The Nature of the Pentecostal Gift With Special Reference to Numbers 11 and Acts 2

Abstract

"The Holy Spirit has been at work in the community of God since the beginning of time. Though Israel had no concept of the Trinity—God in three distinct persons—they were familiar with the Spirit of God in their midst. At this early point in the development of biblical pneumatology, they viewed the Spirit of God as “God in action.” The ruach of Yahweh was God working, moving in the midst of his people. Through reflection on the Old Testament S/spirit tradition and through further revelation from God, the writers of the New Testament further developed a theology of the Spirit."