I will do my best to try to explain this so that you can understand what this is all about. There are all kinds of teachings on this by many different people, but I would like to share with you what I believe to be the truth about this subject.

I believe that most people look for something that is too deep. The wonderful thing about the seven Spirits is that they are as simple to understand as the simplicity that is in Christ (2^nd Cor: 11:3). Simplicity is the key. We, for the most part, complicate God's word looking for something real deep and far out.

Revelation talks about the seven Spirits of God in four places. These are found in Rev. 1:4, 3:1, 4:5, and in 5:6. One of the places it speaks of the Seven Spirits is in the 4th Chapter the 5th verse. I have placed it here for you to read. God tells us that the seven lamps of fire burning before the throne are the seven Spirits of God. Then in the 5th chapter the 6th verse he tells us that the seven horns and seven eyes on Jesus, who is portrayed as a lamb, are the seven Spirits of God.

Let's read both of these so that you can see the comparisons.

Rev. 4:2-5
2. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
3. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
4. And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
5. 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. 5:5-7
5. And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
6. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
7. And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

God is telling us that the seven lamps of fire burning before His throne and the seven horns including the seven eyes on the lamb are the seven Spirits of God. So in all reality the seven Spirits are all three of these things. The simplicity in this amazes me. In Ephesians the 4th chapter it tells us that there is one Spirit. It also says that there is one body referring to the Church.

Ephesians 4:4-6
4: There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
5: One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6: One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

This is the revelation to these scriptures. In reality there is only one Spirit just as Paul said. In the second and third chapter of Revelation we read about seven churches, the Churches of Asia. In reality there is only one Church in Asia. All of God's believers make up the Church. He called them seven churches because of their locations. This is part of the mystery. There are a lot of Churches in America, but in reality there is only one Church in America. Does it make sense?

Here is the answer to this mystery. In chapter five verse six God actually tells us the mystery. He said that these were the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. There are seven continents in the earth. God is God over all of it. The seven lamps burning with fire is an allegory showing us the ministry of the Holy Spirit in all seven Continents and the father is in control of that. Remember Jesus said that He would pray the Father and that He would send another comforter?

This allegory shows the Holy Ghost ministering the Word of God symbolized by the lamp. He is the teacher of the Word. The Word of God is a lamp unto our feet. The light that comes off of it is a light to show us the way. The fire coming from the lamp reveals the cleansing of the Word. Of course the lamp could not burn with out oil and this speaks of the anointing of the Holy Spirit. He is ministering this all over the world to all seven Continents.

In the 5th chapter we see Jesus portrayed as a lamb with seven eyes and seven horns. This again is an allegory showing us what God is doing through His son Jesus in the Earth. In Daniel and in Revelation the Word teaches us that horns symbolize kings or seats of authority. What we are seeing in the seven horns is that God has made Jesus Lord, or King over all the seven Continents on this Earth. And we see that we have been placed in the care of Jesus by the seven eyes. This is showing His care for us because his eye is on all seven Continents.

God explains that these seven horns and seven eyes are the seven Spirits of God sent into all the earth. God is showing us that the Lordship of Jesus is ministered to us through the Holy Spirit. We are ministered the love of Jesus and experience his caring for us by the Holy Spirit. He reminds us that Jesus is watching over us all the time. No matter where we are he is watching over us through out the entire world, all seven Continents.

This is probably too simple for some people to accept but none the less I believe that it is the truth. He said that we would know the truth and the truth would make us free.

In Revelation 4 when it says the seven Spirits of God we must take into account that it say's the seven Spirits of God. Which puts this into a different light than simply seven attributes. The same as the seven Churches of Asia

Many people believe that they have uncovered this mystery when reading Isaiah 11:2. Lets look at this scripture for a moment and think on it.

Isaiah 11:2: And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

The Spirit of God can give us the spirit of wisdom, the spirit of understanding, the spirit of counsel, the spirit of might, the spirit of knowledge and the spirit of the fear of the Lord. Isaiah 11:2 would be complete if it also included the spirit of grace, the spirit of supplications, the spirit of judgment, the spirit of holiness, the spirit of adoption, the spirit of meekness, the spirit of faith, the spirit of power, the spirit of love, the spirit of a sound mind, the spirit of glory, the spirit of truth, the spirit of prophecy, etc.

These are all spiritual attributes produced by the Spirit of God rather than being seven separate spirits. If all seven of the spirits in Isaiah were attributes it would be hard to isolate them by themselves to call them the seven Spirits of God since there are many more attributes produced by the Spirit of God than these seven in particular. This is one of the reasons that I feel that attributes cannot be applied to this revelation, there are simply too many to do this. It could only be location not attributes.

Another thing that I feel that we need to consider is the different usage of the word "spirit" in Isaiah compared to the word "Spirits" in Revelation. The seven spirits in Isaiah are different from the seven Spirits in Revelation by the Hebrew word usage in the Old Testament and the Greek word usage in the New Testament. The word "spirit" in Isaiah 11:2 is not capitalized and the word "Spirits" in Revelation 4:5 is capitalized, why is this?

In the Old Testament in Isaiah 11:2 the word spirit is taken from the Hebrew word,xwr Ruwach (roo'-akh); Noun Feminine, Strong #: 7307. With this word not being capitalized it becomes a common noun. Its usage is that of a feminine sense. Which makes the word "spirit" weaker in content to that of the usage in Revelation, which is capitalized. If the word "spirit" were capitalized it would be specifically talking about the Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit in particular. Without this word being capitalized it has a different meaning.

The first usage in the Strongs Concordance for this is wind, breath, mind, or spirit. The best way to understand the word spirit in Isaiah, especially concerning the spirit of the Lord, would be to see it in the feminine usage of the word "spirit".