TCR 158 - The Holy Spirit in the Old and New Testaments

TCR 158

. . . the Holy Spirit is nowhere named
in the Old Testament Word,
but only 'the Spirit of holiness' in three passages,
one in the Psalms of David (Ps. 51:11),

Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy spirit from me.

and two in Isaiah (63:10, 11-12).

Yet they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit.
So He turned and became their enemy
and He Himself fought against them.

Then His people recalled the days of old,
the days of Moses and his people --
where is He who brought them through the sea,
withe the shepherd of His flock?
Where is He who set His Holy Spirit among them,
who sent His glorious arm of power
to be at Moses' right hand . . ..

But there are frequent references
in the New Testament Word,
as much in the Gospels
as in the Acts of the Apostles and in their Epistles.
The reason is that the Holy Spirit first existed
when the Lord came into the world,
for it came out of Him from the Father;
for 'the Lord alone is holy' (Rev. 15:4).
For this reason too
the angel Gabriel
speaking to Mary the mother of Jesus said
'the Holy Thing which will be born of you' (Luke 1:35).
The reason why we read 'The Holy Spirit was not yet,
because Jesus was not yet glorified' (John 7:39),
although it was said earlier
that the Holy Spirit filled Elizabeth (Luke 1:41)
and Zechariah (Luke 1:67),
as well as Simeon (Luke 2:25),
was that it was the spirit of Jehovah the Father
which filled them;
and it was called the Holy Spirit
because the Lord was already at that time in the world.
This is why nowhere in the Old Testament Word
does it say that the Prophets
spoke from the Holy Spirit, but from Jehovah.
For everywhere we read 'Jehovah spoke to me',
'The Word from Jehovah came to me',
'Jehovah said', 'The saying of Jehovah.'