The Intelligence of the Spirit in the Old Testament

Pneumatology has been the subject of discussion of her activities in the Old Testament.  The personality of the Spirit is one of the controversial discussions where she is simply considered a power or energy of God.  Intelligence, however, is regarded as one of the attributes of a personal being.  This treatise aims to explore the intelligence of the Spirit in the Old Testaments books where the Spirit potentially testifies of wisdom, knowledge, and counsel in the sense of fatherhood, jurisprudence intelligence in political activity, and governmental nature. Keywords: Intelligence; Old Testament; Pneumatology; Systematic Theology   References Adey, Philip, Beno Csapó, Andreas Demetriou, Jarkko Hautamäki, and Michael Shayer. “Can     We be Intelligent about Intelligence? Why Education Needs the Concept of Plastic           General Ability.” Educational Research Review, vol.2, 75-97, 2007, DOI:      10.1016/j.edurev.2007.05.001. Bavinck, Herman. 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Civil court justice shares the nature of mediation as part of litigation proses. However, criminal procedure code does not accommodate penal mediation by litigation and non-litigation process. Therefore, penal mediation is considered as an Alternative Dispute Resolution in criminal law. This article attempts to build conversation between jurisprudence and theology, especially speaking the nature of mediatorship of Christian teaching that could be considered as beneficial donates for future penal mediation in criminal law in Indonesia. This research is qualitative work. Literatures, articles, books and related references will receive attention. In conclusion, penal mediation applies to litigation and non-litigation tract, the state should conduct its implementation, modern law maintains its legacy, Christology serves the initiation, and penal mediation pursues restorative justice. Keywords: Criminal Law; Jurisprudence Penal Mediation; Mediatorship of Christ; Systematic Theology

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Civil court justice shares the nature of mediation as part of litigation process. However, criminal procedure code does not accommodate penal mediation by litigation and non-litigation process. Therefore, penal mediation is considered as an Alternative Dispute Resolution in criminal law. This article attempts to build conversation between jurisprudence and theology, especially speaking the nature of mediatorship of Christian teaching that could be considered as beneficial donates for future penal mediation in criminal law in Indonesia. This research is qualitative work. Literatures, articles, books and related references will receive attention. In conclusion, penal mediation applies to litigation and non-litigation tract, the state should conduct its implementation, modern law maintains its legacy, Christology serves the initiation, and penal mediation pursues restorative justice

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