Evidence of the Indwelling Spirit in the First Testament?

In his article, The indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament, Dr. Walter C. Kaiser Jr, argues for a renewed understanding of the New Covenant promises based upon the occurrence of the indwelling presence of the Spirit in the Older Testament. In the article, he expounds upon the work of Geoffrey Grogan and James Hamilton in regard to biblical evidence for individuals in the Old Testament being filled with the Holy Spirit. He makes this claim over and against the argument that the indwelling presence of the Spirit was the sign of a new covenant between God and His people. Beginning with Jesus’ encounter with Nicodemus in John chapter three, Kaiser makes the argument that there is biblical plausibility for the indwelling presence of the Spirit along with regeneration that is pre-death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of the Messiah. Kaiser denies the popular theory that the manifestation of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament was merely temporal empowerment or ano…