The Holy Spirit Is God, which can be manifested in any shape and form He wants to manifest Himself in, many people Preach that when the old testament says the Angel of the Lord or angel of God that this is Jesus . But He is Not an angel for God created angels. I also think that there is different levels or ranks among the angels we have Cherubims and the we have Michael the archangel, so just to say that the Holy Spirit is a mere angel may fall under blaspheming the Holy Spirit. and The bible teaches that the Holy spirit dwells in all Believers so we do not have an angel living in us But The Spirit Of God Himself.
I would never blashemy the Holy Spirit. Atleast intentionally. Let's use common sense. I say that the Holy Spirit is an angel. Not just any angel but the angel who bares the Word of God. But if it is an angel, then that would mean possession! But by your own definition, a being, who is NOT AN ANGEL but God manifested as the Holy Spirit, is the one who dwells within us! Is that not also POSSESSION! HEAVEN FORBID! FOR WE MUST LET THE BIBLE INTERPRET ITSELF! We are told in Exodus about the Lord's wonders in the land of Egypt and how He used His mighty Hand to do it!
Exodus 7:19
And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
Exodus 8:16
And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
Exodus 9:13-18
And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
14For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
15For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
Exodus 9:22-24
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.
23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
24So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
We see that through Moses, the Lord executed all His plagues upon Egypt. But how did the Lord do it? Was this the manifestation of the Holy Spirit you were talking about? The Bible explains it!
Psalms 78: 43-49
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan.
44And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
45He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
47He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
48He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, BY SENDING EVIL ANGELS AMONG THEM.
What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit. Let us let the Bible determine that. Let me give some examples:
Ezekiel 2:1-7
And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.
2And the spirit entered into me WHEN HE SPAKE UNTO ME, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.
The spirit entered upon hearing the Word spoken by God.
3And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.
4For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.
5And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
6And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
7AND THOU SHALT SPEAK MY WORDS UNTO THEM, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
He was then told to speak the words of God.
8But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
9And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
10And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
He was told to hear what God said to him. To OPEN HIS MOUTH AND EAT WHAT GOD HAD GIVEN HIM!
And he beheld, a hand was sent to him that held a BOOK, written within and without. And there was written therein lamentations, mourning, and woe. Was this some strange hand detatched from a body? NO! This was an angel!
Ezekiel 3:1-4
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
2So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
3And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
4And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
Have YOU ever tried to EAT a book? Ezekiel was told to eat and fill his bowels with the roll given him. He did eat and that it was in his mouth as honey for sweetness. Then he was told to SPEAK HIS WORDS UNTO THEM!
SO TO HAVE THE SPIRIT ENTER INTO YOUR LIFE IS SIMPLY TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD.
TO BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT( AS EZEKIEL WAS TOLD TO FILL HIS BOWELS) IS TO READ OR TO TAKE IN KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORD OF GOD. IT WAS IN HIS MOUTH AS SWEET AS HONEY BECAUSE BECAUSE THE WORD OF GOD IS LIFE! THE HAND WHO HAD GIVEN EZEKIEL THE BOOK TO EAT WAS AN ANGEL, WHO WAS SENT AFTER HEARING THE WORD OF GOD!
Now I admit that what I wrote, might be misinterpriting in a sense that Gabriel is NOT the Comforter mentioned by Jesus. But we know that the physical was written to teach us the spiritual! Gabriel said in Daniel 10:21 But I will show thee that which is noted in the scripture of TRUTH: and there is NONE that holdeth with me in these things (SCRIPTURE OF TRUTH), but MICHAEL YOUR PRINCE.
In Joshua 5:13-15
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
14And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, AND DID WORSHIP, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant?
15And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, LOOSE THY SHOE FROM OFF THY FOOT;FOR THE PLACE WHEREON THOU STANDETH IS HOLY. And Joshua did so.
Acts 7:35
This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the HAND OF THE ANGEL which appeared to him in the bush.
This angel DID ACCEPT WORSHIP! Why? Because he spoke not of himself! He was God's spiritual spokesman on earth! The angel in the burning bush told Moses that he was on Holy ground and spoke as the Lord. This angel who called himself the Captain of the Lord's host told Joshua the same.
The word, Angel, can't mean two different things. And if this Angel is indeed Michael our prince then what does that tell us? That Michael is Jesus? Heaven forbid! For which of the angels did the Father have to sit at His right hand? We must then see this angel for what he is. In the Old testament YHWH said that his name was in Him. In the New testament Yeshua said He came in the Father's name as well. Yeshua is NOT an angel. The Spirit of Truth is now given more abundantly because this same angel NOW COMES IN THE NAME OF THE SON, YESHUA! HIS NAME MEANS YHWH'S SALVATION! As it is Yeshua who defeats the evil kings and armies on this earth, it is MICHAEL who goes to war with Satan and his army in Heaven. They are two seperate beings!