The Word You're Breathing Right Now Is Also the Word for God's Spirit

Right now, air is moving through your lungs without you thinking about it. In Hebrew, that word — ruach — is the exact same word the Bible uses for the Spirit of God hovering over the waters at the dawn of creation. Not a poetic coincidence. Grammar. One word, doing three jobs at once, from the first page of Genesis to a valley of dry bones, to a secret night conversation with Nicodemus, to a resurrected Jesus breathing on his frightened disciples behind a locked door. This video traces ruach — and its Greek counterpart pneuma — through the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures, and asks what it means that the ancient world never drew the line we take for granted between the physical and the spiritual. If this kind of close look at Scripture's original languages speaks to you, more of these are on the way. #Ruach #HebrewBible #BiblicalHebrew #Genesis #HolySpirit #Scripture #BibleStudy