Feasting on this tonight... The presence of God’s Spirit in power and glory may be marked in Scripture by the following: 1. Shaking or trembling—Exo. 19:16; 1 Chron. 16:30; Ezra 9:4; Psa. 2:11; 96:9; 114:7; 119:120; Isa. 66:5; Jer. 5:22; 23:9; Dan. 10:10-11; Matt. 28:4; Acts 7:32; Heb. 12:21. 2. Falling over—Gen. 17:1, 3; 1 Kgs. 8:11 (“the priests were not able to stand [i.e., they fell over!] to serve, because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled his temple”); Ezek. 1:28; 3:23; Dan. 8:17-18; 10:9; Matt. 28:4; Jn. 18:6; Acts 9:4 (26:14); 1 Cor. 14:25; Rev. 1:17. 3. Intoxicated state of mind—Acts 2:4, 13, 15; Eph. 5:18; cf. 1 Sam. 1:12-17; 1 Sam. 19:23f. 4. Laughing, shouting, or weeping—Gen. 17:1, 3, 1746; Ezra 3:13 (“rejoicing,” which certainly included laughter and shouting, is so loud that it is heard “far away” from Jerusalem—that must have been pretty loud!); Neh. 8:6, 9 (weeping in the midst of worship and praise); 12:43; Ps. 126:2; Prov. 14:13; Acts 14:10 (Greek literally “[Paul] said with a loud voice”). 5. Prolonged exuberant praise—Lk. 1:41-42 (Elizabeth “filled with the Holy Spirit, spoke out in a loud voice”); Lk. 1: 46-55, 64, 68-79; 5:25; 17:15; Acts 3:8-10. 6. Feeling energy, electricity, heat—Mk. 5:29-30 (cf. Matt. 9:22; Lk. 8:44, 46-47); Lk. 6:19; cf. Col. 1:29 (where energeia “working, energy” is coupled in the text with dunamis “power”); Judg. 14:6, 19; 15:14; 1 Sam. 10:6, 10; 16:13 (the Spirit rushing like fire).48 7. Feeling deep peace—Rom. 14:17; 15:13; 1 Cor. 14:33; Phil. 4:5-7. 8. Visible radiance seen on the face or around the head—Acts 2:3-4 (tongues of fire); 6:15 and 7:55 (Stephen, filled with the Spirit had a radiant face); compare 2 Cor. 3:7, 13, 17-18 and Exo. 34:29 (the radiance of Moses’ face is from the “Lord who is the Spirit”). 9. Trance-like state—Acts 10:10ff; 22:17ff. 10. Groaning or inarticulate sounds—Rom. 8:26. By the way, manifestations & phenomena which may accompany the presence of God’s Spirit are not only attested in Scripture, but they are also attested in early Judaism and post-biblical early Christian tradition and revivals.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 07:13:49 +0000
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