The Paraclete: Champion Summoned to Our Side
When Christ speaks of sending 'the Comforter,' we must abandon the modern notion of a gentle consoler drying tears. The Greek word *parakletos* means 'one...
This is historical examples on divine protection and the Holy Spirit, drawing on John 15:26-27.
When Christ speaks of sending 'the Comforter,' we must abandon the modern notion of a gentle consoler drying tears. The Greek word parakletos means 'one who is summoned to the side of another'—a Champion clad in celestial armour, dispatched directly from God's throne. The disciples faced obliteration: 'sheep in the midst of wolves,' defenseless against a world in arms bent on their destruction, even unto religious murder.…
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