Revelation 4:5 - And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. Revelation 1:4 - John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne Revelation 3:1 - And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. ![]() The seven eyes of the Lord are the seven Spirits of the Lord, each representative of what Christ is to the believer (Revelation 5:6 - And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.). Zechariah 4:10 - For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth. However, since the Bible does not give any details about the seven spirits of God, we cannot be dogmatic about them.Zechariah 3:9 – For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. Throughout the Bible, the number seven is symbolic of perfection, and saying that the Holy Spirit consists of seven spirits could be a way of representing that perfection. The most widely held and plausible view of the seven spirits of God is that they are representative of the Holy Spirit in some way. Isaiah said: "And 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 the fear of the Lord." Some scholars take this to possibly mean that the seven spirits of God are the Spirit of the Lord, the Spirit of Wisdom, the Spirit of Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel, the Spirit of Might, the Spirit of Knowledge, and the Spirit of the Fear of the Lord. Another view takes a verse from Isaiah 11:2 and uses it to enumerate and name the seven spirits of God. ![]() One view is that the seven spirits are indeed angels of some kind. John refers to them as a literal entity, similar to the angels or the cherubim. That is, they are more than simple metaphor. However, there is no indication that these seven spirits of God do not exist. These descriptions are mysterious and heavy with symbolic meaning, as is much of the Book of Revelation. They are also said to be "sent out into all the earth" and they are equated with the "seven eyes" of the Lamb of God. We know from the references that mention the seven spirits that they are "held" by Jesus Christ, and that they are likened to seven lamps burning near, or in front of, God's throne. It is not possible to say with complete certainty what or who the Bible is referring to when it describes the "seven spirits of God" which are before God's throne (Revelation 1:4 3:1 4:5 5:6). The seven spirits of God – Who or what are they?
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