JOEL - According to Apostle James E. Talmage:
"That the Spirit of the Lord is capable of manifesting Himself in the form and figure of man, is indicated by the wonderful interview between the Spirit and Nephi, in which He revealed Himself to the prophet, questioned him concerning his desires and belief, instructed him in the things of God, speaking face to face with the man. "I spake unto him," says Nephi, "as a man speaketh; for I beheld that he was in the form of a man; yet nevertheless, I knew that it was the Spirit of the Lord; and he spake unto me as a man speaketh with another." (See 1Ne.11:11.)(Talmage, Articles of Faith: 38,144-45)
President Joseph Fielding Smith said:
"As a spirit personage the Holy Ghost has size and
dimensions. He does not fill the immensity of space,
and cannot be everywhere present in person at the same
time. He is also called the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of
God, the Spirit of the Lord, the Spirit of Truth, and
the Comforter." (Doctrines of Salvation, 1:38)
President Joseph F. Smith said:
"The Holy Ghost as a personage of Spirit can no more
be omnipresent in person than can the Father or the
Son, but by his intelligence, his knowledge, his power
and influence, over and through the laws of nature, he
is and can be omnipresent throughout all the works of
God." (Conf. Rep., Apr., 1940 p. 96;)
So the personage of the Holy Ghost can only be at one
place at a time but His spiritual influence can be
everywhere and within all of as if he were personally
there Himself.
I am sure there are Celestial laws that we don't know
much about yet that explains how the Holy Ghost does
this. But rather than worry about it so much I thinks
it's best to think more about what we can do to
benefit from His influence.
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