Name: Holy Spirit
Uploaded: 2017-06-01T13:39:00.000Z
Duration: 4 min 11 s
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If you have ever heard the phrase "the Holy Spirit"

Well, you have to start on page one of the Bible.

Where the uncreated world is depicted as this

dark chaotic place. But then, above the chaos

God's Spirit is there, hovering, ready to bring about life and order and beauty.

Yeah, so the Spirit is the way the Biblical authors

Ruu-a-achh? Yeah, you've gotta clear your throat at the end.

Ruakh can refer to a number of different things,

but what they all have in common is energy.

that makes the clouds move or the tree branches sway.

right, the vitality in your body that you get from

Wind is powerful, and so God's spirit is powerful.

as we continue on in the story of the Bible

We see God's ruakh giving special empowerment to people for specific tasks.

The first person in the Bible that happens to

God's spirit enables him to understand and interpret dreams.

And then it happens to this guy named "Betsaleel" and he's an artist!

God's spirit empowers him with wisdom and skills.

He's given creative genius to make beautiful things in the tabernacle.

And we also see God's ruakh empower a group of people called "the prophets".

They're able to see what's happening  in history from God's point of view.

And here's the problem as the prophet saw it.

While God's ruakh had created a really good world

They've unleashed chaos into it through their injustice.

And the prophet said the spirit would come,

to empower people to truly love God and others.

How will this new active God spirit happen?

Well, centuries past and we're introduced to Jesus.

there's a beautiful scene where Jesus is being baptized in the waters of the Jordan river.

Yeah, the sky opens up and God's spirit comes and rests on him like a bird.

The story sang that God's spirit is empowering Jesus to begin the new creation.

And we see this happening when he heals people or forgives their sins.

He's creating life where there once was death.

Now, Israel's religious leaders oppose Jesus and they eventually have him killed.

The earliest disciples of Jesus who saw him alive from the dead

said it was God's energizing spirit that raised Jesus.

When Jesus appeared to his closest followers,

he breathed on them and said "Receive the Holy Spirit."

And soon after that, the Spirit powerfully comes on all of his disciples.

So that they can become a part of this new creation

and share the good news and learn how to live by the energy and influence of God's spirit.

And so today, the spirit is still hovering in dark places.

transforming and empowering them so they can love God and others.

And the Christian hope is that the Spirit is going to finish the job.

The story of the Bible ends with a vision of a new humanity

living in a new world that's permeated with God's love and life-giving spirit.

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