For my morning prayers I have been reading through the Books of Chronicles. It is a part of the Bible I have not sufficiently dwelt in before. Sometimes surprising things happen when we abide in the Scriptures.
The other day I was struck by 2 Chronicles 24:20: Then the spirit of God took possession of Zechariah son of the priest Jehoiad. The Hebrew (lavesh) captures it a bit more fully: Then the Spirit of God (ruach elohim) clothed Zechariah son of the priest Jehoiad. Ponder for a moment the great magnificence, the awesome privilege of being clothed with the very Spirit, the ruach of God. It is almost impossible to comprehend.
And yet this is nearly exactly what we confess about Holy Baptism. In Baptism we are clothed with Christ (Galatians 3:27). What dignity! What honor!
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