Ruach regarded as proof that promised Last Day on brink of appearing

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shriadishakti , " jagbir singh "

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> So what will the ignorant masses make out of the Adi Shakti's most

> secret and precious message to Her disciples regarding the

> Christian Kingdom of God, which is nothing else than the Islamic

> Niche of Lights, the Buddhist Sahasrarapadma, the Hindu Sahasrara

> and Sikh Dsam Duar? Isn't human liberation (moksa) occurring right

> now not through actual events in history, but through internal

> transformation? Then, again, isn't this internal transformation

> occurring through actual events in history - the promised Last

> Judgment and Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection)? Are those taking part

> in this Great Event ordained for humankind not feeling the Cool

> Vibrations of the All-Pervading Power of God Almighty, the Divine

> Wind that will be felt by all born of the Spirit during the Last

> Judgment (Bible) and taking part in The Resurrection (Qur'an)? And

> for what other reason - other than the commencement of the Last

> Judgment and Resurrection - has this All-Pervading Power that is

> the source of this Divine Wind started acting?

>

 

 

" The Ruach ha Qodesh (Holy Spirit) is a different phenomenon to

accurately define particularly as it belongs to the realm of

experience and is not particularly susceptible to critical analysis.

However, we can perhaps learn what the people of John's day

understood by it in conjunction with the general understanding of

the word 'spirit' as used by the Hebrews.

 

In the Old Testament the Ruach Elohim (Spirit of God) (Heb. ruach =

breath, wind) was regarded as His powerful energy which could enable

man to do what was normally beyond their power as, for example, in

the stories of Gideon (Judg.6:34) and Samuel (1 Sam.10:6,10). In the

Book of Joel, the presence of this Ruach (Spirit, breath, wind) was

regarded as proof that the promised last day was on the brink of

appearing, for such special divine activity would be one of its

marks (Joel 2:28ff; Ac.2:1ff). "

 

Christopher C. Warren, M.A. (Oxon)

 

 

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Ruach: Hebrew word for God

 

" One ancient Hebrew word for God, for example, was ruach.

Literally, that word meant " wind, " a natural and even an impersonal

concept. The wind or ruach was observed not as a being, but as a

vitalizing force. It had no boundaries and no recognizing

destination. Among the Hebrews the ruach or wind of God was said to

have brooded over the chaos in the story of creation in order to

bring forth life. Slowly this ruach then evolved and became

personalized and was called Spirit. But it is important to note that

at its origin ruach was an impersonal life force, an experienced

" what, " not a " who. " The ruach or wind of God was not external. It

rather emerged from within the world and was understood as its very

ground, its life-giving reality. . . .

 

The wind was also assumed by the Jewish mind to have come from God.

" Thou didst blow with thy wind, " said the book of Exodus (15:10),

and " There went forth a wind from the Lord, " said the book of

Numbers (11:31). God might have been defined by these ancient people

as a distant, theistic, personal power who lived beyond the sky, but

in the very mysterious wind, which the Jews felt on their own faces,

they believed they found themselves touched by God here and now. "

 

Bishop J. S. Spong

Why Christianity Must Change or Die

 

 

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The Usage of Ruach, Spirit

 

" The word ruach occurs 389 times in the Hebrew Old Testament. In the

Authorized Version it is rendered spirit in 237 passages (and no

other word is rendered spirit except n eshamah, " breath " , in Job

26:4 and Proverbs 20:27). In the remaining 152 places it is

translated in 22 different ways, which are to be carefully

distinguished. [in the Revised Version ruach is rendered spirit 224

times, and in the remaining 165 passages is rendered in many

different ways.]

 

The meaning of the word is to be deduced only from its usage. The one

root idea running through all the passages is invisible force. As

this force may be exerted in varying form, and may be manifested in

divers ways, so various renderings are necessitated, corresponding

thereto.

 

Ruach, in whatever sense it is used, always represents that which is

invisible except by its manifestations. These are seen both

externally to man, as well as internally within man.

 

As coming from God, it is the invisible origin of life. All apart

from this is death. It comes from God, and returns to God

(Ecclesiastes 3:19,20). Hence, ruach is used of

 

I. - GOD, as being invisible. " The Spirit of Jehovah " is Jehovah

Himself, in His manifestation of invisible power.

2 Samuel 23:2. Psalm 139:7 (= Thee). Isaiah 40:13.

 

II. - THE HOLY SPIRIT : the Third Person of the Trinity.

2 Samuel 23:2. 1Kings 18:12; 22:24. 2Kings 2:16. 2Chronicles 18:23.

Nehemiah 9:20,30. Job 26:13; 33:4. Isaiah 40:13; 48:16; 59:19,21;

61:1; 63:10,1-4. Ezekiel 3:12,14 (1 st); 8:3; 11:1,24; 37:1; 43:5.

Micah 2:7; 3:8. Zechariah 4:6; 6:8; 7:12. Malachi 2:15.

 

III. - INVISIBLE DIVINE POWER MANIFESTING ITSELF

 

In creation. Genesis 1:2.

In giving life. Ezekiel 37:14.

In executing judgement-

" blast. " Exodus 15:8. Isaiah 37:7.

" breath. " 2Samuel 22:16. 2 Kings 19:7. Job 4:9; 15:30. Psalms 18:15;

33:6. Isaiah 11:4; 30:28.

" spirit. " Isaiah 4:4; 28:6; 34:16; 40:7.

 

IV. - INVISIBLE " POWER FROM ON HIGH " , MANIFESTING ITSELF AS DIVINE

POWER in giving spiritual gifts. Spoken of as coming upon, clothing,

falling on, and being poured out. Rendered " Spirit " , but should

be " spirit " .

 

Genesis 41:38. Exodus 28:3; 31:3; 35:31. Numbers 11:17,25,25,26,29;

24:2; 27:8. Deuteronomy 34:9. Judges 3:10; 6:34; 11:29; 13:25;

14:6,19; 15:14. 1Samuel 10:6,10; 11:6; 16:13,14; 19:20,23. 2Kings

2:9,15. 1Chronicles 12:18; 28:12. 2Chronicles 15:1; 20:14; 24:20.

Psalms 51:11,12; 143:10. Proverbs 1:23. Isaiah 11:2,2,2,2; 30:1;

32:15; 42:1,5; 44:3; 59:21; 61:1; 63:11. Ezekiel 2:2; 3:24; 11:5,19;

36:27; 39:29. Daniel 4:8,9,18; 5:11,12,14. Joel 2:28,29. Haggai 2:5.

Zechariah 12:10.

 

V. - THE INVISIBLE PART OF MAN (Psychological). Given by God at

man's formation at birth, and returning to God at his death.

" Breath. " Genesis 6:17; 7:15,22. Job 9:18; 12:10; 17:1. Psalms

104:29; 135:17; 146:4. Ecclesiastes 3:19. Jeremiah 10:14; 51:17.

Lamentations 4:20. Ezekiel 37:5,6,8,9,10. Habakkuk 2:19. Zechariah

12:1. " spirit. " Genesis 6:3. Numbers 16:22; 27:16. Job 27:3; 34:14.

Psalms 31:5; 104:30. Ecclesiastes 3:21,21; 8:8,8; 11:5; 12:7. Isaiah

42:5. " Wind. " Ezekiel 37:9,9. "

 

The Usage of Ruach, Spirit

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