Verse 2
2. The Spirit of the Lord The Holy Spirit of Jehovah, who communicates the whole creative fulness of divine powers.
Shall rest upon him In dove-like descent, as at the Jordan, with fulness of miraculous powers, and upon his person as the true temple. Three pairs of virtues now follow.
Wisdom and understanding These are poetically joined, but perhaps as equivalent expressions. They relate to the intellectual life.
Counsel and might Corresponding, as in Isaiah 9:7, to “Counsellor and mighty God.” These are combined with “wisdom and understanding” in Proverbs 8:14. They pertain to the practical life.
Knowledge and… fear of the Lord These have direct relation to God. Knowledge is founded on fellowship of love, and fear of Jehovah is absorbed in holy reverence. Virtually, “the Spirit” is used seven times. Is this accidental? Theosophy says, No; and seeks its “mystical symmetries” among examples like this, of “sacred sevens,” “triple pairs,” etc. For sacred numbers see Whedon’s supplementary note to chapter vi, of Commentary on Luke. Also Delitzsch’s Biblical Psychology, Mahan’s Psalmonia, and Stuart on the Apocalypse. Revelation 2:0. vol. 2.
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