) 1048625983096

















1048626104863310486281048629 Jer 104862610486281048631 104862798308910486271048627 1048627104862610486271048632 Ezek 98308998308910486261048624 9830891048628983089983089 1048627104863110486261048627 10486261048631 1048628104863210486271048629 Jn 983089104862810486261048627 1048626 Cor 10486309830891048630

























10486261048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















9830891048632





























































10486271048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















battle (Judg 104863010486271048628)

1048626983091


































































10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




















T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156














983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091




Contents


1048625 Introduction 10486251048625


P983137983154983156 O983150983141 B983145983138983148983145983139983137983148 983137983150983140 H983145983155983156983151983154983145983139983137983148 P983141983154983155983152983141983139983156983145983158983141983155



Sandra Richter



Gregory W Lee



Matthew Levering



Jeffrey W Barbeau


Oliver D Crisp










P983137983154983156 T983159983151 D983151983139983156983154983145983150983137983148 983137983150983140 P983154983137983139983156983145983139983137983148 P983141983154983155983152983141983139983156983145983158983141983155




Kevin J Vanhoozer



Amos Yong



Michael Welker


o the Holy Spirit 1048625983097983092

Geoffrey Wainwright


Douglas Petersen



imothy George




General Index 983090983093983097





852017

Introduction




983089 J983151983144983150 10486289830891048627



















9830891048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
































Press 983090983088983088983095) 1048625983088ndash1048625983090








































9830891048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































9830891048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































9830891048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































10486261048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140


















work in the world









(983089 Jn 10486289830891048627)




PART ONE


Perspectives




852018




Sandra Richter























10486261048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140














T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 O983148983140 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156





























































10486261048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140





























רוח





MA Hendrickson 10486259830979830971048629) 1048625983096

















1048626104863310486281048629 Jer 104862610486281048631 104862798308910486271048627 1048627104862610486271048632 Ezek 98308998308910486261048624 9830891048628983089983089 1048627104863110486261048627 10486261048631 1048628104863210486271048629 Jn 983089104862810486261048627 1048626 Cor 10486309830891048630

























10486261048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















9830891048632





























































10486271048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















battle (Judg 104863010486271048628)

1048626983091


































































10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




















T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156














983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091




P983137983154983156 T983159983151 D983151983139983156983154983145983150983137983148 983137983150983140 P983154983137983139983156983145983139983137983148 P983141983154983155983152983141983139983156983145983158983141983155




Kevin J Vanhoozer



Amos Yong



Michael Welker


o the Holy Spirit 1048625983097983092

Geoffrey Wainwright


Douglas Petersen



imothy George




General Index 983090983093983097





852017

Introduction




983089 J983151983144983150 10486289830891048627



















9830891048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
































Press 983090983088983088983095) 1048625983088ndash1048625983090








































9830891048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































9830891048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































9830891048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































10486261048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140


















work in the world









(983089 Jn 10486289830891048627)




PART ONE


Perspectives




852018




Sandra Richter























10486261048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140














T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 O983148983140 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156





























































10486261048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140





























רוח





MA Hendrickson 10486259830979830971048629) 1048625983096

















1048626104863310486281048629 Jer 104862610486281048631 104862798308910486271048627 1048627104862610486271048632 Ezek 98308998308910486261048624 9830891048628983089983089 1048627104863110486261048627 10486261048631 1048628104863210486271048629 Jn 983089104862810486261048627 1048626 Cor 10486309830891048630

























10486261048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















9830891048632





























































10486271048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















battle (Judg 104863010486271048628)

1048626983091


































































10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




















T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156














983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091




852017

Introduction




983089 J983151983144983150 10486289830891048627



















9830891048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
































Press 983090983088983088983095) 1048625983088ndash1048625983090








































9830891048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































9830891048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































9830891048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































10486261048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140


















work in the world









(983089 Jn 10486289830891048627)




PART ONE


Perspectives




852018




Sandra Richter























10486261048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140














T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 O983148983140 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156





























































10486261048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140





























רוח





MA Hendrickson 10486259830979830971048629) 1048625983096

















1048626104863310486281048629 Jer 104862610486281048631 104862798308910486271048627 1048627104862610486271048632 Ezek 98308998308910486261048624 9830891048628983089983089 1048627104863110486261048627 10486261048631 1048628104863210486271048629 Jn 983089104862810486261048627 1048626 Cor 10486309830891048630

























10486261048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















9830891048632





























































10486271048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















battle (Judg 104863010486271048628)

1048626983091


































































10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




















T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156














983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091




9830891048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
































Press 983090983088983088983095) 1048625983088ndash1048625983090








































9830891048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































9830891048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































9830891048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































10486261048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140


















work in the world









(983089 Jn 10486289830891048627)




PART ONE


Perspectives




852018




Sandra Richter























10486261048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140














T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 O983148983140 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156





























































10486261048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140





























רוח





MA Hendrickson 10486259830979830971048629) 1048625983096

















1048626104863310486281048629 Jer 104862610486281048631 104862798308910486271048627 1048627104862610486271048632 Ezek 98308998308910486261048624 9830891048628983089983089 1048627104863110486261048627 10486261048631 1048628104863210486271048629 Jn 983089104862810486261048627 1048626 Cor 10486309830891048630

























10486261048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















9830891048632





























































10486271048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















battle (Judg 104863010486271048628)

1048626983091


































































10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




















T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156














983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091








































9830891048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































9830891048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































9830891048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































10486261048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140


















work in the world









(983089 Jn 10486289830891048627)




PART ONE


Perspectives




852018




Sandra Richter























10486261048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140














T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 O983148983140 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156





























































10486261048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140





























רוח





MA Hendrickson 10486259830979830971048629) 1048625983096

















1048626104863310486281048629 Jer 104862610486281048631 104862798308910486271048627 1048627104862610486271048632 Ezek 98308998308910486261048624 9830891048628983089983089 1048627104863110486261048627 10486261048631 1048628104863210486271048629 Jn 983089104862810486261048627 1048626 Cor 10486309830891048630

























10486261048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















9830891048632





























































10486271048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















battle (Judg 104863010486271048628)

1048626983091


































































10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




















T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156














983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091








































9830891048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































9830891048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































10486261048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140


















work in the world









(983089 Jn 10486289830891048627)




PART ONE


Perspectives




852018




Sandra Richter























10486261048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140














T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 O983148983140 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156





























































10486261048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140





























רוח





MA Hendrickson 10486259830979830971048629) 1048625983096

















1048626104863310486281048629 Jer 104862610486281048631 104862798308910486271048627 1048627104862610486271048632 Ezek 98308998308910486261048624 9830891048628983089983089 1048627104863110486261048627 10486261048631 1048628104863210486271048629 Jn 983089104862810486261048627 1048626 Cor 10486309830891048630

























10486261048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















9830891048632





























































10486271048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















battle (Judg 104863010486271048628)

1048626983091


































































10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




















T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156














983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091








































9830891048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140








































































10486261048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140


















work in the world









(983089 Jn 10486289830891048627)




PART ONE


Perspectives




852018




Sandra Richter























10486261048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140














T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 O983148983140 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156





























































10486261048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140





























רוח





MA Hendrickson 10486259830979830971048629) 1048625983096

















1048626104863310486281048629 Jer 104862610486281048631 104862798308910486271048627 1048627104862610486271048632 Ezek 98308998308910486261048624 9830891048628983089983089 1048627104863110486261048627 10486261048631 1048628104863210486271048629 Jn 983089104862810486261048627 1048626 Cor 10486309830891048630

























10486261048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















9830891048632





























































10486271048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















battle (Judg 104863010486271048628)

1048626983091


































































10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




















T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156














983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091








































10486261048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140


















work in the world









(983089 Jn 10486289830891048627)




PART ONE


Perspectives




852018




Sandra Richter























10486261048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140














T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 O983148983140 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156





























































10486261048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140





























רוח





MA Hendrickson 10486259830979830971048629) 1048625983096

















1048626104863310486281048629 Jer 104862610486281048631 104862798308910486271048627 1048627104862610486271048632 Ezek 98308998308910486261048624 9830891048628983089983089 1048627104863110486261048627 10486261048631 1048628104863210486271048629 Jn 983089104862810486261048627 1048626 Cor 10486309830891048630

























10486261048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















9830891048632





























































10486271048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















battle (Judg 104863010486271048628)

1048626983091


































































10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




















T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156














983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091




PART ONE


Perspectives




852018




Sandra Richter























10486261048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140














T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 O983148983140 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156





























































10486261048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140





























רוח





MA Hendrickson 10486259830979830971048629) 1048625983096

















1048626104863310486281048629 Jer 104862610486281048631 104862798308910486271048627 1048627104862610486271048632 Ezek 98308998308910486261048624 9830891048628983089983089 1048627104863110486261048627 10486261048631 1048628104863210486271048629 Jn 983089104862810486261048627 1048626 Cor 10486309830891048630

























10486261048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















9830891048632





























































10486271048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















battle (Judg 104863010486271048628)

1048626983091


































































10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




















T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156














983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091




852018




Sandra Richter























10486261048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140














T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 O983148983140 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156





























































10486261048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140





























רוח





MA Hendrickson 10486259830979830971048629) 1048625983096

















1048626104863310486281048629 Jer 104862610486281048631 104862798308910486271048627 1048627104862610486271048632 Ezek 98308998308910486261048624 9830891048628983089983089 1048627104863110486261048627 10486261048631 1048628104863210486271048629 Jn 983089104862810486261048627 1048626 Cor 10486309830891048630

























10486261048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















9830891048632





























































10486271048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















battle (Judg 104863010486271048628)

1048626983091


































































10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




















T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156














983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091




10486261048628 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140














T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 O983148983140 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156





























































10486261048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140





























רוח





MA Hendrickson 10486259830979830971048629) 1048625983096

















1048626104863310486281048629 Jer 104862610486281048631 104862798308910486271048627 1048627104862610486271048632 Ezek 98308998308910486261048624 9830891048628983089983089 1048627104863110486261048627 10486261048631 1048628104863210486271048629 Jn 983089104862810486261048627 1048626 Cor 10486309830891048630

























10486261048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















9830891048632





























































10486271048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















battle (Judg 104863010486271048628)

1048626983091


































































10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




















T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156














983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091













































10486261048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140





























רוח





MA Hendrickson 10486259830979830971048629) 1048625983096

















1048626104863310486281048629 Jer 104862610486281048631 104862798308910486271048627 1048627104862610486271048632 Ezek 98308998308910486261048624 9830891048628983089983089 1048627104863110486261048627 10486261048631 1048628104863210486271048629 Jn 983089104862810486261048627 1048626 Cor 10486309830891048630

























10486261048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















9830891048632





























































10486271048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















battle (Judg 104863010486271048628)

1048626983091


































































10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




















T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156














983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091

















1048626104863310486281048629 Jer 104862610486281048631 104862798308910486271048627 1048627104862610486271048632 Ezek 98308998308910486261048624 9830891048628983089983089 1048627104863110486261048627 10486261048631 1048628104863210486271048629 Jn 983089104862810486261048627 1048626 Cor 10486309830891048630

























10486261048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















9830891048632





























































10486271048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















battle (Judg 104863010486271048628)

1048626983091


































































10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




















T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156














983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091




10486261048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















9830891048632





























































10486271048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















battle (Judg 104863010486271048628)

1048626983091


































































10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




















T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156














983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091









































10486271048624 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140
















battle (Judg 104863010486271048628)

1048626983091


































































10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




















T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156














983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091












































10486271048626 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




















T983144983141 H983151983148983161 S983152983145983154983145983156 983145983150 983156983144983141 N983141983159 T983141983155983156983137983149983141983150983156














983090983088983088983088] 1048627983090983090)




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091




































Doubleday 104862598309710486301048630) 1048627983090ndash10486271048629






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091






















9830911048626





















10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091




10486271048630 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140































































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091

































Spoke in the law







10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091




10486271048632 S983152983145983154983145983156 983151983142 G983151983140




Te Spirit Paraclete

Uncreated



Amen983091983091


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