There are biblical translations where the pronoun used for the Holy Spirit is masculine, in contrast to the gender of the noun used for spirit in Hebrew and Aramaic. In Aramaic also, the language generally considered to have been spoken by Jesus, the word is feminine. However, in Greek the word (pneuma) is neuter.
For the majority of Christian denominations, the Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Holy Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and is Almighty God. As such he is personal and also fully God, co-equal and co-eternal with God the Father and Son of God.
Analysis. This is literally translated "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus".
The Daughters of the Holy Spirit (formerly known as the Daughters of the Holy Ghost) or the White Sisters (French: Filles du Saint-Esprit) are a Roman Catholic religious institute of women founded in France in 1706. The religious sisters of this institute are dedicated to the service of the poor and needy.
As The Catechism of the Catholic Church says: "God is neither man nor woman: he is God". Other Christian groups have gone further than this though. A church in third-century Syria seems to have been in the habit of praying to the Holy Spirit in female terms.
Though Church teaching, in line with its Doctors, holds that God has no literal sex because God possesses no body (a prerequisite of sex), classical and scriptural understanding states that God should be referred to (in most contexts) as masculine by analogy.
Jehovah (/dʒɪˈhoʊvə/) is a Latinization of the Hebrew יְהֹוָה Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.
Certainly the Spirit of the Lord can bring strong emotional feelings, including tears, but that outward manifestation ought not to be confused with the presence of the Spirit itself” (in Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Missionary Service [2004], 99).
The Holy Women were the women who were present at the Crucifixion. According to Saint Matthew's Gospel (27: 56), they included Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee (the Apostles James and John).
In the Hebrew Bible we find both masculine and feminine terms for God. At other times no gender is implied. Human beings are biologically male and female, but not God, because the divine does not have a body. The application of masculine and feminine gender to the divine is simply metaphorical and grammatical.
Many Christians rely on Matthew 22:30, in which Jesus tells a group of questioners, "At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.”
[5] Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. [6] That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
They are: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord.
Aramaic is best known as the language Jesus spoke. It is a Semitic language originating in the middle Euphrates. In 800-600 BC it spread from there to Syria and Mesopotamia. The oldest preserved inscriptions are from this period and written in Old Aramaic.
The Holy Spirit is God Himself. When we accept Christ as our Savior, The Holy Spirit comes and lives within us. We cannot come to Christ unless the Holy Spirit draws us unto Him. The Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin and we admit we are sinners.
We learn about the first Spirit-filled man in the Bible in Exodus 35:31 - Bezalel who GOD filled with HIS SPIRIT (ruwach), understanding, wisdom and workmanship to work with his hands for God.
“And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain….” (Revelation 21:4). Ultimately, there will be a glorious day when you will feel the Hand of God gently caress your cheek, wiping away the tears you once cried.
The Bible more often portrays God's voice as sounding ordinary and meek than as booming and thunderous.
Tears, I believe, are a gift from God to cleanse, heal, and allow us to humble ourselves to the Lord. Tears can draw us closer to God during our trials and tribulations. See how you will learn how to allow the Holy Spirit to get you through trials and tribulations.
| Origin of Everything. Jesus' name in Hebrew was “Yeshua” which translates to English as Joshua.
In Christianity, the Old Testament reveals YHWH ( יהוה; often vocalized with vowels as "Yahweh" or "Jehovah") as the personal name of God.
The answer is Jesus didn't have a formal last name or surname like we do today.