Hi there,
So this thought is just going around and around in my head: the Holy Spirit will teach a greater degree than Jesus. Jesus essentially taught the "fear of God": repentance, righteous judgment, atonement - we were expected to understand that our fear of God should in fact be a relationship and that there were legitimate ways to work for that relationship to flourish. This was good; this was powerful. But the Holy Spirit, when He comes, will do this to a much greater degree: the Holy Spirit will teach the "dread of God".
What is the "dread of God"? The dread of God is the understanding, that nothing that happens in Heaven or on Earth "escapes" God. It is the idea that unaddressed "sin" becomes 'inquity' and torment in Hell persists until God is rewarded for His Creation. Clearly, I don't know everything about the dread of God, but I know enough that it will affect every nation, for the rest of humanity's existence, here on Earth. What could cause the nations to tremble so much? Well, that is the greater power of the 'dread of God'.
The fear of God, essentially relates to angels; but the dread of God, relates to demons - demons dread God. Someone who is powerful in the Holy Spirit, can bend demons to their will. This is something we should be praying about; it will mean when the Believers around the world protest the use of the mark of the anti-christ, that their power will be greatly respected. Naturally, all this will happen in God's timing and we should not rush to decide how we will speak when we get the opportunity. The point is there is spiritual power in everything God and the Holy Trinity bring to bear. God will reveal more power again - we can look forward to that (as well)!
I hope this has been of some encouragement.
God bless.
So this thought is just going around and around in my head: the Holy Spirit will teach a greater degree than Jesus. Jesus essentially taught the "fear of God": repentance, righteous judgment, atonement - we were expected to understand that our fear of God should in fact be a relationship and that there were legitimate ways to work for that relationship to flourish. This was good; this was powerful. But the Holy Spirit, when He comes, will do this to a much greater degree: the Holy Spirit will teach the "dread of God".
What is the "dread of God"? The dread of God is the understanding, that nothing that happens in Heaven or on Earth "escapes" God. It is the idea that unaddressed "sin" becomes 'inquity' and torment in Hell persists until God is rewarded for His Creation. Clearly, I don't know everything about the dread of God, but I know enough that it will affect every nation, for the rest of humanity's existence, here on Earth. What could cause the nations to tremble so much? Well, that is the greater power of the 'dread of God'.
The fear of God, essentially relates to angels; but the dread of God, relates to demons - demons dread God. Someone who is powerful in the Holy Spirit, can bend demons to their will. This is something we should be praying about; it will mean when the Believers around the world protest the use of the mark of the anti-christ, that their power will be greatly respected. Naturally, all this will happen in God's timing and we should not rush to decide how we will speak when we get the opportunity. The point is there is spiritual power in everything God and the Holy Trinity bring to bear. God will reveal more power again - we can look forward to that (as well)!
I hope this has been of some encouragement.
God bless.
