The Other Spirit

The Other Spirit
By James Scott Trimm
Paul writes:

3 But I fear, lest as the serpent deceived Havah by his craftiness: so your minds
will be corrupted from the simplicity that is with the Messiah.
4 For if he who came toward you, had proclaimed to you another Yeshua whom we had
not proclaimed, or you had received another spirit that you had not received, or another good news that you had not accepted, you might have been persuaded well:
(2Cor. 11:3-4 HRV)

In this movement we have often addressed the “other Yeshua” as the Torah-less “Jesus” who “came to free you from the bondage to the Law”. And we have often addressed the other Gospel as the Torah-less “Gospel” of freedom from bondage to the Law. But what is this other “Spirit”?

Elsewhere Paul writes:

14 For we know that the Torah is of the Spirit: but I am of the flesh, and I am sold to sin.
(Rom. 7:14 HRV)


The Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) is also known in Scripture as the “Spirit of Truth”:

...when the Spirit of Truth comes she will guide you in all truth...
(Jn. 16:13)

The Torah is truth (Ps. 119:142, 151). The Spirit of Truth is the Spirit of Torah which guides us in observing all the Torah. Ezekiel 18:29-32 speaks of having a new heart and a new spirit. Ezekiel 36:26-27 speaks similarly:

A new heart also will I give you,
and a new spirit will I put within you:
and I will take away the stony heart
out of your flesh,
and I will give you a heart of flesh.
And I will put my spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and you shall keep my judgments, and do them.

The Ruach HaKodesh guides us to keep Torah, she causes us to walk in the statutes and keep the judgments of YHWH. This is because she makes us the faithful bride of the Father, and as such she causes us to want to keep the conditions of our Ketuvah (marriage contract) with YHWH, i.e. the Torah. Thus also Acts refers to "...the Ruach HaKodesh which Elohim has given to them which obey him." (Acts 5:32).

So what is the “Other Spirit”? Well just as the Ruach HaKodesh manifests prophecy and miracles (1Cor. 12). Likewise the Anti-Torah “Other Spirit” inspires prophecy, signs, wonders, miracles and casting out of demons.

As we read in the Torah:

1 (12:32) All this word which I command you, that shall you observe to do; you shall not
add thereto nor diminish from it.
2 (13:1) If there arise in the midst of you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give
you a sign or a wonder,
3 (13:2) And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spoke unto you, saying,
Let us go after other gods which you have not known, and let us serve them …
4 (13:3) You shall not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of
dreams. For YHWH your Elohim puts you to proof, to know whether you do love
YHWH your Elohim, with all your heart and with all your soul.
5 (13:4) After YHWH your Elohim shall you walk, and Him shall you fear, and His
commandments shall you keep, and unto His voice shall you hearken, and Him shall you
serve, and unto Him shall you cleave.
6 (13:5) And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he
has spoken perversion against YHWH your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of
Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to draw you aside out of the way
which YHWH your Elohim commanded you to walk in. So shall you put away the evil
from the midst of you.
(Deut. 12:32-13:2 (13:1-6) HRV)

21 Not everyone that says to Me, Adonai, Adonai, will enter into the Kingdom of
Heaven. But he that does the will of My Father, which is in heaven--the same will enter
with Me, into the Kingdom of Heaven.
22 Many will say to Me in that day, Adonai, Adonai! Did we not eat and drink in your
Name: and have we not prophesied in your Name, and in your Name have cast out
shadim: and in your Name done many powerful works?
23 And then will I profess to them, that I know them not. Depart from Me, all you
workers of Torah-less-ness.
(Mt. 7:21-23 HRV)

8 And then the Torah-less one will be revealed: whom our Adon Yeshua will
consume by the breath of His mouth, and He will abolish Him with the
manifestation of His coming.
9 For the coming of that one, is by the working of HaSatan: with all power, and signs,
and lying wonders.
10 And with all the deception of Torah-less-ness that is in the destroyed ones, because
they did not receive the love of Truth, by which they should have Life.
(2Thes. 2:8-10 HRV)

13 And he will do great signs in such a manner, that he will make fire to descend from
heaven upon the earth, before the sons of men.
14 And he will seduce, those who are dwelling on the earth: by the signs that are given to
him to work in the presence of the beast; saying to those who are dwelling on the earth
[that they should] make an image for the beast, who had the wound of the sword and
lived.
(Rev. 13:13-14 HRV)

Do not be surprised when the Anti-Nomians prophecy accurately, cast out demons and perform signs, wonders and miracles by means of the “Other Spirit”. Likewise do not be surprised if Anti-Nomians speak in tongues or even interpret tongues by means of another spirit.

Who is the Other Spirit?

We were created in the image of Elohim (Gen. 1:26-27; 1Cor. 11:7). This Image of Elohim is an invisible image of attributes, which make up the godhead (Col. 1:15; Rom. 1:27).

"What may be known of Elohim is manifest in them [mankind] his invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead..."
(Rom. 1:19)

Then in Rom. 1:26-28 we are told that those who fail to perceive these things may fall into the errors of Homosexuality and Lesbianism. So when in creation were Elohim's invisible attributes manifested in man and made clearly seen. The answer is in the Torah, in Gen. 1:26, 27 where we read:

Then Elohim said, "Let Us make man in Our image,
according to Our likeness...
So Elohim created man in His own image;
in the image of Elohim He created him;
male and female He created them.

Now following the parallelism of the passage, "Our image", "Our likeness" and "male and female" appear to be parallel terms.

These feminine and masculine attributes are represented in the Tanak by the Father (Jer. 31:9; Mal. 1:9; Is. 63:16; 64:8), the Mother (Is. 66:13 ) and the Son (Prov. 30:4; Ps. 2:2, 7, 12).

The female aspect of the three pillars of the Godhead is called "mother". This is YHWH expressed to man, not in his aspect of “Father” but in the aspect of “Mother”. as we also read in the Tanak:

As one whom his mother comforts, so will I [YHWH] comfort you…
(Is. 66:13)

YHWH as a “comforter” is also known as the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) as we read in Yochanan:

…I will ask my Father and he will give you another comforter that will be with you forever,
The Spirit of Truth …
(Jn. 14:16-17)

…the comforter, the Ruach HaKodesh, whom my Father will send in my name,…
(Jn. 14:27)

…when the comforter comes. Whom I will send you from my Father, the Spirit of Truth who has proceeded from my Father…
(Jn. 15:26)

…I will send the comforter to you.
(Jn. 16:7)

The Ruach HaKodesh is the Spirit of Elohim, which rested upon Messiah at his immersion:

…behold, the Spirit of Elohim descending from the heavens…and rested upon him…
(Mt. 3:16-17=Mk. 1:10-11 = Lk. 3:21-22 = Jn. 1:33)


Which is the Spirit of YHWH which rests upon Messiah in Isaiah 11:2-4:

And the Spirit of YHWH shall rest upon him, the Spirit of Wisdom (Chokmah) and Understanding (Binah) the Spirit of Counsel (Atzah) and power (Gevurah) the spirit of knowledge and of the fear (yirah) of YHWH …But with righteousness shall he judge…
(Is. 11:2-4)

This Ruach HaKodesh is clearly is the "her/she" of Prov. 8:1-2, 12-18:

Does not wisdom call, And understanding put forth her voice?
Where the paths meet, she stands…I Wisdom (Chokmah) dwell with prudence…the fear (yirah) of YHWH is to hate evil…
Counsel (atzah) is mine…I am understanding (Binah) power (Geburah) is mine…. ...by me rule... all judges...

One problem that presents itself in translating the New Testament from Hebrew and Aramaic into English is that of the gender of the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit). English is very different from Hebrew and Aramaic. To begin with English has three genders, masculine, feminine and neuter (i.e. he, she and it). Hebrew and Aramaic have no neuter gender. In Hebrew and Aramaic everything is either a “he” or a “she” and nothing is an “it”. Also gender plays a much more important role in Hebrew and in Aramaic than in English. In English gender is usually only an issue when dealing with pronouns. But in Hebrew and in Aramaic nouns and verbs are also masculine or feminine. And while there are no true adjectives in Hebrew (nouns are used as adjectives), noun modifiers must agree in gender with the noun. Now the Hebrew word RUACH (Aramaic RUCHA) is grammatically feminine as is the phrase Ruach HaKodesh. This is matched by the role of the Ruach HaKodesh as “comforter” (Jn. 14-16) and the identification of the “comforter” with YHWH acting as a “mother” (Is. 66:13).

Now in English the Ruach is often referred to as “he” or “it” as also in the Greek New Testament. However this seems very odd indeed to the Semitic mind.

Now it is very clear that the gender of the RUACH has been revised in many passages of the Aramaic to agree with the Hellenistic concept of the Holy Spirit as being either a “he” or an “it”. Thus the pronouns used for the Ruach HaKodesh in Jn. 14-16 in the Peshitta are all masculine. However the hand of revision is very clear. For example while both the Peshitta and Old Syriac have “he” in Jn. 16:8 the Old Syriac has “she” just a few verses further down in 16:13 while the Peshitta has “he”.

Moreover there are many passages in which the Peshitta itself pairs the Ruach HaKodesh with feminine verbs and/or feminine modifiers: Mk. 1:10; Jn. 1:32, 33; 6:63; 7:39; Acts 8:29, 39; 16:17; Rom. 8:9, 10, 11, 16, 26a, 26b, 1Cor. 3:16; 1Tim. 4:1; 1Pt. 1:11; 4:14 and 1Jn. 5:6. In fact the Peshitta Aramaic of Rom. 8:16 opens literally with:

And she the Ruach gives testimony….

While it is clear that the Ruach HaKodesh has no literal gender, it is also clear that the Ruach HaKodesh is grammatically and figuratively a “she”.

Now the ancient Nazarenes actually believed the Ruach HaKodesh to be a sort of Heavenly Mother. These ancient Nazarenes used an apocryphal Gospel called The Goodnews according to the Hebrews, which taught this very idea. While this apocryphal Gospel is now lost, several quotes from it have survived in the writings on the ancient "Church Fathers." One of these quotes, found in Jerome's commentary on Isaiah, tells the story of Yeshua's immersion (baptism) this way:

And it came to pass when the Lord was come up out of the water, the whole fount of the Holy Spirit descended and rested upon him, and said to him, "My Son, in all the prophets was I waiting for you that you should come, and I might rest in you.
For you are my rest, you are My firstborn son, that reigns forever."
(Jerome- On Is. 11:2)

Here it is the Ruach HaKodesh, not the Father, who is calling Yeshua "My Son" apparently referring to Psalm 2:7 (see also Acts 13:33; Heb. 1:5; 5:5). Another important quote may be found in a number of ancient writings. In this quote Yeshua is reported as saying:

"Even so did my Mother, the Holy Spirit, take me by one of my hairs and carry me away to the great mountain Tabor." (Compare Ezkl. 8:3)
[Origen- On Jn. 2:12; Hom. on Jer. 15:4; Jerome- On Micah 7:6; On. Is. 40:9; On Ezkl. 16:13]

There can be no doubt that here the Ruach HaKodesh is seen as a Heavenly Mother.

There can also be no doubt that the Ruach HaKodesh is YHWH. The following comparisons make this clear:

YHWH alone did lead him,
And there was no strange god with Him.
(Deut. 32:11)

…The Spirit of YHWH caused them to rest;
So did You lead Your people…
(Is. 63:14)

And:

But when Moshe went in before YHWH that He might speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out…
(Ex. 34:34)

But when any man from them should turn to YHWH, the veil is lifted from him. Now YHWH himself is spirit, and where the Spirit of YHWH is, there is freedom. But all of us, with open faces, behold the magnificence of YHWH as in a mirror, and we are being changed into that likeness from glory to glory as by YHWH the Spirit.
(2Cor. 3:16-18)

Now some have taught that the Ruach HaKodesh is simply an impersonal “force”.

However, it is clear from the Scriptures that that the Ruach has many qualities that are not characteristic of an impersonal force. The Holy Spirit speaks (Acts 8:29; 10:19; Jn. 15:26; 2Pt. 1:21); have emotions (Is. 63:10; Eph. 4:30) can be insulted (Heb. 10:29) intercedes (Rom. 8:26) testifies (Jn. 14:26) leads (Rom. 8:14) commissions (Acts 13:4), commands (Acts 8:29); wills (1Cor. 12:11) and gives understanding (1Cor. 2:10-11).

Some have also taught that the Ruach HaKodesh is the Father. This will be discussed in more detail later. However here I wish to make it clear that the Father is not the Ruach because the Father sends the Ruach (Jn. 14:26) and the Father obviously does not send himself.


In Revelation 12 we read:

“And a great sign was seen in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars upon her head. And [she was] with child and crying and laboring in childbirth, also being in pain to bring forth…she gave birth to a male-child.”
(Rev. 12:1-2, 5)

Now if we turn to Isaiah 66 we can easily see who this woman is:

“Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she delivered a man-child…. As one whom his mother comforts, so will I [YHWH] comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Yerushalayim.”
(Is. 66:7, 13)

The woman in Rev. 12:1-2 is in fact the Ruach HaKodesh, our comforter, our Mother. But look now at Rev. 12:1, she is “clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars upon her head”. This clearly refers to Joseph’s dream (Gen. 37:9) in which the Sun symbolizes Jacob, the Moon symbolizes Rachel and the twelve stars (an obvious reference to the twelve “signs of the Zodiac”) symbolize the twelve patriarchs. The woman is therefore “clothed” with Israel and the twelve tribes thereof. Thus the woman may also be seen as representing Israel. She is Israel on the outside, but Ruach HaKodesh on the inside. Thus we also read:

“Like as a woman with child, that draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs; so have we [Israel] been at Your presence, O YHWH.”
(Is. 26:17)

“Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Tziyon, like a woman in travail; for now shall you go forth out of the city, and shall dwell in the field, and shall come even unto Bavel; there shall you be rescued; there shall YHWH redeem you from the hand of your enemies.”
(Micah 4:10)

On yet another level the woman in Revelation 12 may be seen has having a parallel in Miriam the mother of Yeshua. Her son “is about to rule all the nations with a rod of iron” (Rev. 12:5) this refers to the well known Messianic prophecy in Psalm 2:9. When Miriam conceived Messiah, the Ruach HaKodesh came upon her (Luk 1:35) thus she was able to act as the surrogate for the Ruach HaKodesh.

In the same way Israel is able to serve as the bride of YHWH. While the Ruach HaKodesh is the consort of YHWH, Israel, being filled with the Ruach HaKodesh acts as her surrogate.

So who is the Other Spirit?

1 And one of the seven angels, who had the seven bowls, came and talked with me
saying, Follow me. I will show you the judgment of the harlot, who sits upon many
waters,
2 With whom the kings of the earth have fornicated, and all the inhabitants of the earth
have become drunk, from the wine of her fornication.
3 And he led me to the wilderness in the Spirit: and I saw a woman who was sitting
on a red beast that was full of names of blasphemy; that had seven heads and ten
horns.
4 And the woman was clothed with purples and scarlet; gilded with gold, and precious
stones, and pearls: and she had a cup of gold in her hand, and [it was] full of the
abomination and pollution of her fornication.
5 And between her eyes it was written, Mystery Bavel, the great; mother of harlots
and of pollution’s of the earth.
(Rev. 17:1-5 HRV)

This is the mother of the Torah-less Church which is drunk on her wine! This is the Other Spirit and Anti-Nomian Christendom is drunk on her wine!