As we discussed in our recent Sunday Bible study, the Seven Spirits are listed in Isaiah 11:
The Spirit of the LORD (1) shall rest upon Him,
The Spirit of wisdom (2) and understanding (3),
The Spirit of counsel (4) and might (5),
The Spirit of knowledge (6) and of the fear of the LORD (7).
These are somewhat progressive in nature in that there is an indication of maturing as you move through each of these in order. Seven is a number of fullness, maturity, and completion. This prophetic picture of “Jesse’s Offspring” is that of Jesus Christ, the pattern Son. The last of the Seven Spirits is the fear of the LORD. In the next verse the focus is on this particular aspect:
3 His delight is in the fear of the LORD,
And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,
Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;
4 But with righteousness He shall judge the poor,
And decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
5 Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins,
And faithfulness the belt of His waist.
The Sons who become the expressed image of Our Heavenly Father will also take on the Seven Spirits. As a son is perfected in the training select by FATHER, the son becomes the “expressed” image desire by FATHER. Jesus was the manifested Son and only operated according to that which was given by FATHER. The son is called to express and manifest the Glory of the FATHER to all men on earth. Paul responded to those who did not know FATHER with
Acts 17:28 for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’
A seed must produce after its own kind. If you plant an acorn, be assured you will grow an oak tree, not a poplar, aspen, or maple tree. Peter writes:
1 Peter 1:22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.
As the incorruptible seed grows in us, the fullness of the Spirit will spring forth and we will be seen just as the original Word of GOD was manifested in the flesh.