Nothing Is Minor

We now come to a rather remarkable conclusion to our mini series on how nothing in the Bible is minor. We need to take everything seriously if we are to be true followers of Christ. Personally, this started years ago when God revealed to me Proverbs 25:2 “[It is] the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings [is] to search out a matter.” God placed on my heart the burning desire to look for the small hidden things that He had placed in His Word and in His creation. Since that time, it has been an adventure that I cherish daily. I want to help encourage you to see this principle as well. Last week, I said we would dig into the Seven Spirits of God and I plan to show you how a minor aspect by some is a rather remarkable declaration of God.

If you are reading the Bible for the first time, sooner or later you need to read Revelation. This will do two things, first it will allow you the opportunity to see how God wins! This world is awful and we need to be reminded how in the end God wins and evil loses. Second, if you are not a student of the Old Testament, Revelation will not make sense. However, you should read it. After that, go study the rest of the Bible and as you come across the answers to the questions in Revelation, you will have a solid understanding of the final chapters of history and God’s glory.

In chapter one we see the “Seven Spirits” who are before God. Now many will try to take this out of context or will just keep reading and ignore the treasure waiting here. To better understand, let’s examine it for what it is. First read Isaiah 11:2 “The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.”

Part of this was discussed last week, and I will not go into further details, but will tell you to read last weeks post. However, we can directly connect all seven characteristics of the spirit of God stated in Revelation 1:4 “John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,” to Isaiah 11:2. We further can see the Seven Spirits talked about in the following verses.

Revelation 3:1 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, ‘These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.”

Revelation 4:5 “And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire [were] burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.” Based on this, we can take Revelation 1:13 “and in the midst of the seven lampstands [One] like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.”

Revelation 5:6 “And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.”

Based on these verses alone, without going into further details we can infer a rather remarkable amount about Jesus. We can see that the Seven Spirits are before the throne of God. We can tell that God has the seven Spirits which are also within the Church, and Jesus is within the Spirits and the Church. Finally, we can tell the seven spirits of God are part of Jesus.

This is only a brief examination of the seven Spirits of God. However, it is already revealing a treasure for us. We can tell that the Church has at its disposal the Spirit of the Lord; wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge, and the fear of the Lord. Each of these require their own study and yet, when we take God’s Word seriously, we can see a pattern of God wanting to show us something rather remarkable and all we have to do is follow Him.

At Mill House Ministries, we would love to learn what God is teaching you. Contact us and tell us about the treasure you are finding with the Lord and how He is working in your life!