THE HOLY SPIRIT

Who and what is the Holy Spirit is a question that few Christians fully understand. Many think that the Holy Spirit is the third member of the Trinity. But the Bible never states so. Many simply believe what others have told them to believe, not knowing that they are simply following the belief and teachings of paganism, streaming from fables written by novelists to outright presumption!

Simply put, the Holy Spirit is the POWER that emanates from God. It is NOT a distinct supreme GOD BEING like God the Father and God the Son. There are only TWO distinct supreme Beings that form the God-Head of the universe. Genesis 1:27 tells us that God created man in His likeness -male and female - there is no third gender. Christ promised His disciples that they shall receive POWER, after the Holy Spirit is come upon them (Acts 1:8).

Jeremiah 27:5 states it clearly, 'I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground, by MY GREAT POWER and by MY OUTSTRETCHED ARM, and have given it (the Holy Spirit) to whom it seemed proper to Me ( ref: Acts 5:32)'. The Holy Spirit comes from God and is the SPIRIT of GOD, being a part of Him. When Christ was on earth, He has the Spirit of God the Father. When He returned to heaven, His disciples has the Spirit of Christ that dwells in them. Man also has a spirit (the spirit in man -Proverbs 20:27; 1 Cor 2:11). If the Spirit is another Being, then it should be Quadnity. Should that be so, then the spirit of man is also another man, since man was created in the image of God.

In Acts 8:19, Simon (Magus) the magician desired to purchase the power of God from the Apostle Peter by offering the latter money. No way can the God Being of the universe be bought by any means! Since the Holy Spirit dwells in the mind of all true disciples of Christ, then the trinitarians are implying that a God Being has to be splitted into multiple parts to indwell each of them. But the supreme God Being is a unique Person, not 'Gasper the Ghost' floating in and out of space as the movie would suggest. Those who beg to differ are not worshipping God in spirit and in truth (John 4:24).

There is no prophecy either in the Old Testament or the New Testament about another God Being coming down or dwelling on planet earth other than Jesus Christ. If the Holy Spirit is another God Being, then Jesus Christ should be named the Son of the Holy Spirit since He was conceived of the Holy Spirit. In Greek language, the Spirit of God is gender neutral. In the King James version in Romans 8:16, the Spirit is translated as 'itself'.

King David in Psalms 51:11 pleaded with the Lord not to take His Holy Spirit from him. This shows that the Holy Spirit is part of God and not a distinct God Being, otherwise he would have pleaded with the Holy Spirit directly not to leave him. All over the Scriptures, the Holy Spirit is being described as a type of oil, water, air and even typified as a dove. Besides, Scriptures tell us that the Holy Spirit will be poured out upon all flesh. In no way can a person be poured out onto another. To describe a human being as such is an insult, let alone a supreme God Being!

In all of Apostle Paul's epistles, he greeted God the Father and God the Son Jesus Christ, but no mention of the Holy Spirit. Similarly, Jesus Christ in His prayer to His Father on the night before His crucifixion recorded in John 17, there is no mention of one word about the Holy Spirit. Neither are we told to pray to the Holy Spirit in the Lord's prayer (Matthew 6:9-13). The conversation between the Father and the Son recorded in Hebrew chapter 1 makes no mention of the Holy Spirit as well. And Christ stated categorically thus, 'I and my Father are one' (John 10:30). Can a member of the God-Head be ignored in such important work of God?

In John 1: 1, the Apostle John assures us that the WORD was with God (the Heavenly Father) even before the creation of the angels and all material universe. Christ before His incarnation was known as the WORD, meaning the spokesman of the God-Head. The meaning of One God is One in unity and purpose in the original meaning of the Scriptures. Also, in 1 John 3:9, the Apostle John writes that one who is born of God, His seed (Holy Spirit) remains in him. This clearly tells us that the Holy Spirit is not another God Being. In fact, in the original manuscript, the root word for seed is the same word that is used for human sperm.

Those who are true disciples need to be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit because it is the Spirit of God that will resurrect all who were asleep at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. To reject the Spirit of God is tantamount to rejecting God and is considered blasphemy, much like in ancient times when a subject who had rejected the emissary sent by the emperor warrants the death penalty. There are some text in 1 John 5:7-8, 'In heaven: the Father,the Word and the Holy Spirit and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness on earth'  that were added by Latin Vulgate translators probably in the 4th century A.D. but were not in the original Greek manuscript which is the true inspired Word of God!

The deity 'triad' concept has been around even before the time of Christ. Most pagan religion has this in their belief system. It all started with Nimrod and his mother-wife Semiramis and son Horus. After Nimrod's death, Semiramis decided to immortalized the three of them in a deity 'triad' worship which was subsequently copied in various forms, found even in Greek philosophy and in novels that were then popularised. They are part of the Babylonian system that God will severely judged during the coming Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord!

THE COMING KINGDOM

In Matthew 6:10 the Lord Jesus Christ admonished all His true disciples to pray for the coming kingdom of God on earth with all its power and glory (verse 13). This will be fulfilled at the Second Coming of Christ. God has given mankind 6,000 years of self government to show that it just not working. For the seventh millennia, God will send His Son back to earth to install His world government. Only those whom God has called and through faith and obedience have overcome will enter the kingdom of God as His born again sons. The writer of Hebrew in 4:9-11 states thus, 'There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience'.

The exodus of the children of Israelites led by Moses to enter God's promised land is a typology of what is to come for His chosen to enter the kingdom of God. As was the former, so will be the latter when few will qualify to enter the kingdom.For Christ Himself hinted that when He told His chosen disciples recorded in Luke 12:32, 'Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom'. The Apostle Paul states categorically as recorded in Acts 14:22b, 'We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God'. The inspired Word of God is clear on this point for, 'Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints (Jude 14a) - at His Second Coming to establish Kingship over all the earth (King) with the saints from the First Resurrection (kings)!

The coming one world government will be established and governed by members of the Family of God with Christ as the King and the immortal sons as the kings. All of creation is eagerly awaiting the revelation of the sons of God (Romans 8:19). The objective of God is to restore all that had been lost to the kingdom of darkness. Christ is presently in Heaven preparing for His Second Coming (Luke 19:15; Acts 3:21) so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord (Acts 3:19). The goal is to turn earth into a paradise once again which was lost by Adam and Eve at the Garden of Eden. No human government can accomplish that, only the Almighty God has the wisdom and power to transform earth into an utopia a reality!

That is the heart of the gospel (good news) - the kingdom of God - that God the Father sent Jesus Christ to earth at His first advent to proclaim to mankind. He had qualified by overcoming the kingdom of darkness and will come to rule with His chosen ones in the coming kingdom of God. That is the reward for His saints as taught by the Lord Christ in the parable of the talents (Matthew 25: 14-30; Luke 19:11-27). Jesus Christ will come to bring about universal peace and prosperity for He is the Prince of peace and the government will be upon His shoulder (Isaiah 9:6). Christ and His brethren (sons of God) will teach the people God's laws and ways, wars and conflicts will be asigned to the trashbin of history (Isaiah 2: 2-4)!

During the Millennial Age, God's Spirit will be made available to ALL people (Joel 2:28). But it was closed off to humanity at large - except for the chosen few - after the Fall when God sealed off the tree of life to mankind (Genesis 3:24). There will be mass reeducation for all mankind to know the truth of God's laws and ways as compared to man's ways that lead to death (Proverbs 16:25).The saints who qualified as sons of God and are resurrected as immortal spirit beings will assist the Lord Christ as kings and priests (Isaiah 30:20-21; Rev 5:10) to help govern the world.

All mankind will be given the opportunity to inherit eternal life during the Millennial rule of Christ. They will need to repent and accept salvation throught the shed Blood of Christ. That will be the time when EVERY knee should bow and EVERY tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of the God the Father (Philippians 2:10-11). It is God's will and plan that none should perish. Those who ultimately rebel despite given all the truth and opportunity will face the lake of fire as the second death (Rev 20:14) with total annihilation from which there is no possibility of resurrection (Malachi 4:1).

The 1,000 year rule of Christ will be a time of spiritual and physical rejuvenation as Satan will be bound (Rev 20:2). Wasteland and desert will be restored (Isaiah 35:1) and miracles will be common occurences (verses 5-6). God's royal Family will restore the earth and prepare for the second resurrection of all humans who had ever lived. I have hope in God...that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust (Acts:24:15; Ezekiel 37). That will be the mighty latter harvest of all mankind. God will usher mankind into the Age of Eternity when Christ hands the kingdom to God the Father (1 Cor 15:24) who will dwell with mankind on the new heaven and the new earth where every pain and sorrow will be wiped away (Rev 21:3-4).