“There were two men who stayed in the camp, one named Eldad and the other Medad, and the Spirit came to rest on them. They were among those listed to go out to the tent, but they hadn’t done so, and they prophesied in the camp. A young man ran and told Moshe, ‘Eldad and […]

“Moshe went out and told the people what Adonai had said. Then he collected seventy of the leaders of the people and placed them all around the tent. Adonai came down in the cloud, spoke to him, took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy leaders. When the Spirit […]

“Tell the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat; because you cried in the ears of Adonai, “If only we had meat to eat! We had the good life in Egypt!” All right, Adonai is going to give you meat, and you will eat it.-Numbers 11:18 Moses had brought two gripes to […]

So far we have discussed that long before there ever was a New Testament and long before Yeshua and his disciples ever came onto the scene, the Jewish people had believed in the Holy Spirit and that it could be “laid upon“, “descend upon” or even “dwell inside” men. We also learned that the ancient […]

Over the last couple of posts, I think I have tried my darnedest  to demonstrate how the idea of the Holy Spirit indwelling in men was absolutely NOT something that began in the New Testament. Along these same lines I’d like to explore what I consider to probably be one of the most ridiculous beliefs […]