Christians is it true; the Holy Spirit can take on many forms?

but the primary image is 'consuming Flames' or 'tongues of Fire' ?





Atheists need not answer, unless you can prove to me they are not realChristians is it true; the Holy Spirit can take on many forms?
The Bible is unclear if the Holy Spirit can take on many forms. In the baptism of Christ, the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove'; (Luke 3:22) and at pentecost the Spirit's sign was ';tongues of flame'; (Acts 2:3).





Further, the Spirit comes upon the Virgin Mary in cloud and light and ';overshadows'; her, so that she might conceive and give birth to Jesus. On the mountain of the transfiguration, the Holy Spirit in the ';cloud came and overshadowed'; Jesus, Moses and Elijah, Peter, James and John (Luke 9:34-35). Also the Holy Spirit is likened to the ';wind that blows where it will'; (John 3:8), and described as ';a sound from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind'; (Acts 2:2-4).





More importantly, the Holy Spirit is the one who guides the believer to righteousness and a faithful Christian life (John 16:8-15). And during baptism, he anoints the person with fire (1 John 2:20-27) and after baptism the Spirit dwells in the individual believer (1 Corin. 3:16), and is the bridge within a person to God (1 Corin. 2:11-15).





GodspeedChristians is it true; the Holy Spirit can take on many forms?
In electronics there is often a microwave communications link that carries many channels. Some channels may be more important than others. This is a homely analogy.





Now. I know LOTS about The Infinite Holy Slpirit:





I would have you consider that The Holy Spirit has MANY open channels, and is in fact ministering to all time and space universes and that at all times, also all spheres. Infinite channels from our point of view...





There is no place where we are inaccessible to The Holy Spirit.





If God is Our Father, the Holy Spirit is our Divine Mother.





A good mother has the proper care for a child at each different age level.





You MOVE up gradually in this ministry! Progressively higher channels are opened, albeit all ministry at lower levels continues to go on. From glory to glory, from sphere to sphere, from relative outer darkness to perfect light.





An interesting fact is that the lower channels are involved with all LIVING things. There are seven important and fundamental lower ministering spirits involved with ALL humans, although people have various degrees of progress with the upper two, even with all seven. Do not confuse these with The Seven Master Spirits (extremely high). I am talking about local universe spiritual ministry on our beginning levels here.





Five of the fundamental spirit ministries are involved with animals. That is how we can relate, even spiritually with our pets (dogs, cats, parrots for example). These are 'Adjutant Mind Spirits' -- quite distinct from the VASTLY more powerful Seven Master Spirits surrounding God in Paradise.





At the other extreme there are HIGH LEVEL ministries. I will mention only one example here. Some higher channels involving earthlings may involve The Seventh Master Spirit, working through lower levels. All spiritual ministries are linked, a vast network where The Infinite Spirit knows all. Some Angels may know a vast amount in a particular area, talking about much more vast, and reliable, than any totality we could know in our present form.





All of these ministries, high or low, are overseen by The Holy Spirit. There are many daughter spirits as well as an immense variety of angels involved in this work. The universes are vast -- drive to a desert and take a look into the starry heavens. The greater part is beyond your visual acuity, even assisted with our best telescopes.





In fact, The Holy Spirit and various daughter spirits are the parents of all angels high and low, as far as I know.





Angels fall under the jurisdiction and the overalll administration of The Holy Spirit.





The cosmic channels of The Holy Spirit have what is right and best to help you at all times, if you so desire.





All you need is receptivity. Perhaps the humiility to ask when occasion warrants.





If you establish this connection, you have established linkage with God, and you will be a shining light, in accord with your progress, to all the earth, and after life here, to all the cosmos, wherever you are.





Pure Spirits serving under The Infinite Holy Spirit are formless. This applies also to one of the High Angel types called Solitary Messengers.





However, most all other Angels (high) or angels (low) have forms. Formlessness (no physical body) enables Solitary Messengers to travel through the cosmos at astounding speeds. Solitary Messengers are answerable to no one lower than The Seven Master Spirits and the Infinite Spirit, so they may not be detained for any reason except by their superiors mentioned. This does not mean they do not render services to other beings though. They sometimes provide information for us! But they greatly serve all higher beings.





In certain circumstances various higher beings (mostly the ones nearer to our level) can make things visible to us. Most of that would be co-ordinated by lower angels, meaning those from our universe as opposed to the the superuniverse, the central heaven, or Paradise.





The highest Angels are from Paradise. One serves as Chief Angel presiding over our planet though, and that is not usual for most all other planets.





Our troubled planet is not forgotten and is the sole mortal sphere in our universe where our Creator Son was born and lived as a man, even starting as a helpless infant.





A human can feel spiritual presence and sense the ministry of the Holy Spirit here and in all intervening places, going higher up, all the incredibly vast way to Paradise.





They cannot violate our free will, so many here are going in the opposite direction -- away from God.





Some who bring death and misery claim to serve God.





This should be easy to sort by any true pilgrim who judges by fruits.





I have edited this for greater precision of phrase, to reduce misconceptions.
Angels can take on many forms.





The Holy Spirit however appears to be different from an angel.





John 14:26


But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.





He is our guide living within us when we accept Him into our lives as our personal Lord and Savior.





Kinda crowded in their if you ask me. What with the spirit of man and the Holy Spirit all in one. Unless, of course, we misunderstand what the Spirit Of Man is.





Genesis 2:7 [KJV]


And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.





Did you notice that word BECAME? Wow! Could it be that we are souls or spirits instead of having a soul or spirit until we accept the Holy Spirit into our lives?





Blessings.
yes, because the holy spirit is the spirit of God. even seen in the old testament, sometimes not even mentioned by name.
It's talking about an entheogenic hallucinogenic plant/drug, just like what moses was on when he talked to the burning bush.
';Consuming';? No...not in the Bible, anyway. Even the burning bush didn't burn up. Other than that, I agree with you.
Yes, even a snake....what if God really set them up in the garden...I always thought he was the sadistic type.