The Hovering of the Holy Spirit
As
you study the Hebrew and Greek, this covering with the garment is expressed as
"the HOVERING or BROODING of the Spirit of God over the face of the
waters" in Genesis 1: 2
and "the hovering over and spreading out of the wings of the eagle" in
Deuteronomy
32: 11, and "the overshadowing of
the Most High" when Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit in
Luke
1: 35, and the overshadowing that came
upon Peter, John and James as they went with Jesus to the Mount of Transfiguration
to pray in Luke 9: 28,
and also when Peter's shadow became the overshadowing as people were healed when
his shadow (filled with the overshadowing presence of the Lord) fell upon them in
Acts
5: 14.
The Prophet Elijah passed his mantle on to Elisha in 2 Kings 2. Many believe that this mantle was actually his Talis and was symbolic of the power of prayer that Elijah had saturated that mantle with. This mantle that Elijah left behind as he was taken up by a whirlwind into heaven, was what Elisha struck and parted the waters with. In Luke 8: 43 the woman with the issue of blood for twelve years, came and touched THE BORDER OF HIS GARMENT and was healed. That word BORDER comes from the Hebrew word tzit tzit meaning twisted coils, fringe, or tassel. Remember the commandment of the Lord from Deuteronomy 22: 12 to wear the twisted coils? What did she touch? The twisted coils on the border of the garment (His Prayer Shawl) that Jesus being Jewish, would have been wearing!
Mark 5: 41 "Then He took the child by the hand and said to her, Talitha cumi, which is translated, "Little girl, I say to you arise." Some scholars believe that her name comes from the old word "Talith" and that the literal translation of this is, "Little girl who is now in my tabernacle (tent), arise!" and the power of the intimacy that Jesus had with God caused her to rise.
Fringes, Tassels and Coils reminiscent of God's Commandments
