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The Spirit and the Mind of God

“Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.” (1 Corinthians 2:11) A biblical discussion on the Holy Spirit must acknowledge that the Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. The Spirit was with God at creation (Gen 1:2), and was the breath of God, giving life to Adam (Gen 2:7). The Spirit was active in the beginning; it should not surprise us that He is active in the restoration of all things. This is the Spirit that descended on the day of Pentecost, fulfilling what was spoken by the prophet (Joel 2:28-29), that in the last days God would pour out His Spirit on humanity, upon all who believe. The Spirit is not a mystical power like The Force in the Star Wars saga, nor a ghost, but a person. Jesus referred to the Spirit as another helper, comforter, counselor, and Paul warned against grieving the Holy Spirit.

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Building God’s Temple: A Magnificent Project

“And so I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord said to David my father, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.” In 1 Kings 5-7, we see the construction of Solomon’s temple in Jerusalem. The temple was 90 feet long (a standard MLB baseball field). It was 30 feet wide (a full-size school bus) and 45 feet high (a four-story building). It took Solomon 7 years to build this temple and over 180.000 laborers. Once the temple was completed, the Ark of the Lord, which represented God’s presence