The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament

We’re used to spotting the Holy Spirit as a major character in the New Testament… but is he a new character there? Does the Spirit have a big role to play in the Old Testament, and are there things to learn about him there? Of course, we think the answer is yes, but it's surprising how we often don’t treat the Spirit or our Bible that way!

We referenced a few resources today:

There’s a previous episode about Samson, no longer available on iTunes - so we’re going to rerelease it next week as he’s an amazing character to explore.

Richard Hays’ book Reading Backwards

Christopher Wright’s book Knowing the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament

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