If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. John 14:7
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: - John 15:26
However, when it comes the Holy Spirit the Scriptures reveal something of His Person which often (at least in my case) gets a deer in the headlight look when it is mentioned, namely this:
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Rev 3:1
And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and [there were] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. Rev 4:5
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:12-13
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. John 3:5-8
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: - John 11:25
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not; taste not; handle not; Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh. Col 2:20-23
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Col 3:3
But we must remember that doubting Thomas was an apostle, too and be patient as was Paul here:
[Thou] fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other [grain]: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
All flesh [is] not the same flesh: but [there is] one [kind of] flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, [and] another of birds. [There are] also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial [is] one, and the [glory] of the terrestrial [is] another. [There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for [one] star differeth from [another] star in glory.
So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit. 1 Cor 15:35-45
One more thing..
About the verse(s) that posits that a man shall become one flesh with his wife.. in marriage.. One wonders if that is a metaphor referring to the Husband(Groom) and the Bride of Christ(wife).. The Husband being Gods Spirit(s) and the bride being the spirits of certain humans(church).. implied also in the last several chapters of revelation.. For the spiritual city is itself spirits not stuctures... God and man becoming one spirit like a husband and wife becoming one flesh.. Talk about harmony and oneness..
That is beyond anthropomorphiziation.. I think..
Spirits; with no need of shelter and all the other things physical bodies require for comfort and sensual delight or pain..
The Bible could be read with an anthropomorphizing attitude or read de-anthropomorphized.. two different books I think.. This is quite a subject.. Us being two Children of God playing in the Universal sandbox.. (( HUG ))... Betcha spirits have no need of gender either, why would they?.. Gender served a purpose on earth but not needed Universally, I think.. Gender could be the ultimate anthropomorphosis.. Ya.. think?..
I Love The Spirit's expositions through your hands and mind.
Thx.