7. The Spirits of God in Christ

Jesus Christ was full of the spirit of prophecy, the spirit of wisdom, and the spirit of the breath of life. 

“In Him all the fulness of the deity dwells in bodily form” (Colossians 2:9). 

In the Book of Ezekiel, Ezekiel represented Christ as the “son of man.” In fact, God called Ezekiel “the son of man” 93 times.

Like Jesus Christ, Ezekiel was empowered by the spirit of God, the hand of Yihvah, which the Targum called “the spirit of prophecy from before Yihvah.”

Isaiah said that Jesus would be anointed by the spirit of Yihvah to preach good news to the poor (Isaiah 61:1). The Targum called this spirit, the “spirit of prophecy from before Yihvah.”

In the Book of Acts, Peter said “God anointed Him with the holy spirit and power” (Acts 10:38). This was same power of God in Micah, who said, “I am full of power by the spirit of Yihvah” (Micah 3:8). The Targum called this “the spirit of prophecy from before Yihvah.”

Jesus was first represented by Joshua, whose name is Jesus in Greek.

Joshua was the successor of Moses. John said, “the Law came through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ” (John 1:17).

After Moses laid his hands on Joshua, he became full of the spirit of wisdom (Deuteronomy 34:9). The same spirit of wisdom was in the craftsmen, who built the tabernacle in the Book of Exodus (Exodus 28:3; 31:3; 35:31).

Isaiah described the spirit on Christ as, “the spirit of Yihvah, the spirit of wisdom, and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord” (Isaiah 11:2). The Targum called this the “spirit of prophecy from before Yihvah, the spirit of wisdom and understanding….”

In fact, there were three spirits of God in Christ: “the spirit of prophecy from before Yihvah,” “the spirit of wisdom,” and “the spirit of the breath of life” that is in all men.