fertarch.blogg.se - Seven spirits of god in revelation

Based on 1 Enoch 20:1-8, the seven spirits were Uriel, Raphael, Raguel, Michael, Saraqâêl, Gabriel, and Ramiel. Revelation is filled with imagery taken from 1 Enoch which shows that the author was familiar with this work. Remiel, one of the holy angels, whom God set over those who rise. Gabriel, one of the holy angels, who is over Paradise and the serpents and the Cherubim. Saraqâêl, one of the holy angels, who is set over the spirits, who sin in the spirit. Michael, one of the holy angels, to wit, he that is set over the best part of mankind and over chaos. Raguel, one of the holy angels who takes vengeance on the world of the luminaries. Raphael, one of the holy angels, who is over the spirits of men. Uriel, one of the holy angels, who is over the world and over Tartarus. “ ”And these are the names of the holy angels who watch. Hypothesis 2 - The Seven Spirits are the Seven Archangels mentioned in 1 Enoch The fact that each lamp had a corresponding lamp on the opposite side of the menorah except for the central lamp could explain why all of the spirits except "Spirit of the Lord' in Isaiah 11:2 come in pairs. This central lamp was thought to show that the divine presence of God continued to reside over Israel, thus it was of central importance just as 'Spirit of the Lord' was of central importance when compared to the other aspects of his spirit.

In a temple menorah, the central lamp was the one that remained lit whereas the others were allowed to die out. Regardless, Revelation 4:5 and Zechariah 4:1-6 appear to indicate that another symbolic meaning of the menorah was the division of the Lord of Host's spirit. The early Christian fathers Clement of Alexandria and Philo Judaeus thought that the menorah represented the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Another interpretation was that it alluded to the creation of days with the central candle representative of the sabbath. Jews believed that the 6 lamps outside of the central lamp alluded to the branches of human knowledge. In this passage, the Spirit of the Lord of hosts was divided among seven lamps which is the arrangement of a temple menorah. Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. “ ”And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep. Hypothesis 1 (the traditional view) - The Seven Spirits are the ones described in Isaiah 11:2

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

John of Patmos to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne - Revelation 1:4.

4 Hypothesis 3 - The Seven Spirits are found scattered among the New Testament.3 Hypothesis 2 - The Seven Spirits are the Seven Archangels mentioned in 1 Enoch.2 Hypothesis 1 (the traditional view) - The Seven Spirits are the ones described in Isaiah 11:2.