[ 10 ] After that another issue related to the Holy Spirit came up:
“From whom does the divine influence meant by the Holy Spirit
emanate? From the Father or from the Lord?”
While they were discussing this a light shone down on them from
heaven. In that light they saw that the holy divine influence meant by
the Holy Spirit does not emanate from the Father through the Lord; it
emanates from the Lord on behalf of the Father. It is comparable to the
situation with human beings. Our actions do not emanate from our
souls through our bodies; they emanate from our bodies on behalf of
our souls.
An angel who was standing by the table supported this point with
the following passages from the Word: “The One whom the Father sent
speaks the words of God. Not in a measured way has he given him the
spirit. The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand”
(John 3 : 34 , 35 ). “A branch will come out of the trunk of Jesse. The spirit
of Jehovah will rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and intelligence, the
spirit of counsel and strength” (Isaiah 11 : 1 , 2 ). The spirit of Jehovah has
been granted to him and it is in him (Isaiah 42 : 1 ; 59 : 19 , 21 ; 61 : 1 ; Luke
4 : 18 ). “When the Holy Spirit comes whom I am going to send you from the
Father”(John 15 : 26 ). “He will glorify me because he will take from what is
mineand will make it known to you. Everything the Father has is mine.
This is why I said that he will take from what is mine and will make it
known to you”(John 16 : 14 , 15 ). “If I go away, I will send the Comforter to
you”(John 16 : 7 ). The Comforter is the Holy Spirit (John 14 : 26 ). “The
Holy Spirit was not yet in existence, because Jesus was not glorified yet”(John
7 : 39 ). After he was glorified, Jesus breathed on his disciples and said,
“Receive the Holy Spirit”(John 20 : 22 ). And in the Book of Revelation,
“Who will not glorify your name, O Lord? For you alone are holy” (Rev-
elation 15 : 4 ).
[ 11 ] The angel continued, “Since the Holy Spirit means the Lord’s
divine influence that results from his divine omnipresence, when he told
his disciples about the Holy Spirit that he was going to send to them
from the Father he also said, ‘I will not leave you orphans. I am going
away and coming [back] to you;and in that day you will recognize that I
am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you’(John 14 : 18 , 20 , 28 ).
And just before he left the world he said, ‘Behold I am with you every
day, even to the close of the age’ (Matthew 28 : 20 ).”
After reading these passages the angel said, “It is clear from these pas-
sages and many others in the Word that the divine influence called the
Holy Spirit emanates from the Lord on behalf of the Father.”
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