The Discovery of Genesis (19 page)

The next portion of the word for
Spirit
is
,
mouth
, three in number. These radicals imply that three persons are speaking via the Spirit. This agrees with the New Testament teaching on the Trinity. Jesus told His disciples regarding the office of the Holy Spirit, “But when the Counselor comes,
whom I shall send to you from the Father
, even the
Spirit
of truth, who proceeds from the Father,
He will bear witness to Me
” (John 15:26).

The Spirit of God is an ambassador of the Father and Son, representing their mouths as well as His own, making three. This claim can be verified by a separate character meaning
instead of or to substitute
. Here is seen the radical
to speak
, and above it two
distinguished person(s)
. It is apparent that the
speaker
is a spokesman not only for himself, but for the two other
respected persons
well, making three, for he speaks instead of or as a substitute. This parallels the
mouths.
Most importantly, the acts of creation were performed by
speaking
things into existence. “By the
word
of the Lord the heavens were made, and all their host by the
breath of His mouth
” (Psalm 33: 6).