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Did the Holy Spirit have a hand in the Creation?
Fat:
--- Quote ---Genesis 1:2 The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.
26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness ; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
Job 26:13 By His Spirit He hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the crooked serpent. (KJV)
Psalm 104:29-30 You hide Your face, they are dismayed ; You take away their spirit, they expire And return to their dust. You send forth Your Spirit, they are created ; And You renew the face of the ground.
Matthew 1:18
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows : when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.
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When considering the creation did you ever consider that the Holy Spirit actually had a hand in the matter? People like refer to the Genesis 1:26 where God said let us make man in our image according to our likeness, as an indication that more than one entity was involved in the creation of the universe and the earth in particular. But it actually starts before that if you look back at Genesis 1:2 where God tells us that the earth was formless and void He also tells us that the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. We also see in Job 26:13 that God's Spirit had a hand in garnishing the heavens. Look further and you find in Psalms 104:29-30 the Psalmist states that you send it your Spirit and they are created when referring to man. One other thing we can consider that Christ himself was conceived by the Holy Spirit, Matthews 1:18. Is it so hard to conceive that the Holy Spirit would have a hand in the creation when we know from John one that Christ also had a hand in the creation, could this be what the reference Genesis 1:26 was referring to?
Hal:
The Spirit is almost like a silent partner in the Scriptures. We see what His works do but never hear Him speak, but we feel Him speak in our hearts.
JB Horn:
Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and
breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life, and
man became a living being. (Genesis 2:7 AMP)
The Spirit gave life in the womb of a virgin, isn't that what He did here Adam?
Hal:
This may be a bit off-topic, but have you ever wondered if the Holy Ghost was eternal from the beginning of time same as a father. The Bible is pretty clear that Christ was from the beginning the same as a father so he was not a created entity. But I don't see that mentioned anywhere about the Holy Spirit.
philer:
This is my view,and understanding, that GOD the father has a spirit, the holy spirit,this is why the verse states "the SPIRIT of GOD", it is still GOD the father but part of him or from of him, and the WORD of GOD is from GOD, comes out from GOD, is GOD and part of him which we know today as JESUS or CHRIST who was the WORD of GOD made flesh ,still GOD but in another form. so in conclusion GOD the FATHER, the WORD of GOD ,and the spirit of GOD or the HOLY SPIRIT are one in the same in 3 forms if that makes sense. and lets not forget that THE WORD or JESUS was also known as THE ANGEL OF HIS PRESENCE. there are various forms but all GOD.
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