240614-What-is-the-spirit.txt A lot of people have a lot of ideas about what is the spirit?, what is a spirit?, what is spirit? Where and when I grew up, this idea was mostly limited to scary stories ghosts and hauntings, and usually considered as fables with only the tiniest shred of concern that such might be real. Later in life, I considered the question, why do bars carry and stock 'spirits' as another name for alcohol? It seems there's a shred of truth to that as well. What about those who work hard, play hard, go all-in? They are said to have similar to a commendable or a strong spirit. Consider this even from a most impressionable writing, 2024-06-14 08:40:16 Let's then go to the dictionary. Just read through these, don't worry about trying to memorize it all, but gain the concepts, the understanding: 2024-06-14 08:14:38 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spirit?src=search-dict-hed spirit noun 1 : an animating or vital principle held to give life to physical organisms 2 : a supernatural being or essence: such as a : HOLY SPIRIT b : SOUL c : an often malevolent being that is bodiless but can become visible specifically : GHOST d : a malevolent being that enters and possesses a human being 3 : temper or disposition of mind or outlook especially when vigorous or animated (in high spirits) 4 : the immaterial intelligent or sentient part of a person 5a : the activating or essential principle influencing a person (acted in a spirit of helpfulness) b : an inclination, impulse, or tendency of a specified kind : MOOD 6a : a special attitude or frame of mind (the money-making spirit was for a time driven back -J.A. Froude) b : the feeling, quality, or disposition characterizing something (undertaken in a spirit of fun) 7 : a lively or brisk quality in a person or a person's actions 8 : a person having a character or disposition of a specified nature 9 : a mental disposition characterized by firmness or assertiveness (denied the charge with spirit) 10a : DISTILLATE (1) : the liquid containing ethanol and water that is distilled from an alcoholic liquid or mash -> often used in plural (2) : any of various volatile liquids obtained by distillation or cracking (as of petroleum, shale, or wood) -> often used in plural b : a usually volatile organic solvent (such as alcohol, ester, or hydrocarbon) 11a : a prevailing tone or tendency (spirit of the age) b : general intent or real meaning (spirit of the law) 12 : an alcoholic solution of a volatile substance (spirit of camphor) 13 : enthusiastic loyalty (school spirit) 14 : God Spirit verb 1 : to infuse with spirit especially : animate (hope and apprehension of feasibleness spirits all industry) 2 : to carry off usually secretly or mysteriously (was hustled into a ... motorcar and spirited off to the country -W.L. Shirer) -- end Websters. Notable passages: spirit Daniel 2: 1 Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him. 2 Then the king gave orders to call in the magicians, the conjurers, the sorcerers and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king. 3 And the king said to them, "I had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand the dream." (NASB) interpretation Daniel 2: 24 Therefore, Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and spoke to him as follows: "Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon! Take me into the king's presence, and I will declare the interpretation to the king." 25 Then Arioch hurriedly brought Daniel into the king's presence and spoke to him as follows: "I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who can make the interpretation known to the king!" 26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, "Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen and it's interpretation? (Notice how Arioch claimed "I have found", when it was Daniel who found Arioch.) (Notice how Nebuchadnezzar asks Daniel whether Daniel is able to make known the dream and its interpretation?) (Notice this is a flaw in culture, from the king onward and down to the citizens, a subtle flaw of incorrectly claiming accomplishment, as an aspect of self-worship, which Daniel subtly refutes, by the nature of his response. Notice this flaw in culture is NOT limited to the Babylonians/Chaldeans) (Notice Daniel's response, properly giving credit to God.) 27 Daniel answered before the king and said, "As for the mystery about which the king has inquired, neither wise men, conjurers, magicians, nor diviners are able to declare it to the king. 28 "However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days. This was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed. 29 "As for you, O king, while on your bed your thoughts turned to what would take place in the future; and He who reveals mysteries has made known to you what will take place. (notice later in Daniel 2:37 to how Nebuchadnezzar is referred, as "You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.". So, in a sense, it makes sense that God would reveal a mystery to such. Recall the passage, something like, ~"For He does nothing without first revealing it to His servants.") Amos 3: 7 Surely the Lord does nothing Unless He reveals His secret counsel to His servants the prophets. Does that make Nebuchadnezzar a prophet? Daniel had to interpret for him. Yet Nebuchadnezzar was God's servant in his time. 2024-06-14 11:57:54 https://www.esv.org/Jeremiah+27:6;Jeremiah+43:10;Isaiah+44:28;Isaiah+45:1;Ezekiel+29:18%E2%80%9320/ I recalled Jeremiah 43:10, but not the rest of this collection, which names Cyrus as well as Nebuchadnezzar. 30 "But as for me, this mystery has not been revealed to me for any wisdom residing in me more than in any other living man, but for the purpose of making the interpretation known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind. So, we find our very first question is wrong. It's not, what is the spirit, but, Who is the Spirit?